An alignment chart, or perhaps personality indicator, for blogs/worlds/settings/adventures, spawned from the OSR Discord. I am but the mouthpiece of the gibbering choir.
Reserved/Quirky/Weird: How strange do things get? Are things relatively in line with a generic version, or do things get idiosyncratic and bizzare?
Arthouse/Modern/Austere: How conceptual and artsy do things get? Is it all quite plain and explicit, or does it spin off with philosophical inquiries and intentional incongruities?
Historical/Fantastic/Gonzo: How closely does it align with an actual historical mindset? Would the average person, upon being tossed in, be able to grasp the "rules" underpinning the reality quickly, or do they differ significantly from our own?
Gothic/Chill/Punk: Is it worth rebelling? Is it all overwrought and incomprehensible, or is volume and willpower sufficient to conquer the darkness?
Idealist/Realist/Grimdark: Is the world friendly or hostile by default? What is the average lifespan, and how much does it differ across class, region, gender? Is everyone on equal footing, or is there a divide?
Complete/Spinnable/Interpretive: How much is left to the imagination of the creator? Is the presented information the basis for further creativity, or an encyclopedia of a complete unit?
The world of Aeros, and as such, Sundered Shields and Silver Shillings (for the most part), is Quirky Modern Fantastic (?) Idealist Spinnable-leaning-Interpretive. What's your blog's alignment?
I think my blog is Quirky/modern/historical/chill/realist/spinnable (trying to be complete) ?
ReplyDeleteThe historical is, strangely enough, often quite bizarre though - I can be gonzo and historical at the same time. But it's not always consistent. My "goblin conspiracy" vs the post on the reproductive cycle of goblins... not quite the same lol.
Of course, no blog is everything, but you do have quite a distinctive brand that exemplifies "historical-as-gonzo" that I quite like!
DeleteI'm quirky modern historical-as-fantasy gothic realist spinnable...
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