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Richard Parry's avatar

That's a great song 🙂 The point about using Archetypes for characters is an old trick I've used for characters in my novels. Building a melded person of these attributes isn't going to give you "real" humans but that's kind of the point - D&D and other heroes need to be bombastic and it's a neat trick to stick that landing.

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J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Love it, Richard! Good point about "real" humans. The Archetypes definitely are more about the extreme or ideal. I think that's why Marvel and other superhero industry creations are the way they are (and why so many people were interested in them).

Glad you liked that song! I personally liked it a lot as well.

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Eric Green's avatar

The article on the Arthurian findings is just fascinating. Makes me wish I had followed my kid dreams of being an archeologist/antiquities curator.

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J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Thanks, Eric! I think it's never too late for "Indiana" Green to go on some adventures. (Supporting himself by his curator job, of course - those artefacts you find belong in a museum!)

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Eric Green's avatar

Ha, you never know

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Andy Heavilin's avatar

Wowza, thank you so much!! Can’t wait to see how much XP I get from this generous loot pile ⚔️ But seriously I really appreciate you and the great content; thanks!

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Ian Schiffman's avatar

Congratulations, friend!

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GMaia's avatar

Thanks for pointing me out the Marianne Stokes' artwork! It's an awesome example of prerafaelite art: I was charmed by it! I will definitely use it in the future!

May the fun be always at your table!

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J.Q. Graziano's avatar

I was surprised by how cool her artwork was too, GMaia! It's thrilling to find long passed artists who had an amazing flair for the fantastical.

In this week's edition, I came across one of the most lovely pre-Raphaelite fantasy paintings I've ever seen - "The Accolade" by Edmund Blair Leighton in 1901. It looks like he has some other magnificent pieces as well.

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GMaia's avatar

I know that piece of art, awesome!

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