Though the influences on Brian Colin's world may be more Frank Oz than say JRR Tolkien, I'd call his work High Fantasy. I think it was Brian that I met at GenCon this year selling the books. The lure of distinct settings always gets me. The list of authors include him, Isaac Skaggs, Kerry Colin, and Wyatt Colin. The artists listed are Carey Drake and Brian Colin.
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The setting is a continent that can be worked into an existing world if the author/GM has blank spaces on their map. The reason why the PCs haven't heard of it, well once ships get there, they usually crash and the survivors have a really hard time of leaving. The lands go from cold and volcanic lands to deep deserts to cursed areas, and then the obligatory levitating island. The native species of the lands are based off of the art, sculptures I think, from Brian Colin. The traditional D&D player-kin, whatever they are these days, are known as Outlanders indicating their recent arrival on these alien environs. The natives are a mixture of furry folk, with ample bird and lizard influence, with more dinosaur-based species worked in.
Talk about a mythopoetic work, Colin (and Skapps and Colin-s), have developed a whole age of myths and talk about longer than say even Gloratha RQ books do. The species are descended from the earth-goddess figure, Creedona, along with one created by her darker sister, Ghyrma. This makes up most of the history of the world. The more recent history, and more relevant to the players a certain Murk Von Horvath has arisen as the despot in charge of fair lands around Murk's Hollow.
Overall, I find the series a pretty good read. It's a Bigfoot on the Smurf to Godzilla rating scale. It definitely filled up a weekend's reading.
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| Revilo by Brian Colin |
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