![]() ![]() But they are humane and - most of all - relish true adventure."Ī massive source for inspiration for much of modern roleplaying, specifically Dungeons & Dragons, either directly or indirectly, and pretty much any swashbuckling fantasy story written after about 1970 or so probably owes a debt to these stories. To quote Wikipedia: "They spend a lot of time drinking, feasting, wenching, brawling, stealing, and gambling, and are seldom fussy about to whom they hire their swords. ![]() Set in the world of Nehwon (except for one story set on Earth), often in the city of Lankhmar, it starred Fafhrd, a seven-foot tall barbarian from the North, and the Mouser, a trickster thief and former wizard's apprentice, who find and befriend each other one day. One of the most seminal pieces of Sword and Sorcery was Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series of short stories and novellas. She's been invaded, her walls breached everywhere and desperate fighting is going on in the streets, by a fierce host which out-numbers Lankhmar's inhabitants by fifty to one - and equipped with all modern weapons. ![]()
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