01-08-2015, 08:36 AM
My own "adaptations" of Blackmoor always were pretty liberal and, quite honetly, pretty distant from the original sources.
That said, I think my portrayal was pretty consistent, at least in the online games I ran.
Usually, I name as my three main exterior sources for the LFC:
"The First King of Shannara", by Terry Brooks. The "Osten Ard" series by Tad Williams, perhaps the decisive inspiration for the entire game. And, even though I don't necessarily like the author all too much, Moorcock's Elric and Hawkmoon stories.
In personal retrospect, I think the Runestaff series might well be the closest to what the original FFC might have been like.
That said, I think my portrayal was pretty consistent, at least in the online games I ran.
Usually, I name as my three main exterior sources for the LFC:
"The First King of Shannara", by Terry Brooks. The "Osten Ard" series by Tad Williams, perhaps the decisive inspiration for the entire game. And, even though I don't necessarily like the author all too much, Moorcock's Elric and Hawkmoon stories.
In personal retrospect, I think the Runestaff series might well be the closest to what the original FFC might have been like.