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Westenev

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Goblin Slayer is a D&D inspired series of Japanese light novels (that have been translated). They aren’t for the faint of heart, since the author goes into a lot of detail that makes the manga and anime adaptions look lighthearted by comparison.

I'm not entirely sure a thread like Goblin Slayer would work on these forums; we're too focused on periphery data and original content to come up with a simple but effective subversion of any setting or genre. Goblin Slayer, on the other hand, is something that takes what you already know and throws on a little twist.
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08-Nov-2018 03:24:06 - Last edited on 08-Nov-2018 03:51:42 by Westenev

Azi Demonica

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Light novels? Does that mean novella? So far, the most graphic and gory things I have ever read were all in historic eyewitness accounts of battles, skirmishes and duels. Extreme violent doesn't bother me, probably because of all the history I've read.

Yeah, and I'm just not good at simpler ideas to begin with. I don't seem capable of working with ideas people already know, probably a symptom of my schizophrenia. However, 'little twist' in a conventional setting seems to be what works the best for most people, but I don't know what to do there. Will have to stick with what I'm already involved in.

08-Nov-2018 04:39:43

Deltaslug

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Azi.
With goblin slayer .... You know how in most rpgs or d&d scenarios, your character starts off fighting low level creatures: giant rats, goblins. Then work their way up the food chain to the epic level demon lord, lich, dragon, or god terrorizing the land.
Here, gs answers several questions:
Adventures level up and stop doing the noobish level quests. But those creatures, while annoying in small,numbers, if left u n checked can be a threat.
Just because it is a noob creature, there are many of them. And even an experienced adventurer can be wary to enter their home environments.
What happens when someone just focuses on killing that 1 particular species (with good reason).

Like west said ... It is graphic. They have episodes posted on youtube now.
But be warned, it is a mix of rated R violence and hentai (at least in the first episode) ... And you'd have to be pretty messed up to enjoy it as hentai

08-Nov-2018 13:23:02

Westenev

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Goblins have the strength and minds of five year olds, but rarely work alone. They lay often lay excellent traps and tricks, but never expect to be tricked themselves. Like Humans, they can grow stronger and learn over time. Worst of all, they’re vindictive little blighters – if you manage to kill a goblin, you can guarantee they will go out of their way to make your death worse.

All of this in a world where a common health potion (or antidote) is too expensive for your average beginner, it’s rare to see a white mage who can cast more than 2 spells per day, and rookies often insist on ordering bad equipment “because it looks cool” (or not ordering, in the case of helmets).

If a group does manage to kill a goblin nest, it’s implied to be because of luck, or because the last 2-3 groups (who died trying) softened it up for them. Sometimes both.

Put that altogether, and you have the perfect recipe for slaughter.


Deltaslug said :
What happens when someone just focuses on killing that 1 particular species (with good reason).

Goblin Slayer is mentioned to be a Fighter/Ranger hybrid, and if I'm not mistaken, "Favoured Enemy" is a low-teir D&D ranger ability.

Azi Demonica said :
Light novels? Does that mean novella?

Pretty much a soft back novella/novel with pictures.
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08-Nov-2018 19:33:15 - Last edited on 08-Nov-2018 20:04:50 by Westenev

Azi Demonica

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Thanks for the corrections and information, Delta and West. So, GS seems to be a conventional idea: lesser foes are more numerous but still dangerous. Makes sense.
Ah, so that's what a light novel is, a paperback with pictures. Makes sense, as it'd easier to use pictures than descriptions.

As for noobish quests, I like Black Desert Online but haven't played much for like two weeks. I liked the world and the scenery. But, even big NPCs are quite easy to kill thus far. For example, I am still using my default sword and shield and kill regular foes easily enough. I did die multiple times from Spook, this ghostly scarecrow which I assume is a holiday feature. After taking his HP down to nearly zero, I died, and when I respawned, he was gone :/ All that respawning and hard work for nothing.

08-Nov-2018 20:28:28

Westenev

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Killing noobs from the getgo isn't a great way to keep people logging in. Nobody wants to figure out why they died; they'd rather ragequit, go back to the reddit mob and complain it's "too hard" and discriminates against their gender identity.
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08-Nov-2018 21:42:56 - Last edited on 08-Nov-2018 21:44:51 by Westenev

Deltaslug

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They also have ranks for the adventurers. You gain "xp" by completing quests.

Porcelain. Noobs/beginners. If you played any RPG or RS, it would be your character after you completed the tutorial.
Steel. 3rd rank. no longer a "noob". Runescape equiv would be the players who complete Dragon Slayer. In GS, you can reach this rank if you managed to wipe 2-3 goblin nests.
Silver. 8th and Highest normal rank most will ever achieve. Be like the players in RS who got 99 in their combat style.
Gold. Rare. Next highest rank. You're a true bada$$. RPG equiv of player who almost maxes out their char in a game. In RS, would be the equiv of getting Quest Point Cape and 120 in your combat style.
Platinum. Highest Rank. only 19 ever given in GS universe. Reserved for "true legends". RPG equiv of your character after you've beaten the big bad of 3 straight sequels. RS equiv of getting the Trimmed Completionist Cape and maxing all stats.

What mages Goblin Slayer interesting is that he is ranked Silver. Yet he only kills Goblins.
Goblin quests don't give much XP. It's kinda like when you played Runescape, but you only did your combat training on cows, chickens .... goblins.
Now take that to the logical conclusion of gaining 99 combat just killing cows/chickens.
That's Goblin Slayer. He's killed a lot of goblins over a 5 year span. And the workload is increasing.

09-Nov-2018 00:00:07

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