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# The [[encyclopedia]] concept parallel's Vance's frequent use of world-building footnotes | # The [[encyclopedia]] concept parallel's Vance's frequent use of world-building footnotes | ||
# [[Main Page|Pages]] identifying Vance origins as at this time are [[The Eyes of the Overworld]], [[Sandestin]], and [[Vecna]]. | # [[Main Page|Pages]] identifying Vance origins as at this time are [[The Eyes of the Overworld]], [[Sandestin]], and [[Vecna]]. | ||
+ | # I suspect that such links as there are, are more in the domains of style and tone, less obviously in the content. | ||
+ | # One obvious departure is that Nethack does not use the 'fire and forget' [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VancianMagic/ Vancian magic]. | ||
[[User:Wikid|Wikid]] ([[User talk:Wikid|talk]]) 21:02, 4 August 2019 (UTC) | [[User:Wikid|Wikid]] ([[User talk:Wikid|talk]]) 21:02, 4 August 2019 (UTC) |
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This is a look at the influences of the late fantastical writer Jack Vance on the game of Nethack. It has been asserted that Vance's writing was "highly influential on Dungeons & Dragons (but not NetHack itself so much)." Although the assertion seems valid, there is scope for further exploration of links between Vance and The Game.
- The Roguelike mechanic of permadeath would surely have appealed to Vance
- Likewise, the many modes of YASD are also in keeping with the writer's mordant style
- The encyclopedia concept parallel's Vance's frequent use of world-building footnotes
- Pages identifying Vance origins as at this time are The Eyes of the Overworld, Sandestin, and Vecna.
- I suspect that such links as there are, are more in the domains of style and tone, less obviously in the content.
- One obvious departure is that Nethack does not use the 'fire and forget' Vancian magic.
Wikid (talk) 21:02, 4 August 2019 (UTC)