Dungeon Fantasy and Sword&Sorcery

[Sword-dancer]

Originally Posted by johndallman

The setting is unlikely to be grimdark, .

if it´s not grim, dark and nasty it ain´t S&S

Conan, Elric, Solomon Kane etc are sword and sorcery.

Magic is usually or often a power of darkness, powered by fear, pain, blood sacrifice corrupting the sorcerer who often made a pact with dark powers(cosmic obscenity is the word here), there are exceptions but they are far and few, in Conan i remember exactly three if the Priest of Asura was one.

The trappings could be different, an Oriental Realm could be so colourful as in High Fantasy, but under the trappings you will find dark adepts, sorcerers who sly kings in their bedroom 1000 leagues away with one of his hairs