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Tag Archives: combat
Military Casters: Fireballs Among the Swords and Arrows
Magic is an important part of fantasy writing. Some would say it’s one of the defining traits of the genre. Not every story has magic, but those that do might want to consider including it with their military forces. This … Continue reading
Designing a Fighting Style for Your Character
Last year, I wrote a trio of posts that gave tips on three categories of fighting styles. This was just a general overview of Strength, Agility/Speed, and Counters/Thinkers, which most styles can be fit into. Of course, this is boiling … Continue reading
Posted in Legends of Windemere
Tagged action scenes, agility, combat, countering, fantasy, fiction, fighting style, Quest of the Broken Hearted, questions, speed, strength, thinking, warriors
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Turn the Wild Dial Up to 20
Quest of the Brokenhearted has a lot of battles because a major plot point is the Lacarsis tournament. This means I had to make the action scenes a central focus of at least one scene per non-opener/closure chapter. I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged adrenaline, battles, combat, excitement, fantasy, fiction, fighting, Quest of the Broken Hearted, swords, Windemere, writing
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The Kusari-Gama of Kira Grasdon
Long ago, Kira Grasdon was a one-scene character who complained about an injured hand and then had a run-in with Kellia. That was it for her until an editing run placed her in a sparring match with Luke Callindor, Kellia, … Continue reading
Posted in Character Origins
Tagged chain, combat, fantasy, fiction, Kira Grasdon, kusari-gama, Quest of the Broken Hearted, sickle, sword & sorcery, weapons, Windemere
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