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Originally Posted by Green  I didn't think it was overly complex, just a bit average. Too many clichés in there (big hounds of shadow, floating mountains, magic system based on a deck of cards, crazy puppet, etc). |
Green, I'm not arguing your point but I'm curious to know of other epic fantasies that carry a magic system based on a deck of cards as well as a crazy puppet. I just don't recall running into these elements in other works. Now, I know that the Wild Cards series is out there but that was more a play on Wild than Cards and really didn't have a whole lot to do with cards - and that was the standard 52 card playing deck in any case, not the tarot. Crazy puppets I seem to recall have ocurred once or twice in some horror flicks but I'm not well-read enough in that genre to say whether it is cliche or not. I don't recall any that I've seen in epic fantasy - though again, It could be that I just haven't read the right books. Anyway, I'm not attacking your statement that these are cliched, I was just wondering where else you see these elements (they might be books I'd like to check out!).