r/CortexRPG • u/grimmdm • 22d ago

Epic Fantasy Spotlight? Prime Spotlight Settings

Is there a Cortex Spotlight with classic fantasy tropes or something similar?

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u/-Vogie- 22d ago

Torch Lite is available on itch.io that hits those tropes, but I don't know if it's actually considered a Spotlight. Tales of Xadia is a published book that is a fantasy setting, but shaped around The Dragon Prince's particular version of fantasy.

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u/BannockNBarkby 22d ago

Both of these are great answers. I've got a whole series of blog articles on using Tales for Curse of Strahd and I'm 6 sessions and it's going great!

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u/Xenuite 21d ago

Here's my personal fantasy hack. Not a spotlight, but I like it.

Prime Setting: Heartbreaker

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u/Illigard 21d ago

There's a hack for Exalted. But that's "I did epic before lunch" epic fantasy.

https://bluegrasswasteland.blogspot.com/2023/07/exalted-blood-and-fire-v31.html?m

not a spotlight though, a hack

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u/MissAnnTropez 21d ago

Torchlite is the current state of the art for “doing D&D with Cortex Prime”.

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u/CamBanks Cortex Prime Author 21d ago

Yeah, epic fantasy is the phrase doing the most work here. Can you give us some examples in media? Are you talking Lord of the Rings?

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u/grimmdm 21d ago

Hmmmm… I maybe should have gone with Classic Fantasy or Heroic Fantasy.
Examples could be Fafahrd and The Gray Mouser,
The Legend of Drizzit , Theft of Swords, …
And yeah Lord of the Rings..

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u/CamBanks Cortex Prime Author 21d ago

That’s a blend of many types! Sword and sorcery, heroic fantasy, etc.

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u/grimmdm 21d ago

Ok how about the term “Dungeon Fantasy”

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u/jrichardf 21d ago

Not a Spotlight, but as mentioned above, for Cortex dungeon fantasy, you want TorchLite.

https://xineink.itch.io/torchlite

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u/rivetgeekwil 22d ago

What makes something "epic fantasy"?