/lit/ - Literature

>>14678092
>something you can't get just by copying or mix and matching actual historical periods
But that's exactly what happens 99% of the time, there's a reason the saying goes "there's nothing new under the sun."
Even batshit insane stuff like Morrowind lore is mostly rooted in real world cultures, just ones we aren't exposed to very often.

>>14614611
Because a lot of fantasy novels today are pretty much just cheap knock offs of Tolkien, very few people out there with unique ideas.