Dying Earth - Turjan or Cugel
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:26 am
those who have read through Vance's DE cycle know that there was a substantial tonal shift from earliest short stories collected in the eponymous collection to latter date Cugel and Rhialto stories. while earliest stories were more "serious" and in the vein of horror latter stories were more humorous.
turjan is lean and competent heroic adventurer and while liane is cugel prototype he is more competent and sinister (though cugel can be more dangerous to those around him). cugel on the other hand while totally amoral and self-serving is more prone to verbose shouting matches and base swindles than swordplay. rhialto, incredibly powerful that he is, is also a little bit more buffoonish and pompous than mazirian or pandelume.
so, what is your preference? do you plan to mix and match or go straight for one or other?
turjan is lean and competent heroic adventurer and while liane is cugel prototype he is more competent and sinister (though cugel can be more dangerous to those around him). cugel on the other hand while totally amoral and self-serving is more prone to verbose shouting matches and base swindles than swordplay. rhialto, incredibly powerful that he is, is also a little bit more buffoonish and pompous than mazirian or pandelume.
so, what is your preference? do you plan to mix and match or go straight for one or other?