The way I have always seen BM is close to the Conan books ( Robert E Howard) or Richard Adams Shardik, and Game of Thrones, all very serious medieval fantasies with a low medieval setting and a but of magic thrown in, not LoTR as much. The gritty weird fantasy, BM is a pretty cool sandbox and Dwilight has some pretty cool player made fantasy that veers far away from being a medieval simulator, like Bloodstars, Bloodmoon fruit, and other oddities that do not detract from the believability of the world but add that extra bit of whimsy and spice to an interesting world. We are writing a low fantasy novel everytime we play and I am so glad we can mix certain aspects of fantasy into the game without it being full on orcs and wizards.
