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Quote from: Kindling
Is it entirely impossible to have both in one setting?

Hi folks, new guy here. I hope you don't mind my $0.02.

I haven't seen your Arga setting, SL, but if it's big enough, maybe you can set aside a localized area where those more humorous/outrageous themes apply? My own setting is pretty low-magic (magic is still recovering from an ancient catastrophe) but there are still rare flying ships and floating islands. The nice thing about that is that they really POP as standout, wild, and mysterious things. And I occasionally throw in a funny NPC name, such as Lypton Fulothru (Lipton Flow-thru) and Jandrak Feller (John D. Rockefeller) when the occasion warrants. My players eat it up and it helps break the tension of the more typically-serious stuff.

Cheers,
~Stebby