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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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 Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 01:15:24
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Literary Sources of D&D (Or where TSR got all their idea from)
http://www.geocities.com/rgfdfaq/sources.html
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Emperor Sigismund
"Its good to be the King!"
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Lemernis
Senior Scribe
378 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 01:31:20
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 04:36:00
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| Great link, may use it as a reference if I ever hear someone go on about how D&D is mostly (if not totally) based on the works of Tolkien. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 05:59:07
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I came across that before, but wasn't able to find it when I went looking for it again recently. Thank you for posting it, I was sure to book-mark it this time. 
Its funny, the reson why I was looking for it is that I just read The Dying Earth last week, and I swear it was like deja vu or something. It was eerily familiar, and I see from that list that that is where E.G.G. 'lifted' his magic system from. the book read like a series of short adventures; a must-read for all D&D fans IMHO. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 11:55:31
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Has anyone read Three hearts and Three Lions? I'm starting to think I should  since it's mentioned so much |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 13:18:38
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| Well, I am about four books from Three hearts and Three Lions on my reading list, but from everything I have heard and based on my impression of Anderson from The Broken Sword, it would be worth reading. |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 14:23:12
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Originally posted by Markustay
Its funny, the reson why I was looking for it is that I just read The Dying Earth last week, and I swear it was like deja vu or something. It was eerily familiar, and I see from that list that that is where E.G.G. 'lifted' his magic system from. the book read like a series of short adventures; a must-read for all D&D fans IMHO.
I felt the same as I read Vance's stories... I seem to recall that Ed even "ripped" Archveult's name from one of them. |
"What am I doing today? Ask me tomorrow - I can be sure of giving you the right answer then."
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2007 : 19:21:32
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It's a nice link but as I knew most of it already there's no need to add it.
I would query their understanding of kobolds.
Encyclopedia Mythica says kobolds: "are tricksters and not inherently evil."
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The Encyclopedia of Arda says that in Germany: "miners are helped by friendly burrowing 'kobolds,'" |
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