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<blockquote data-quote="Ath-kethin" data-source="post: 8236541" data-attributes="member: 6798775"><p>I'm gonna break your rules, a little bit.</p><p></p><p>As a kid, I loved books on mythology - tales of Greek and Norse gods and heroes, told to me by my stepfather then siphoned into my brain by copious reading, filled my lil' mind. Movies like <em>Dragonslayer </em>and <em>Ladyhawke </em>did it too, and all of that led me to the <em>Dragonlance Chronicles</em>.</p><p></p><p>Now, that didn't lead me directly into D&D - in fact, the first I ever heard of the game was when my friend's mother refused to let him read my <em>Chronicles </em>omnibus because "it was Dungeons & Dragons." That statement confused me greatly at the time because as far as I could tell that wasn't true; nowhere in my book did it say anything of the sort. But I didn't worry about it, and the <em>Chronicles </em>led me to the <em>Legends </em>and deep into a Weis & Hickman fandom - I still adore the <em>Darksword</em> books and my all time favorite W&H series, the <em>Rose of the Prophet</em>.</p><p></p><p>All of this reading, plus other mostly forgotten stuff like the <em>Seven Altars of Dûsarra</em> series by Lawrence Watt-Evans, <em>The Myth-adventures of Aahz and Skeeve</em> by Robert Aspirin, and the <em>Dragon Prince</em> and <em>Dragon Star</em> series by Melanie Rawn, led me to the Earthdawn roleplaying game in 1993 or so. About a year after that I was introduced to my one true love, Dungeons & Dragons (I'd say don't tell my spouse, but I'm pretty sure it's no secret).</p><p></p><p>And I never looked back.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Oh yeah, and Alexander's <em>Prydain </em>series and Louise Cooper's <em>The Dark is Rising</em> series.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ath-kethin, post: 8236541, member: 6798775"] I'm gonna break your rules, a little bit. As a kid, I loved books on mythology - tales of Greek and Norse gods and heroes, told to me by my stepfather then siphoned into my brain by copious reading, filled my lil' mind. Movies like [I]Dragonslayer [/I]and [I]Ladyhawke [/I]did it too, and all of that led me to the [I]Dragonlance Chronicles[/I]. Now, that didn't lead me directly into D&D - in fact, the first I ever heard of the game was when my friend's mother refused to let him read my [I]Chronicles [/I]omnibus because "it was Dungeons & Dragons." That statement confused me greatly at the time because as far as I could tell that wasn't true; nowhere in my book did it say anything of the sort. But I didn't worry about it, and the [I]Chronicles [/I]led me to the [I]Legends [/I]and deep into a Weis & Hickman fandom - I still adore the [I]Darksword[/I] books and my all time favorite W&H series, the [I]Rose of the Prophet[/I]. All of this reading, plus other mostly forgotten stuff like the [I]Seven Altars of Dûsarra[/I] series by Lawrence Watt-Evans, [I]The Myth-adventures of Aahz and Skeeve[/I] by Robert Aspirin, and the [I]Dragon Prince[/I] and [I]Dragon Star[/I] series by Melanie Rawn, led me to the Earthdawn roleplaying game in 1993 or so. About a year after that I was introduced to my one true love, Dungeons & Dragons (I'd say don't tell my spouse, but I'm pretty sure it's no secret). And I never looked back. EDIT: Oh yeah, and Alexander's [I]Prydain [/I]series and Louise Cooper's [I]The Dark is Rising[/I] series. [/QUOTE]
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