clearstream
(He, Him)
Possibly the adventuring party itself... the fellowship.It’s well known that halflings were originally called hobbits before TSR was forced to change the name by the Tolkiens. Same, IIRC, with ents and treants.
What else came from Tolkien?
Orcs?
Our vision of goblins?
Balrog - Balor?
Giant Eagles?
High and wood elves?
I’m sure some were a case of having the same inspiration, and of course plenty of D&D is inspired by a million other things than Tolkien. But I’m curious which elements were adopted from Tolkien specifically.
The idea of the honest, adventuring thief?
The immortality of Elves?
A tension between craft and industrialisation.
I agree about the take on dragons.
Half orcs (the uruk-hai)?
The large dungeon (Moria).
Giant spiders.