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Philip Jose Farmer's 'Dungeon' series Jack Chalker's 'Wellworld' series ( or even his ' One Million Fausts') Peirs Anthony 'Apprentice Adept' series (I believe a Xanth RPG was made, i know they made a Xanth Board game: but IMO, the Adept series is a better RPG source) Fred Saberhagen's Books...

The Foreigner series gets my vote. her novel Cyteen is also unique enough and worthy

I had no idea! That's awesome. Hopefully it moves forward. Dushku is perfect for Lady

definately Black Company such great characters, and dynastic storyline would merit a series.

these are all post 80s memorable influences on my characters and campaigns: -Jack Chalker -Glen Cook -Terry Brooks -Anne McCaffrey -Umberto Eco -Deeds of Paksenarian series by Elizaberh Moon -Riftwar saga by Raymond E. Feist -Belgariad and etc by David Eddings -Book of Swords series by Fred...

On the topic of influential (modern) literature including Bards, or inspiring Bards, I'd have to say John Myers Myers' "Silverlock" is one of the earliest that I recall. Golias was a huge influence on my understanding of a Bard in a fantasy setting.

1) my list: Anderson, Poul Burroughs, Edgar Rice Carter, Lin de Camp, L. Sprague Dunsany, Lord Farmer, P. J. Howard, R. E. Leiber, Fritz Lovecraft, H. P. Moorcock, Michael Norton, Andre Offutt, Andrew J. Saberhagen, Fred Tolkien, J. R. R. Vance, Jack Zelazny, Roger Several of the authors cited...

Your departure leaves a void to fill on these forums. Your essays will be missed. Enjoy your freedom!

ok, something heavier, but these guys were great live also ( again dating myself ;p ) I dont think they ever got much radio play other than the above song

also, one guy who never saw the recognition he deserved is Rodriguez, who's story was told in the movie about him 'Searching for Sugar Man'

was gonna mention Art of Noise, but then i read the last page... I saw Zebra and Fastway live as opening acts, both were awesome! and they were both part of any rockers repertoire in the 'cassette' tray back in the day. I'll throw in The The for the montage here:

This reminds me of another piece of Art influential in my love for RPGs: 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' by Frank Dicksee along with other Pre-Raphealite artists like E Blair Leightons ' The Accolade'

Upon laying eyes on them for the first time in MMII/Monster Cards, I created a whole world in which the Wemics were lords over a great plains and the outlying regions subjugated to their might included Hybsils and other types of 'taurs'

I think it was both* of these I bought in the summer of 1979/1980 that turned my attention to the Red Box further down the aisle: *I realize it is two pieces of art, but they are intertwined as one in the menage le trois that became my obsession with D&D, a few short years later and my love...

ooh, cant wait to roleplay a new job!

Please stop talking highly of Seattle, we've been dissuading foreigners (mainly Califoreigners) for ages with our 'it only rains in Seattle ' slogan. we'd appreciate a maintain on the downplay. kind regards, Puget Sound

Awhile back I was retrofitting 5E to give it a 1E feel, anywho, one of my changes was to armor, I gave some armor types a resistance to damage types to keep it in 5E spectrum and not add to much math. so for instance, Plate had resistance to Slashing, Chain had resistance to Piercing, Padded...

with my own money? I think Arms Law, by I.C.E ( around 82, and later bought Spell law, and Campaign Law) but I talked my mother into buying the Moldvay Basic in 81, soon followed by Expert set I bought the hardcovers around 83+

Personally I rarely play a Human, even back in 1E ( /shakes fist at the Paladin!) But, As long as Variant ( which now also allows Feats by default) is on the table, and assuming the PC has the option to roll for stats, it makes Humans even more versatile than most other races(looking at you...

How about, if the roll is with Advantage: round up, otherwise: round down just to keep it in line with our understanding of the fractional functions of 5E