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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4148536" data-attributes="member: 177">If I may offer an explanation - the issue at hand is probably the word &quot;influence&quot;.&nbsp; The implication of your original post is that the game designers took those similarities from Rowling's work, specifically.&nbsp; Those who aren't impressed with Rowling's work may take this to mean, &quot;The designers bent to the wind of recent fiction in order to catch the eye of the fans of Rowling's work.&quot;&nbsp; Basically, many might see this as pandering to recent pop culture, and they aren't likely to think of this as a complement.The common response you'll get is that both Rowling and the game designers were drawing from the same large pool of background fantasy, myth, and legend, such that there's no reason to suggest it comes from Potter, specifically.Now, having gotten that out of the way, how about anyone who's major interest is to show annoyance at the suggestion that Rowling influenced 4e just give this thread a miss, okay?&nbsp; Nobody's going to find that constructive.&nbsp; A discussion of how to use what we've seen of 4e to build a Potter-like universe, however, could be interesting to some.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 4148536, member: 177"] If I may offer an explanation - the issue at hand is probably the word "influence". The implication of your original post is that the game designers took those similarities from Rowling's work, specifically. Those who aren't impressed with Rowling's work may take this to mean, "The designers bent to the wind of recent fiction in order to catch the eye of the fans of Rowling's work." Basically, many might see this as pandering to recent pop culture, and they aren't likely to think of this as a complement. The common response you'll get is that both Rowling and the game designers were drawing from the same large pool of background fantasy, myth, and legend, such that there's no reason to suggest it comes from Potter, specifically. Now, having gotten that out of the way, how about anyone who's major interest is to show annoyance at the suggestion that Rowling influenced 4e just give this thread a miss, okay? Nobody's going to find that constructive. A discussion of how to use what we've seen of 4e to build a Potter-like universe, however, could be interesting to some. [/QUOTE]

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