D&D General Appendix EN - What one book/series inspires your D&D?

Minigiant

Legend
Supporter
Ya done (censored) up. Manga is technically books. And I got to read old manga in the old video where my grandfather bought his old kung fu videos.

so
Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama in the inspiration of how I see the Monk class. And it's why I am forever disappointed with it.
 

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Yaarel

Mind Mage
I have read hundreds of scifi/fantasy books.

For D&D gaming, I find scifi/fantasy via tv and movies far more inspiring.
 

Cadence

Legend
Supporter
I would query "why limit it to literature?" There are TV shows and movies that have been as bigger influence on my D&D.

But literature only, I go for Pratchett, Terry: Discworld series.

Here ya go!
 

Yaarel

Mind Mage


Yaarel

Mind Mage
Appendix N is traditionally books and that's where my head was when I started this thread ::: shrug :::
Times change.

Surely more people have seen the Tolkien movies than read the books.

People are even using phrases like "postliteracy".

This is 2020s. Not 1920s.
 

Cadence

Legend
Supporter
Times change.

Surely more people have seen the Tolkien movies than read the books.

People are even using phrases like "postliteracy".

This is 2020s. Not 1920s.

Encouraging imagination and patience don't seem bad to me ;-). Neither do movies.

Anyway, the other post is still waiting for its first addition...
 


toucanbuzz

No rule is inviolate
It's not the story that inspires my gameplay but rather Jordan's ability to make the scenery come alive. His descriptions are vivid with nuanced details so well done that a reader might begin to wonder if Jordan, well-traveled in his life, might have plunged through a portal into another world for a bit and come back.

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eyeheartawk

#1 Enworld Jerk™
I would add the four-book "Heritage of Shannara" series, by Terry Brooks. It's arguably his best work, so if you've only ever read the Sword of Shannara you're really missing out.

This series has been my D&D inspiration since I was a teenager.
How does magic work? Shannara.
How do I do court intrigue? Shannara.
What do bards and druids look like? Shannara.
How do I create a villain? an artifact? a mythology? a dragon? Shannara, Shannara, always Shannara.

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What makes these better than Sword of Shannara? In the circles I run in the Shannara books are not.. well received. So, I'm curious what the difference is.
 

Yaarel

Mind Mage
For a book,

Every book written by:

Christopher Stasheff



His books tend to fuse medievalesque and scifi, where ships travel between planets, magic is psionic via (vague but plausible) scientific explanations, and the cultures comprise wizards and witches.

I always have fun reading his books, and they do come to mind when Im creating an adventure or building a character concept.
 



steeldragons

Steeliest of the dragons
Epic
Gotta page through the ole mental catalogue...most/many of mine have already been brought up...

I have others, but guess I have to wait for future days to post them. (What's the point of that, exactly? Seems more irritating than anything else. Also, more likely to dissuade participation -shortening your lists- as people just don't return, forget, and/or have other things to do [irl] besides returning just to type out one item, than it would lengthen your threads/responses.)

Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon.
 

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