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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5872531" data-attributes="member: 58197">I agree with you, but would take it further. Bearded axe-wielding dwarves are in no way a staple of fantasy fiction nowadays. That's another D&amp;D-ism (although D&amp;D itself stole it from the Lord of the Rings). Likewise the graceful human-sized bow-shooting elves. You're not likely to find elves and dwarves anywhere outside of D&amp;D and its derivatives*, and when you do find them, the elves are apt to look like Dobby and the dwarves like Tyrion Lannister.Fantasy fiction long ago moved on from Tolkien. He is rightly admired as one of the great masters of the genre, but slavishly imitating him is mostly over with. Unfortunately, that was not the case when D&amp;D was created, and the franchise has been stuck with those retread races ever since.[size=-2]*I include pretty much all computer RPGs in the category of &quot;D&amp;D derivatives.&quot;[/size]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5872531, member: 58197"] I agree with you, but would take it further. Bearded axe-wielding dwarves are in no way a staple of fantasy fiction nowadays. That's another D&D-ism (although D&D itself stole it from the Lord of the Rings). Likewise the graceful human-sized bow-shooting elves. You're not likely to find elves and dwarves anywhere outside of D&D and its derivatives*, and when you do find them, the elves are apt to look like Dobby and the dwarves like Tyrion Lannister. Fantasy fiction long ago moved on from Tolkien. He is rightly admired as one of the great masters of the genre, but slavishly imitating him is mostly over with. Unfortunately, that was not the case when D&D was created, and the franchise has been stuck with those retread races ever since. [size=-2]*I include pretty much all computer RPGs in the category of "D&D derivatives."[/size] [/QUOTE]

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