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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9740537" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>Its not Steampunk, but its not '70s grim fantasy anymore either. D&D has always been about a decade behind on what influences it, so when it came out it was 60's movies and popular books (many from the 30's & 40's). Pretty much now its 2010 movies and popular books, maybe even a bit closer.</p><p></p><p>For example, the original werewolf in the MM was the Lon Chaney view; we've long been past the influences of the Howling and has approached more the likes of the modern Teen Wolf TV show and the like.</p><p></p><p>Dinosaurs have evolved from old movie depictions like the <em>Land That Time Forgot</em> through the changes that <em>Jurassic Park</em> and its sequels have wrought.</p><p></p><p>Even the depiction of pirates in the game - from the classics of the old <em>Treasure Island</em> to the more modern <em>Pirates of the Caribbean</em> and its sequels and spin-offs like <em>Black Sails</em>.</p><p></p><p>Where a lot of people's image of wizard was defined by the likes of Merlin in <em>Excalibur</em> back in the time, now its more influenced by the Harry Potter films and its ilk.</p><p></p><p>A lot of D&D's magic has always been modern tech reimagined as the magic of the time in the game, and probably always will.</p><p></p><p>I'm not in love with the art direction and greater influence of "mundane" magic into just about every class of the current D&D myself, but it is <em>NOT</em> Steampunk by a long shot.</p><p></p><p>(And let us not forget the likes of <em>Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, City of the Gods, Temple of the Frog, Tale of the Comet, </em>Murlynd of Greyhawk and Rad of Mystara, and articles in Dragon where adventurers run across Nazis in halftracks and tanks dumped into their fantasy world for a combat. Far more advanced tech than mere gunpowder weapons have shown up in D&D over the ages, and in some cases, it's even hinted - such as in Greyhawk - that the current fantasy world is a post-apocalyptic equivalent of an even more-advanced version of our world)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9740537, member: 52734"] Its not Steampunk, but its not '70s grim fantasy anymore either. D&D has always been about a decade behind on what influences it, so when it came out it was 60's movies and popular books (many from the 30's & 40's). Pretty much now its 2010 movies and popular books, maybe even a bit closer. For example, the original werewolf in the MM was the Lon Chaney view; we've long been past the influences of the Howling and has approached more the likes of the modern Teen Wolf TV show and the like. Dinosaurs have evolved from old movie depictions like the [I]Land That Time Forgot[/I] through the changes that [I]Jurassic Park[/I] and its sequels have wrought. Even the depiction of pirates in the game - from the classics of the old [I]Treasure Island[/I] to the more modern [I]Pirates of the Caribbean[/I] and its sequels and spin-offs like [I]Black Sails[/I]. Where a lot of people's image of wizard was defined by the likes of Merlin in [I]Excalibur[/I] back in the time, now its more influenced by the Harry Potter films and its ilk. A lot of D&D's magic has always been modern tech reimagined as the magic of the time in the game, and probably always will. I'm not in love with the art direction and greater influence of "mundane" magic into just about every class of the current D&D myself, but it is [I]NOT[/I] Steampunk by a long shot. (And let us not forget the likes of [I]Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, City of the Gods, Temple of the Frog, Tale of the Comet, [/I]Murlynd of Greyhawk and Rad of Mystara, and articles in Dragon where adventurers run across Nazis in halftracks and tanks dumped into their fantasy world for a combat. Far more advanced tech than mere gunpowder weapons have shown up in D&D over the ages, and in some cases, it's even hinted - such as in Greyhawk - that the current fantasy world is a post-apocalyptic equivalent of an even more-advanced version of our world) [/QUOTE]
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