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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3764551" data-attributes="member: 32536"><p>Actually, I have always argued that D&D doesn't quite do enough to emulate ancient myth. Mythic warriors have truly super-human power (fitting, since many are demigods or the avatars of gods), power that is on an entirely different order of magnitude than most videogames or anime, let alone Tolkien-style fantasy. After all, the classic mythic set-up is that a single warrior kills the dragon himself (even Tolkien did this), but D&D is set up so that it is impossible.</p><p></p><p>Since my fandom of ancient myth predates my interest in anime by a significant degree (and probably goes back to the same time I got into videogame RPGs with Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy 4), I really would like to see D&D work more towards the mythic.</p><p></p><p>I would like to see more Cuchulainn, Arthur, Heracles, Rama, Hanuman, Odysseus, Finn MacCumhail, and Beowulf in D&D. I would like to see more historical magical and alchemical concepts, like the tarot, Goetic magic, and Hermetic magic. I would like to see more like the great Chinese novels Journey into the West, Water Margin, or Romance of the Three Kingdoms in D&D. I would like to see more Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, and Suikoden (double counting!) in D&D.</p><p></p><p>I would probably be happy if there was less emphasis on post-Tolkien and Lovecraftian fiction in D&D, myself. I would be <em>very</em> happy if there was less Star Wars and other science fiction in D&D (I see elements of that creeping up now and then).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 3764551, member: 32536"] Actually, I have always argued that D&D doesn't quite do enough to emulate ancient myth. Mythic warriors have truly super-human power (fitting, since many are demigods or the avatars of gods), power that is on an entirely different order of magnitude than most videogames or anime, let alone Tolkien-style fantasy. After all, the classic mythic set-up is that a single warrior kills the dragon himself (even Tolkien did this), but D&D is set up so that it is impossible. Since my fandom of ancient myth predates my interest in anime by a significant degree (and probably goes back to the same time I got into videogame RPGs with Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy 4), I really would like to see D&D work more towards the mythic. I would like to see more Cuchulainn, Arthur, Heracles, Rama, Hanuman, Odysseus, Finn MacCumhail, and Beowulf in D&D. I would like to see more historical magical and alchemical concepts, like the tarot, Goetic magic, and Hermetic magic. I would like to see more like the great Chinese novels Journey into the West, Water Margin, or Romance of the Three Kingdoms in D&D. I would like to see more Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, and Suikoden (double counting!) in D&D. I would probably be happy if there was less emphasis on post-Tolkien and Lovecraftian fiction in D&D, myself. I would be [i]very[/i] happy if there was less Star Wars and other science fiction in D&D (I see elements of that creeping up now and then). [/QUOTE]
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