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<blockquote data-quote="reinbowarrior" data-source="post: 3483157" data-attributes="member: 41623">ThoughtsApart from the arguing over font colour (why are so many people on EN world arguementative for the sake of it?) this is actually a fairly highbrow academic discussion, which occassionally ends up as setting wars.&nbsp; &quot;NO!&nbsp; FR rules!&quot; &quot;No! DL rules!&quot; &quot;NO! LoTR rules!&quot;You seem to have missed that D&amp;D itself is LotR influenced, therefore ALL D&amp;D campaign settings will follow somewhat the stereotypes in the LotR books.However it is good to know that there are people like me, who just adore the setting and grew up with it.&nbsp; DL chronicles will certainly be on my son's reading list before LotR.&nbsp; In fact I might even start reading them to him now.&nbsp; If only to relive the joy myself and to hear it out loud.To me a ranger is Tanis, not aragorn.&nbsp; A wizard is a Fizban or a Raistlin.&nbsp; A rogue a certain kender Handler, a fighter Flint Fireforge, a knight - well Sturm's final stand on the tower had tears rolling down my face.&nbsp; And the well characterised non-sterotypical villians really made the setting.&nbsp; Kitiara, Soth, Verminaard and Skie are as well developed as any of the Heroes.I'm ranting.&nbsp; Stop it o'brien.&nbsp; Anyway...&nbsp; A final word.&nbsp; More than other books, a simple gaming incident of hilarity can turn into the salvation of a benighted soul.&nbsp; I still get choked up whenever I read &quot;look Raist, Bunnies...&quot;(I'm not saying I don't like LotR, still read them, but they don't make my heart beat faster like DL does...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reinbowarrior, post: 3483157, member: 41623"] [b]Thoughts[/b] Apart from the arguing over font colour (why are so many people on EN world arguementative for the sake of it?) this is actually a fairly highbrow academic discussion, which occassionally ends up as setting wars. "NO! FR rules!" "No! DL rules!" "NO! LoTR rules!" You seem to have missed that D&D itself is LotR influenced, therefore ALL D&D campaign settings will follow somewhat the stereotypes in the LotR books. However it is good to know that there are people like me, who just adore the setting and grew up with it. DL chronicles will certainly be on my son's reading list before LotR. In fact I might even start reading them to him now. If only to relive the joy myself and to hear it out loud. To me a ranger is Tanis, not aragorn. A wizard is a Fizban or a Raistlin. A rogue a certain kender Handler, a fighter Flint Fireforge, a knight - well Sturm's final stand on the tower had tears rolling down my face. And the well characterised non-sterotypical villians really made the setting. Kitiara, Soth, Verminaard and Skie are as well developed as any of the Heroes. I'm ranting. Stop it o'brien. Anyway... A final word. More than other books, a simple gaming incident of hilarity can turn into the salvation of a benighted soul. I still get choked up whenever I read "look Raist, Bunnies..." (I'm not saying I don't like LotR, still read them, but they don't make my heart beat faster like DL does...) [/QUOTE]

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