Forgotten Realms Just Like Lord of the Rings?
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John Q. Mayhem
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jinx crossbow said:
Gandalf is an angelic creature, a Maia from Valar
But you don't get that unless you get into the Silmarillion.
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Desdichado
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Tolkien himself was adamantly opposed to splitting the book into three to begin with.diaglo said:
Henry
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I'll restate what another poster said: Faerun is heavily influenced, but the similarities are only superficial. After all, Ed Greenwood had a lot of other influences in his tales (including Robert E. Howard from the look of it) and he & TSR probably didn't want to get sued by the Tolkien estate, either! (They already had a bellyful of that prior to the Forgotten Realms, anyway.) 
diaglo
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i'm still ticked Peter Jackson cut most of Book 1...Joshua Dyal said:Tolkien himself was adamantly opposed to splitting the book into three to begin with.
Tom, Old Man Willow, the Barrow Mounds, etc...
Book 2 ...Rivendell
was too much fluff on Rivendell and not enough on the real story.
diaglo " who still thinks PJ is a hack" Ooi
diaglo
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the Forgotten Realms go back before D&D.Henry said:I'll restate what another poster said: Faerun is heavily influenced, but the similarities are only superficial. After all, Ed Greenwood had a lot of other influences in his tales (including Robert E. Howard from the look of it) and he & TSR probably didn't want to get sued by the Tolkien estate, either! (They already had a bellyful of that prior to the Forgotten Realms, anyway.)
StupidSmurf
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I agree that the resemblance is superficial at best.
Gandalf is an angelic being who knows some magic. Elminster is a dirty old man who casts lots of spells.
Gandalf is an angelic being who knows some magic. Elminster is a dirty old man who casts lots of spells.
lukelightning
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I've seen dozens of wizards with a resemblance to Gandalf; I myself have had a few. Some of this is because of LotR's influence on fantasy literature and RPGs, but mostly I think it's because there was already an archetype of the wizard in literature and myth before LotR that Tolkien drew upon.
Merlin and many other fairy tale/legend wizards were seen as old men, long beard, robes, etc. for many reasons.
Merlin and many other fairy tale/legend wizards were seen as old men, long beard, robes, etc. for many reasons.
lukelightning
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Fine, make your own LotR movie with all sorts of lengthy plot diversions that will reduce the movie to an unbearable crawl or confusing mess.
diaglo said:
jinx crossbow
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Yea, these words are better than mine. ThanX for Your completion.StupidSmurf said:Gandalf is an angelic being who knows some magic. Elminster is a dirty old man who casts lots of spells.
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