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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 4863154" data-attributes="member: 31898"><p>Honestly, the biggest culture/generational gap I've noticed isn't about the books different gamers have read, but the difference between Metal D&D and Non-Metal D&D. In the 80s, a very large percentage of D&D players were also involved in the Heavy Metal scene, and to great extent played D&D because of its "evil" and "satanic" reputation. In my experience, players who came of age in the Metal scene at that time, or were influenced by players from that time, have a very different attitude towards the game than other players. They tend to want to live out fantasies of power and rebellion rather than heroism. They don't want to play the King's loyal knight, but the outlaw the knight is hunting. They don't want to kill the Queen of the Succubi, but make her their girlfriend. They want to conquer and rule Hell, not destroy it. They tend to play evil and neutral characters, and if they play Good characters they're Chaotic Good rebels who want to stick it to society.  Their idea of fantasy is as much about Frank Frazetta paintings and Manowar songs as any books. Their character concepts are more likely to be taken from Heavy Metal and its tropes than anything to be found in classic fantasy literature.</p></blockquote><p></p>