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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8193146" data-attributes="member: 6790260">The question, as presented, is almost impossible to answer. You have essentially said, &quot;Strip out any relevance Tolkien might have had for the fantasy genre over the past 50 years.&quot; Given how foundational he's been, that's...I mean, fantasy gaming wouldn't exist, really. We wouldn't have Final Fantasy, The Elder Scrolls, Warcraft, Everquest...MMOs would have followed the lead of Ultima Online, not EQ! (Ultima was mostly inspired by The Wizard of Oz rather than Tolkien.)Dragons would almost certainly still be a thing because Dragonriders of Pern isn't tied to D&amp;D or Tolkien, but they'd be nearly unrecognizable and almost certainly all good guys (or participating on both sides), though ironically gold and bronze dragons would probably still be implicitly good. I imagine the Wheel of Time, Harry Potter, and various young-adult fantasy stuff would have been a major influence. Religion would almost certainly be a non-entity, or would be radically curtailed compared to its presence in D&amp;D. It might have a more modern bent, or be specifically geared to work in either medieval or modern contexts, in part due to The Dresden Files.But...yeah as far as mechanics and content goes beyond such high-level conceptual stuff? I don't really think you CAN say anything about it. You're cutting out so much and forcing forty to fifty years of undefined alternate history. I don't think</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8193146, member: 6790260"] The question, as presented, is almost impossible to answer. You have essentially said, "Strip out any relevance Tolkien might have had for the fantasy genre over the past 50 years." Given how foundational he's been, that's...I mean, fantasy gaming [I]wouldn't exist[/I], really. We wouldn't have [I]Final Fantasy[/I], [I]The Elder Scrolls,[/I] [I]Warcraft[/I], [I]Everquest[/I]...MMOs would have followed the lead of [I]Ultima Online[/I], not EQ! ([I]Ultima[/I] was mostly inspired by [I]The Wizard of Oz[/I] rather than Tolkien.) Dragons would almost certainly still be a thing because [I]Dragonriders of Pern[/I] isn't tied to D&D or Tolkien, but they'd be nearly unrecognizable and almost certainly all good guys (or participating on both sides), though ironically gold and bronze dragons would probably still be implicitly good. I imagine the [I]Wheel of Time[/I], [I]Harry Potter[/I], and various young-adult fantasy stuff would have been a major influence. Religion would almost certainly be a non-entity, or would be radically curtailed compared to its presence in D&D. It might have a more modern bent, or be specifically geared to work in either medieval or modern contexts, in part due to [I]The Dresden Files.[/I] But...yeah as far as mechanics and content goes beyond such high-level conceptual stuff? I don't really think you CAN say anything about it. You're cutting out so much and forcing forty to fifty years of undefined alternate history. I don't think [/QUOTE]

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