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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9053863" data-attributes="member: 7808">I don't know if I'm out of touch or what, but it took me a minute here to realize you were talking about Breath of the Wild and Princess Mononoke.&nbsp; Obviously, those two have a lot of similarities (and yes, there's other things to mention about other games and movies, but surely those are the closest two).&nbsp; But that's not the first Zelda game or Ghibli movie I think of when you mention those franchises.When I think Zelda, I go to NES and SNES first.&nbsp; And the gameplay leads directly to old school D&amp;D.&nbsp; For me, that will be Red Box era.&nbsp; Lots of attention on resource management (e.g. healing, arrows, etc) and a heavy focus on dungeon delving with traps, puzzles, and boss monsters.&nbsp; Definitely low magic, with limited spell selection and only specific magic items available to the players.&nbsp; And death.&nbsp; Lots and lots of death.When I think Miyazaki, I picture a much more friendly and low-risk setting, probably on the rules-light side.&nbsp; I think of movies like Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Ponyo.&nbsp; Spirited Away would be the high magic end, and Laputa is basically magi-tech.&nbsp; But all of those, even Lupin III, have practically no death.&nbsp; In D&amp;D it would have to be 5e, easy access to magic (and items), easier death saves, infinite cantrips, etc.&nbsp; Outside of D&amp;D, I would be tempted to start with Tales of Equestria.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 9053863, member: 7808"] I don't know if I'm out of touch or what, but it took me a minute here to realize you were talking about Breath of the Wild and Princess Mononoke. Obviously, those two have a lot of similarities (and yes, there's other things to mention about other games and movies, but surely those are the closest two). But that's not the first Zelda game or Ghibli movie I think of when you mention those franchises. When I think Zelda, I go to NES and SNES first. And the gameplay leads directly to old school D&D. For me, that will be Red Box era. Lots of attention on resource management (e.g. healing, arrows, etc) and a heavy focus on dungeon delving with traps, puzzles, and boss monsters. Definitely low magic, with limited spell selection and only specific magic items available to the players. And death. Lots and lots of death. When I think Miyazaki, I picture a much more friendly and low-risk setting, probably on the rules-light side. I think of movies like Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Ponyo. Spirited Away would be the high magic end, and Laputa is basically magi-tech. But all of those, even Lupin III, have practically no death. In D&D it would have to be 5e, easy access to magic (and items), easier death saves, infinite cantrips, etc. Outside of D&D, I would be tempted to start with Tales of Equestria. [/QUOTE]

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