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<blockquote data-quote="Zevious" data-source="post: 5520792" data-attributes="member: 6674052">I'm a huge REH/Conan fan. Read most of the stories back in the 80's, and recently picked up the 3 volume set that came out a few years back and am re-discovering the original tales all over again. They really are great. &nbsp;Anyone looking for a Conan story that seems to be an almost direct inspiration for D &amp; D should check out The Scarlet Citadel. A fair part of the story involves Conan escaping an underground complex that is essentially a classic dungeon crawl. At one point his torch has gone out and he's crawling around in the dark along a corridor when he comes to the edge of a pit in the floor. As he feels around looking for a way to go he senses &quot;something&quot; floating up out of the pit in the darkness in front of him. Creepy! &nbsp;The story also features a great little undead servant sequence. &nbsp;As far as issues of racism and sexism, yeah...theres some stuff in the stories that is a little problematic viewed through a contemporary lens, but I think ftmp the stories are not bad in that regard. I think the group that takes the real beating in the tales is &quot;civilized society&quot; more than any other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zevious, post: 5520792, member: 6674052"] I'm a huge REH/Conan fan. Read most of the stories back in the 80's, and recently picked up the 3 volume set that came out a few years back and am re-discovering the original tales all over again. They really are great. Anyone looking for a Conan story that seems to be an almost direct inspiration for D & D should check out The Scarlet Citadel. A fair part of the story involves Conan escaping an underground complex that is essentially a classic dungeon crawl. At one point his torch has gone out and he's crawling around in the dark along a corridor when he comes to the edge of a pit in the floor. As he feels around looking for a way to go he senses "something" floating up out of the pit in the darkness in front of him. Creepy! The story also features a great little undead servant sequence. As far as issues of racism and sexism, yeah...theres some stuff in the stories that is a little problematic viewed through a contemporary lens, but I think ftmp the stories are not bad in that regard. I think the group that takes the real beating in the tales is "civilized society" more than any other. [/QUOTE]

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