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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8346211" data-attributes="member: 42582">I had in mind both the categories that you point to in making my self-assessment of &quot;a fair bit&quot;. Eg when I included nagas in my GH-set BW game, adapted to BW terms from the AD&amp;D MM, I think of that as a use of D&amp;D lore.Some of the most basic ones here, I think, are D&amp;D-generated assumptions about architecture, and that it should matter and how it should matter. Everything from thinking about secret doors, to drawing and using maps, to concerns about ceiling height, etc. Whereas, for instance, we don't normally get or care about the style of pillars/columns (eg are the plinths square or rounded) nor do we normally talk about the colour or texture of surfaces.I find a lot of discussions about RPGing are made complicated because some of these D&amp;D-isms aren't noticed, by all the discussants, as being distinctive to D&amp;D and allied RPGs. Which also means that, in a survey like this, they probably aren't being included as influences of D&amp;D lore on home games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8346211, member: 42582"] I had in mind both the categories that you point to in making my self-assessment of "a fair bit". Eg when I included nagas in my GH-set BW game, adapted to BW terms from the AD&D MM, I think of that as a use of D&D lore. Some of the most basic ones here, I think, are D&D-generated assumptions about architecture, and [I]that [/I]it should matter and [I]how[/I] it should matter. Everything from thinking about secret doors, to drawing and using maps, to concerns about ceiling height, etc. Whereas, for instance, we don't normally get or care about the [I]style[/I] of pillars/columns (eg are the plinths square or rounded) nor do we normally talk about the colour or texture of surfaces. I find a lot of discussions about RPGing are made complicated because some of these D&D-isms aren't noticed, by all the discussants, as being distinctive to D&D and allied RPGs. Which also means that, in a survey like this, they probably aren't being included as influences of D&D lore on home games. [/QUOTE]

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