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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6263594" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>Keeping it to 5 is tough!...even with splitting up the media.</p><p></p><p>Books:</p><p>1. All/Any Tolkien (The Hobbit-LotR-Simarillion)</p><p>2. The Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon), Raymond E. Feist</p><p>3. The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell</p><p>4. The Dragonlance Chronicles, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman </p><p>5. The Cadfael Chronicles, Ellis Peters (a series of middle ages "historical mysteries" solved by the herbalist/detective monk, Brother Cadfael. If you ever want a look/reference of how to set up a "realistic" european religious order/monastic life in your games, give it a look. Some cool tidbits of herbalism in there too.)</p><p></p><p>Movies:</p><p>1. Legend</p><p>2. Excalibur</p><p>3. The Dark Crystal</p><p>4. Ladyhawke</p><p>5. Flash Gordon (even though I don't do tech/sci-fi in my D&D fantasy, I think it is a great film for capturing the <em>spirit </em>of a D&D game/experience)</p><p></p><p>Cartoons...tv & a way to get in an extra movie <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>1. The Last Unicorn</p><p>2. He-man/MotU, either the 80's or 2002 version. Again, though I don't include technology in my particular D&D, the makings of a bevy of great adventures, artifacts, plots, etc...all there for the picking.</p><p>3. Thundercats, either the 80's or more recent versions. See rationale under He-man.</p><p>4. Thundarr the Barbarian, and again ignore the tech (jeez there was a lot of this "science & sorcery" stuff back then!)</p><p>5. The Pirates of Darkwater</p><p>note that the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, while fun for noticing things from the game or maybe a plot idea here or there, does not, to me, at all convey the "spirit of D&D."</p><p></p><p>Music...</p><p>I'd say pretty much anything by Enya</p><p>"The Lady of Shallot" and "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt, though more of her stuff could apply as well.</p><p>"Devil's Dance", written & conducted by John Williams for/from the Witches of Eastwick soundtrack.</p><p>That about does it. I do not often associate music with D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6263594, member: 92511"] Keeping it to 5 is tough!...even with splitting up the media. Books: 1. All/Any Tolkien (The Hobbit-LotR-Simarillion) 2. The Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon), Raymond E. Feist 3. The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell 4. The Dragonlance Chronicles, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman 5. The Cadfael Chronicles, Ellis Peters (a series of middle ages "historical mysteries" solved by the herbalist/detective monk, Brother Cadfael. If you ever want a look/reference of how to set up a "realistic" european religious order/monastic life in your games, give it a look. Some cool tidbits of herbalism in there too.) Movies: 1. Legend 2. Excalibur 3. The Dark Crystal 4. Ladyhawke 5. Flash Gordon (even though I don't do tech/sci-fi in my D&D fantasy, I think it is a great film for capturing the [I]spirit [/I]of a D&D game/experience) Cartoons...tv & a way to get in an extra movie ;) 1. The Last Unicorn 2. He-man/MotU, either the 80's or 2002 version. Again, though I don't include technology in my particular D&D, the makings of a bevy of great adventures, artifacts, plots, etc...all there for the picking. 3. Thundercats, either the 80's or more recent versions. See rationale under He-man. 4. Thundarr the Barbarian, and again ignore the tech (jeez there was a lot of this "science & sorcery" stuff back then!) 5. The Pirates of Darkwater note that the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, while fun for noticing things from the game or maybe a plot idea here or there, does not, to me, at all convey the "spirit of D&D." Music... I'd say pretty much anything by Enya "The Lady of Shallot" and "All Souls Night" by Loreena McKennitt, though more of her stuff could apply as well. "Devil's Dance", written & conducted by John Williams for/from the Witches of Eastwick soundtrack. That about does it. I do not often associate music with D&D. [/QUOTE]
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