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<blockquote data-quote="F5" data-source="post: 1061909" data-attributes="member: 4607">It's been a while since I read the Paksanarrion books, so I'm fuzzy on the details, but I do remember thinking at the time that it seemed a lot like a D&amp;D homebrew.&nbsp; Not that this is a bad thing.&nbsp; Regardless, I bet we could get a good discussion going in the &quot;books movies etc&quot; forum over whether or not Moon's books were based on D&amp;D.As for whether or not the Marshall is inspired by Moon's Marshalls, I'm OK with that, if it is.&nbsp; How much of the core D&amp;D classes, monsters, etc are lifted from Tolkien?&nbsp; What about the Jack Vance magic system?&nbsp; A lot of D&amp;D comes from literary sources, and I'd be happy to see them draw from something a little less mainstream. My thought on the class is: did it really need to be core?&nbsp; Couldn't you do this just as well with a Prc?&nbsp; Ditto for the healer and the warmage.&nbsp; These are fantasy archetypes, true, but did they really need to be core classes?[edit] I see Enkhidu beat me to the punch on the Tolkien/Vance thing.&nbsp; Curse you, slow typing fingers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="F5, post: 1061909, member: 4607"] It's been a while since I read the Paksanarrion books, so I'm fuzzy on the details, but I do remember thinking at the time that it seemed a lot like a D&D homebrew. Not that this is a bad thing. Regardless, I bet we could get a good discussion going in the "books movies etc" forum over whether or not Moon's books were based on D&D. As for whether or not the Marshall is inspired by Moon's Marshalls, I'm OK with that, if it is. How much of the core D&D classes, monsters, etc are lifted from Tolkien? What about the Jack Vance magic system? A lot of D&D comes from literary sources, and I'd be happy to see them draw from something a little less mainstream. My thought on the class is: did it really need to be core? Couldn't you do this just as well with a Prc? Ditto for the healer and the warmage. These are fantasy archetypes, true, but did they really need to be core classes? [edit] I see Enkhidu beat me to the punch on the Tolkien/Vance thing. Curse you, slow typing fingers! [/QUOTE]

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