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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 9379806" data-attributes="member: 5142">My father is about twenty years younger than Gary Gygax, and he grew up watching those movies.  <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging    :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />The idea that Gary Gygax had not seen these films or were influenced by them is pretty far-fetched in my opinion. It seems predicated that Gygax lived with his head in the sand unaware of some of the biggest medieval and fantasy films of the century. Likewise, I think that you two are underestimating the staying power of Errol Flynn's Robin Hood in the popular consciousness as a cultural icon.Edit: There are some rumblings on the internet, where Gary Gygax suggested that the idea of Hit Points were influenced by Errol Flynn's duels against Basil Rathbone in Robin Hood. I found a link <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/i-dont-get-the-dislike-of-healing-surges.312254/page-29#post-5699298" target="_blank">here</a>.</blockquote>