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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngainlyTitan" data-source="post: 9399764" data-attributes="member: 28487">First off, anything I have come across by Steinmann was great.Second, I think that Lovecraft is more influential via secondary works than his own which mask his influence somewhat.As for Gygax, that is an interesting take and one I never really considered before. Generally, the D&D take on alignment was something I never could take seriously. Law vs Chaos, fine that one is as old as the hills but his views on good and evil and how they aligned with law and chaos was something I could not take seriously.I also recognised early that there was a lot of the, what I would call, the frontier western in D&D. Cowboys vs Indians, which is all very well if one is a Cowboy but another matter if one is the Indian. Which is probably why I ignored D&D setting in my early games until I found that I needed some help from the professionals to get a campaign past the opening phase and started running adventure paths.However, given your premises where are you taking this thesis.</blockquote>