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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henadic Theologian" data-source="post: 9215439" data-attributes="member: 7030526">Folks here focus more on Greyhawk, but I think Robert E. Howard's strongest influence on D&D is the Forgotten Realms setting, most specifically the Unapproachable East, and to a much lesser extent the Old Empires region. Algarond, Rasheman, Thay, Narfell, very big Conan vibes. You get some of that as well in Mulhorand, because that was I think Ed's OG vision for it, that got hijacked into more ancient civilization colonies/Mythology when Desert of Desolation got added to FR. Of course they then tied the History of the two regions heavily together, Robert E. Howard influenced Unapproachable East with the ancient Mythology influenced Old Empire's region. And of course you have the Ravenloft spin off of Thay, Hazlan giving Ravenloft a taste of its own Stygia.</blockquote>