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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8494920" data-attributes="member: 6915329">And what, exactly, would you consider evidence or proof? Do you even know how artistic inspiration works? Because it's not something that necessarily leaves a paper trail, especially when the artist takes inspiration from multiple sources.You may wish to read <a href="https://blogofholding.com/?p=5675" target="_blank">this short article</a>. It's not &quot;proof&quot; by any means, but it should let you understand what some of us mean by inspiration.What I really want to know is why you're so adamant about D&amp;D not having any western roots to it. It also has pulp and sci-fi roots to it. It was never just based on pure Medieval Europe.And that's exactly what real-world frontiers are like. Except with humans instead of orcs and hobgoblins. The Old West is a frontier only if you don't consider Native Americans as having civilization. There are also, at conservative estimate, approximately a million different sentient creatures capable and willing to have societies. More so in earlier editions. Even more so when you realize that some of these creatures--like dragons and mind flayers--have civilizations that are very different from the norm. You are literally never going to be that far from some sort of civilization.And if that's how you count frontiers, as being far from any civilization, then as I said, the Old West isn't a frontier either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8494920, member: 6915329"] And what, exactly, would you consider evidence or proof? Do you even know how artistic inspiration [I]works[/I]? Because it's not something that necessarily leaves a paper trail, especially when the artist takes inspiration from multiple sources. You may wish to read [URL='https://blogofholding.com/?p=5675']this short article[/URL]. It's not "proof" by any means, but it should let you understand what some of us mean by inspiration. What I [I]really [/I]want to know is why you're so [I]adamant [/I]about D&D not having any western roots to it. It also has pulp and sci-fi roots to it. It was never [I]just [/I]based on pure Medieval Europe. And that's exactly what real-world frontiers are like. Except with humans instead of orcs and hobgoblins. The Old West is a frontier only if you don't consider Native Americans as having civilization. There are also, at conservative estimate, approximately a million different sentient creatures capable and willing to have societies. More so in earlier editions. Even more so when you realize that some of these creatures--like dragons and mind flayers--have civilizations that are very different from the norm. You are literally [I]never [/I]going to be that far from [I]some [/I]sort of civilization. And if that's how you count frontiers, as being far from [I]any[/I] civilization, then as I said, the Old West isn't a frontier either. [/QUOTE]

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