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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5398867" data-attributes="member: 58416">Over the years, I've used a wide variety of different influences.&nbsp; I really can't even remember them all, but these are a few I remember right off the cuff.&nbsp;&nbsp;Halo:&nbsp; While it is a sci-fi based fps, the story was very easy to translate into D&amp;D.&nbsp; Aliens became creatures from the Far Realm, and they used magic portals to invade the material realm instead of using spaceships to invade Earth.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Romance of The Three Kingdoms Era China&nbsp;Oblivion/Dragon Age:&nbsp; I was able to blend the stories of these two games into something which worked really well, and was also different enough that the players didn't notice the inspiration for a while.&nbsp; The group started in a jail cell, and I pretty blatantly ripped off the first few scenes of Oblivion, but I changed the reason for the emperor fleeing to an invading force of creatures based very heavily upon darkspawn.&nbsp; From there, I just went forward.&nbsp;R. Howard:&nbsp; one of my favorite authors, so I've been inspired by his works more than a few times&nbsp;Native American Mythology (some pretty interesting takes on werewolves)&nbsp;Captain America: pretty easy to translate the concept of the character into fantasy&nbsp;...there are plenty of others</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 5398867, member: 58416"] Over the years, I've used a wide variety of different influences. I really can't even remember them all, but these are a few I remember right off the cuff. Halo: While it is a sci-fi based fps, the story was very easy to translate into D&D. Aliens became creatures from the Far Realm, and they used magic portals to invade the material realm instead of using spaceships to invade Earth. Romance of The Three Kingdoms Era China Oblivion/Dragon Age: I was able to blend the stories of these two games into something which worked really well, and was also different enough that the players didn't notice the inspiration for a while. The group started in a jail cell, and I pretty blatantly ripped off the first few scenes of Oblivion, but I changed the reason for the emperor fleeing to an invading force of creatures based very heavily upon darkspawn. From there, I just went forward. R. Howard: one of my favorite authors, so I've been inspired by his works more than a few times Native American Mythology (some pretty interesting takes on werewolves) Captain America: pretty easy to translate the concept of the character into fantasy ...there are plenty of others [/QUOTE]

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