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<blockquote data-quote="Doug McCrae" data-source="post: 3627419" data-attributes="member: 21169"><p>This list is intended to be exhaustive though isn't yet.</p><p></p><p>Class roles – War(gaming). Fighter = infantry, magic-user = artillery, cleric = medic, thief = ranger/spy.</p><p>Ranger, elf, half-elf, dwarf, halfling, orc, half-orc, goblin, wight, worg, balor, werebear, treant, giant eagle, red dragon - Tolkien</p><p>Magic system, prismatic spray, ioun stone - Vance</p><p>Law and chaos - Poul Anderson and/or Michael Moorcock</p><p>Cleric spells, angel, demon and devil - Christianity</p><p>Werewolf, vampire, mummy, zombie, flesh golem – Horror movies</p><p>Thieves' and assassins' guilds, demilich, wererat – Fritz Leiber</p><p>Barbarian – RE Howard + norse berserkers</p><p>Monk – David Carradine’s character in Kung Fu</p><p>Illusionist - Lin Carter's Warrior of the World's End</p><p>Mind flayer, gibbering mouther, fishmen (sahuagin, locathah, kuo-toa) – HP Lovecraft</p><p>Troll, paladin - Poul Anderson's Three Hearts And Three Lions</p><p>Rust monster, bulette, owlbear – Kid’s toys</p><p>Displacer beast – Voyage Of The Space Beagle by AE Van Vogt</p><p>Skeleton – Ray Harryhausen</p><p>Dominating sword - Michael Moorcock's Stormbringer</p><p>Vorpal sword – Lewis Carroll</p><p>Lich – Clark Ashton Smith and/or Gardner Fox's The Sword Of The Sorcerer</p><p>Derro – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Shaver" target="_blank">Richard Shaver</a></p><p>Gargoyle – Medieval architecture</p><p>Girallon – ER Burroughs' Mars series</p><p>Purple worm – Frank Herbert’s Dune</p><p>Homunculus – The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad</p><p>Gnoll – Lord Dunsany</p><p>Grimlock – HG Wells' The Time Machine</p><p>Shambling mound - 70s comics swamp monsters</p><p>Oozes - The Blob</p><p>Shadow - Abraham Merritt's Creep, Shadow, Creep</p><p>Phantasmal killer - EE 'Doc' Smith's Second Stage Lensman</p><p>Medusa, chimera, pegasus, hydra, harpy, sphinx, centaur, erinyes, minotaur, nymph, dryad, satyr, triton, <s>gorgon (name and petrification only)</s> – Greek myth</p><p>Dragon, giant, manticore, unicorn, cockatrice, basilisk, gryphon, hippogriff, wyvern, hag, kobold, merfolk, ogre, nixie, pixie, succubus, ettin, barghest, gorgon, tarrasque – European myth/folklore</p><p>Rakshasa, naga - Indian myth</p><p>Golems, clay golem – Jewish myth</p><p>Djinni, efreeti, roc – Middle Eastern myth</p><p>Gold and silver dragons – Chinese myth</p><p>Couatl – Aztec religion</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug McCrae, post: 3627419, member: 21169"] This list is intended to be exhaustive though isn't yet. Class roles – War(gaming). Fighter = infantry, magic-user = artillery, cleric = medic, thief = ranger/spy. Ranger, elf, half-elf, dwarf, halfling, orc, half-orc, goblin, wight, worg, balor, werebear, treant, giant eagle, red dragon - Tolkien Magic system, prismatic spray, ioun stone - Vance Law and chaos - Poul Anderson and/or Michael Moorcock Cleric spells, angel, demon and devil - Christianity Werewolf, vampire, mummy, zombie, flesh golem – Horror movies Thieves' and assassins' guilds, demilich, wererat – Fritz Leiber Barbarian – RE Howard + norse berserkers Monk – David Carradine’s character in Kung Fu Illusionist - Lin Carter's Warrior of the World's End Mind flayer, gibbering mouther, fishmen (sahuagin, locathah, kuo-toa) – HP Lovecraft Troll, paladin - Poul Anderson's Three Hearts And Three Lions Rust monster, bulette, owlbear – Kid’s toys Displacer beast – Voyage Of The Space Beagle by AE Van Vogt Skeleton – Ray Harryhausen Dominating sword - Michael Moorcock's Stormbringer Vorpal sword – Lewis Carroll Lich – Clark Ashton Smith and/or Gardner Fox's The Sword Of The Sorcerer Derro – [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Shaver]Richard Shaver[/url] Gargoyle – Medieval architecture Girallon – ER Burroughs' Mars series Purple worm – Frank Herbert’s Dune Homunculus – The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad Gnoll – Lord Dunsany Grimlock – HG Wells' The Time Machine Shambling mound - 70s comics swamp monsters Oozes - The Blob Shadow - Abraham Merritt's Creep, Shadow, Creep Phantasmal killer - EE 'Doc' Smith's Second Stage Lensman Medusa, chimera, pegasus, hydra, harpy, sphinx, centaur, erinyes, minotaur, nymph, dryad, satyr, triton, [S]gorgon (name and petrification only)[/S] – Greek myth Dragon, giant, manticore, unicorn, cockatrice, basilisk, gryphon, hippogriff, wyvern, hag, kobold, merfolk, ogre, nixie, pixie, succubus, ettin, barghest, gorgon, tarrasque – European myth/folklore Rakshasa, naga - Indian myth Golems, clay golem – Jewish myth Djinni, efreeti, roc – Middle Eastern myth Gold and silver dragons – Chinese myth Couatl – Aztec religion [/QUOTE]
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