D&D General This and official D&D novels colored what D&D is for me.

[DarkCrisis]

My table top fantasy genre journey more or less started with Dragonlance and Drizzt. With some Baldur's Gate 1 on the side.

Then came this, the intro cinematic:


EverQuest. Yes the game but WATCH the video. Yeah it's old school but think back to 1999. People still playing AD&D (3rd ed rapidly approaching).

That video just sparked the imagination. Imagine watching that. Making a Human Warrior in Freeport. Appearing in the middle of the city and OMG suddenly it's 4AM and you haven't eaten anything, and work/school/whatever begins in 3 hours.

I love watching that video every so often because it reminds me of my D&D journey. EQ lead me to trying D&D. Not the D&D novels. Not Baldur's Gate. EverQuest, which was AD&D in video game form more or less.

 

[Reynard]

I have played WoW on and off a little, mostly because the cinematics get me excited and I resub and then realize I find WoW boring AF.

BUT, my conception of what high level D&D looks like is built almost entirely on WoW cinematics.

 

[SkidAce]

I started MMOs with Everquest.

 

[pukunui]

I avoid MMOs like the plague so never played EverQuest.

However, the Dragonlance and Drizzt novels were my initial forays into D&D fiction as well. I think by the mid-to-late 90s I had read just about every D&D novel that had been published. I ate up the FR novels like candy.

I only brought my much-read copies of the DL Chronicles with me when I moved to NZ. I suspect all the others ended up being donated to a book sale or something.

(For context, 1999 is the year I graduated from high school.)

 

[payn]

I Must be a bit older then. Final Fantasy on the Nintendo entertainment system.

 

[DarkCrisis]

I Must be a bit older then. Final Fantasy on the Nintendo entertainment system.

Yeah same but I didn’t consider RPGs as like a table thing

 

[MGibster]

I love watching that video every so often because it reminds me of my D&D journey. EQ lead me to trying D&D. Not the D&D novels. Not Baldur's Gate. EverQuest, which was AD&D in video game form more or less.

Oh, sure. I would be hard pressed to deny games like World of Warcraft and Everquest didn't have some influence over how people view D&D. In my estimation, 4th edition was heavily influenced by MMORPGs and I don't say that with derision. I imagine younger players, and I'm talking about people under the age of 30, were influenced by anime, Harry Potter, and other sources as well.

 

[Piperken]

All Hail Fansy the Bard!

<3 @Snarf Zagyg

 

[grimmgoose]

BUT, my conception of what high level D&D looks like is built almost entirely on WoW cinematics.

Whenever I introduce friends to D&D, I tell them: "do not expect Lord of the Rings. Expect World of Warcraft." It helps get them in the right frame of mind.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Whenever I introduce friends to D&D, I tell them: "do not expect Lord of the Rings. Expect World of Warcraft." It helps get them in the right frame of mind.

If Playing modern D&D that’s a perfect way to do it.