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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 4812973" data-attributes="member: 2205">For what it's worth, the thought that sparked this thread came from the &quot;have magic items lost that magic feeling?&quot; thread (or whatever exactly it's called.&nbsp; I may be conflating the thread title with a Hall &amp; Oates song.)&nbsp; Although a handful of other recent conversations have gone down that same path.Clearly, some of the posters there assume that D&amp;D represents a mythological, Tolkien-style mileu.&nbsp; I actually think that clearly it represents a gallimaufry of influences from all kinds of crazy pulp sources, mostly, mixed in with mythology, pop culture and who knows what else.&nbsp; My own tastes extend quite deep into the so-called wahoo side of the spectrum.&nbsp; In my opinion, trying to do Tolkien only invites comparison to Tolkien, which isn't a good idea unless you're really extraordinary.&nbsp; So why not come up with fantasy that's unlike Tolkien, and purposefully so?&nbsp; Combine this with a recent (several years long, but still relatively recent) focus on my end on pulp-style stories and settings and a rather blasé ennui when it comes to traditional High Fantasy, and I find that the more exotic something is, the more interesting I find it anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 4812973, member: 2205"] For what it's worth, the thought that sparked this thread came from the "have magic items lost that magic feeling?" thread (or whatever exactly it's called. I may be conflating the thread title with a Hall & Oates song.) Although a handful of other recent conversations have gone down that same path. Clearly, some of the posters there assume that D&D represents a mythological, Tolkien-style mileu. I actually think that clearly it represents a gallimaufry of influences from all kinds of crazy pulp sources, mostly, mixed in with mythology, pop culture and who knows what else. My own tastes extend quite deep into the so-called wahoo side of the spectrum. In my opinion, trying to do Tolkien only invites comparison to Tolkien, which isn't a good idea unless you're really extraordinary. So why not come up with fantasy that's [I]un[/I]like Tolkien, and purposefully so? Combine this with a recent (several years long, but still relatively recent) focus on my end on pulp-style stories and settings and a rather blasé ennui when it comes to traditional High Fantasy, and I find that the more exotic something is, the more interesting I find it anymore. [/QUOTE]

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