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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7262394" data-attributes="member: 82779">You're not alone.  I also enjoy D&D (and have since BECMI) but haven't read much fantasy.  I played D&D for many years before I ever read Tolkien.  Maybe that's why I also drew on The Brothers Grimm and fairytales.My fantasy influences come mostly from film:Willow (1988)Conan the Barbarian (1982)The Neverending Story (1984)Excalibur (1981)Clash of the Titans (1981)Heavy Metal (1981)Big Trouble in Little China (1986), which is where I first saw a beholder.Red Sonja (1985)Star Wars (face it, it's fantasy in space, not sci-fi)Legend (1985)More recent influences include Akamtsu Ken's Mahou Sensei Negima manga series.</blockquote>