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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argus Decimus Mokira" data-source="post: 1001446" data-attributes="member: 10239">HeyLike mouseferatu, I didn't read LotR until college.  My first experiences with fantasy were from Eddings and LeGuin.  However, I feel that even more important than either of those sources was an illustrated Brothers Grimm fairy tale book I had as a child.  Man, that thing simultaneously enthralled and scared the business out of me.  My grandfather was also rather parial to telling me Irish myth as a kid, so the Tuatha de Danaan and their ilk are also a large influence.  'Course I also "borrowed" heavily from existing settings, especially Ravenloft and the Realms.Thus, my homebrew world is a place very similar to Medieval Europe, full of superstition and things that go bump in the night.  No dragons, not many humanoids, one single all-powerful church with a militant sect of magic-wielding knights, elder spirits that grant this magic, actual artifacts and relics instead of just magic items, and a grim, dark, and oppressive feudal society.Thanks-Matt</blockquote>