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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 2511004" data-attributes="member: 467">One point that I think has been missed is that today's D&D -- neither its fans nor its creators -- are especially influenced by fantasy literature, at least no more than film, television, comics and (mostly) games of other media.  Not to mention previous versions of D&D.  While it is all well and good to want to see more influence of Martin (we need a vassal subsystem!) or Hobb (stat me out a Liveship!), the fact is that World of Warcraft and Jacksn's LotR trilogy (which has a very different tone and style than the books) have a much greater impact on how people think about D&D.  I don't know if this qualifies as a good or bad thing, but one would be hard pressed to convince me otherwise.For my part, I really enjoy Howard's work and would love to be able to emulate it in game.  However, Howard's work is almost exclusively about a singular protagonist and D&D -- or any rpg, really -- is about a group of protagonists.  More modern fiction has the benefit of using larger casts generally, which means that it is 'better' from the perspective of trying to run a game using a group.  Of Martin's work, for example, those cast members are almost never togather, and when they are they are suually trying to find a good moment to slip a knife between each others' ribs.You know what EN World needs?  A book discussion club with a dedicated forum for it.</blockquote>