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<blockquote data-quote="Caliburn101" data-source="post: 7265370" data-attributes="member: 6802178"><p>Elves - Tolkien adaptation of Norse folklore</p><p>Dwarves - Tolkien adaptation of Norse folklore</p><p>Halflings - entirely made up by Tolkien</p><p>Rangers - entirely made up by Tolkien</p><p>Party of Adventurers on a quest against an evil overlord in a Fantasy World - Tolkien was the first to write this in this manner</p><p></p><p>D&D baseline assumption of a pseudo medieval world setting - just like Middle Earth</p><p>Magical Artefacts including magic swords etc. as part of a monster treasure trove - Tolkien (adapted from Nibelungen tale)</p><p>'Levelling Up' and having a power increase and title change associated with it (like 1st Edition) - Gandalf the Grey becomes Gandalf the White via Balrog fight</p><p>Mysterious Wizard who is more powerful than everyone and is mysterious and concerned about the whole world - roping adventurers into adventures - Gandalf<----->Mordenkainen</p><p>A red DRAGON (Smaug), in a gold-filled DUNGEON (Lonely Mountain)...</p><p></p><p>... do I <em>really</em> need to say any more?</p><p></p><p>Anyone who thinks that D&D was not fundamentally influenced by that just hasn't thought about it for more than 5 minutes.</p><p></p><p>Do some homework people...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caliburn101, post: 7265370, member: 6802178"] Elves - Tolkien adaptation of Norse folklore Dwarves - Tolkien adaptation of Norse folklore Halflings - entirely made up by Tolkien Rangers - entirely made up by Tolkien Party of Adventurers on a quest against an evil overlord in a Fantasy World - Tolkien was the first to write this in this manner D&D baseline assumption of a pseudo medieval world setting - just like Middle Earth Magical Artefacts including magic swords etc. as part of a monster treasure trove - Tolkien (adapted from Nibelungen tale) 'Levelling Up' and having a power increase and title change associated with it (like 1st Edition) - Gandalf the Grey becomes Gandalf the White via Balrog fight Mysterious Wizard who is more powerful than everyone and is mysterious and concerned about the whole world - roping adventurers into adventures - Gandalf<----->Mordenkainen A red DRAGON (Smaug), in a gold-filled DUNGEON (Lonely Mountain)... ... do I [I]really[/I] need to say any more? Anyone who thinks that D&D was not fundamentally influenced by that just hasn't thought about it for more than 5 minutes. Do some homework people... [/QUOTE]
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