I will disagree with the last part of that because RPGs came from the old historic war games from the 1960s and early 70s. D&D was influenced by LoTR, but it was also influenced by the Conan novels and the books of Gor. There is also major influence from Norse, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology in D&D. To say without LoTR there would be no D&D is an incorrect assumption since it was not the sole influence on D&D, nor was it an overwhelming influence. Greek mythology is more evident in D&D than Tolkien. BTW, dwarves, elves, halfings/hobbits, orcs, trolls, ents, and other creatures were used long before Tolkien wrote LoTR.
I am a huge LoTR fan.
Actually I'm pretty sure tolkien made up hobbits. As for ents, I dont think i've heard them ever mentioned in any mythos. Dwarves is norse, although its odd how its mythology, there are dwarves amongst us! As for greek mythology, i'm not sure, I can see things like gorgons and the sort coming from there, but overall I'd say there is more norse of anything.
As for them coming from war games, I'll have to disagree on that, I think they came from D&D board games, and P&P.
But, the mythologies may of been clearly evident in their development, but I feel that tolkiens books helped the change of mythos become mainstream.
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Originally posted by Killer_7 Hey, guess what geniuses? That would be my signature if my image hosting service didn't suck. Most D&D stuff comes from Norse legend. Look at the roots and accents of the names.
EDIT: I wonder if an edit will make my new signature appear. And I would play a D&D game with anime graphics. It would make me feel like less of a geek.
Less of a geek, more of a nerd!
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
And I would play a D&D game with anime graphics. It would make me feel like less of a geek.
do you know what an otaku is? most people who play DnD are far less geeky then otaku, they play to socialize eith thier friends, not debate weather that anime chicks boobs are the best
Originally posted by protoroc And I would play a D&D game with anime graphics. It would make me feel like less of a geek. do you know what an otaku is? most people who play DnD are far less geeky then otaku, they play to socialize eith thier friends, not debate weather that anime chicks boobs are the best
Hrm.....Well I dont see much difference, normal dudes argue about which celebrities boobs are the best....except I suppose the fact anime babes dont exist....But then again you have as much a chance as seeing a celebrity as you would seeing a anime babe. Better change the subject before this topic turns into a boobies thread.
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
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Actually I'm pretty sure tolkien made up hobbits. As for ents, I dont think i've heard them ever mentioned in any mythos. Dwarves is norse, although its odd how its mythology, there are dwarves amongst us! As for greek mythology, i'm not sure, I can see things like gorgons and the sort coming from there, but overall I'd say there is more norse of anything.
As for them coming from war games, I'll have to disagree on that, I think they came from D&D board games, and P&P.
But, the mythologies may of been clearly evident in their development, but I feel that tolkiens books helped the change of mythos become mainstream.
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Hey, guess what geniuses? That would be my signature if my image hosting service didn't suck.
Most D&D stuff comes from Norse legend. Look at the roots and accents of the names.
EDIT: I wonder if an edit will make my new signature appear.
And I would play a D&D game with anime graphics. It would make me feel like less of a geek.
Who got the idea to make an anime and a game based on an MMORPG, but not an actual MMORPG?
Less of a geek, more of a nerd!
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
And I would play a D&D game with anime graphics. It would make me feel like less of a geek.
do you know what an otaku is? most people who play DnD are far less geeky then otaku, they play to socialize eith thier friends, not debate weather that anime chicks boobs are the best
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979