***Begin Part 3*** General3 22: What are some good books to read or movies to watch to get good ideas? A: An attempt to list every fantasy book and movie would be suicide, plain and simple. However, what follows is a list of some of the books which Basic D&D was based upon*, as well as some others which are regarded as classics or particularly indicative of the genre, followed by a list of fantasy movies. Basis for D&D:*,** Anderson, Poul. _Three Hearts and Three Lions_; _The High Crusade_; _The Broken Sword_ Bellairs, John. _The Face in the Frost_ Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Pellucidar" series; Mars series; Venus series Carter, Lin. "World's End" series de Camp, L. Sprague. _Lest Darkness Fall_; _Fallible Fiend_ de Camp, L. Sprague, and Fletcher Pratt. "Harold Shea" series; _Carnelian Cube_ Farmer, Philip Jose. "The World of the Tiers" series Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" series; "Kyrik" series Howard, Robert E. "Conan" series Lanier, Sterling. _Hiero's Journey_ Lieber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" series [a.k.a. "Lankhmar" series] Lovecraft, H.P. "Cthulhu" series Merritt, A. _Creep, Shadow, Creep_; Moon Pool_; Dwellers in the Mirage_ Moorcock, Michael. _Stormbringer, Stealer of Souls_; "Hawkmoon" series Offutt, Andrew J., ed. _Swords Against Darkness III_ Pratt, Fletcher. _Blue Star_ Saberhagen, Fred. _Changeling Earth_ St. Clair, Margaret. _The Shadow People_; _Sign of the Labrys_ Tolkein, J.R.R. _The Hobbit_; "Ring" trilogy Vance, Jack. _The Eyes of the Overworld_; _The Dying Earth_ Zelazny, Roger. _Jack of Shadows_; "Amber" series * This list is selected from a list found on p. 224 of the 1st ed. DMG ** According to the authors of the 1st ed. DMG, de Camp & Pratt, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, H.P. Lovecraft, and A. Merritt had some of the most direct influences on the direction of the game, and the others had a lesser influence. Other reading: [Anonymous.] _Arabian Nights_ [Anonymous.] _Beowulf_ [Anonymous.] _The Song of Roland_ Alexander, Lloyd. _The Book of Three_ and the resultant series Anthony, Piers. "Xanth" series Asprin, Robert. "Myth" series Asprin, Robert, ed. "Thieves' World" series Bradley, Marion Zimmer. _The Mists of Avalon_, "Darkover" books Brooks, Terry. "Shannara" series; "Magic Kingdom of Landover" series Brothers Grimm. _Grimm's Fairy Tales_ Cherryh, C.J. "Sword of Knowledge" series; "Morgam" books Cook, David C. (publ.). _Tullus and the Vandals of the North_ Dickson, Gordon. _The Dragon & The George_ Donaldson, Stephen R. _Daughter of Regals & Other Tales_ Duncan, Dave. _The Hunters' Haunt_ Eddings, David. "Belgariad" series; "Mallorean" series; "Elenium" series Foster, Alan Dean. "Spellsinger" series Gemmell, David. "Drenai" tales; "Sipstrassi" tales Gygax, E. Gary. "Gord the Rogue" series Jordan, Robert. "Wheel of Time" series Kurtz, Katherine. "Deryni" series Lackey, Mercedes. "Magic's Dream" series Lawhead, Stephen R. "Merlin"; "Taliesin"; "Arthur" Lewis, C.S. "Narnia" series McCaffrey, Anne. "Pern" series Niven, Larry. _The Magic Goes Away_ Peters, Ellis. "Brother Cadfael" series Piper, H. Beam. _Lord Kalvern of Otherwhen_ Prachett, Terry. "Discworld" series; _The Color of Magic_ Rosenberg, Joel. "Guardians of the Flame" series Saberhagen, Fred. "Swords" series; "Lost Swords" series Weis, Margaret, & Tracy Hickman. "Darksword" series; "Deathgate" series White, T.H. _The Once and Future King_ [Various.] (Any novel published by TSR) [??.] _Prince Valiant_ Movies: (All of these are available on video)* *Warning: Some of these movies are intended for children, and a couple are almost guaranteed to rot your brain. I take no responsibility for any damage done to your sanity by the watching of some of these films. A: Animated The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1935) Aladdin (1986, 1992A) Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1968A, 1976) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1984) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982) A Archer: The Fugitive From the Empire (1981) Arkenstone Fantasy (1974) Ator the Fighing Eagle (1983) The Beastmaster (1982) The Blade Master (1984) Bladestorm (1986) Chronicles of Narnia, 3 vols. (1989) Clash of the Titans (1981) Conan the Barbarian (1982) Conan the Destroyer (1984) A Connecticut Yankee (1931) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949, 1970A) The Dark Crystal (1983) Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987) Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell (1988) Deathstalker 4: Clash of the Titans (1991) The Dragon Who Wasn't (Or Was He?) (1983) A Dragonslayer (1981) Excalibur (1981) Fire and Ice (1983) Flight of Dragons (1982) A Fury of Hercules (1962) Gnomes (1980) A The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) Gor (198?) The Greenstone (1985) Grendel, Grendel, Grendel (1982) A Hamlet (1948, 1990) Hawk and Castile (19??) Hawk the Slayer (1980) Henry V (1944, 1989) Highlander (1986) The Hobbit (1978) A The Iron Crown (1941) Iron Warrior (1987) Ironmaster (1983) Ivanhoe (1952, 1982) Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Krull (1983) Labyrinth (1986) Ladyhawke (1985) The Last Unicorn (1982) A Legend (1986) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979) A Lord of the Rings (1978) A The Magic Sword (1962) The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (1952) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) The Name of the Rose (1986) Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1989) Neverending Story (1984) 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) A Outlaw of Gor (1987) Petronella (1985) The Phantom Toolbooth (1969) A The Princess Bride (1987) Rashomon (1951) Red Sonja (1985) The Return of the King (1980) A Robin and Marian (1976) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Scaramouche (1952) Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1984) Seven Samurai (1954) Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Shogun Assassin (1980) Shogun's Ninja (1983) Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) A Sinbad the Sailor (1947) Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) Son of Sinbad (1955) The Sword and the Dragon (1956) The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) Sword of Doom (1967) Sword of Heaven (1981) Sword of Lancelot (1963) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) The Three Musketeers (1933, 1948, 1974, 1994) Time Bandits (1981) The Vikings (1958) Warlock (1991) Warriors (1955) Warriors of the Wind (1985) A Willow (1988) The Wind and the Lion (1975) Wizard of the Lost Kingdom (1985) Wizard of the Lost Kingdom II (1989) Wizards (1977) Zardoz (1973) 23: Wasn't there a Saturday morning cartoon about *D&D? A: Yes, there was. _Dungeons & Dragons_ ran for a few seasons on CBS in the mid-80's. The main characters were all real-world people who rode the new "D&D" roller-coaster at the local theme park and somehow got transported by the DungeonMaster to a fantasy world. Each of the main characters had a personal magic item, and a vast majority of the show's plots revolved around the evil Venger trying (and failing) to get their items so that he could become all-powerful, while the heroes tried to find portals back to the "real" world, and failed to use every one for one reason or another. The main characters were: Hank (Ranger): The leader. His bow shot magic arrows that never missed. Eric (Cavalier): The scaredy-cat, which wasn't very cavalier of him, but that's another matter. His shield projected a forcefield. Presto/Andrew (Wizard): The comedian. He could pull items out of his hat, but rarely, if ever, got what he wanted. Shiela (Thief): The 2nd in command. Her cloak made her invisible when she put on the hood. [Karen?] Diana (Acrobat): The token minority. Her 10" pole could extend to 10' on command. [Shiela?] Bobby (Barbarian): Shiela's kid brother. His club caused a mini- earthquake when he struck the ground, and gave powerful blows to any enemies he hit with it. Uni (Unicorn): Token cute creature. How can you hate a show that features a baby unicorn with big, blue eyes and a plaintful bleat? Dungeon Master (DM): The DM, of course. Short, bald guy who talked in riddles and sent the party into the face of certain doom, from which they always managed to solve his riddles and survive, yet always fail to get home. Venger (Fiend): The bad guy. He had one horn, fangs, and rode a winged nightmare. He always had some scheme to take over the world, and it usually involved stealing the heroes' weapons first. Tiamat (Dragon): The really bad girl. What's really big, has five heads, a nasty temper, is mindlessly evil, and wants revenge on Venger for something that happened in the first episode? I don't know, but it's standing right behind you... RAAAAAAAAHHHHRRRRRR!!! 24: How do you pronounce...? Arquebus = AR-keh-bus (like "Masque of the Red Death") Bardiche = bar-DEESH Chatkcha = CHAT-k-cha [Thri-keen throwing weapon] Chitin = KITE-in Cuirass - KWEE-rass Drow = Either DRAU (as in drowsy--preferred), or DRO (as in grow) Falchion = FAL-shee-on FAQ = FACK, eff-ay-cue, or, as I heard on rec.arts.comics.xbooks, fuh-cue Geas = GEE-ass, or GYASS (just a hint of the "y," both with a hard "g") Halberd = HAL-berd, (not HAL-bread) Herb = ERB Ixitxachitl = iks-it-ZATCH-i-til Lich = LITCH (as in ditch), *not* LIKE or LICK (!!) Mage = MAGE (as in age), *not* MADGE (as in badger) Mana = MA-nah (MA = as in cat), MAH-nah Melee = Either MAY-lay (preferred), may-LAY, or meh-LAY Palladium = puh-LAY-dee-um Tarrasque = tar-RASK (like "Masque of the Red Death") THAC0 = Either THAK-oh (preferred), or THAKE-oh Wyvern = WIH-vern (as in did), or WHY-vern 25: How do you spell...? A: Some tricky spellings from the world of fantasy roleplaying: aarakocra falchion paladin Baatzu ixixachitl rakshasa Cthulhu medieval Tanar'ri dweomer mythoi tarrasque ***End Part 3***