In our D&D campaign, I borrow heavily from other sources of fiction. I’m sure many DM’s do. For the curious, here is where I’ve lifted from:<\/p>\n
The concept of the Mage’s Guild is stolen from Morrowind<\/a>, as is the name of the Bitter Coast region in western Dunlock.<\/p>\n Endo<\/a> is named after one of the more obscure henchmen in the movie Lethal Weapon<\/i>. He is NOT named after Cannabis. (I had no idea Endo ment that until AFTER I’d introduced him.)<\/p>\n Noreeno gets his name from”Mike Toreno, the government spy from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Citadel may be named after the Citadel in Half-Life2<\/a> (which I’ve spent a lot of time with this year). It could also get its name from Citadel Station in System Shock<\/a>, which I havn’t played in years, but which affected me so strongly I wrote an entire novel based on it<\/a>. <\/p>\n “The Lich King”, the title given to Mordan, was first used in Warcraft III<\/i>.<\/p>\n The “Dravis” part of Dravis Lorman comes from the villian of the same name in Descent II<\/a>.<\/p>\n The way Mordan seeks to recapture the orb is very similar to the way Sauron seeks to recover the One Ring in Lord of the Rings<\/i>. The fact that this contest happens in the shadow of a great mountain only underlines the fact that LotR has left an indelable impression on my mind. Also, the name “Dunlock” seems very Tolkien-esque. I would not be surprised to find that name came from the novels as well, although I can’t recall anything by that name off the top of my head.<\/p>\n Dawn’s Bride (a ship the players have ridden on many times during their adventures) probably got its name from Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/u><\/i> by C. S. Lewis.<\/p>\n In my first campaign (which is not available online) I had a family of nobles named Loric, who were deliberatly named after King Le<\/u><\/b>oric in the original Diablo<\/a> game.<\/p>\n