goodmangames wrote:
I also recently watched the 1963 film "The Raven" (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057449/ ) which is a hokey sorcerer film that is very clearly the origin of several D&D spells. I've heard it said that Gygax was a fan of this movie, and you can see its application to D&D once you watch it. Early in the film you can see a magic missile in action -- the first time I've ever seen what is obviously a DYD-style magic missile happening in a non-D&D media source. Near the end of the movie, there's a great wizard's duel with some very D&D-ish spells, including several more magic missiles and a fireball, as well as more traditional wizard magic like levitation and turning scarves into snakes. It's a decent movie in its own right but also worth checking out if you're into D&D history, especially considering how D&D-ish the characters are, more than a decade before D&D was published.
Watching this now thanks to magic of Netflix streaming. You are definitely right about it being hokey.
The Raven was an entertaining movie. I won't say it was good, but there were some interesting examples D&D spells like Rope Trick and Magic Missile. We have Appendix N for literary inspiration. I would like to know if anyone has an Appendix N related list of movies.
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Hammer horror movies, especially the ones with Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as the most badass van Helsing. This is where the cleric class and their Turn Undead ability comes from.
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Ravenheart87 wrote:Hammer horror movies, especially the ones with Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as the most badass van Helsing. This is where the cleric class and their Turn Undead ability comes from.
I agree Cushing was the best Van Helsing.
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