Blackmoor in a Nutshell

[Havard]

:lol: Okay. You got me!

Heh, its just a pet peeve of mine. I'm not saying you don't have a point though, just that the effects of gunpowder are often exaggerated by D&D gamers. Certainly it would affect the campaign to some level, but IMO not to the extent that it cannot be used successfully.

Another thing that struck me upon perusing the FFC is the frequent mention of tarns (a word unfamiliar to me until lately). :oops: I guess I'll have to look into this "Gor" series of which I've heard some eyebrow-raising things. hock: If DLA and Friends were inspired by those books, perhaps I should investigate.

As Greg once said, they read any sci fi or fantasy novel they could get their hands on back then. Their main influence comes from the first few Gor novels though, which from what I understand were less extreme than those which followed.

The legacy of the Gor novels on Arneson's campaign are the Tarns as you mention. Beyond that, the Duchy of the Peaks has a society centered around drugs, prostitution, slavery and other immoral elements, though the Blackmoor players early on took the stance that this was an evil society, among other things causing Marfeldt the Barbarian's violent outburst of disgust taking heavy tolls on that nation.

There is also a region called the Hills of Gor to the South.

Out of reasons of personal preference, I have not pursued the Gor connections too much myself.

-Havard