01-20-2011, 01:46 PM
Rafael Wrote:Aldarron Wrote:Bram Stokers Dracula would be another although maybe indirectly through horror movie adaptations.
hock: Really? Why?
Ah, well I think the horror movies that Dave loved are too easily glossed over when one thinks of sources. Blackmoor castle in its abandoned state, "feels" not unlike Dracula's castle - an abandoned ediface on a rocky outcrop filled with ghosts and with a creepy old dungeon ruled by a vampire (Sir Fang).
There's also the "van Helsing" model used to create the Cleric class - both being doctors/healers who hunt and destroy unlife.
Dune:
I think there's a number of subtle things but the nomads and thier leader, as Havard mentioned do seem influenced by the fremen, at least in the FFC where it says "...their military prowess... is fearsome beyond belief... defeating up to ten times their number with ease."
And there's "magic" items like the "educator" that have dune equivalents and the fighting machine straight out of the book.