Maus and Lankhmar

[Havard]

As to Lankhmar being useful to describe a city of thieves as a principle, yes, that is certainly possible.

But from a textual point, my clear answer would be no.

I am tempted to think the connection goes beyond that. Not only do we have the city's name Maus, which is remarkably similar to the name of one of the main characters, but we also have two cities dominated by Thieves Guilds. I suspect that Scott Belfry controlled Maus and played games in it with Arneson, inspired by the Lankhmar stories. It also seems likely that the Lankhmar characters were important sources of inspiration for the Thief Class.

Now the question is: How can we make use of this to expand Maus?


-Havard