Mood or Tone of the 'Dungeon Fantasy' setting, world...

[Dalin]

Originally Posted by Stripe

I think it goes without saying that D&D is the original TTRPG.

Just like I think it's pretty safe to say the core influence of the down-and-town flavor of the hack-and-slash Dungeon Fantasy dungeon crawl is video games.

Ah, I see. It didn't occur to me that video games were a major inspiration for Dungeon Fantasy, but it makes sense. I've always assumed the genre was primarily an homage to the early days of D&D.