Literary Inspiration in Designing TFT:ITL Underworld Adventures

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by JLV

While it's no doubt trite to say so, one of my major inspirations for underground adventures was always J.R.R. Tolkien's Mines of Moria; the sheer wonder and terror of the Mines, from the Watcher in the Water on through to the Balrog attack always gave me the chills and really led me to try and recreate that same sense in my players.

It probably helps that I originally read it when I was an impressionable 12, on the recommendation of my school librarian who saw me check out The Hobbit after one of my classmates did a book report on the book...

Not trite at all JLV; in fact, would you agree that your cite, may very well be one of the finest - if not one of the most famous - literary examples of what one person's vision of the Underworld can be?

JK