A class in D&D

They always seemed odd.

Not really

A staple that was always in there.

Because Strider called himself a ranger on LotR

They're based on the Dunedain Rangers in LotR, yeah

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forgive me for not putting the diacritical in Dunedain, I can never remember the ALT code for it

Tolkien was a genius

and he didnt even know it

saaaaame

It's pretty impressive how 90% of fantasy settings are just direct ripoffs of lotr

To be fair, D&D has expanded past a direct ripoff of LotR

LOTR ripped off plenty.

basically

90% of the remaining settings are direct ripoffs of D&D

oh def

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And true

LOTR has a lot of elements from myth and folk tale etc

I had to learn that range back when I was a wee lad.

Even Capcom ripped off Tolkien.

The resemblence is uncanny..

lel

kek

I always felt like I found better searches for my pokemans when I searched with a è

(Real talk: Best theme in the game.)

DnD fucking ruined the layman's understanding of historical weapons nomenclature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTC0b339Gs

D&D has Balrogs too

Balors.

Balrog looks ready to defend his pudding.

(first picture, not second)

Whoa we both posted the same pic.

I don't see a difference

It's like someone took a photocopier

Naah, there's a subtle difference

I can see it. It's hard, but it's there.