I thought drow were Australian.
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2025
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They are, but the quote refers to the dark elves in warhammer :)
I've lived and gamed on both sides of the Atlantic and this author gets it. So many Americans do not understand Warhammer is funny, it's deep satire. Not just the orks but every aspect of the whole settling from Fantasy to 40K.
That certainly explains the spiders, sadomasochism, backstabbing, et al. Posh bellends bippin' about in kinky boots, all squirelly with bloodshot eyes? That tracks.
It's not a scene from a cowboy movie transplanted into a fantasy world, it's a hotel farce transplanted into a fantasy world—an episode of Fawlty Towers where nobody can mention the warhammer.
This was a fun read
I'm not sure I agree with the author on every point they've made,but it's an interesting take, and well-written.
A lot of Dungeons & Dragons games start in an inn. Even the ones that don't soon arrive at one. It makes sense: one of the first things the hobbits do after setting out in The Lord of the Rings is stop at the Inn of the Prancing Pony. And like the Prancing Pony, the default inn from a game of D&D comes with a hooded stranger in the corner as a standard part of the package. He's practically furniture.
Oh, so D&D is Dragonlance? :)
Read more:
The setting's fire-and-brimstone take on religion, with gods who eagerly leap to Cataclysm to punish sinners, was inspired by Hickman's Mormon faith, with Dragonlance's religious texts the Disks of Mishakal an explicit reference to Mormonism's golden plates.
Oh. Oh my.
Still my favorite fantasy books. SOURCE: username
I don't disagree a whit, though they're more nostalgia for me than topping my fantasy list. FWIW, Robert Asprin's on the wacky side of that upper tier, and Piers Anthony is closer to center, but I hear you that Dragonlance as a whole is a litmus for that style. 🤘🏼
So that's why I enjoyed playing a drow so much...