Timeline for Is the D&D 5e magic item "Ioun stone" derived from the magic of Mandor from Zelazny's "Amber"?
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| Jul 3, 2020 at 19:46 | comment | added | Gwyn | As in answers elsewhere, Ioun stones were taken from Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories. However Zelazny is cited as one of the major influences on D&D in the infamous Appendix N of the original DMs Guide. He was one of Gary Gygax's favourite authors and it is speculated that spells like Shadowalk and some of the functioning of the planes were inspired by the orginal Amber series published 1970-1976 and earlier works like Jack of Shadows. | |
| Jul 3, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1278931496598999040 | ||
| Jul 3, 2020 at 3:23 | history | edited | Buzz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 2, 2020 at 21:01 | vote | accept | EngrStudent | ||
| Jul 2, 2020 at 19:58 | history | edited | DavidW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 2, 2020 at 19:36 | comment | added | FuzzyBoots | :-P I don't find your hypothesis unreasonable. There are just earlier sources. | |
| Jul 2, 2020 at 19:36 | answer | added | FuzzyBoots | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 2, 2020 at 19:34 | answer | added | DavidW | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 2, 2020 at 19:32 | answer | added | Buzz | timeline score: 33 | |
| Jul 2, 2020 at 19:22 | history | asked | EngrStudent | CC BY-SA 4.0 |