Regarding Appendix N

Appendix N was a section of the original DMG that showcased the works that inspired E Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson during the creation of the D&D game. The below works are where I draw inspiration and help to show case the fantasy tales I enjoy. Feel free to share your own, as a DM it helps to know the type of stories your players like. Also feel free to comment on the things from my list you don't like.

Books

• Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales - JRR Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
• Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind+
• Kingslayer Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss
• Harry Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
• Vlad Taltos aka the Viscount of Adrilanka - Stephen Brust
• The Last of the Renshai - Mickey Zucker Reichert
• Dragon Lance Series - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
• Dune Series - Frank Herbert
• Complete Book of Swords - Fred Saberhagen
• The Noble Dead Series - Barb and JC Hendee
• Disc world especially the Watch books - Terry Pratchett%
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
• Outline of History Part 1 and 2 - HG Wells
• Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
• The Stand; Wizards and Glass - Stephen King
• Anita Blake and Merry Gentry Novels - Laurell K Hamilton*

*Contains graphic sex scenes some readers will want to skip but most well thought out modern vampire and fairy tales; if you can over look the softcore porn aspects.

+Contains adult themes like torture, murder, attempted rape and modest sexuality.

%A satirical representation of the modern world set in a fantasy setting.

Movies - if I included everything this would be a long list indeed

• Excalibur
• Season of the Witch
• Dragonslayer
• Conan the Barbarian
• 13th Warrior
• Beowulf (Both the animated/cgi version and the Scandinavian version)
• Earthsea
• Beastmaster
• Hawk the Slayer
• Dragonheart
• Hobbit Animated
• Last Unicorn
• Monty Python
• Gladiator
• 300
• King Arthur
• Mummy and Mummy 2
• Constantine
• Stardust
• Underworld
• V for Vendetta
• Pitch Black
• Hellboy
• Both Clash of the Titans
• Pirates of the Caribbean all but the last one
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Van Helsing (though not what I expected when it was announced)