On 5/13/05, Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net> wrote: > Maximilian Wilson wrote: > > I heard a Usenet rumor that Dragaera is based on > > some experiences from a roleplaying campaign set > > on Piara, and that all the main characters in > > Jhereg are based on PCs. > [snip] > > It's more than a rumor. It is, it seems, the truth. Steve has said as much > more than once. There are acknowledgements in the books that point to it. > > Among other places in the archives, > http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi?1:mss:2214 is part of a thread > on the topic. > > Wow, that's an old thread! I remember seening somewhere that Vlad is based off of a D&D character...or maybe it was the other way around... I don't know, I get lost and confused! It would be awesome to have Sethra as a PC though.... Talk about over kill on things :o) -- -C "About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment." -- Josh Billings (1818-85), [Henry Wheeler Shaw] American humorist, essayist