Actually, I don't know where they take their influences from ,
but I often notice how innocently role-playing games use things from rather ethoteric sources without really knowing thier origins ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
Take Sacred, for example : Look at two particular spells the Magician has there ... (hint, hint) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />