Is Hugh the Barbarian inspired by Rip Taylor?

[Pesky]

This is mostly a question for Doug Kovacs, but I thought I'd post it here so we can weigh in our theories. Our beloved Hugh the Barbarian:


bears a striking resemblance to Rip Taylor:


Was Hugh inspired by Rip?

[GnomeBoy]

You just spoiled the big reveal when Hugh starts throwing confetti around at all of his enemies (and allies).

[sarcasm]THANKS![/sarcasm]

[Wolfskin1982]

Save for the difference in eye color, it looks almost uncanny.

[Blood Axe]

I gotta tell you Pesky- I thought the same thing. I just never thought to bring it up.
I thought to myself- "No way. Cant be. You are being silly."

[Pesky]

I gotta tell you Pesky- I thought the same thing. I just never thought to bring it up.
I thought to myself- "No way. Cant be. You are being silly."

It didn't occur to me until one of my players brought it up. It's awesome to think of Hugh doing a Rip bit, or vice versa. Perhaps Hugh will do a mighty deed using confetti in an upcoming DCC module

[Doug Kovacs]

I think Hugh is Hugh. Personality wise I imagine him as a big shallow jock dick for the most part.
I haven't thought about rip Taylor much in my life.
Everyone likes to pick out their own comparisons though. There have been other comparisons. Think of him as you'd like.

[Cthulhuoid]

In the game world, I see someone attempting to compare his likeness to him - and Hugh summarily ripping his a** out through his throat.

Why? Because he probably has a creepy uncle that looks identical to Rip, and you invoked a bad memory.

[Pesky]

In the game world, I see someone attempting to compare his likeness to him - and Hugh summarily ripping his a** out through his throat.

Hehe, no doubt