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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6582477" data-attributes="member: 6777696"><p>Ha, ideally, all the bases, but not necessarily in great detail. As in, I don't need a fantasy setting that provides a separate culture for for every people originating in Southeast Asia anymore than I need a fantasy setting that provides a separate culture for every people originating in eastern Europe. And I'm certainly happy to settle with the best I can get and go from there.</p><p></p><p>But, as I think I said above, the word "ethnic" might mislead a little, because I'm actually fairly wary of the fantasy cultures which feel too directly ripped from historical counterparts, especially when they've been ripped by people who aren't of that culture. This is why I definitely agree with [MENTION=10496]Misha[/MENTION]ri Lord's suggestion to deliberately composite real-world ethnicities and try to create something that isn't entirely recognizable, but also features some inspiration from real-World counterparts. What I would really, really love to see, is a fantasy setting that encompasses the same range of cultures, customs and appearances as the real world does, but does so with unique cultures that don't say, "Oh, the Ethengari are clearly the Mystara equivalent of the Mongolian empire." Or, "these people are clearly the white game designer's equivalent of the Aztecs after spending 20 minutes on Wikipedia and filtering that through a lifetime of cultural bias." (Because that's what I'd give you.) Mystara's the only non-homebrew setting I've ever run a campaign in, and I find its descriptions of non-European cultures to be a little out of line with my sensibility. That being said, I've only scratched the surface of what's available on the setting.</p><p></p><p>So, since I'm sure what I really, really want doesn't exist in the way I'd like it to, as is always the case for all of us, maybe the best question is — out of all these settings, which has <em>the least racist representation</em> of various people with different appearances, skin color and customs than medieval Europeans, and is already the most integrated? (As in, the setting is written for at least a large number of these people to have interacted and migrated historically.)</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for your responses. They have been helpful in how I think about what it is I'm looking for in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redrick, post: 6582477, member: 6777696"] Ha, ideally, all the bases, but not necessarily in great detail. As in, I don't need a fantasy setting that provides a separate culture for for every people originating in Southeast Asia anymore than I need a fantasy setting that provides a separate culture for every people originating in eastern Europe. And I'm certainly happy to settle with the best I can get and go from there. But, as I think I said above, the word "ethnic" might mislead a little, because I'm actually fairly wary of the fantasy cultures which feel too directly ripped from historical counterparts, especially when they've been ripped by people who aren't of that culture. This is why I definitely agree with [MENTION=10496]Misha[/MENTION]ri Lord's suggestion to deliberately composite real-world ethnicities and try to create something that isn't entirely recognizable, but also features some inspiration from real-World counterparts. What I would really, really love to see, is a fantasy setting that encompasses the same range of cultures, customs and appearances as the real world does, but does so with unique cultures that don't say, "Oh, the Ethengari are clearly the Mystara equivalent of the Mongolian empire." Or, "these people are clearly the white game designer's equivalent of the Aztecs after spending 20 minutes on Wikipedia and filtering that through a lifetime of cultural bias." (Because that's what I'd give you.) Mystara's the only non-homebrew setting I've ever run a campaign in, and I find its descriptions of non-European cultures to be a little out of line with my sensibility. That being said, I've only scratched the surface of what's available on the setting. So, since I'm sure what I really, really want doesn't exist in the way I'd like it to, as is always the case for all of us, maybe the best question is — out of all these settings, which has [I]the least racist representation[/I] of various people with different appearances, skin color and customs than medieval Europeans, and is already the most integrated? (As in, the setting is written for at least a large number of these people to have interacted and migrated historically.) Thank you all for your responses. They have been helpful in how I think about what it is I'm looking for in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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