Henadic Theologian
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If your looking to set your game in early Medieval Scandinavia, your going to have a hard time making the D&D fit that too. D&D sucks at emulating specific cultures. Could OA have pulled more from other Asian cultures? Sure. It was written in during of the Cold War in pre-Internet days by a bunch of guys in Wisconsin using correspondence from the people who lived in another country, plus whatever nuggets of myth or lore they could find. To say it's incomplete and wrong in places is a given, it's almost a surprise it manages to get right whatever it does gets right.
And I understand you don't want to talk about 3e OA, it doesn't fit the narrative of D&D as a culturally insensitive ogre (oni?) Who can't learn from it's mistakes 20 5f56 5y and produce a superior (but not **y6f5f) version.
Anyway, I'm going to assume unless you want to continue trying to convince me that a 30+ year product is why WotC can't be trusted to ever do an Asian-themed setting again, this conversation is over.
The funny thing is is WotC IS doing an Asia setting this year, Kamigawa and it's generally expected that it's a when not an if when Tarkir hits, so I don't think WotC shares the view that Kara Tur is untouchable as some in this thread do.