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I love Set's gnolls. They're actually interesting!

Over on this thread, I started a discussion about subverting or reflavoring the medieval European default (or rather, pseudo-British and pseudo-Scandinavian) for fantasy settings. It started going in a few directions, so to brings things into focus, I'm going to start different threads for the...

We probably should do that. But I think I can understand why it happens like that. As far as D&D is concerned, monsters and races are the most immediate source of flavor in the game because it directly affects play. It's kind of hard to overlook. Interestingly, I always find the feudal...

Now that's cool! Although, Sovereign Stone had horse-riding Mongolian-type dwarves, which I thought interesting.

I had another brilliant idea I wanted to add, but I forgot what it was. :-(

To address the topic at hand, I've had some time to think about things. Since I'm not too tired to formulate a coherent response, I'll attempt to do so now. I'll address some of the larger cliches mentioned on the blog I linked to earlier. EUROCENTRISM This is a big one for me, for obvious...

*nudges conversation away from castle architecture - showing it a nice new thread it can have - and back toward inverting/subverting fantasy cliches*

I found my way to playwriting through being a frustrated roleplayer and DM. I was also an English major. My interests tend toward the arts and humanities, where I explore ideas and impressions rather than facts and data. Yes, it's lonely being the right-brain person in the group.

No. I played in a Wheel of Time game without even reading the first page of the first novel. I don't know how it would've turned out. Also, I got into Tolkien via Deciphers LotR RPG. Started out without having read any of LotR. Now I have a shelf full of Tolkien books (but not LotR - The...

Thanks I just want to thank all the participants and readers of this thread for keeping things on topic and providing thoughtful, intelligent replies to a potentially sensitive topic. Kudos, ENWorld!

What a great webpage! It's nice to have someone break it down by the numbers. With that in mind, I think what you're going for is to have a clearer idea of what skill ranks actually mean. A lot of times I get pretty frustrated as a player because I like having a diverse array of skills to...

Yeah, that make sense too.

CruelSummerLord, That's pretty cool! I thought about using the First Nations as my baseline humans on the main continent. Speaking of the blog link I posted earlier, I sort of like the idea of elves being not exactly biological. They are shaped like humans - eerily so, since there's...

I was going to list some of my own ideas, but I should probably do that on another thread.

*pokes thread with a cattle prod*

I remember coming across this interview that discusses the problem with Eurocentric fantasy as well as introduces some authors and works who go against that. Interestingly enough, they also bring up how fantasy authors usually portray religion, which is very intriguing. I also found this blog...

There are some pretty good ideas so far. However, let's broaden and focus things a bit. I recently came across a blog that talks about some of the aesthetic, narrative, and ideological elements that constantly creep into fantasy settings. This blogger specifically mentions: Racial...

CruelSummerLord, Cool! That's the sort of thing I'm talking about.

DarkKestral, Thank you for staying on topic.

The short answer: yes. The long answer is best served for another thread.