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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nymrod" data-source="post: 8094797" data-attributes="member: 7026230">Al-Qadim could definitely stand alone. Zakhara is not really that remote from FR though; the Corsairs primarily raid on Faerunian vessels (and there is a greater ajami presence up there which requires for something to be north of it). And even back in AD&D Zakhara stood alone as a setting; there was not that much interaction (and really, the same is true for Kara Tur). Saying it is on Abeir-Toril does not really force any interaction with the rest of FR; heck historically other than the planar migration of the Midani there is little interaction between the settings (and Zakhara's timeline is purposefully left fairly vague).If we are however thinking WotC would struggle with socially contentious issues, tasked genie slavery as shown in Al-Qadim is one of the most disturbing in D&D, easily as bad if not worse than that of the illithid. They are not just mind broken, their very bodies are altered, their lifespans are often cut tremendously and if they ever are taken away from their "task" they go insane.</blockquote>