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<blockquote data-quote="The Glen" data-source="post: 8208553" data-attributes="member: 6800327"><p>Mystara is a cultural mish-mash, the Savage Coast was largely various Iberian themed regions including South America with the Republic of Texas thrown in for good measure.&nbsp; The Wallara or Chameleon men were redesigned decades ago into a pure reptilian race back in the Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium.&nbsp; Most of the critique was about the art, but the art was largely changed since then.&nbsp; The biggest problem was the Atruaghin which represent various Indian tribes, but that was more because the book was obviously rushed and was incomplete with padding like 1&quot; margins and 14pt fonts.&nbsp; The entire gazetteer was rewritten in the Vaults of Pandius to fill in the numerous gaps in the book.&nbsp; It was one of the best selling settings in D&amp;D, has a massive catalog of books (2nd only to Forgotten Realms), and since BECMI was translated into other languages more than 1st ed it has a large following outside of the US.&nbsp; The capcom beat 'em ups didn't hurt its reputation either.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Glen, post: 8208553, member: 6800327"] Mystara is a cultural mish-mash, the Savage Coast was largely various Iberian themed regions including South America with the Republic of Texas thrown in for good measure. The Wallara or Chameleon men were redesigned decades ago into a pure reptilian race back in the Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium. Most of the critique was about the art, but the art was largely changed since then. The biggest problem was the Atruaghin which represent various Indian tribes, but that was more because the book was obviously rushed and was incomplete with padding like 1" margins and 14pt fonts. The entire gazetteer was rewritten in the Vaults of Pandius to fill in the numerous gaps in the book. It was one of the best selling settings in D&D, has a massive catalog of books (2nd only to Forgotten Realms), and since BECMI was translated into other languages more than 1st ed it has a large following outside of the US. The capcom beat 'em ups didn't hurt its reputation either. [/QUOTE]

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