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<blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 7473098" data-attributes="member: 6688277"><p>Given recent posts by the OP, the main focus is not so much the culture but role reversal. I'm not sure which Amero-Indian culture he envisions to be the dominant one in his game.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure why this is important. It really depends how you want to define paganism - i.e. from a modern outlook or the outlook from the view of the Indians. Also a language barrier would mean no common would exist which from that angle might make things somewhat interesting along the social pillar.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which side are the PCs on? </p><p>To me the most interesting concepts about this is the language barrier, perhaps an element of political in-fighting amongst the Indians which the Africans and Europeans could explore to gain an advantage and the various cultures encountered on the 2 continents, but otherwise as a setting premise it doesn't grab me. </p><p></p><p>Again I ask why Indians? If they are completely divorced from Indians in teepees, sacrifices and everything we supposedly know about them, all you have is a technological monotheistic people colonising a lesser advanced cultures. The idea falls flat and uninteresting. </p><p></p><p>They worship the Earth mother yet they want to cut down masses of trees for agrarian and shipping purposes? How do they appease her, with blood sacrifices of their enemies?</p><p></p><p>For me the what-if scenarios would rather see the Spanish conquistadors land in the Americas to find the mysterious Amero-Indian cultures defending their homelands with supernatural abilities (shamanistic, spirit, dark rituals - depending on the culture). Now you would have technology vs <em>dark magic</em>, civilisation vs brutality (depending on which side you were on), perhaps bring in a crisis in faith on the European side as they struggle to understand what/who they were up against....as information about these <em>savages</em> reaches the bastions of the dominant Christian churches. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>No need to please everyone for your home game and even if it isn't your home game you cannot please everyone.</p><p></p><p>Look at BBC's Troy Fall of a City bastardisation of history/culture continues and you have proponents and detractors on both sides.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sadras, post: 7473098, member: 6688277"] Given recent posts by the OP, the main focus is not so much the culture but role reversal. I'm not sure which Amero-Indian culture he envisions to be the dominant one in his game. I'm not sure why this is important. It really depends how you want to define paganism - i.e. from a modern outlook or the outlook from the view of the Indians. Also a language barrier would mean no common would exist which from that angle might make things somewhat interesting along the social pillar. Which side are the PCs on? To me the most interesting concepts about this is the language barrier, perhaps an element of political in-fighting amongst the Indians which the Africans and Europeans could explore to gain an advantage and the various cultures encountered on the 2 continents, but otherwise as a setting premise it doesn't grab me. Again I ask why Indians? If they are completely divorced from Indians in teepees, sacrifices and everything we supposedly know about them, all you have is a technological monotheistic people colonising a lesser advanced cultures. The idea falls flat and uninteresting. They worship the Earth mother yet they want to cut down masses of trees for agrarian and shipping purposes? How do they appease her, with blood sacrifices of their enemies? For me the what-if scenarios would rather see the Spanish conquistadors land in the Americas to find the mysterious Amero-Indian cultures defending their homelands with supernatural abilities (shamanistic, spirit, dark rituals - depending on the culture). Now you would have technology vs [I]dark magic[/I], civilisation vs brutality (depending on which side you were on), perhaps bring in a crisis in faith on the European side as they struggle to understand what/who they were up against....as information about these [I]savages[/I] reaches the bastions of the dominant Christian churches. No need to please everyone for your home game and even if it isn't your home game you cannot please everyone. Look at BBC's Troy Fall of a City bastardisation of history/culture continues and you have proponents and detractors on both sides. [/QUOTE]
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