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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 1984496" data-attributes="member: 15582">I'd have to say that most RPGs are "World Cuisine" style. If anything DnD pioneered the idea to the point that it's sort a separate genre. Btw, I've been referring to this style as a "cosmopolitan fantasy world" for ages.When someone uses such broad strokes, I don’t see much difference between Forgotten Realms and Eberron, other than FR has a façade of traditionalism with faux historic cultures while Eberron runs out and gives its World Cuisine style a big “Where have you been all my life” bear hug. Personally, I don't know if Dragonlance really fits in my definition of a “Traditionalist” campaign. In addition to that, lots of the old sword and sorcery stuff had a faithfulness to style not accuracy. I don’t remember any of my Conan stories reaching for historical authenticity.When I think “traditionalist,” I go for the in-depth stuff like Pendragon and Ars-Magica (which came out back in the days of TSR), where you can’t find a picture of a chain mail bikini … “evar!!!” LOL! I’m not saying you can’t do Traditionalist with d20, though you might have to throw out half the magic system to do so. Before WotC and OGL, TSR’s main focus didn’t seem to be any real effort for historical accuracy, though there were a few “green books” that touched on it within the company’s history. As noted, all of Turanil examples are all 3rd party support.</blockquote>

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