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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7873789" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>I can mostly see where you get that breakdown, but that's not how I read it, originally. It's been a really, really long time, so I'm reaching into the back of my brain, but I interpreted it more "Mediterranean" (Oeridian), "Germanic/Nordic/Celtic" (Suloise), "Far Eastern" (Baklunish), and "African" (Flan). That leaves out any sort of Native American and the Indian subcontinent. Gygax had some throw-away line that indicated, to me, that he kind of viewed areas with mixed offspring of Baklunish and Flan to fill the Indian role, but that's far from canon. That's not too bad for racial representation.</p><p></p><p>Culture-wise, there were cases where things lined up with the real-world racial equivalents -- pseudo-vikings were pale Suel, pseudo-Mongols were "golden skinned" Baklunish, the Flan had a more animistic religion and worshiped the "old gods", etc. In other cases, the culture didn't line up -- having the Arabic culture being held by the golden-skinned, Eastern-looking Bakluni, rather than the olive-complected Oerids, for example (I've seen others suggest the Bakluni are Arabic, but I think that's because of the cultural overlay, not the physical description). Largely, though, Oerth has its own culture that isn't (entirely) straight out of the real world, includes things like lands ruled by immortal demi-gods and undead lords, and is much more coherent than the Realms, Krynn, or any of the others. It still obviously spins around the psuedo-Medieval Europe axis, thematically, but is pretty darn inclusive within that space. You may not find your culture represented, but you can almost definitely find someone who looks like you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7873789, member: 5100"] I can mostly see where you get that breakdown, but that's not how I read it, originally. It's been a really, really long time, so I'm reaching into the back of my brain, but I interpreted it more "Mediterranean" (Oeridian), "Germanic/Nordic/Celtic" (Suloise), "Far Eastern" (Baklunish), and "African" (Flan). That leaves out any sort of Native American and the Indian subcontinent. Gygax had some throw-away line that indicated, to me, that he kind of viewed areas with mixed offspring of Baklunish and Flan to fill the Indian role, but that's far from canon. That's not too bad for racial representation. Culture-wise, there were cases where things lined up with the real-world racial equivalents -- pseudo-vikings were pale Suel, pseudo-Mongols were "golden skinned" Baklunish, the Flan had a more animistic religion and worshiped the "old gods", etc. In other cases, the culture didn't line up -- having the Arabic culture being held by the golden-skinned, Eastern-looking Bakluni, rather than the olive-complected Oerids, for example (I've seen others suggest the Bakluni are Arabic, but I think that's because of the cultural overlay, not the physical description). Largely, though, Oerth has its own culture that isn't (entirely) straight out of the real world, includes things like lands ruled by immortal demi-gods and undead lords, and is much more coherent than the Realms, Krynn, or any of the others. It still obviously spins around the psuedo-Medieval Europe axis, thematically, but is pretty darn inclusive within that space. You may not find your culture represented, but you can almost definitely find someone who looks like you. [/QUOTE]
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