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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5843009" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'd rephrase that to say that it's probably an improvement if FRPG art reflected the ethnicity of the cultures represented in the setting...and that the settings themselves should be a bit more culturally diverse.Eurocentric* FRPGs really don't need some kind of art quota based on modern demographics.&nbsp; While Asian, Arabic and Africans may have traveled through or even settled in Europe in the 1400s on, together they wouldn't amount to 10% of the populace.&nbsp; (Most of them would be nobles, holy men, merchants &amp; mercenaries, I'd guess.)OTOH, a FRPG with more prevalent non-European designs might need more emphasis on other races in the art.&nbsp; (Honestly, the only time I got miffed by D&amp;D art were the Caucasian-looking Egyptian gods in some 2Ed product.)* understand that European-&nbsp; along with Asian, African and Arabic- regarding FRPGs is just shorthand for the various races and culture types that may appear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5843009, member: 19675"] I'd rephrase that to say that it's probably an improvement if FRPG art reflected the ethnicity of the cultures represented in the setting...and that the settings themselves should be a bit more culturally diverse. Eurocentric* FRPGs really don't need some kind of art quota based on modern demographics. While Asian, Arabic and Africans may have traveled through or even settled in Europe in the 1400s on, [I]together[/I] they wouldn't amount to 10% of the populace. (Most of them would be nobles, holy men, merchants & mercenaries, I'd guess.) OTOH, a FRPG with more prevalent non-European designs might need more emphasis on other races in the art. (Honestly, the only time I got miffed by D&D art were the Caucasian-looking Egyptian gods in some 2Ed product.) * understand that European- along with Asian, African and Arabic- regarding FRPGs is just shorthand for the various races and culture [I]types[/I] that may appear. [/QUOTE]

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