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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Epic Meepo" data-source="post: 9134957" data-attributes="member: 57073">Agreed. Why must every official D&D jungle setting be a fantasy retelling of “Heart of Darkness,” where the indigenous people are two-dimensional stereotypes designed to be foils for foreign explorers instead of being the main characters in their own story? Either that or it’s the old RPGA Living Jungle campaign, set in a magically-isolated, sparsely-populated, stone-age wilderness whose inhabitants have no impact on the wider world.I would have liked to see a Forgotten Realms adventure featuring PCs native to the (illusion-cloaked, Wakanda-like) city of Mezro exploring the world beyond their jungle homeland. But WotC doesn’t let inhabitants of jungles have nuanced cultures and narratively-interesting things to do. The 2017 Tomb of Annihilation hardcover tells us the gods have shunted the city of Mezro into an undescribed, inaccessible demiplane. Apparently, WotC thought the world would be more interesting without it.</blockquote>