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<blockquote data-quote="Aries_Omega" data-source="post: 1695700" data-attributes="member: 15693"><p><strong>Races In Fantasy</strong></p><p></p><p>I often wondered why most fantasy games were of fantasy Europe. Do people in non-european countries play fantasy games set in something more familar with. For example gamers in Japan. Do they what we in America would call "Oriental Adventures" or "Legends of the Five Rings" setting? Do Europeans...who grew up with stories of goblins, redcaps, nymphs and so forth look at AD&D and say "my...they took that idea to far....goblins are nothing like that." </p><p></p><p>I found the answer to be that most fantasy writters were Caucasian and used old European legends as their basis. Is this bad? In my opinon...no. Just how they write. I myself am White/Latino mix and never really fit into either group of people most of my life. I grew up in a part of the US where there are many Mexicans. My father is not Mexican....Latino...not Mexican. So while I was half Latino...I did not fit in with the native Spanish speaking population. I think this is the reason why I find myself making the main character in my story a half elf. Not your normal human/high elf (Tanis Half Elven and just about every half elf in fiction) but human/wild elf combos. </p><p></p><p>In defense of game designers there are some really good non-European fantasy settings. Most all of us know Oriental Adventures and Legends of the Five Rings. Most Asian gamers I know have been told of old folk stories that tell of the monsters in those games and agree with me in that...yes...they are well writen with some elements of truth to them but they are what they are. Good fantasy gaming material. Another setting that a friend of mine that went to Howard showed me and loves is the Nyambe setting for Africa. For those of us gaming in the 2E system TSR did try to do a good Mezo-American setting once (Maztica) and Middle Eastern Setting (Al-Qaim...I think is the spelling). The online support to convert to d20 is great and I am impressed with it. Hopefully WOTC or some other company will pick up the title and publish material for it.</p><p></p><p>Thats all I got with only one cup of coffee so far</p><p>Aries</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries_Omega, post: 1695700, member: 15693"] [b]Races In Fantasy[/b] I often wondered why most fantasy games were of fantasy Europe. Do people in non-european countries play fantasy games set in something more familar with. For example gamers in Japan. Do they what we in America would call "Oriental Adventures" or "Legends of the Five Rings" setting? Do Europeans...who grew up with stories of goblins, redcaps, nymphs and so forth look at AD&D and say "my...they took that idea to far....goblins are nothing like that." I found the answer to be that most fantasy writters were Caucasian and used old European legends as their basis. Is this bad? In my opinon...no. Just how they write. I myself am White/Latino mix and never really fit into either group of people most of my life. I grew up in a part of the US where there are many Mexicans. My father is not Mexican....Latino...not Mexican. So while I was half Latino...I did not fit in with the native Spanish speaking population. I think this is the reason why I find myself making the main character in my story a half elf. Not your normal human/high elf (Tanis Half Elven and just about every half elf in fiction) but human/wild elf combos. In defense of game designers there are some really good non-European fantasy settings. Most all of us know Oriental Adventures and Legends of the Five Rings. Most Asian gamers I know have been told of old folk stories that tell of the monsters in those games and agree with me in that...yes...they are well writen with some elements of truth to them but they are what they are. Good fantasy gaming material. Another setting that a friend of mine that went to Howard showed me and loves is the Nyambe setting for Africa. For those of us gaming in the 2E system TSR did try to do a good Mezo-American setting once (Maztica) and Middle Eastern Setting (Al-Qaim...I think is the spelling). The online support to convert to d20 is great and I am impressed with it. Hopefully WOTC or some other company will pick up the title and publish material for it. Thats all I got with only one cup of coffee so far Aries [/QUOTE]
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