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<blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 7728706" data-attributes="member: 6689464"><p>Ok. I'll try to be more constructive. I've already said I don't personally approve of it, but if you are interested anyway, at least let me give some suggestions and a little more in-deep info. (I'll be editing this post often over the following days)</p><p></p><p>First suggestion.- Don't use this as a coat of paint for the same kind of adventures, rather use the ideas to create variations using the flavor you prefer the most. (So basically instead of just making ocetic changes to go for exotic flavor, use some of the principles and ideas as inspiration to twist your campaigns, even if they remain nominally "European/Tolkien Fantasy")</p><p></p><p>On Anahuac.- According to Frank Díaz, it could be translated as "surrounded by water", instead of "near the water". And in this meaning it applies to most of what we know as Mesoamerica. </p><p></p><p>On Aztecs, they were a very developed culture and quite sophisticated. </p><p></p><p>1)They had universal schooling. Not universal literacy, as their language was complex enough in writing, but every child, poor and noble, boy or girl had to go to school. </p><p></p><p>2)They considered lethal warfare to be barbaric. The greatest warriors had fame and renown for their ability to best and capture their opponents, not for their ability to kill. If you could only kill, you were an awful warrior. </p><p></p><p>3)Their legal system was very developed and even modern at times. They had due process, presumption of innocence, and kept written records of all trials. By law they had a limit of eight months to rule on any process. The process was faster the worse the crime.</p><p></p><p>4)The clan was life, losing it was Death. The mexica-alcohua-tecpaneca society was very collectivist. People were organized in calpulli (commonly translated as barrios or neighborhoods, but more accurately they were clans). People of the same calpulli lived together, fought wars together, paid tributes together,worshipped together the same gods, shared the land and normally shared the same occupation. With exceptions for specialized jobs like priests, midwifes and chiefs of the clans. Without the clan, the individual was defenseless and destitute. To be expelled from the clan was a death sentence and not a good death. There was no way to join a different calpulli. Except for extraordinary cases in which it was done for alliances, nobody married outside the clan. </p><p></p><p>5)Family life was important. The only thing more impotant than the clan was family. Not marrying was not an option. Men had to marry before thirty or face ostracism and risk expulsion. Only priests and priestesses were exempt from this obligation,but they were to remain chaste. Children had to go to school, help in the house and learn the family trade/work the family plow. Men could only independize after marriage, and they couldn't do it before finishing their education. Divorce existed, upon which the couple split the children and the wife returned to the parental home. Levirate was common.</p><p></p><p>6)Tlamemeh were just above indentured servants and conquered people. Tlamemeh carried the goods during trade expeditions. This was a backbreaking labor, as they had to walk long distances with heavy loads all day long, everyday. (The derivative word Tameme still is in use in modern day México, it is used often in jest, tongue-in-cheek between close friends, but it is derogatory so don't ever ever use it with strangers, as it has connotations similar to calling someone else "slave")</p><p></p><p>7)Pochtecs were like ninjas.Pochtecs were the merchant class. They were the children of other Pochtecs and regular people that were accepted and could finish an expedition. Since some of the most successful pochtecs basically gained most of the perks of nobility sans the actual nobility, this was a kind of social mobility. But they weren't just merchants. They were also diplomats and warriors, as the roads were dangerous. And they were also spies, saboteurs and assassins, carrying out missions given by the government.</p><p></p><p>8)Culture was oral. One's word was serious business. Most of the day to day business was conducted through verbal contracts.History tradition abd poetry were all preserved through oral account. Even then.</p><p></p><p>9)Scribes were key to the functioning of society. Scribes (tlacuhilli) were trained in the calmecac. Not many knew how to write, as you needed drawing and composition ability on top of a lot of initiated knowledge (a good portion of it is lost). Tlacuhilli recorded tributes, judicial processes and trials, long scope contracts and compiled religious books and tonalamatl (calendars) which themselves were key to the organization of society: To name newborns, allow marriages, program ceremonies, plan the planting and harvest. Etc.</p><p></p><p>10)Archeologists. Aztecs practiced archeology, they wanted to learn about the the great cultures of the past they modeled their society after. They conducted expeditions to the ruins of Teotihuacan and what we know as Tulla/Tollan -And I say this because Tula/Tollan means city or civilized place. You can still find tons of places called Tula in modern day México-.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoonSong, post: 7728706, member: 6689464"] Ok. I'll try to be more constructive. I've already said I don't personally approve of it, but if you are interested anyway, at least let me give some suggestions and a little more in-deep info. (I'll be editing this post often over the following days) First suggestion.- Don't use this as a coat of paint for the same kind of adventures, rather use the ideas to create variations using the flavor you prefer the most. (So basically instead of just making ocetic changes to go for exotic flavor, use some of the principles and ideas as inspiration to twist your campaigns, even if they remain nominally "European/Tolkien Fantasy") On Anahuac.- According to Frank Díaz, it could be translated as "surrounded by water", instead of "near the water". And in this meaning it applies to most of what we know as Mesoamerica. On Aztecs, they were a very developed culture and quite sophisticated. 1)They had universal schooling. Not universal literacy, as their language was complex enough in writing, but every child, poor and noble, boy or girl had to go to school. 2)They considered lethal warfare to be barbaric. The greatest warriors had fame and renown for their ability to best and capture their opponents, not for their ability to kill. If you could only kill, you were an awful warrior. 3)Their legal system was very developed and even modern at times. They had due process, presumption of innocence, and kept written records of all trials. By law they had a limit of eight months to rule on any process. The process was faster the worse the crime. 4)The clan was life, losing it was Death. The mexica-alcohua-tecpaneca society was very collectivist. People were organized in calpulli (commonly translated as barrios or neighborhoods, but more accurately they were clans). People of the same calpulli lived together, fought wars together, paid tributes together,worshipped together the same gods, shared the land and normally shared the same occupation. With exceptions for specialized jobs like priests, midwifes and chiefs of the clans. Without the clan, the individual was defenseless and destitute. To be expelled from the clan was a death sentence and not a good death. There was no way to join a different calpulli. Except for extraordinary cases in which it was done for alliances, nobody married outside the clan. 5)Family life was important. The only thing more impotant than the clan was family. Not marrying was not an option. Men had to marry before thirty or face ostracism and risk expulsion. Only priests and priestesses were exempt from this obligation,but they were to remain chaste. Children had to go to school, help in the house and learn the family trade/work the family plow. Men could only independize after marriage, and they couldn't do it before finishing their education. Divorce existed, upon which the couple split the children and the wife returned to the parental home. Levirate was common. 6)Tlamemeh were just above indentured servants and conquered people. Tlamemeh carried the goods during trade expeditions. This was a backbreaking labor, as they had to walk long distances with heavy loads all day long, everyday. (The derivative word Tameme still is in use in modern day México, it is used often in jest, tongue-in-cheek between close friends, but it is derogatory so don't ever ever use it with strangers, as it has connotations similar to calling someone else "slave") 7)Pochtecs were like ninjas.Pochtecs were the merchant class. They were the children of other Pochtecs and regular people that were accepted and could finish an expedition. Since some of the most successful pochtecs basically gained most of the perks of nobility sans the actual nobility, this was a kind of social mobility. But they weren't just merchants. They were also diplomats and warriors, as the roads were dangerous. And they were also spies, saboteurs and assassins, carrying out missions given by the government. 8)Culture was oral. One's word was serious business. Most of the day to day business was conducted through verbal contracts.History tradition abd poetry were all preserved through oral account. Even then. 9)Scribes were key to the functioning of society. Scribes (tlacuhilli) were trained in the calmecac. Not many knew how to write, as you needed drawing and composition ability on top of a lot of initiated knowledge (a good portion of it is lost). Tlacuhilli recorded tributes, judicial processes and trials, long scope contracts and compiled religious books and tonalamatl (calendars) which themselves were key to the organization of society: To name newborns, allow marriages, program ceremonies, plan the planting and harvest. Etc. 10)Archeologists. Aztecs practiced archeology, they wanted to learn about the the great cultures of the past they modeled their society after. They conducted expeditions to the ruins of Teotihuacan and what we know as Tulla/Tollan -And I say this because Tula/Tollan means city or civilized place. You can still find tons of places called Tula in modern day México-. [/QUOTE]
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