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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 7973098" data-attributes="member: 14159">Kara Tur IS a D&D setting.  It should be covered by WotC.  I've long been frustrated at the lack of support from WotC for the Realms beyond Faerun, for Kara Tur, Maztica, or Zakhara (not to mention Katashaka or Osse, the two continents we've never had anything about other than the vaguest mentions).All D&D settings based on a real-world culture or region have some level of distortion for the sake of making a good gaming setting.  Kara Tur is based on East and Southeast Asia. . .but the distortion or stereotypes are just as prominent in Faerun.The Moonshae Isles are a fantasy version of the British IslesAmn is based on Inquisition-era SpainCormyr is based on an idealized version of Medieval FranceChessenta is based on Ancient GreeceSembia is based on Renaissance-era ItalyVaasa is a fantasy version of FinlandRashemen is a fantasy version of Russia.Making fantasy analogues of real world cultures is a LOT of what Forgotten Realms is.  Getting needlessly offended because you find it not politically correct to do that with Asian cultures when they've been doing it constantly with European ones for 30+ years is absurd.</blockquote>