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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8473170" data-attributes="member: 7030132">One problem I have with the &quot;respectful representation&quot; is that whenever you want to use something from a non-European culture you have to go all-in as otherwise it is not respectful.You can't steal just some minor thing to use, no you have to invent a full &quot;not&quot; country with all its customs, populated by culture appropriate monsters and the people there having the correct ethnicity.That means that no matter how fantastical you want to make a world, you will always end up with the same kind of &quot;not-China&quot;, &quot;not-Japan&quot; and &quot;not-Africa&quot; etc. which imo has become a stereotype of its own.There is no such problem when using European culture. No one cares when you &quot;disrespect&quot; them, or no one takes the ones who complain about it seriously.Another form of representation in RPGs I encountered is disability, although so far only in Paizo products. And to be honest it is imo rather bad because it is obvious that it was an afterthought which was only added in later and does not make sense in a setting where you can easily regenerate body parts.Its especially glaring in Starfinder when a wheelchair costs multiple times as much as a cybernetic limp or spine and is just slightly cheaper than a complete body regeneration. And thats just for the base version of the wheelchair, not the upgraded ones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8473170, member: 7030132"] One problem I have with the "respectful representation" is that whenever you want to use something from a non-European culture you have to go all-in as otherwise it is not respectful. You can't steal just some minor thing to use, no you have to invent a full "not" country with all its customs, populated by culture appropriate monsters and the people there having the correct ethnicity. That means that no matter how fantastical you want to make a world, you will always end up with the same kind of "not-China", "not-Japan" and "not-Africa" etc. which imo has become a stereotype of its own. There is no such problem when using European culture. No one cares when you "disrespect" them, or no one takes the ones who complain about it seriously. Another form of representation in RPGs I encountered is disability, although so far only in Paizo products. And to be honest it is imo rather bad because it is obvious that it was an afterthought which was only added in later and does not make sense in a setting where you can easily regenerate body parts. Its especially glaring in Starfinder when a wheelchair costs multiple times as much as a cybernetic limp or spine and is just slightly cheaper than a complete body regeneration. And thats just for the base version of the wheelchair, not the upgraded ones. [/QUOTE]

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