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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8857491" data-attributes="member: 58172">There is an extremely welldone homebrew update for Dark Sun for 5e.It used illustrations from the archeology of these reallife places, as well as incorporating their motifs in its art.My response was mixed.On the one hand, connecting these in-setting locations to in-reallife places, made the setting even cooler.On the other hand, these reallife places are culturally sacred today. For example, modern Egyptians are knowledgeable about and extremely proud of their antiquity from Ancient Egypt. One needs to address Ancient Egyptian themes with modern sensitivities in mind.I assume the same is true in Iraq: Sumeria and Akkadia are culturally sacred today.Rome has all of European history whitewashing, lionizing, and glorifying Ancient Rome. But the Ancient Romans themselves often said things that are over-the-top Evil and proud of it. So, for a narrative to have the Roman government being unjust or featuring corrupt Evil organizations, Europeans basically shrug.</blockquote>