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<blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 7906330" data-attributes="member: 6687260">I would think of your typical humanocentric fantasy world this way:You have a series of kingdoms and cultures.&nbsp; Most of these are human cultures and kingdoms.&nbsp; The Dwarves have one or two mountain cities somewhere but there in a great minority.&nbsp; Elves, live in forests somewhere, halfings presumably live somewhere but don't really have anywhere in particular.&nbsp; Gnomes?&nbsp; Who cares about gnomes? Humans drive the world, and most of it's history.Greyhawk by these lights is humanocentric.&nbsp; Grey box Forgotten realms was humanocentric, although it became somewhat less so over later editions.&nbsp; Birthright is definitiely humanocentric, so is Dark Sun - at least to the degree that it's main drivers of civilisation are city dwelling humans. Midgard, is not particularly, although humans are still probably the most prevalent race.&nbsp; Interestingly, D&amp;D settings have tended to become less humanocentric over time while fantasy literature has actually gone the other way and mostly dropped even the tolkien inspired races.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Durito, post: 7906330, member: 6687260"] I would think of your typical humanocentric fantasy world this way: You have a series of kingdoms and cultures. Most of these are human cultures and kingdoms. The Dwarves have one or two mountain cities somewhere but there in a great minority. Elves, live in forests somewhere, halfings presumably live somewhere but don't really have anywhere in particular. Gnomes? Who cares about gnomes? Humans drive the world, and most of it's history. Greyhawk by these lights is humanocentric. Grey box Forgotten realms was humanocentric, although it became somewhat less so over later editions. Birthright is definitiely humanocentric, so is Dark Sun - at least to the degree that it's main drivers of civilisation are city dwelling humans. Midgard, is not particularly, although humans are still probably the most prevalent race. Interestingly, D&D settings have tended to become less humanocentric over time while fantasy literature has actually gone the other way and mostly dropped even the tolkien inspired races. [/QUOTE]

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