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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7761482" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Yes, [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION], we're supposed to forget that pretty much every continent in the real world features caverns that are miles, if not tens of miles long. And, a bunch of unlooted tombs within walking distance? Egypt anyone? Heck, I live in Japan. You can't go ten feet without tripping over some tomb. Didn't some kid just find a thousand year old sword in a lake in Switzerland or Sweden or something like that? </p><p></p><p>Again, I really get the sense that folks just don't really get how OLD most of the world is. It's not like America where the oldest man made structures are only a couple of centuries. I mean, heck, you can walk from Phnom Pehn to Angkor Wat in a few days (the river goes right there - by motorboat it's three hours), yet a city of over a million inhabitants was almost completely lost until the 19th century. </p><p></p><p>Good grief, they discover tombs and whatnot pretty much weekly in places like Jerusalem. And this is a place that has been constantly inhabited for thousands of years. Good grief, they are STILL finding tombs and whatnot in England that no one knew about.</p><p></p><p>This notion that apparently English peasants traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles on a regular basis is just a bizarre view of history. Sure, people traveled. Yes, that's true. The overwhelming majority of them didn't though. Yet, all these places STILL manage to have rich histories with all sorts of stories and legends. Again, I live in Japan. Now here's a country where people REALLY didn't travel. For centuries. Other than the very highest levels of society, no one traveled more than a couple of days. Well, them and pirates. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Is anyone seriously going to claim that you couldn't run a pretty darn interesting campaign set in feudal Japan? I've seen at least half a dozen RPG's that would disagree with you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7761482, member: 22779"] Yes, [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION], we're supposed to forget that pretty much every continent in the real world features caverns that are miles, if not tens of miles long. And, a bunch of unlooted tombs within walking distance? Egypt anyone? Heck, I live in Japan. You can't go ten feet without tripping over some tomb. Didn't some kid just find a thousand year old sword in a lake in Switzerland or Sweden or something like that? Again, I really get the sense that folks just don't really get how OLD most of the world is. It's not like America where the oldest man made structures are only a couple of centuries. I mean, heck, you can walk from Phnom Pehn to Angkor Wat in a few days (the river goes right there - by motorboat it's three hours), yet a city of over a million inhabitants was almost completely lost until the 19th century. Good grief, they discover tombs and whatnot pretty much weekly in places like Jerusalem. And this is a place that has been constantly inhabited for thousands of years. Good grief, they are STILL finding tombs and whatnot in England that no one knew about. This notion that apparently English peasants traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles on a regular basis is just a bizarre view of history. Sure, people traveled. Yes, that's true. The overwhelming majority of them didn't though. Yet, all these places STILL manage to have rich histories with all sorts of stories and legends. Again, I live in Japan. Now here's a country where people REALLY didn't travel. For centuries. Other than the very highest levels of society, no one traveled more than a couple of days. Well, them and pirates. :D Is anyone seriously going to claim that you couldn't run a pretty darn interesting campaign set in feudal Japan? I've seen at least half a dozen RPG's that would disagree with you. [/QUOTE]
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