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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7547181" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>Here's the link to video and transcript of relevant section:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Ipq4S_TrY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Ipq4S_TrY</a></p><p>Around 55:15</p><p></p><p><strong>Kate:</strong> <em>I’m seeing some questions about… Are we ever going to do another book in a setting like Africa, Asia…those more…less white folks…? Because we did that with Tomb of Annihilation. I think that went over pretty well.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>My note:<em> From a cultural sensitivity perspective there are, of course, dissenting views about how Tomb of Annihilation was handled. Here's a link to one critique:</em></strong> <a href="https://pocgamer.com/2017/10/13/tomb-of-annihilation-review-part-1-chult-in-5e/" target="_blank">https://pocgamer.com/2017/10/13/tomb-of-annihilation-review-part-1-chult-in-5e/</a></p><p><strong><em>And another (that I feel is more nuanced and balanced):</em></strong> <a href="https://kotaku.com/dungeons-dragons-stumbles-with-its-revision-of-the-ga-1819657235" target="_blank">https://kotaku.com/dungeons-dragons-stumbles-with-its-revision-of-the-ga-1819657235</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Nathan:</strong> <em>Yeah, I will say on that…So the Forgotten Realms…you know… pretty much…kind of… has influence from all kinds of different things. So it’s really kind of a when will we go to that area and focus more on areas that have those influences in it. We don’t ever have like a one to one. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Nathan:</strong> <em>I will say that in 2019 I don’t think that we’re going to get much more culturally diverse with the content that’s in there, but in 2020 we’re going to go…really…lots of different diverse stuff that brings in some different cultures and some different influences. We’re bringing in a lot of consultants this year to kind of vet the product…make this stuff… You won’t see much of it in 2019, but 2020 products I think will have a couple major products that have a lot of influence from cultures that we have not really touched on before that I think are pretty prevalent. I don’t want to give away too much, but I’m proud of the influences and the work that they’re doing, and how they’re doing it.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7547181, member: 20323"] Here's the link to video and transcript of relevant section: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Ipq4S_TrY[/url] Around 55:15 [B]Kate:[/B] [I]I’m seeing some questions about… Are we ever going to do another book in a setting like Africa, Asia…those more…less white folks…? Because we did that with Tomb of Annihilation. I think that went over pretty well.[/I] [B]My note:[I] From a cultural sensitivity perspective there are, of course, dissenting views about how Tomb of Annihilation was handled. Here's a link to one critique:[/I][/B][I][/I] [url]https://pocgamer.com/2017/10/13/tomb-of-annihilation-review-part-1-chult-in-5e/[/url] [B][I]And another (that I feel is more nuanced and balanced):[/I][/B] [url]https://kotaku.com/dungeons-dragons-stumbles-with-its-revision-of-the-ga-1819657235[/url] [B]Nathan:[/B] [I]Yeah, I will say on that…So the Forgotten Realms…you know… pretty much…kind of… has influence from all kinds of different things. So it’s really kind of a when will we go to that area and focus more on areas that have those influences in it. We don’t ever have like a one to one. [/I] [B]Nathan:[/B] [I]I will say that in 2019 I don’t think that we’re going to get much more culturally diverse with the content that’s in there, but in 2020 we’re going to go…really…lots of different diverse stuff that brings in some different cultures and some different influences. We’re bringing in a lot of consultants this year to kind of vet the product…make this stuff… You won’t see much of it in 2019, but 2020 products I think will have a couple major products that have a lot of influence from cultures that we have not really touched on before that I think are pretty prevalent. I don’t want to give away too much, but I’m proud of the influences and the work that they’re doing, and how they’re doing it.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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