Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7559074">This thread also technically applies to Starfinder/Pathfinder, and it truly system neutral, so...let me begin:I've been thinking about running some culturally-heavy settings, most notably, I'd like to run a Drow campaign, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized there were certain fundamental elements of culture I was missing.&nbsp; Reflecting upon the horror thread, I was analyzing what sort of settings I am good at, and what sort of settings I am not good at.&nbsp; Turns out, I'm pretty good at running pretty depressing things, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, and all varieties of dystopias past, future and fantasy.&nbsp; Which then turned my mind to running a sy-fy Drow setting, but I realized that this didn't ameliorate the problems I was facing, but made them worse.How has music developed?&nbsp; Are Drow perpetually stuck listening to &quot;what if the Soviet Union had never fallen&quot; operatic?&nbsp; Are they moored in the late 90s/early aughts emo phase?&nbsp; Is everything they listen to clad in leather and absolutely brutal?.&nbsp; Have the various Hoses evolved into whole &quot;nations&quot; each with their own unique take on Drow life, culture, music and art?&nbsp; Speaking of art, how have the visual arts developed?&nbsp; Did Drow society (which is often shown as more culturally, technologically and socially developed than it's surface-world contemporaries) develop through analogous artistic phases?&nbsp; Since much of the performing arts are extensions of the literary arts, what sort of books do Drow write?&nbsp; Do they covertly write stinging social commentary ala 1984?&nbsp; Or is their literature more overtly patriotic?&nbsp; Do they even do comedy?&nbsp; Consider for a moment that Drow may not even consider the back-stabbing, oppressive, matriarchal society they live in to even be wrong.&nbsp; This question can be extended to a variety of races, if not all of them.&nbsp; But lets keep this thought experiment focused on Drow for a moment since they're one of the few with any sort of truly established cultural baggage in their racial information.&nbsp; And ya know, I'd like to run a SYFY Drow campaign and am looking for ideas.Lets say you advanced the Drow thousands of years, from the fantasy era we know them to a sy-fy time akin to Starfinder, how would their art look?&nbsp; How would their music sound?&nbsp; What sort of books would be written?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7559074"] This thread also technically applies to Starfinder/Pathfinder, and it truly system neutral, so...let me begin: I've been thinking about running some culturally-heavy settings, most notably, I'd like to run a Drow campaign, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized there were certain fundamental elements of culture I was missing. Reflecting upon the horror thread, I was analyzing what sort of settings I am good at, and what sort of settings I am [I]not[/I] good at. Turns out, I'm pretty good at running pretty depressing things, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, and all varieties of dystopias past, future and fantasy. Which then turned my mind to running a sy-fy Drow setting, but I realized that this didn't ameliorate the problems I was facing, but made them worse. How has music developed? Are Drow perpetually stuck listening to "what if the Soviet Union had never fallen" operatic? Are they moored in the late 90s/early aughts emo phase? Is everything they listen to clad in leather and absolutely [I]brutal[/I]?. Have the various Hoses evolved into whole "nations" each with their own unique take on Drow life, culture, music and art? Speaking of art, how have the visual arts developed? Did Drow society (which is often shown as more culturally, technologically and socially developed than it's surface-world contemporaries) develop through analogous artistic phases? Since much of the performing arts are extensions of the literary arts, what sort of books do Drow write? Do they covertly write stinging social commentary ala 1984? Or is their literature more overtly patriotic? Do they even [I]do[/I] comedy? Consider for a moment that Drow may not even consider the back-stabbing, oppressive, matriarchal society they live in to even be [I]wrong[/I]. This question can be extended to a variety of races, if not all of them. But lets keep this thought experiment focused on Drow for a moment since they're one of the few with any sort of truly established cultural baggage in their racial information. And ya know, I'd like to run a SYFY Drow campaign and am looking for ideas. [B]Lets say you advanced the Drow thousands of years, from the fantasy era we know them to a sy-fy time akin to Starfinder, how would their art look? How would their music sound? What sort of books would be written?[/B] [/QUOTE]

Verification