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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9169420">I think exporting taboos is generally not a great idea. The last thing people want is to find their expression limited by sensibilities from a place they have never been to and will never visit. Using historical figures in fiction, and in an RPG, is always dicey. I think they generally work best when authors have one firm foot in history but another in freeing the character from the constraints of history so they can become a fully realized character and not simply a figure dipped in amber. I would point to something like I, Claudius as a perfect example, but also to the work of Jin Yong. There should also be some amount of flexibility for genre. I have much different expectations when watching I, Claudius than I do of watching a bio-pic or Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure (or something like Black Adder).</blockquote>