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Polydamas · 06-22-2021, 05:56 PM

I think it is best to think of nations on Yrth as embodying different tropes in 20th century English-language fiction. Those tropes are often inspired by real cultures, but Megalos is the EVIL EUROPEAN EMPIRE, Araterre is the French Swashbucklers + 1600s buccaneers setting, Caithness is the Arthurian land, the Nomad Lands are VIKINGS!, Al-Wazif is ARABIAN NIGHTS + Romo-Persian wars, and so on.

Like the Hyborean Age, the setting is an excuse to allow different kinds of story in one setting. Its a bit more "rational" than the Hyborean Age's omnium gatherum, but it was designed as an adventure setting first (and it had to allow for the adventures of my SCA buddies in a fantasy world where everyone speaks old timey English even if 4e plays that aspect down).

06-22-2021, 05:56 PM	#2
Polydamas Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Europe	Re: Closest real-world matches for Yrth cultures? I think it is best to think of nations on Yrth as embodying different tropes in 20th century English-language fiction. Those tropes are often inspired by real cultures, but Megalos is the EVIL EUROPEAN EMPIRE, Araterre is the French Swashbucklers + 1600s buccaneers setting, Caithness is the Arthurian land, the Nomad Lands are VIKINGS!, Al-Wazif is ARABIAN NIGHTS + Romo-Persian wars, and so on. Like the Hyborean Age, the setting is an excuse to allow different kinds of story in one setting. Its a bit more "rational" than the Hyborean Age's omnium gatherum, but it was designed as an adventure setting first (and it had to allow for the adventures of my SCA buddies in a fantasy world where everyone speaks old timey English even if 4e plays that aspect down). __________________ "It is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." H. Beam Piper This forum got less aggravating when I started using the ignore feature Last edited by Polydamas; 06-22-2021 at 09:14 PM.