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Old 09-10-2022, 11:00 AM   #106
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Default Re: New Fantasy Setting Seeds.

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Originally Posted by Astromancer View Post
The culture of the southeastern lands of Middle Earth would be a romantic blend of various southwest Asian cultures. Tap GURPS: Arabian Nights and GURPS:Castle Falkenstein: Ottoman Empire for the details. From what I've heard of Tolkien's notes the Blue Wizards count as more misdirected than evil. Which would keep you away from standard evil wizard tropes.
That's a great idea. It has to have subtleties. The Rohirrim and the Men of Dale are kind of like the Russ (who were real cavalry Vikings) but the Rohirrim were regimentalized in a way that looks rather like British cavalry (each Eored is about the size of a squadron). Likewise you have to make the Easterlings and Southerns have something that is a little different than Turks and Arabs.
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