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Is D&D based on the histories of real worlds?

Discussion in 'Dungeons & Dragons + Other RPGs' started by Farthy, Jan 28, 2002.

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    Is Faerun Europe? Zakhaara Africa/Middle East? Maztica Americas? Kara-Tur Asia?

    Amn is Spain, Rasheman is Russia? Tuigans are Mongols? Mazticans are Aztecs? Shou-Lung are Chinese?

    To me, these civilizations in 2nd and 3rd edition D&D seem so familiar...
     
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    It's not supposed to be, but yea, it copies them more or less.
     
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    On a side note; a lot, if not most, of the Faerûnian human gods are taken directly from old pantheons found on Earth too, name and all.
     
    Azardu, Jan 28, 2002
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    The people, too, to some extent.

    The barbarians of Icewind Dale seem to bear some resemblance to the Inuit. The humans in Kara-tur seem to be bound to the family/clan tradition as in ancient China and Japan.
     
    creudzfeldt-jakob, Jan 30, 2002
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    Faerun Region-Resembles
    Amn-Spain/Portugal
    Calimshan-Turkey
    Chessenta-Greece
    Chult-Africa
    Cormyr-England/France
    Damara-Germany
    Evermeet-Atlantis
    Hordelands-Mongols
    Moonshae Isles-Celtic
    Mulhorand-Egypt
    Rashamen-Russia
    Tethyr-Morocco
    Thay-Egypt
    Vaasa-Babylon

    See also: http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000671.html

    [This message has been edited by Silverblade (edited January 30, 2002).]
     
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    ALL fantasy worlds copy some aspects of the historical world. There some settings which do it in a good way, and there are others which do it in a bad way. I think that Forgotten realms is the second case...
     
    Alyr Arkhon, Jan 30, 2002
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    Kara-Tur: The Orient, of course. Which parts correspond to Japan, Korea, China, etc., I am not sure. They probably just lumped the three different cultures together into some stereotypical ancient Oriental culture.
     
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    What Alyr said, couldn't have said it better myself. :)
     
    Azardu, Jan 31, 2002
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