My very ignorant view of medieval Japanese culture from across the great ocean east of Port Exeter. The Mountain Dwarfs have for centuries defended their lands against the many savage humanoids and giant tribes near their home. A large contingent of Mountain Dwarfs are the taskmasters in the slave mines beneath the city. Live in high mountains west and south of Port Exeter. Renowned blacksmiths, craftsmen, and tinkers as well as stout warriors. Highlanders from the hills west and south of Port Exeter with a Scottish cultural influence. A king among the Ostoman ruled Port Exeter before Prince-Governor Andwele came to the city and killed him. Ostoman: men from the South that are basically Anglo-Saxon feudal lords with interests and estates in Port Exeter.A former pirate captain, Prince-Governor Andwele Omari, has ruled Port Exter for about 20 years. M'Bongo: vaguely North African analog from across the ocean.They are currently a downtrodden and enslaved race. Mastvani: roughly Eastern European with a strong Gypsy influence.

Primary setting (to this point) is Port Exeter which is a large island city à la Manhattan blended with Waterdeep and a heavy dose of Sanctuary from Thieves' World. Just something I got to wonderin' on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Why don't you, and -follow up- How do you explain/get around it, if you don't?Īnd, if not obvious from the thread title, if you are inclined to share, what ones do you use.or not? How many is too many, actual, 'races'? Do you curb what you put in a particular setting or even just game -both pc and npc? What is your criteria for doing so, if you do. DM!' and a 'maintaining interest in the game'/immersion angle: 'So there are 142 different species of acknowledged sentient 'peoples' that coexist in this world?' There is a kind of 'maximum density', though, I feel, both from a 'plausibility/suspension of disbelief' angle: 'AnOTHER ever-so-slightly different culture and appearance for a race of goblinoids?! Come onnnnn Mr./Ms. Preferring a homebrew world setting and a 'sandbox' style of play, the impulse is to go with the D&D trope of 'if it's in D&D, it's in the world somewhere'.even if that means there might be, say, ONE tribe left of a particular people or multiple clans/groups/settlements them, but only found in ONE area of the world. Not just PC available - though, certainly, include those - but I was thinking about the broader/larger world context.

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