>>96189888
You’re reinforcing his point, modern fantasy settings are deeply incestuous and lack any sort of thought behind design decisions. Basically pic related but for entire worlds. They feel like corporate products and that soullessness can and will be felt, especially by people who crave projecting themselves into the world to be immersed in a campaign’s narrative. Imagine a Greek campaign without the concept of Xenia or Nostos.
>>96189963
Yeah, that’s the issue. Faerun isn't Europe, and Wakanda doesn’t exist. But the way the writers approach those settings, and what they do or do not add, can be observed and reacted upon.

So when writers make a world that looks like Europe, but fags it up with shitty coastal mannerisms, people have a right to complain. Just as people complained when Rokugan, a fictional Asia that also does not exist, had had shitty oriental stereotypes added to it.

I’m rambling and have to get into church, but the point I’m making is people who admire, say, Scandinavian culture are allowed to complain when a Scandinavian-shaped culture does Scandinavian things wrong. If you’re going to portray a culture in a flippant way than you need to be prepared to get called cheap slop. Pendragon for example does Arthurian romance extremely well,