KarlMarx
2018-06-09, 08:13 PM
So I'm working on some preliminary details for a setting I'm going to be building this summer. I've always enjoyed patterning my campaigns off of real world cultures and to some extent pantheons, and am trying to put a spin on this by creating a realistic culture heavily influenced by elements of two different ones. Here are the combos I've considered thus far, along with some notes as to how well I think the cultures could be synthesized:
Quecha/Late Roman(c. Diocletian): Similar societal power structures, similar ideas of the gods, similar architectural and engineering styles and prowess. However, it may be difficult to reconcile the vastly different tech levels.
Celtic/early Chinese: I think that there's a similar general philosophical outlook in a lot of ways in the relationships between concepts like Yin and Yang and this world and Tir na nOg. I also like some elements of the aesthetic I think that such a setting conjures. However, I don't think there's as much cultural synthesis as above and I'm really not sure I could synthesize them well.
Celtic/Suomi/Turkic: Again, lots of cultural synthesis, more than the two above. Similar conceptions of the gods, similar lifestyles, somewhat similar social orders. Even similar tech levels. However the latter two are definitely hard for me to research.
So, does anyone have any advice on such a project? Any ideas for individual cultures or cultural combinations to consider? Any advice? I'd like to avoid the issue of simply cloning the culture and using it, rather, I'd like to honestly consider a culture I'm interested in and how that culture might interact with a fantasy setting. Has anyone else tried a similar project?
Quecha/Late Roman(c. Diocletian): Similar societal power structures, similar ideas of the gods, similar architectural and engineering styles and prowess. However, it may be difficult to reconcile the vastly different tech levels.
Celtic/early Chinese: I think that there's a similar general philosophical outlook in a lot of ways in the relationships between concepts like Yin and Yang and this world and Tir na nOg. I also like some elements of the aesthetic I think that such a setting conjures. However, I don't think there's as much cultural synthesis as above and I'm really not sure I could synthesize them well.
Celtic/Suomi/Turkic: Again, lots of cultural synthesis, more than the two above. Similar conceptions of the gods, similar lifestyles, somewhat similar social orders. Even similar tech levels. However the latter two are definitely hard for me to research.
So, does anyone have any advice on such a project? Any ideas for individual cultures or cultural combinations to consider? Any advice? I'd like to avoid the issue of simply cloning the culture and using it, rather, I'd like to honestly consider a culture I'm interested in and how that culture might interact with a fantasy setting. Has anyone else tried a similar project?