Jabrosky
Banned
We've all heard of Fantasy Counterpart Cultures, but how do you guys feel about fantasy cultures which are mixtures of multiple real-world ones?
Sometimes I am content to take one real-world culture and modify it just enough to fit my personal tastes, but other times I definitely enjoy taking multiple cultures and mixing them up to produce new, fantastical ones. However, the cultures I choose for each mixture are usually ones I perceive as being at least distantly related in some way. Here are some of the various mixtures I have experimented with:
1. Egypt + West Africa + Bantu + Maasai
2. Israel + Arabia + Mesopotamia + North India
3. Greece + Rome + Spain
4. Norse + Celts + Anglo-Saxons
5. South India + New Guinea + Melanesia
6. Australia + Ancient Sumeria
7. Mongolia + North American Great Plains
8. China + Japan (lazy, I know)
9. Plains Indians + Iroquois + Mesoamerica + Inca
That said, the method does have its weaknesses. I often find myself trying to balance all the different aspects of each civilization in a given mixture so that some elements do not dominate others, which can be annoying.
Sometimes I am content to take one real-world culture and modify it just enough to fit my personal tastes, but other times I definitely enjoy taking multiple cultures and mixing them up to produce new, fantastical ones. However, the cultures I choose for each mixture are usually ones I perceive as being at least distantly related in some way. Here are some of the various mixtures I have experimented with:
1. Egypt + West Africa + Bantu + Maasai
2. Israel + Arabia + Mesopotamia + North India
3. Greece + Rome + Spain
4. Norse + Celts + Anglo-Saxons
5. South India + New Guinea + Melanesia
6. Australia + Ancient Sumeria
7. Mongolia + North American Great Plains
8. China + Japan (lazy, I know)
9. Plains Indians + Iroquois + Mesoamerica + Inca
That said, the method does have its weaknesses. I often find myself trying to balance all the different aspects of each civilization in a given mixture so that some elements do not dominate others, which can be annoying.