"... writing to their own histories, their backgrounds, their cultures." So around 80% of the writers are Americans - 2 have Mexican roots, 1 comes from the Phillipines, 1 has Iranian roots, 1 is from India (and 1 from Japan ...), but nearly all of them seem to live/work in the US, and given their apparent ages from what I've seen they must have been there for DECADES at this point; either they have been born there or they migrated with their families at a very young age. So - are they writing about American culture?
I'm a pasty white guy from the Pacific Northwest, but I grew up being told stories about my ancestors and general Norse mythology by my grandfather and grandmother (whose parents and grandparents immigrated from Norway and Sweden before either of my grandparents were born). Just based on what I grew up being told about my heritage by my family, the Norse mythology books that I've read throughout my childhood and early adult life, and my overall familiarity of how Norse mythology has been represented in D&D, I would have absolutely no problem writing an official D&D book based on Vikings, the Aesir/Vanir, the Alfar and Dvergar, and how disgusting lutefisk is.
I wasn't born in Scandinavia, but my ancestors kept enough of our cultural heritage with them after they left their homelands in order for me to be comfortable making a D&D product based on that culture. I see absolutely no reason why people from other cultures wouldn't be capable of doing the same for the cultures and folklore of their heritage.
(Additionally, there are some adventures that focus on their experiences growing up in America, as well as some that cover nearby countries like Mexico and the islands in the Caribbean.)
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Please check out my homebrew, I would appreciate feedback:
"... writing to their own histories, their backgrounds, their cultures." So around 80% of the writers are Americans - 2 have Mexican roots, 1 comes from the Phillipines, 1 has Iranian roots, 1 is from India (and 1 from Japan ...), but nearly all of them seem to live/work in the US, and given their apparent ages from what I've seen they must have been there for DECADES at this point; either they have been born there or they migrated with their families at a very young age. So - are they writing about American culture?
Apparently the writer of the intro adventure is writing from the perspective of Thai family culture, which is something she can have gotten from an immigrant family background. Just as I could probably write something relating to my Chinese heritage even though I was born in the US. Do you not know the story of America as a country of immigrants? Immigrant families bring with them a lot of culture, even if they have been in the US for many years. Seriously what is the point of like ... interrogating the authors before you've even read the material?
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Canto alla vita alla sua bellezza ad ogni sua ferita ogni sua carezza!
I sing to life and to its tragic beauty To pain and to strife, but all that dances through me The rise and the fall, I've lived through it all!
"... writing to their own histories, their backgrounds, their cultures." So around 80% of the writers are Americans - 2 have Mexican roots, 1 comes from the Phillipines, 1 has Iranian roots, 1 is from India (and 1 from Japan ...), but nearly all of them seem to live/work in the US, and given their apparent ages from what I've seen they must have been there for DECADES at this point; either they have been born there or they migrated with their families at a very young age. So - are they writing about American culture?
Apparently the writer of the intro adventure is writing from the perspective of Thai family culture, which is something she can have gotten from an immigrant family background. Just as I could probably write something relating to my Chinese heritage even though I was born in the US. Do you not know the story of America as a country of immigrants? Immigrant families bring with them a lot of culture, even if they have been in the US for many years. Seriously what is the point of like ... interrogating the authors before you've even read the material?
I agree. One side of my family is primarily WASP and the other side is Italian. I consider myself to be a member of both cultures as well as an American.
"... writing to their own histories, their backgrounds, their cultures." So around 80% of the writers are Americans - 2 have Mexican roots, 1 comes from the Phillipines, 1 has Iranian roots, 1 is from India (and 1 from Japan ...), but nearly all of them seem to live/work in the US, and given their apparent ages from what I've seen they must have been there for DECADES at this point; either they have been born there or they migrated with their families at a very young age. So - are they writing about American culture?
Apparently the writer of the intro adventure is writing from the perspective of Thai family culture, which is something she can have gotten from an immigrant family background. Just as I could probably write something relating to my Chinese heritage even though I was born in the US. Do you not know the story of America as a country of immigrants? Immigrant families bring with them a lot of culture, even if they have been in the US for many years. Seriously what is the point of like ... interrogating the authors before you've even read the material?
Yeah it sounds like 13th should read/watch American Gods.
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I'm a pasty white guy from the Pacific Northwest, but I grew up being told stories about my ancestors and general Norse mythology by my grandfather and grandmother (whose parents and grandparents immigrated from Norway and Sweden before either of my grandparents were born). Just based on what I grew up being told about my heritage by my family, the Norse mythology books that I've read throughout my childhood and early adult life, and my overall familiarity of how Norse mythology has been represented in D&D, I would have absolutely no problem writing an official D&D book based on Vikings, the Aesir/Vanir, the Alfar and Dvergar, and how disgusting lutefisk is.
I wasn't born in Scandinavia, but my ancestors kept enough of our cultural heritage with them after they left their homelands in order for me to be comfortable making a D&D product based on that culture. I see absolutely no reason why people from other cultures wouldn't be capable of doing the same for the cultures and folklore of their heritage.
(Additionally, there are some adventures that focus on their experiences growing up in America, as well as some that cover nearby countries like Mexico and the islands in the Caribbean.)
Please check out my homebrew, I would appreciate feedback:
Spells, Monsters, Subclasses, Races, Arcknight Class, Occultist Class, World, Enigmatic Esoterica forms
Apparently the writer of the intro adventure is writing from the perspective of Thai family culture, which is something she can have gotten from an immigrant family background. Just as I could probably write something relating to my Chinese heritage even though I was born in the US. Do you not know the story of America as a country of immigrants? Immigrant families bring with them a lot of culture, even if they have been in the US for many years. Seriously what is the point of like ... interrogating the authors before you've even read the material?
Canto alla vita
alla sua bellezza
ad ogni sua ferita
ogni sua carezza!
I sing to life and to its tragic beauty
To pain and to strife, but all that dances through me
The rise and the fall, I've lived through it all!
I agree. One side of my family is primarily WASP and the other side is Italian. I consider myself to be a member of both cultures as well as an American.
Yeah it sounds like 13th should read/watch American Gods.