Thus Spake Zargrabowski/RealmAsPersia

g_c_grabowski - 01/16/2004 15:55:39 - raindog@white-wolf.com

>>>There are a lot of similarities between lookshy and sparta (one of the major reasons i'm looking forward to getting the new book) i'm curious as to whether the book will paint the realm as the persian empire.<<<

I try not to map moral weight onto the specific conflicts of the game, or to map them onto real-world conflicts. People bring their own real-world baggage to the game setting (c.f. kewl rebelz) and making value judgements different than theirs would basically alienate them from the game. I think the archetype of the valiant few against the mighty many is a story that can be told and retold from both sides, and I try to give everyone room to do their version of it.

But! There are certainly enough Persian administrative trappings for you to do this if you want to; they have a similar cash-or-kind satrapial remittance system and their secret police are organized somewhat similarly. They have a similar artificial centralized language. Obviously there's other stuff, like Mameluke land ownership systems and a fiat currency that's strictly modern capital theory based. However, there's plenty of Persia in there.

Gepffrey C. Grabowski Exalted Developer, WWGS raindog@white-wolf.com