Tag: setting element

Roughly speaking, a taboo is a cultural prohibition. Modern societies have a ton of taboos. They range from prohibitions on cannibalism, slavery, and incest to prohibitions on eating meat, using certain words, and engaging in arguably harmless sexual activities. Some taboos have a religious origin, but it isn’t necessary. When you want to present a different culture in an RPG...

A quick tip to help you quickly generate flavorful cultures: Language and culture are deeply embedded in each other, so much so that when we appropriate one for a new race or people in an RPG, we almost automatically grab them both. Take, for example, White Wolf’s original Werewolf game – the nature-mysticism that the werewolves adhered to seemed to...