I know a lot of players don't stick to a monotone cultural getup when they play, but a lot of players probably do what I do; try to stick to culturally appropriate armours and weapons for the culture I am playing. I take this mentality with me to smithing as well, where I try to smith and use weapons that suit my characters culture appropriately. But I have some exceptions; I often use animal pelts for shoulder armour when playing as a Vlandian or Imperial. If I play as a Sturgian I may use some Khuzait armour. And if I play as a mercenary or Lord for a different cultural faction than my character is from, I may use a mix of regional armours and use my own culture for a weapon. Example; I played a Nord corsair mercenary for the Empire. I used gilded scale Imperial armour with gilded scale shoulderguards, golden pirate gauntlets and boots, and a brass Aserai helmet with a Nord one handed sword with gilded pummel and handguard. Anyone else give themselves similar cultural restrict...
I was recently listening to a podcast about Byzantine history and a battle was mentioned at Aleppo, which at the time was called Baroea. "That," I thought, "Sounds suspiciously like 'Bariyye'".
Which led me to question the whole thing. Do other settlements, or even NPCs (we all know Ragnar is named after Travis Fimmel, for example) have names inspired by something historical? Is there a town in France that sounds a little too much like "Uxhkal"? Or did I just find a coincidence, and am chasing my tail over nothing?
Submitted March 09, 2018 at 11:24AM by spambot5546 http://ift.tt/2FvnaIj
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