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Showing posts with label sense. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 7, 2022

Senses of Humor by Culture in My Homebrew Setting

Because I tend to run pretty roleplay-heavy games when given the choice, a lot of the worldbuilding that I do is around characterizing the cultures in my homebrew setting. Knowing things like the environment and species of the world or the major epochs of history of the setting are useful for a number of reasons, but oftentimes, roleplaying benefits from more people-oriented information, like common sayings among certain groups or references to famous people in the setting. With that idea in mind, I want to tackle a very abstract idea that nonetheless very tangibly changes social interaction: sense of humor. 

I've often heard it observed that regional, national, cultural, or other categorical identities have particular senses of humor, and I imagine that would certainly be reflected in a world where the D&D races are as distinct and colorful as they are. So in that aim, here is a guide to the senses of humor of each of the major cultures in my homebrew setting, Evanoch