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<h1>THE WORLD</h1>
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<h2>COMPLEX CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES</h2>
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<p>
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Natural fantasy settings often cover a much smaller area compared to others,
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usually a single region or no more than two or three settlements. You might
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think that this limits the variety of situations and cultural contexts during
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the campaign, but in reality it’s an excellent opportunity to flesh them out
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and make them more complex, human, and multidimensional.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<strong>Recurring characters.</strong> When playing in a limited setting,
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it’s very likely that the same character will appear over and over again,
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even after many sessions. Give each one a name and a face, learn to love
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them, showcase their merits and flaws, and do your best to make them grow
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and evolve as much as the protagonists.
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Humanity.</strong> No matter if they live in an elven village in the
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heart of the forest, are part of an ancient people in possession of
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extraordinary technologies, or inhabit an underwater city of fishpeople,
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each and every individual has feelings, an interest in unique forms of art
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and beauty, doubts, and curiosity, and behaves according to their own
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personal morality. No community should be a monolithic stereotype where
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everybody thinks in the same way.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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We might say that natural fantasy replaces vastness with density: this style
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of narrative likes to take time to showcase, for better or worse, all the
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facets of each character and asks you, in a gentle but firm voice, not to draw
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hasty conclusions, but rather to love the world in all its complicated,
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ephemeral, and magnificent vibrancy.
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</p>
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<h2>THE RECONSTRUCTION</h2>
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<p>
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Natural fantasy worlds have weathered many catastrophes – the ability to get
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back up after a disaster, to reinvent and rebuild a world together with those
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who surround us is a recurring theme, but it might take two opposite forms.
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This dualism is often mirrored in the locations and their inhabitants:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<strong>Hope and adaptability.</strong> Some people don’t just survive in
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this new world, but find ways to gain strength and enthusiasm from it. They
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find new passion and emotion in an environment that tests them but they
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still respect the needs of nature.
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<strong>Reactionary nostalgia.</strong> At the same time, there are those
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who see reconstruction as a way to go back to the past, to dominate nature
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without taking into consideration how the world has changed, and how the
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past they idolize has brought them close to ruin once already. They chase an
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illusion that will cause untold damage.
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</li>
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</ul>
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