I’m really looking for what may have been the driving motivation and reward. The focus is on your personal drive for the interest and what you gained from it.
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Same, though I’m the son of a Cuban immigrant so I don’t fully fit into OP’s question… that said, I don’t have any African heritage.
In my D&D homebrew world, the Halfling culture live in a sub-tropical region. I modeled their culture, lifestyle, and traditional fighting techniques of those from Jamaica - particularly the machete martial artists. This is the video that inspired it for me.
que bola, asere?
¿Que bola, todo bien?
mas o menos aqui en la batalla, compadre. y tu?