Pillars of Eternity: What is a "mundane fantasy" RPG?

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I spoke to Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer recently and wrote a piece about the game's likely release date, about reaction to the first proper trailer and about this being the start of a series of games. But that wasn't all Josh Sawyer said, and I had leftover material I thought you'd appreciate reading.
We talked about the Stronghold base, romances, maturity, publisher freedom, a game editor and why the characters in the game look mundane. Here's what he said.
Pillars' characters are not flamboyant fantasy heroes, not wizards with pointy hats, not knights with elaborate armour. 'Why?' people asked after watching the recent trailer (embedded above). 'Why are the characters so... normal?'
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