A pity, then. Unless we had cross-cultural players I don't see it working well. Unfortunate, because BG looks pretty and well-done. Changing the date for Luskan would also cause various problems, as well as a complete rewrite of the setting, as it is (as you mentioned) set in 1373 after the OC.

Ah well. As I said earlier anything you feel is fit to share would be much appreciated.