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Thanks for your responses, everyone. Overall, the impression I get from this thread is that folks aren't as concerned about historical adherence or accuracy as long as cultural and mythological considerations have been researched and are well-considered as well as making sure that the...

As Joe said above... (By the way, thanks for the kind words, Joe!) ...the links in my sig can lead you to web pages where you can learn more, including the grass roots thread where a simple idea for adapting Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved (called Arcana Unearthed back then) became the patron...

I know I am bringing this thing back from the dead like a hopping vampire, but I wanted to address the following comments to folks with an interest in playing in Asian fantasy settings with d20 style rules, not to mention folks who just plain expressed an interest in Lands of the Jade Oath...

I agree 100% with these statements. I think option two as replied to by tallyrand is all that is needed to "fix" the half-elf. I would love to play a half-eladrin.

No more wrong than if I were to say I like Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, but hate Rocky Road and then you were to declare that you love Rocky Road. It boils down to being about personal taste. Apparently I have it and you don't. :p /joking Really, if you like it and it doesn't hurt...

My thoughts regarding this are echoes of what Whizbang Dustyboots, JustKim, and Glyfair have already said. I cannot accept crystals and "new age ideas" as appropriate flavor for ki. If I were to accept that, then I might as well accept aliens with laser rifles using kung-fu to to fight...

My avatar is the Verrik Mage Blade from the J.P. Targete cover painting of "Mystic Secrets - The Lore of Word and Rune" for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed. I had to obtain special permission to use this avatar.

I would simply treat each dramatic "scene" of roleplaying as an encounter with smaller or less important "scenes" being incorporated into larger more encompassing ones. For example, roleplaying a typical tavern information gathering scene could be incorporated with the shopping scene that takes...

Amongst others I marked the box for "Other". I think the Truenamer might have a worked a little better as a PrC.

I like both books, but for the different reasons others have listed above; both books have a different focus. As far as the classes, I like the PHII's Duskblade and Knight, but don't care very much for the other two classes in that book. In AE, I like the Akashic, Champion, Greenbond, Mage...

The Enlightened Scholar class in the forthcoming Heroes of the Jade Oath should fit the bill.

I have noticed a wide variety of different attitudes and expectations from prospective players when it comes to games that have an oriental setting and culture. Everyone either seems to expect a great deal of difference from an oriental game or that the game will be have little difference from...

I have been playing with this idea for some time now, but have never acted on it. I like some of the ideas presented here, though I think looking for an exact translation in every case is a disservice to the Eberron setting and the new spin flavor it can bring to the B5 conflicts and...

Though I have been running him as an NPC, the binder I have played with the party I am running through Eberron right now has been with them since 4th level and has been weak at some points, but an effective support character with most problems just showing up when his rolls are on the weak side...

For a further glimpse into the Lands of the Jade Oath go to JadeOath.com where you can see the Wayne Reynolds cover and a Jade Oath PC a week.

Check out the sweet cover art for the upcoming Lands of the Jade Oath PDFs by Wayne Reynolds at JadeOath.com. It looks pretty awesome. I think it is his best work yet, but then I am biased.

Obakemono is a great site. I have been going to it for quite some time now for research.

Well, it isn't available to see online or in print yet, but the best cover art I have ever seen is the one Wayne Reynolds did for Lands of the Jade Oath. You can see the art put on a home-made DM screen at GenCon here and here. Of course I am biased since it is my project Wayne did the cover...

Well, I currently run a weekly Eberron campaign that will end in a month or two. After that I will be running a weekly Lands of the Jade Oath game merged with Ptolus, where Ptolus will be the gateway city to the Far East that is halfway between the East and West. You see, one of the details...

No problem. I hope you enjoy it when it comes out. Right now I have to get back to finishing the manuscript for the first PDF.