okay but even in the context of not having an accurate setting there are still probably better supplements. OA is 35 years old, not only have there been more wuxia and martial arts films to have come out since then, there's also a lot of older movies you can watch now that weren't readily available in the west back in the 80's.I understand it isn’t authentic or historically accurate. But if you want to a pastiche campaign inspired by a variety of Asian martial arts and swordplay genres, with a bit of western media inspired by Asian cinema thrown in (which I occasionally don’t mind playing) it can fit. Not Everything to be focused, accurate, or historical. I play more authentic settings as well. But I am saying this does offer a flavor peoplemay want in some 1E campaigns. Perhaps other posters don’t like that style, that is totally fine. But shouldn’t each of us be able to decide if we want to make use of OA or not for ourselves?
it's like my issue with ninjas in western vs. Japanese movies, I much rather play the magical jutsu based ninja you see in Japanese media today than the sneaky boring ones in old action movies, and I don't even like Naruto.