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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8077452" data-attributes="member: 6801286">To me the biggest failure of Oriental Adventures, is how it neglects to include the wealth of material from other Asian cultures. Its not just that it is offensive to some people, but that it mostly concerns itself with popular Japanese tropes (in other words, cliches, things that are overdone in other media). But there is a wealth of material out there that is largely unknown to a lot of people. There is so much wonderful Asian lore out there; a treasure trove of material.Korea has a very interesting history in regards to ancient warfare. One of my favourites bits of trivia are the Korean Turtle Ships: Armored warships covered in spikes, with a dragon figurehead that could double as a cannon, flamethrower, or emit poisonous fumes. How has that not made it into a D&D book yet?<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Turtle_boat.jpg/800px-Turtle_boat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Filipino folklore is full of amazing monsters, many of which could easily be used to fill a Monster Manual. I'm a big fan of the Aswang, for example. A vampire-like creature with a long tongue which it uses to drink blood/viscera.Or the Manananggal, which separates its body in two. Pathfinder even has a miniature of the Penanggalen, which is similar to the Mananangal, and also found in folklore from Sabah, Bali, Kalimantan, West Sumatra, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. These are wonderful monsters that I would love to see in an Asian themed D&D book.<img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1887/2811/products/1142498_1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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