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<blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5416809" data-attributes="member: 98255">It's been mentioned a couple times now, and I'm just going to throw my two coppers into the pile on this particular subtopic.I don't feel that D&amp;D, and in particular the Essentials line really needs, or would benefit from Oriental-flavoured classes and / or races. As others have pointed out, it's very easy to reflavour existing material to suit, but I think for most folks, disentangling the flavour of an Asian-themed class/race book would be much more difficult.Personally, I don't do Eastern-themed campaigns, so I have no use for such a book, and I'm sure many others are in the same boat. In order to keep as broad appeal as possible, I think WotC will not produce such a book for the Essentials line.What I think they might do at some point down the road, is revisit Oriental Adventures from back-in-the-day. Maybe a Kara-Tur campaign.For now though, again as others have mentioned, if you want a Ninja, play an Assassin or Thief or Rogue. Heck, even a Ranger would work. Samurai? Sounds like a Slayer or Fighter build to me. For a Monk, you could use a... Monk?A Katana would basically be a Bastard Sword, No-dachi could easily be a Fullblade, they already have Shuriken. Ninja-to could be a Shortsword, or Rapier, or even a Katar for the nice high-crit property.Sorry for the digression.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nemesis Destiny, post: 5416809, member: 98255"] It's been mentioned a couple times now, and I'm just going to throw my two coppers into the pile on this particular subtopic. I don't feel that D&D, and in particular the Essentials line really needs, or would benefit from Oriental-flavoured classes and / or races. As others have pointed out, it's very easy to reflavour existing material to suit, but I think for most folks, disentangling the flavour of an Asian-themed class/race book would be much more difficult. Personally, I don't do Eastern-themed campaigns, so I have no use for such a book, and I'm sure many others are in the same boat. In order to keep as broad appeal as possible, I think WotC will not produce such a book for the Essentials line. What I think they [I]might[/I] do at some point down the road, is revisit Oriental Adventures from back-in-the-day. Maybe a Kara-Tur campaign. For now though, again as others have mentioned, if you want a Ninja, play an Assassin or Thief or Rogue. Heck, even a Ranger would work. Samurai? Sounds like a Slayer or Fighter build to me. For a Monk, you could use a... Monk? A Katana would basically be a Bastard Sword, No-dachi could easily be a Fullblade, they already have Shuriken. Ninja-to could be a Shortsword, or Rapier, or even a Katar for the nice high-crit property. Sorry for the digression. [/QUOTE]

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