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<blockquote data-quote="Deadguy" data-source="post: 496888" data-attributes="member: 2480">You know, reading through this, I realised that this is an area where the various GURPS supplements come up trumps. Wnat to know about Imperial China? Then pick up GURPS China. Want to know about the mediaeval world? Then pick up GURPS Medieval. Of course, TSR did do something similar for 2e, but somehow they just didn't have the meat that the GURPS books do.Clearly there is a market for books that look at societies from the point-of-view of the role-player. They don't have to be (indeed mustn't be) academic treatises. What we are looking for is a little verisimilitude and some plotting ideas, not 'the truth' (in so far as we even know the truth!). The easiest way would be to take the GURPS texts and rework them for D&amp;D3e, though I suspect Steve Jackson might be a little annoyed! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I say this because whilst much of the book ought to be generic, having examples couched in the terms of the system you play is easier. Maybe there's a niche for Natural 20 Press here? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deadguy, post: 496888, member: 2480"] You know, reading through this, I realised that this is an area where the various GURPS supplements come up trumps. Wnat to know about Imperial China? Then pick up [i]GURPS China[/i]. Want to know about the mediaeval world? Then pick up [i]GURPS Medieval[/i]. Of course, TSR did do something similar for 2e, but somehow they just didn't have the meat that the GURPS books do. Clearly there is a market for books that look at societies from the point-of-view of the role-player. They don't have to be (indeed mustn't be) academic treatises. What we are looking for is a little verisimilitude and some plotting ideas, not 'the truth' (in so far as we even know the truth!). The easiest way would be to take the GURPS texts and rework them for D&D3e, though I suspect Steve Jackson might be a little annoyed! ;) I say this because whilst much of the book ought to be generic, having examples couched in the terms of the system you play is easier. Maybe there's a niche for Natural 20 Press here? :D [/QUOTE]

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