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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6041652" data-attributes="member: 50895">I voted setting first, before mechanics, but to answer Jonesy, if I may, Rite Publishing publishes my setting, Kaidan, a Japanese Ghost Story. It's designed for PFRPG, but it definitely has it's own mechanics separate from the system. Much of the Kaidan setting sits around a specific cosmology and reincarnation mechanic unique to the setting, and closely following ideas of Buddhism, at least the premise leading up to Buddhism. There are six Buddhist hells - those who fail to become enlightened are sentenced to one of them based on specific sins committed in life. In Kaidan, the six hells are each tied to a different social caste (nobles, samurai, commoners, animal, hungry ghost/hinin, and jigoku/hell.) When you die, your soul spends karma points gained in your character's life that determine which social caste you go in the next life. Aside from some differences regarding haunts, honor , unique spells and magic items, and some new class designs, Kaidan uses the PFRPG system rules for everything else. The setting specific mechanics apply to help Kaidan be set apart from other settings, otherwise fluff and roleplaying is how it stands out, setting is more important than mechanics.</blockquote>