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<blockquote data-quote="Lurker Above" data-source="post: 7891178" data-attributes="member: 6871217"><p>Hmm, somehow I've missed <em>Mists of Akuma</em> entirely until now despite my interest in Asian fantasy RPG settings. I've tried and dropped multiple editions of L5R due to their clunky mechanics, especially the ridiculously convoluted storytelling they try to force on you in 5th edition. It just seems like they try to legislate tons of stuff with dice that could simply be role played. I also tried the second edition of Third Eye Games' <em>The Ninja Crusade</em>. But again, I find character creation a chore and the mechanics too clunky. Plus, despite my interest in Asian culture & history, I've never really been an anime guy. So that doesn't quite work either. Joseph Bloch's "Golden Scroll of Justice" for Adventures Dark & Deep is also generally uninspired and clunky. He took all the bad stuff from late 1e AD&D and turned it up to 11. The new classes and races are either pretty vanilla or just plain lame. Dog men? Really? Not appealing. </p><p></p><p>This supplement does sound mildly intriguing. But the problem here is that I utterly loathe 5e in pretty much every way. Not sure I want to buy this just to have to convert everything back to OSE, which is my current system. They have announced an Asian-themed supplement for the future, so I guess I can wait for that. I have a couple pretty good game stores near me so maybe I'll see if they stock this and I can see for myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lurker Above, post: 7891178, member: 6871217"] Hmm, somehow I've missed [I]Mists of Akuma[/I] entirely until now despite my interest in Asian fantasy RPG settings. I've tried and dropped multiple editions of L5R due to their clunky mechanics, especially the ridiculously convoluted storytelling they try to force on you in 5th edition. It just seems like they try to legislate tons of stuff with dice that could simply be role played. I also tried the second edition of Third Eye Games' [I]The Ninja Crusade[/I]. But again, I find character creation a chore and the mechanics too clunky. Plus, despite my interest in Asian culture & history, I've never really been an anime guy. So that doesn't quite work either. Joseph Bloch's "Golden Scroll of Justice" for Adventures Dark & Deep is also generally uninspired and clunky. He took all the bad stuff from late 1e AD&D and turned it up to 11. The new classes and races are either pretty vanilla or just plain lame. Dog men? Really? Not appealing. This supplement does sound mildly intriguing. But the problem here is that I utterly loathe 5e in pretty much every way. Not sure I want to buy this just to have to convert everything back to OSE, which is my current system. They have announced an Asian-themed supplement for the future, so I guess I can wait for that. I have a couple pretty good game stores near me so maybe I'll see if they stock this and I can see for myself. [/QUOTE]
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