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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yongi" data-source="post: 49376" data-attributes="member: 1429">more sourcesI have been working on building a non-Rokugan setting for a couple of months now.  I am much more inspired by Chinese history/mythology/wuxia than by Japanese things, so most of what I list here will reflect that.Good group:<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oaproject/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oaproject/</a>Related to above, focusing on updating 1st ed OA stuff:<a href="http://www.geocities.com/phillipriley/" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/phillipriley/</a>Complete "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Text online:<a href="http://www.threekingdoms.com/" target="_blank">http://www.threekingdoms.com/</a>Pretty cool site that talks about Wuxia as the source for Hong Kong movies.  Good general info on the films and such.  Also has a section on RPGs.<a href="http://www.heroic-cinema.com/articles/wuxia.htm" target="_blank">http://www.heroic-cinema.com/articles/wuxia.htm</a>First three chapters of Louis Cha's "Book and Sword" - one of the classics of Wuxia literature.<a href="http://earnshaw.com/b&s/b&s.cfm?id=2" target="_blank">http://earnshaw.com/b&s/b&s.cfm?id=2</a>Dragon Magazine 289 had some interesting OA stuff (some prestige classes, a little intro to Wuxia movies by Robin D. Laws, a random Martial Arts Style name generator [also available online at: <a href="http://asmor.homeip.net/martial/martial.html" target="_blank">http://asmor.homeip.net/martial/martial.html</a>]The "Dynasty Warriors" series of Playstation/PS2 games are set in the Three Kingdoms and are good for fun if not for solid source material.All three books listed by drnuncheon are the true classics and are well worth the read if you're interested in Chinese history/myth literature.  I've heard 3 Kingdoms refered to as the Odyssey/Illiad of Chinese lit (and I got the four volume set for Xmas, though I've barely had a chance to crack open the first book).  Outlaws of the Marsh (also Outlaws of the Water Margin) appears to be somewhat Robin Hood-esque, while Journey To The West (also known as Monkey or The Monkey King) may well be to wuxia what LoTR is to western fantasy).Wuxia movies are really one of your best bets.  Check out the list in Dragon or what's listed at the Heroic Cinema site I mentioned above.Final notes:  *Feng Shui doesn't actually suck, but it has a (to me) needless cyber punk/dark future bit that hurts it.    * Guardians of Order (<a href="http://www.guardiansorder.com" target="_blank">www.guardiansorder.com</a>) are putting out a revised Hong Kong Action Theatre rpg and a new wuxia/Crouching Tiger supplement is due in march.* Burning Shaolin (a D20/Feng Shui crossover adventure) has a couple of interesting bits for d20 wuxia style games.* Jade Dragons, Hungry Ghosts (as mentioned above) has some interesting stuff.  But some of it is just plain useless, too.* Jade & Steel serves as a really good primer on Three Kingdoms China and has some good weapon info and the like.* TSR/WoTC's Dragonfist free game (2nd ed "based") is probably invaluable: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DF_Welcome.asp" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DF_Welcome.asp</a>* Once I finally finish my "world" I'll get it online, in the DM Stuff form if nothing else.Sorry for the randomness of this post.  I now return you to your regularly scheduled forum...-y-</blockquote>

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