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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hammymchamham" data-source="post: 362505" data-attributes="member: 4219">Lets try this again, my first post didn't want to show up. grrI agree with your post, only that most of the book (some pages 85-210 or what ever) are pretty specific to Rokugan. Sure, I can adopt none, some, a lot or it all to my own Campaign, but a large chunk of that book is devoted to Rokugan...which isn't bad if I am running a game in Rokugan. But if I want a campaign that is OA but not related to Rokugan, most of that book is pretty much useless. Why do I care about the history of Rokugan, I'm developing my own. Now, its great for the Rokugan game I ran last year.Also, the rokugan book has 3 whole monsters. As a DM, I would like a few unique baddies to through at the PCs that they have never encountered before, the Rokugan d20 book doesn't do this for me. Sure, Monsters of Rokugan does this for me beyond my wildest dreams, but the OA book has quite a few unique monsters.I really liked the expansion of the use of Void and how Taint effects people as presented in Rokugan d20.Now, this example is more of an extreme than the OA vs d20 Rokugan book, if I were new to DnD and joining a FR game, I'd be better off with the PHB than the FRCS book, just as both player and DM would be better off with the OA book for an OA or Rokugan adventure than the Rokugan book.Now, I highly recommend both. Right now I am trying to develop my own OA world for use in a campaign in a few months (one the current WWII d20 game ends), and am using both heavily, though OA more, just as I used both heavily in the Rokugan game I ran a few months back, though I notice I am throwing out alot of stuff from the Rokugan d20 seeing as it doesn't fit what I want for my campaign. If I only used one, my campaign will be lacking. My players in my Rokugan game also used both heavily, using spells, taking feats and PrCs from both books equally.Just my 1 copper, since thats all I can afford as a common laborer.Edit: All references to 'Monsters of Rokugan' should be 'Creatures of Rokugan' I recently bought 'Monsters of Faerun' and was confusing this title with the Rokugan book.</blockquote>

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