Ulfsark1982 said:Okay so I'm thinking about trying to put together a china themed campaign. Does anyone know any good resources, besides the oriental adventures book, that would help me with this? Even stuff like music for atmosphere would be great too.
AEG’s version of Swashbuckling Adventures has a source book called “Cathay: Jewel of the East” that has a lot of China material, including some Chinese words at the back.
http://www.swashbucklingadv.com/products.html and scroll down a bit.
Quick Chinese pronunciation guide:
Q sounds like CH, or even tCH – i.e., lovely actress Shu Qi’s name of Qi is pronounced CHEE (her only US movie was The Transporter)
X sounds like SH, - the famous city Xi’an is pronounced SHEE AHN
ZH sounds like J – the silk city of Suzhou is pronounced SUE JOE
Ni Hao (Knee How) is the most common greeting between people.
I would also research Chinese government from that era, as it was more emperor ruling over semi-hereditary governors and a bureaucracy than the feudal state of medieval Europe.