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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Psion" data-source="post: 1200835" data-attributes="member: 959">Well, I would say even if you do not like an Oriental setting, there is a lot here that you can hijack for you favorite setting. The Samurai is a noble warrior and can easily become a Cavalier in a regular D&D setting. Replace the Daisho with an Anscestoral Sword and Shield.The Shaman is perfect for an alternate cleric, especially with its focus on "Spirits". Exorcist anyone?The Shugenja is a Divine Sorcerer with a focus on the elements. You can even play with them by changing their elemental focus to say Shadow, Ice or any other Theme.The Sohei is a Warrior Monk, an excellent alternative to the Paladin, especially for the other alignments.The Wu Jen basically is a witch or warlock. Their taboos fit in with the superstitions of witches quite well.The Rokugan book also adds, the Courtier, a player's version of the Aristocrat /Noble. In some settings their abilities might be limited, but say in Pirate Cat's city of Eversink, they would own the city.And of course, the Ninja! This is basically an assassin starting class. The Assassin PrC is good for someone learning to be a hired killer, but this one is better for someone born into the role of a Holy Slayer or into a family of assassins.The Inkyo is very close to being a Psionic Monk. I use it as one in my games by allowing them to take psionic feats using their class level in the place of reserve power points. This of course means that an Inkyo's Inertial Armor is almost never coming down.There are a bunch of feats in OA and in all of the Legend of the 5 Rings books and many of them are great feats, the best being the Ancestor Feats: A 1st level boost based off a special ancestor's legacy. Unfortunaly most of the new stuff in the Secrets of the Clans books are somewhat hidden among the setting. If I was AEG, I would put together a D&D conversion of all the feats, spells and PrCs in the Secrets of the Clans books, It would be great.The Prestige classes are especially good in these books because they are all five level classes. More like D20 Modern's Advanced classes, since they focus and enhance an aspect of the PC instead of recreating him. There are several good ones in OA and Rokugan as well.Lastly there are spells and monsters. The Magic of Rokugan and Creatures of Rokugan are two of the best books out there. The Spells do have an elemental focus overall and the best of the monsters are the Oni, each a unique demon to harass your players for a long time.</blockquote>

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