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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 2028292" data-attributes="member: 17596">I always considered these hints to be a testing of the waters, so to speak, for AEG to introduce the rest of the world outside of Rokugan. Many of the lands and the people that share the same world as Rokugan have been named, described, hinted at and so on, but I think Treebore was referring to the fact that these hints and the knowledge that there was a specific world out beyond Rokugan's borders, made it somewhat more difficult to simply drop Rokugan into another setting (such as Oerth, or Faerun). Furthermore, because of the isolationist nature of Rokugan at large, it's more likely than not that other cultures would be met with hostility and suspicion. While it is always possible to do Shogun or The Last Samurai in an East meets West campaign, it is a little far-fetched for most DMs and players. It seems more likely that you'd have the sort of thing that happened in our own world...that other civilizations begin to trade with Rokugan and slowly gain influence there, which eventually leads to Once Upon A Time In China.I've often toyed with the idea of using the world of Theah from Swashbuckling Adventures (AEG) as the world of Rokugan, by simply replacing the mysterious Cathay with Rokugan. The problem with this doesn't lie in the fact that many of the creatures and peoples beyond Rokugan already have names (as Tolkien taught us, things have many names in many cultures), but that Theah is set in the 17th century, while Rokugan harks back to a somewhat older time. Still, this concept could provide an interesting and workable East meets West environment with a little work and imagination on the part of the DM.I can't say I'm happy to see Rokugan leave d20 (though I'm certain others can), but with a 3rd edition of L5R on the way, I have no complaints. I like the Roll-and-Keep system, especially for L5R and they appear to be working on some promising improvements for the new edition. I think there's more than enough dual-stat material out there to run d20 campaigns for a long time to come. And, having dual-stat books should make it somewhat easier to convert L5R material into a d20 format. After all, there's at least two dozen books out there that show you how it's done.</blockquote>

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