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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashanderai" data-source="post: 4450564" data-attributes="member: 13210">I know I am bringing this thing back from the dead like a hopping vampire, but I wanted to address the following comments to folks with an interest in playing in Asian fantasy settings with d20 style rules, not to mention folks who just plain expressed an interest in Lands of the Jade Oath before.Lands of the Jade Oath has finally signed a deal to be published.  The publisher is Rite Publishing and they have created a page for "Lands of the Jade Oath" where folks can sign up to become patrons for the first PDF in the project.  Lands of the Jade Oath is an oriental setting that uses Arcana Evolved as the basis for its game mechanics, utilizing all of AE’s rules and incorporating elements from the core rules as well as new and original game elements all its own.  The setting focuses on many of the various cultures of Asia with an emphasis on Chinese culture and mythology, much as the old D&D setting of Kara-Tur did. This is not a typical RPG PDF project.  Becoming a patron on this project involves you in the creation of the PDF and provides you with access to the POD book and an exclusive adventure that will only ever be made available to you and other patrons.  You will have access to the daily discussions of creators and developers behind this project and be privy to Q&A sessions by them as well.   Senior patrons get all that and more.  You gain early access to the manuscript and can play-test it.  You can get involved in the creation of the PDF and offer input for the project, evaluating and suggesting improvements at the initial sketch stage of interior art, cartography, layout, player handouts, and any other visual aspect of the project.  You also get recognition in the credits.The first PDF to be released for this setting will be "Heroes of the Jade Oath" (a 260,000+ word PDF at over 250 pages with full color interior art and an awesome cover painting by Wayne Reynolds).  This first PDF is basically like a player's guide with an introduction to the setting, new classes like the Enlightened Scholar, Demon Hunter, Kensai, and Kusa; new races such as the Mandragorans, Bakemono, Hushen, and Shenxue, variant races and classes from AE and the core rules, sutra magic, rules for the use of ch’i, over 150 new feats, new weapons, and optional rules.  The manuscript is already near completion and is waiting for the rest of the production process to get underway, which is why it needs patrons.  Later PDFs will be "Arts of the Jade Oath" and "Secrets of the Jade Oath", which are already in the process of being written.If you are interested and would like to know more you can check out the setting description at <a href="http://www.ritepublishing.com/" target="_blank">Rite Publishing's website</a>; and be sure to check out the <a href="http://www.ritepublishing.com/landsofthejadeoath.html" target="_blank">page for Lands of the Jade Oath </a> where you can read the public announcement and sign up to be a patron, if you so choose.</blockquote>

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