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    Quote Originally Posted by Schwarzkreuz View Post
    Why don't do the obvious interesting Thing? A shinto Temple with Lots of sakura trees. New one build in Kyoto, or a half forgotten one on snowy mountain, could Be a small set with different theme and feel.
    I already intend to do both, eventually. Here's a preliminary list of the sites I intend for this series (including the 1st ones): bath house, kabuki theater, shinden palace, Japanese castle, Shinto Shrine, Buddhist (style) temple complex, an unkept or ruined shrine site, 3 typical shops in the merchant district, 3 typical shops in the red light district, a farmhouse and fields, a bakuto gambling parlor, a brothel, a sword smithy, a bell foundry, a silk dyers manufactory, a jail, a mountain village, a port village/town, a Japanese junk ship plans, a Red Seal ship plans (large warship), a sunken under water port/temple ruin, a bridge, and more as I think of them.

    What I'm really hoping for is a fan-based direction on which ones I should do first - in order of usefulness or value to users of oriental settings and game systems. While they are intended for use in Kaidan, they can easily fit into real-Japan settings like Sengoku or Bushido, or fantastical ones like Rokugan, Heroes of the Jade Oath, Kara-Tur, or Rokushima Taiyoo (Ravenloft Japan). Any oriental setting really.

    There are included references to the Kaidan setting of Japanese horror for PFRPG, because this is a series considered intrinsic to Kaidan published material. At no point will I suggest this belongs in Kyoto or any other real world location - even though they obviously do fit. However, first and foremost - these are Kaidan locations.

    I find that many publishers create a setting, and they might also include 1 or 2 adventures and maybe a supplement, that's it. If there are interested gaming groups for these, they tend to be very limited in supplemental material. I don't want that to be the case for Kaidan.

    Remember Kaidan is my home-brew, published into PFRPG through Rite Publishing. So far, I've created an intro trilogy of adventures featuring 'western' PCs visiting an exotic far east setting - the adventures aren't intended for Kaidanese locals. We've also released 3 one-shot modules (including a free one, called Frozen Wind). We've released 3 racial supplements: In the Company of Kappa, In the Company of Tengu, and In the Company of Henge - we will include ones eventually for In the Company of Korobokuru, and In the Company of Kitsune. We've released 2 class/faction supplements so far: Way of the Yakuza and Way of the Samurai, though we intend to eventually release: Way of the Shinobi (regarding ninja classes) and Way of the Spirit (focused on divine classes). Following a successful Kickstarter last summer, scheduled for Oct/Nov 2013, we'll be releasing the Kaidan GM's Guidebook, and the Kaidan Player's Guidebook. After their release we'll be looking to do a Kaidan Bestiary with 50 - 100 unique Japanese monsters and templates, with some specifically Kaidan creatures, perhaps not found in Japanese folklore (as most entries).

    I'm also finishing up a book of unique magic items called #30 Ancestral Relics, which feature 30 unique weapons, armor and wondrous items that level up with their bearer's class levels, also including variance of Honor score and require event triggers - actions that PCs must succeed at for the item to level in power.

    The Haiku of Horror series is a new line for maps and encounters. I want to eventually publish a 1st - 15th or 1st - 20th level full adventure path set in Kaidan. These are my goals - I'm looking for a fully supplemented 3PP setting (not a half-assed one like most published settings.)
    Last edited by Gamerprinter; 05-05-2013 at 02:38 PM.
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