Dragon Tiger Ox
Our Wuxia/Ancient Chinese sourcebook for Pathfinder just went live this morning/last night at about 2 am.
It's got over 160 pages of martial arts goodness including over 130 new feats and about a dozen new martial arts styles.
This is our 2nd Kickstarter backed project and we would like to thank everyone who backed us on this fantastic book.
Backers should have a copy in their email and for those who didn't back us you can pick it up on DriveThruRPG .
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I can't wait to get home so I can check out the finished product.
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You got me, dude. Now I'm wondering the same thing. I just answered based off what little I know of Japanese mythology.
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street sharks!
/ducks
samebito...this guy
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First off I love this book, and what it does for wuxia!!! The art is fabulous and the text is elegant, descriptive and clear.
*I love the previous class-dependent powers of the shifu at 1st level!!!
***If I have any criticism, it is twofold - first, there simply isn't enough art in this book - not all the classes and races (samebito and shishi, wolong) have a picture, which would be nice for those of us less grounded in wuxia or even eastern tropes. I guess if the Kickstarter had raised more money there might have been more art - there is definitely a lot of art in the items section, but even there I would like to have seen more….
The second regards layout - although the font and spacing are very clear I would have liked more obvious title/heading/banners - but I guess this is more a personal peeve, and the when one considers the general tone (scroll colored paper with watercolor mountains at the base) it really is entirely in keeping with the theme. :)
***Got a few observations for the Little Red Goblins:
* pp 67 - 72 - the Feats tables: The feats that are part of feat chains aren't that clear to see - they just seem to be out of alphabetical order until you scan the next column and see the previous feat is a prereq… Would be great if the later feats could be indented...
* page 96 - Cyclone Broadsword details its stats, but the description seems to be for the diamond thunderbolt rod:
"The wielder may spend 2 ki points as a standard action to cause a diamond thunderbolt rod to produce an immaterial glowing blade. " Am I missing something?
All in all, this really is a fantastic, in-depth and well researched book detailing many of the eastern wuxia tropes. Very glad to have been a supporter of LRGG, and look to do so again in the future!!!
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Oh, and I absolutely loved the Bad Dubbing rules. So jealousying you guys for to have made that a thing to be about.
The street sharks joke isn't that far fetched. Unless they're rewriting how they traditionally look, this is typically what Samebito look like.
samebito...this guyAs one of the editors on this wondrous work, should we take that as an 'official answer'? :)
Have to admit, I was not impressed with the images at the link you provided above, but after using Google-Fu on the name, some much cooler pictures showed up.
yeah i was just joking around with that one ;P
Hey guys, we are doing a quick post launch update to clean up a few things. Thanks for a fantastic launch of this product!
Change Log:
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OK, I cannot say that this product's version of a samebito is the same as samebito of Kaidan by Rite Publishing, but here Mark Hyzer's pencil illustration of the samebito for Kaidan.
I actually prefer the sharkskin human with gills Christos linked (regardless of source) over the walking shark, though the weresharks from Razor Coast look cool...
OK, I cannot say that this product's version of a samebito is the same as samebito of Kaidan by Rite Publishing, but here Mark Hyzer's pencil illustration of the samebito for Kaidan.
It is a very cool image. Maybe we can get Jack to do a final piece with the sambito and shishi in it. It really came down to a matter of amount raised that determined the amount of art we could cram into the book. Jack is well paid and deserves every penny of it but it limited our art/page ratio for this book a bit.
I actually prefer the sharkskin human with gills Christos linked (regardless of source) over the walking shark, though the weresharks from Razor Coast look cool...
I actually prefer samebito as described by Japanese folklore, which the sharkskin gill guy doesn't even come close. The walking sharkman is the samebito, by Japanese tradition.
Since a few people missed the post on KS, the backer NPCs will be updated into the PDF since some folks were really late with their submissions (we didn't want to punish you or the folks who didn't submit on time).
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I actually prefer the sharkskin human with gills Christos linked (regardless of source) over the walking shark, though the weresharks from Razor Coast look cool...I actually prefer samebito as described by Japanese folklore, which the sharkskin gill guy doesn't even come close. The walking sharkman is the samebito, by Japanese tradition.
Fair enough g-p. I'm very aware of your heritage links and fondness for the culture and your work on Kaidan. And I appreciate that. I have no truck with staying true to heritage for heritage sake, so I'm working purely on aesthetics.
Samebito look kinda wrong to me. As do werewolves, kitsune, minotaurs and other animals on human legs. The samebito as pictured doesn't even look like it can see its own navel, like someone yanked its tail and morphed it into a pair of legs.
Sharkskin guy looks like he might be a genetic mix-cousin or hybridised form of sharks, and I like that. The samebito as pictured looks like medieval drawings of monsters, or early colonial drawings of kangaroos. All physiologically wrong somehow. Many monsters from folklore are physiologically ridiculous, and perhaps they were designed that way to inspire more visceral fear, but I think it has more to do with a lack of perception or 3D rendering. ;) This is all opinion of course.
So shoot me - what do I know - I like ratfolk, upright bear-men and vegepygmies. :)
We are working on a little errata for HoE I-III so it might be a week or so (about the same time as the NPCs).
The extra copies should have had a field in the backer survey for your tier. To be honest, I delegated that to my business manager. If that section was not in there, please let me know so we can hit everyone at that tier up!
Fantastic! That's great to hear. Is he the 15th Dalai Lama or something? :-)
Wonderful fit and thank you. We are just glad you enjoyed it.
Speaking of iori, there is sone good options for champions of iori to be found in this book if you use your imagination. Just saying.
Any word on those extra copies for backers yet? Also about the HoE 1, 2 and 3 bonus?
Just wondering because I haven't heard anything yet.
That terrible feeling when you're short 98 cents. =(
Definitely want to have a look at this book later.
Now off! To find a dollar!