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I recently watched the GenCon 2020 panel discussing Rage of Elements, and it made me wonder what the angle was with the ushering in of the new elements. Metal and wood are obviously borrowed from Chinese wuxing philosophy, so one would think that in a Pathfinder book they would be a fantasy adaptation of it, somehow tying it in with Tian Xia. But in the video, there is talk of "getting [the new planes] as close to on par with the ones we've developed," as though they'll be rolled into the fantasy classical Greek elements.
When looking at second edition, I see, for example, that great care was taken with fulus in Secrets of Magic, including a sidebar detailing their real-world inspiration. And of course there's LO: Mwangi Expanse, which is in its own league of quality and attention to detail, with genuine and deep Africana research evident throughout. Wuxing deserves a comparable level of attention, and I hope we will find it in this new book.