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I am thinking about running this as an interesting counterpoint/palette cleanser for my Carrion Crown game. Both campaigns will be play-by-post. To best prepare for this game, should I read the Tian Xia Character Guide and/or Tian Xia World Guide?
Also, I already own the original three volumes. Would it be worth it to purchase the hard cover compilation? I know that sometimes a little plot hole filling happens with these volumes, and I am just wondering if it is a recommended purchase.
I found the Tian Xia World Guide nice to have but not essential to run the AP. The Goka section in the World Guide is nice but I largely used the gazetteer in the AP. There's some very brief coverage on the Iron Mountain and the Celestial Dragon that I found useful background info (although the book gives two contradictory takes on the ritual).
The Character Guide I mainly see being useful for player options, not for the GM.
I don't have the original three volumes, just the hardcover, so I can't tell you if anything was fixed in the hardcover. However, there were several errors that I found that when I looked them up seemed to also be in the original volumes (mostly minor stuff like an encounter claiming it was moderate 15 instead of moderate 14).