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Upon reincarnation a PC becomes a new character. The higher your Karma scores also give you 'bennies' in spell access, ki powers and modifiers to saves and checks. Using a mechanism score called Karma, based on Lawful and Chaotic acts, scores for both are recorded, determines whether you move up, down or stay in the same caste upon reincarnation. If you die in Kaidan, within 7 days you will reincarnate as someone else. Ressurection and related spells don't work. The first big difference in world to most others, is death is final but only the beginning. Thus reincarnation if hard-wired into Kaidan society.

Movement between realms of the Wheel is through death and reincarnation. The Animal Realm consists of Hengeyokai dominated wilderness tracts. The Hungry Ghost realm consists of Eta caste - touchers of dead, entertainers, yakuza, prostitutes and merchants. The Human realm consists of the Commoner caste - farmers, monks, artisans

The Jealousy realm consists of the Samurai caste The Heaven realm consists of the Noble caste. All other 'planes' coexist in Kaidan in the land and society itself. The Hell realm is like the Ethereal Plane, of the six it is the only metaphysical different plane of existence. Everyone is doomed to move along a cycle of endless reincarnations.

Kaidan is immersed in their own Cosmic Wheel of Life construct with 6 'planes' of existence: heaven, jealousy realm, human, animal, hungry ghost and hell. Quick overview of the basic world and the kinds of changes I require. It forces me to tread softly so my system is seen as very much different than OA, and not a tweaked copy. I'll need to create a 3.5 compatible rules set that doesn't infringe on WotC IP, that's my main problem. Lots of OA is appropriate for my setting, just who gets along with whom, changes to spell access for some, elimination of classes and additions to existing classes.

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Rokugan is rather different than my world, and I don't plan to get a license from AEG to develop my intended setting. I don't think WotC Oriental Adventures will be OK'd to published in Pathfinder format. Ulitmately, however, I'll have to create my own Oriental setting rules, since its intended for Pathfinder Compatible publication. As neither rules set is ideal for Kaidan, but still playable under those rules with changes and additions.

#Merchants of kaidan gide manuals#

The issue is I need to add an addendum sheet of rule changes to both Oriental Adventures and Rokugan setting manuals as it applies to the setting of Kaidan. It works as both a stand-alone setting, as well as an add-on oriental setting for an existing campaign world. The islands and Empire of Kaidan was 'cursed into existence' by the current undead Shogun who truly rules this shogunate, at the moment of his 'death'. using elements borrowed from Buddhist thought with a Ravenloftian twist. Plan to publishi in June as OGL, then republish as Pathfinder compatible in August. I am doing a collaborative publication, where I create maps for other soon to be published modules, in exchange for writers, rules editor, illustrators and editors.

#Merchants of kaidan gide manual#

My first plan is to create a three module mini-campaign arc set in my world to see if there is a market and whether to develop a hard cover manual of the setting or not. OK, I'm developing my own campaign setting with the intentions of publication (aren't we all!).