I just read some vague reference to a Ravenloft book about oriental adventures with gothic horror.
IS this a real thing? Is it for Masque of the Red Death? A netbook? Is it out? ...coming out?
I can't find any solid reference. Please help!
Masque of the Jade Dragon
Masque of the Jade Dragon
I would try to see things from your point of view but I doubt that both of our heads would fit up your butt.
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What it was- It was going to do a oriental twist on Masque of the Red Death but with a oriental retelling.
When is is comming out? Never. It was on the chopping block when White Wolf gave the rights back to WOTC.
When is is comming out? Never. It was on the chopping block when White Wolf gave the rights back to WOTC.
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For the longest time there was a flurry of conjecture about that particular prject. here's some fo what we did get out:
One author discussed that he wanted to make MotJD a setting where magic was more accepted - as opposed to the realistic non-believe found in the Masque of the Red Death setting.
The former developers on this project are still tight-lipped on the subject, but there have been a few glimpses into what was intended.What is the Masque of the Jade Dragon?
At the time of this writing little is known regarding this product. It is a Masque (as described in the RL: PHB and has been sub-campaign similar to MotRD. It is sent in the Orient of the ‘real world’ and presumably covers such regions as China, Japan and possibly even the Philippines. Additionally, it is set in a period earlier than MotRD. According to the developers MotJD can be used in conjunction with the Red Death or separately based on the wish of the Dungeon Master.
One author discussed that he wanted to make MotJD a setting where magic was more accepted - as opposed to the realistic non-believe found in the Masque of the Red Death setting.
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Yes, magic was supposed to be more 'accepted', because we were going to be dealing with a fairly superstitious culture. Heck, even in Hong Kong now buildings are made to be in accordance with the rules of Feng Shui.
One cool aspect of this that I put in there was that the belief in magic didn't make everyone less scared of it. It meant that everyone was even more scared of it, because they respected its power.
Another thing I was trying to do with the book from my end was to create a source book that would have truly covered most of Asia, not just China and Japan. Finally, I was going to try to highlight how many of these cultures were different.
Ah well. Easy come, easy go.
One cool aspect of this that I put in there was that the belief in magic didn't make everyone less scared of it. It meant that everyone was even more scared of it, because they respected its power.
Another thing I was trying to do with the book from my end was to create a source book that would have truly covered most of Asia, not just China and Japan. Finally, I was going to try to highlight how many of these cultures were different.
Ah well. Easy come, easy go.
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It was set in 18th century rather than 19th. Colonialism wasn't as strong as it became later, but the elements were there. One of my personal blows was the prestige class that basically allowed you to play a Western power-broker, a la Shogun or Tai Pan.
While we're dangling in front of you all the things you almost got, I might as well say that there was a system for aligning traditional monsters with the five elements in order to give them an Asian flavor, and a cross-reference for equivalent names in the various cultures, also to keep flavor. The penanngalan got a redux as a really cool template that returned to the roots, and there were a slew of variant abilities, with notes for localizing by creature type, i.e. "Japanese vampires and ghouls with the 'innocent prey' ability are called 'hannya.'" The Lycanthropic Touch ability (from the Filipino lycanthropes) still gives me the willies.
On the plus side, some elements that were cut early from my drafts may still see the light of day in some form or another. My personal fave is a creature from Tibetan mythology that feeds on fear in a much more intimate way than ever before. Think of a phantasmal killer that becomes self-aware, and refuses to kill the target because it will then cease to exist. Of course, it still needs the target to fear it, so it will stay around and jump out from time to time....
While we're dangling in front of you all the things you almost got, I might as well say that there was a system for aligning traditional monsters with the five elements in order to give them an Asian flavor, and a cross-reference for equivalent names in the various cultures, also to keep flavor. The penanngalan got a redux as a really cool template that returned to the roots, and there were a slew of variant abilities, with notes for localizing by creature type, i.e. "Japanese vampires and ghouls with the 'innocent prey' ability are called 'hannya.'" The Lycanthropic Touch ability (from the Filipino lycanthropes) still gives me the willies.
On the plus side, some elements that were cut early from my drafts may still see the light of day in some form or another. My personal fave is a creature from Tibetan mythology that feeds on fear in a much more intimate way than ever before. Think of a phantasmal killer that becomes self-aware, and refuses to kill the target because it will then cease to exist. Of course, it still needs the target to fear it, so it will stay around and jump out from time to time....
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Would it still violate the copyright issues, if you rewrote the texts to fit the present day "Masque of the Red Death" setting instead of the setting you envisioned for "Masque of the Jade Dragon"? Maybe within the pages of an online sourcebook on "MotRD-Asia"?
If I remember correctly there was a cabal in Asia trying to summon another entity to battle the Red Death. That could be the Jade Dragon.
Could someone move this thread to the fitting forum?
If I remember correctly there was a cabal in Asia trying to summon another entity to battle the Red Death. That could be the Jade Dragon.
Could someone move this thread to the fitting forum?
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