tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post917846163259992600..comments2024-03-19T09:12:16.972+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Xu Fu, the Elixir of Life, and the Queen CountryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-46810672162689131202016-03-01T05:39:23.612+08:002016-03-01T05:39:23.612+08:00Yes, one idea I had for this game (it goes back a ...Yes, one idea I had for this game (it goes back a long way) was that the players start off each session in a corrupt Mandarin bureaucratic city, sail across the sea to Jomon or Yayoi era Japan, have an adventure, then return. And each time they seem to end up somewhere they haven't been before. But that's totally story-gameish. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-89683250713318193382016-02-29T20:30:04.893+08:002016-02-29T20:30:04.893+08:00I have the same problem with High Middle Ages D&am...I have the same problem with High Middle Ages D&D. But take it to early Iron Age, Bronze Age or even Stone Age and it seems to glide a lot easier. Partly that is the greater distance of the players from the tropes and getting rid of clerics.<br />This Xu Fu legend and set up is gold although any pseudo Chinese setting needs a corrupt Mandarin bureaucratic city as a base.<br />Pleonexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838283151758002202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-22478673728365886142016-02-29T18:01:06.289+08:002016-02-29T18:01:06.289+08:00Thanks. I've been looking for Japanese sources...Thanks. I've been looking for Japanese sources. There are quite a few statues of Xu Fu (the Japanese call him Jo Fuku) here and there throughout the country, with various towns seeking to 'claim' him as their own.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-52560581549194087832016-02-29T17:40:08.216+08:002016-02-29T17:40:08.216+08:00Yeah, I think that's true - although games lik...Yeah, I think that's true - although games like Feng Shui and whatnot manage it. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-84471762746358825082016-02-27T05:44:59.819+08:002016-02-27T05:44:59.819+08:00I once took a course on Chinese Art in which this ...I once took a course on Chinese Art in which this story was discussed, and I've never forgotten it. With regard to Pengli, I've usually seen it depicted as 'mist enshrouded' in paintings, and the secret of immortality, in one account, was supposedly a mushroom. Unless I'm full of crap (quite possible, this class was 10 years ago), this legend was popular during the Song dynasty and many court painters from the period depicted it. This stuff is devilishly hard to google, as most of the real scholarship is either locked away in an expensive textbook or written in Chinese. If I run across any notes or old textbooks, I'll share what I find.Dreadweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971329025815532969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-75597412048536649402016-02-26T18:01:25.132+08:002016-02-26T18:01:25.132+08:00Xu Fu sounds like a great NPC encounter. He's ...Xu Fu sounds like a great NPC encounter. He's looking for the secret of eternal life, and can't return home until he finds it.BirelArwehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780939943771193609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-46086493916032029562016-02-26T12:53:34.799+08:002016-02-26T12:53:34.799+08:00I would play there. A little tougher to get a grou...I would play there. A little tougher to get a group to all sign on together in the intent to actively avoid western European tropes, but it might be fun to try.<br /><br />Jomon period, especially. Many of my verisimilitude problems with default-D&D fade when I rethink my settings as Iron Age rather than high medieval. And if that works, why not even earlier?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com