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--- Zitat ---Tell us about the Five Kingdoms--what are these?
Hank Woon: The shining empire of Cathay has fallen on dark times. Shortly after the Scourge, the imperial dynasty that ruled over the land for countless generations ended abruptly and without an heir. Dictated by ancient custom and tradition, the Five Guardians of Cathay—great dragons of incredible power—seized the Five Symbols of Imperial Power and set out across the land in search for a new ruler. Each found a champion and bestowed upon him or her one of the symbols along with the words, “One must rule.” The five kingdoms were born, and the empire has been locked in civil war ever since, with none of the kingdoms so far able to gain an advantage in this, one of the bloodiest conflicts the Earthdawn world has ever seen.

Will there be new Name-giver races? If yes, mind to tell us about them?
Hank Woon: Yes, there will be four new playable Name-giver races (and one familiar Name-giver race will be unavailable in Cathay). The new races are the ki mao, a xenophobic race of elves whose bodies are striped with the markings of a tiger and whose eyes resemble those of a cat’s; the po na, a race of monkey-like humanoids, driven by curiosity and with a love of practical jokes, and who are the traditional enemy of the ki mao; the gar, a race of savage warrior-elves who, long ago banished to the harsh northern steppes to a certain doom, have not only survived but have become a great threat to the Five Kingdoms; and finally the storm children: sometimes, during the most violent thunderstorms, lightning kisses the ground and leaves behind a fully grown Name-giver who resembles a human, but whose solid-white eyes give away their true nature as storm children. Born with essential knowledge for survival, storm children are driven with an insatiable need to explore and learn as much as they can. Over time, they can even unlock their innate powers, which mimic those of the tempest.

Will there be new Disciplines? If yes, mind to tell us about them?
Hank Woon: There will be eleven new Disciplines for Cathay. They are the Beastlord, an adept who can awaken the animal spirits from his past lives within himself and manifest these powers through talents, abilities, and summoned creatures; the Daughter of Heaven, an adept who dedicates her life to protecting and healing those innocent souls who are caught in the middle of the violent conflicts that ravage the once mighty empire; the Gar Warrior, a nomadic raider who is part Archer, Cavalryman, and Warrior; the Guardian of Cathay, elite adepts whose noble order has protected the interests of the empire since its founding, but now, like the empire it was created to defend, has split into five distinct factions; the Merchant, entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of the war to seize a profit; the Monk, adepts who seclude themselves from civilization to dedicate themselves to Lung Do, or the Way of the Dragon; the Pugilist, an exhibitionist fighter who uses his fists to pummel his opponent into submission; the Samurai, an elite warrior caste found in the neighboring island nation of Jih’Po; the Scholar, adepts who, trained out of Cathay’s fabled Tower of Secrets, search the lands for knowledge, both magical and mundane, for the interests of the empire; the Sorcerer, a magician whose transformation spells make them feared throughout the land; and finally the Sword Dancer, Cathay’s exotic adepts whose martial dances tell the legends and stories of heroes past, carving the legends of tomorrow with steel and blood.
Each new discipline has new Talents, new Talent Knacks, and new fiction, similar to the entries found in the Earthdawn Player’s Compendium and Name-giver’s Compendium that explains their unique philosophical outlooks.

Is Cathay a Theran province?
Hank Woon: No, Cathay is not a Theran province, though the Therans do have a presence—both political and militarily—in one of the Five Kingdoms…

What about the relations between Barsaive and Cathay? We know Urupa is the only port for folks from the East, so how come there is a connection now?
Hank Woon: While there have always been the occasional western smuggler, Cathay long ago sealed its borders to the West. However, the civil war has finally forced the Five Kingdoms to redact their official isolationist policies in order to secure the resources they need to continue their bloody conflict.
Barsaive has only recently made contact with Cathay, pioneered by the human merchant of Bartertown, Daylen Jagaro (fictional writer of the sourcebook and protagonist of the upcoming Earthdawn novel: Dark Shadows of Yesterday).

About Cathay in general—what can we expect?
Hank Woon: You can expect it to be very Earthdawnish. While some have voiced their concerns about Cathay being nothing more than another “Ancient China” setting, unless you feel that Barsaive is “just another” Medieval Europe or Renaissance-type fantasy setting, we can assure you that it is anything but. You can expect several new magical items, a new Goods and Services chapter that details dozens and dozens of new Cathayan weapons, armor, and items, a Bestiary chapter with over 60 new creatures, Horrors, Named Horrors, Horror constructs, and unique dragon entries, new spells for both the new Sorcerer discipline and the familiar magician disciplines, new Secret Societies, and a whole lot more.

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Schätze, dass das innerhalb der nächsten Woche mit Covervorschau etc. in den Katalogen auftaucht / vorbestellt werden kann.
Angekündigt/geplant ist es allerdings seit fast 2 Jahren.

Erdgeist:
Ah, sehr gut. Vielen Dank! :)

In Sachen Neuerscheinungen bin ich bei Earthdawn momentan einfach nicht auf dem Laufenden, daher hatte ich schon gedacht, dass du dich da im Themenpfad verirrt hättest.

Dammi:
arma irrt fast nie. ;D

Chiungalla:
Ich würde ansonsten auch zum Elementaristen raten.

Der kann halt irgendwann Heiltränke brauen, im ersten Kreis schon recht potent Erholungsproben boosten und Arzt als Fertigkeit zu lernen ist ihm auch nicht verboten. Dazu kriegt er später ein Talent gegen Gift.

Macht man ihn als Menschen kann er sogar noch recht günstig Heilzauber aus anderen Disziplinen wildern später. Und als Garlen-Questor kriegt der seine Gruppe dann sehr schnell wieder auf Vordermann.

Aber viel wichtiger finde ich, dass der dann nicht nur der Heilsklave der Gruppe ist, sondern auch noch selbst ordentlich was reißen kann.

Akirael:

--- Zitat von: Chiungalla am 27.08.2010 | 07:44 ---[...]

Aber viel wichtiger finde ich, dass der dann nicht nur der Heilsklave der Gruppe ist, sondern auch noch selbst ordentlich was reißen kann.

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Das war mir auch sehr wichtig, weswegen ich mich gestern mit ihm zusammen gesetzt hatte. Heraus kam ein Obsidianer Elementarist, der als Zweitdisziplin den Läuterer anstrebt. Ich fand das ganz passabel. Zusammen mit dem Garlen_Q und ein paar hübschen Fertigkeiten (Arzt, Heilpflanzen, Veterinärmedizin) sah das ganze schön Rund aus.

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