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#Setting-Relocation Guide

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#§ Situation

Relocate the core's assumed setting (Sengoku-era Japan) to a different setting — China · Joseon · the West · the modern era · SF, and so on. Using this expansion's foreign-style schools and foreign Divine Treasures, a campaign of a different era · culture is possible.

#§ 5 Setting Variations

#1. China (Ming · Qing)

Modules used:

  • 11-03 Maga Spear / 11-08 Qi Jiguang's spear method
  • 13-01~05 5 Chinese unarmed-combat styles
  • 14-06 Jinyiwei
  • 19-01-04 Chinese Daoist / 19-02-03 Chinese Daoist ghost-quelling
  • 25-04 Ming · Qing squads

Campaign tone: wuxia · political intrigue · diplomacy

#2. Joseon

Modules used:

  • 10-05·06 Joseon Sebeop · Bonguk Geombeop
  • 11-02 Joseon spear method
  • 12-02 Joseon horn-bow archery
  • 13-07 Taekkyeon
  • 14-03 Joseon Geomgye
  • 15-03 Joseon mounted archery
  • 16-04-02 Joseon navy
  • 18-01-03 Joseon military classics
  • 19-01-03·02-04 Joseon Daoism · shamanism
  • 25-03 Joseon squads

Campaign tone: the Imjin War · righteous armies · court politics

#3. The Western Medieval · Early Modern Era

Modules used:

  • 10-07·08·09 Liechtenauer · Fiore · Destreza
  • 11-04·05 pike · Landsknecht
  • 12-04·05 English longbow · Dutch gun
  • 14-04 Sicarii
  • 15-05 Jineta
  • 16-04-04·05 Portuguese · Viking navigation
  • 19-02-01·02 Catholic · Orthodox exorcism
  • 19-04-04 Kabbalah Barrier
  • 25-05 Western squads

Campaign tone: the Crusades · religious conflict · New World exploration

#4. The Modern Era (19th century)

Modules used:

  • 10-01·02 Tennen Rishin · Hokushin Itto (Bakumatsu)
  • 12-05 Dutch gun
  • 13-13·12·14 catch wrestling · savate · aikido
  • 18-01-04 Western military science (Maurits · Gustav)
  • 30-09 short campaign (Bakumatsu short piece)
  • 50-tournament scenarios (historical era only)

Campaign tone: Bakumatsu upheaval · Western adoption · civic revolution

#5. SF · Future · Fantasy (fictional)

Modules used:

  • 25-07 fictional · media squads (altered names)
  • 60-08 custom content (fictional divine objects · schools · settings)
  • 11-06·07 secret arts · Self-Taught Style (thinker · self-refinement)
  • 99-07 IP guide (principles of altered names)

Campaign tone: cyberpunk · space opera · fantastical wuxia

Caution: some core rules are unsuitable — firearm variation (Gunnery → laser), armor variation (steel → power armor), and other self-made variations are needed.

#§ Cautions When Varying

#1. Core-Rule Consistency

Even when varying the setting, keep the core rules (round · Energy · check formula). Vary only the data · description.

#2. Period Vocabulary

Change the vocabulary the PCs can use. E.g.: "By Session 0 agreement, change vocabulary such as '門 (gate)' · '館 (hall)'"

#3. 1st-Expansion Compatibility

The 1st expansion's Spirit Realm drift record assumes Japan. When relocating to a different setting, part of the 1st expansion is unsuitable. GM's discretion.

#§ Anti-Patterns

  • Turning every campaign into one fictional world: it fails to use the rich material of the core + 1st + this expansion.
  • Changing only the setting while keeping the data as is: putting a Japanese Swordsmanship school straight into an SF campaign — it does not fit. Alteration is needed.

"The setting is a campaign's stage. When the stage differs, even the same swordsman makes a different story."