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This is the last Feng Shui suppliment. It's also the best.

Ronin Publishing did a bang-up job with this book. They did their best to make this book one you'll come back to time and again, be it to get stats on some bad boy Hand agent or to look up the stats on the Prussian Needle Gun. From the first page to the last, not one page is wasted or ill-used.

The book deftly intertwines the Secret War into real Chinese history, but not in the same way that a White Wolf book does. The two are kept separate; it's trivial to determine what is and in not fictional. It also twists a as-yet-unmentioned film subgenre into Feng Shui- the blaxsploitation film, ala "Shaft" or "Foxy Brown." (There is one big precident for this, and that's Jim Kelly's role in that Bruce Lee classic, _Enter the Dragon._)

From the Black Flag in 69 AD to Ceasar Mack and his kung-fu fighters in the mean streets of New York City, the Guiding Hand brings the way of Neo-Confuscian virtue to all. Along the way, the book presents a few new Fu Schticks, Principle Schticks and an assortment of mid-19th century firearms; most of them are used by the Hand to get the job done.

The new character types are all very Hand-oriented. Using them in a non-Hand campaign is too difficult for most groups to bother with, but that's okay. There's enough to play an all-Hand campaign, either as heroes or as villians, and it's easily the best group outside of the Dragons to do this with.

The best part? Seeing how frigtening the Hand really is. The worst part? Seeing how weak a few Principle Schticks are. Overall, I give it a high recommendation. Get a copy today.

Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 4 (Meaty)

Blood of the Valiant
Author: Chris Pramas Category: game Company/Publisher: Ronin Publishing Cost: $19.95 (US) Page count: 128 pages ISBN: n/a Playtest Review by Bradford C. Walker on 11/02/98. Genre tags: Fantasy Science_fiction Modern_day Historical Horror Espionage Conspiracy Old_West Asian/Far_East	This is the last Feng Shui suppliment. It's also the best. Ronin Publishing did a bang-up job with this book. They did their best to make this book one you'll come back to time and again, be it to get stats on some bad boy Hand agent or to look up the stats on the Prussian Needle Gun. From the first page to the last, not one page is wasted or ill-used. The book deftly intertwines the Secret War into real Chinese history, but not in the same way that a White Wolf book does. The two are kept separate; it's trivial to determine what is and in not fictional. It also twists a as-yet-unmentioned film subgenre into Feng Shui- the blaxsploitation film, ala "Shaft" or "Foxy Brown." (There is one big precident for this, and that's Jim Kelly's role in that Bruce Lee classic, _Enter the Dragon._) From the Black Flag in 69 AD to Ceasar Mack and his kung-fu fighters in the mean streets of New York City, the Guiding Hand brings the way of Neo-Confuscian virtue to all. Along the way, the book presents a few new Fu Schticks, Principle Schticks and an assortment of mid-19th century firearms; most of them are used by the Hand to get the job done. The new character types are all very Hand-oriented. Using them in a non-Hand campaign is too difficult for most groups to bother with, but that's okay. There's enough to play an all-Hand campaign, either as heroes or as villians, and it's easily the best group outside of the Dragons to do this with. The best part? Seeing how frigtening the Hand really is. The worst part? Seeing how weak a few Principle Schticks are. Overall, I give it a high recommendation. Get a copy today. Style: 4 (Classy and well done) Substance: 4 (Meaty)

Blood of the Valiant