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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8536031" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>I agree on both points.</p><p></p><p>The Celestial Bureaucracy is mentioned on page 116 of OA:</p><p></p><p>THE CELESTIAL EMPEROR AND THE CELESTIAL BUREAUCRACY</p><p>Unlike the western world, which has always tended to view non-human creatures as a loose collection of beings with no unity or cohesion, the Oriental mind has organized the world into a unified whole. One particularly strong belief is that of the Celestial Emperor, a powerful being who heads the Celestial Bureaucracy, a type of government of the spirits. Many of the spirit creatures described in this section come under his command and many hold offices or positions within the Celestial Bureaucracy. Here they receive and carry out orders, punish the wicked, and file reports of their activities. Thus the Chiang lung (river dragons) have been given the duty of making rain and report to the Ministry of Thunder, who in turn reports to the Celestial Emperor. Like the bureaucrats of the real world, these spirit officials can be corrupt, disobedient, just, or incompetent. They can also be replaced, since each year their activities and behavior are examined by their superiors.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193622/OA5-Mad-Monkey-vs-the-Dragon-Claw-1e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">OA5 Mad Monkey vs. the Dragon Claw</a> felt the most Chinese and Martial Arts movie themed in the OA series to me as well. The Japanese stuff seemed mostly limited to a few NPCs having classes like Bushi. It was set in T'u Lung and focused on martial arts, the celestial bureaucracy, and I think some Hong Kong movie tropes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8536031, member: 2209"] I agree on both points. The Celestial Bureaucracy is mentioned on page 116 of OA: THE CELESTIAL EMPEROR AND THE CELESTIAL BUREAUCRACY Unlike the western world, which has always tended to view non-human creatures as a loose collection of beings with no unity or cohesion, the Oriental mind has organized the world into a unified whole. One particularly strong belief is that of the Celestial Emperor, a powerful being who heads the Celestial Bureaucracy, a type of government of the spirits. Many of the spirit creatures described in this section come under his command and many hold offices or positions within the Celestial Bureaucracy. Here they receive and carry out orders, punish the wicked, and file reports of their activities. Thus the Chiang lung (river dragons) have been given the duty of making rain and report to the Ministry of Thunder, who in turn reports to the Celestial Emperor. Like the bureaucrats of the real world, these spirit officials can be corrupt, disobedient, just, or incompetent. They can also be replaced, since each year their activities and behavior are examined by their superiors. [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193622/OA5-Mad-Monkey-vs-the-Dragon-Claw-1e?affiliate_id=17596']OA5 Mad Monkey vs. the Dragon Claw[/URL] felt the most Chinese and Martial Arts movie themed in the OA series to me as well. The Japanese stuff seemed mostly limited to a few NPCs having classes like Bushi. It was set in T'u Lung and focused on martial arts, the celestial bureaucracy, and I think some Hong Kong movie tropes. [/QUOTE]
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