Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades; Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate; Strange Tales of Songling

JConstantine · May 23, 2025

Bedrockgames said:
This kind of thing probably should have been clarified in the Internal Martial Arts description itself as well

2nd edition confirmed! I jest, but that does remind me, I wanted to ask if there was any info on that supernatural supplement you and Jeremy were working on?

Bedrockgames said:
Bride with White Hair is a kind of star-crossed lovers wuxia film about a woman from an evil sect who falls in love with a member of Wudang. If you like this one, the sequel, which isn't as good as the original, has a lot of gameable elements

I recall reading as such on you blog. I started a list of films I've watched to use as inspiration, with notes on the specific elements that seem gameable. As dissimilar as it was to CT,HD, I found Sword of Destiny to be more how a wuxia RPG would look in play.

Bedrockgames said:
It takes time to get a sense of where the levels should be in terms of power

Even longer without actually seeing it play. I've only got one other person actually interested in wuxia.

Bedrockgames said:
I am not sure on that connection. I can ask him if you want

If it's not a bother, that would great. There's so much cultural context I miss having no real exposure to China.

Guest 85555 · May 23, 2025

JConstantine said:
2nd edition confirmed! I jest, but that does remind me, I wanted to ask if there was any info on that supernatural supplement you and Jeremy were working on?

Right now there are no plans for it. We would both love to get to that or an adventure but it isn't our call

JConstantine said:
I recall reading as such on you blog. I started a list of films I've watched to use as inspiration, with notes on the specific elements that seem gameable. As dissimilar as it was to CT,HD, I found Sword of Destiny to be more how a wuxia RPG would look in play.

Yeah Bride with White Hair is one of my favorites. And the sequel is definitely a bit like Sword of Destiny in that it feels more like how things might look in play. Another great introduction would be Web of Death.

JConstantine said:
Even longer without actually seeing it play. I've only got one other person actually interested in wuxia.

Something I do when I want to test out things, is just run a tournament scenario. That way, I can playtest tons of SAs in combat. Also tournament scenarios are pretty easy to prep

JConstantine said:
If it's not a bother, that would great. There's so much cultural context I miss having no real exposure to China.

Let me see what he thinks on this one

Guest 85555 · May 23, 2025

I asked about xuanming, and I guess it could be many, many different things. It is also complicated because he said she says the word with a slight accent and that makes it harder to figure out. But he said it is a huge list of possibilities

JConstantine · May 23, 2025

Bedrockgames said:
Right now there are no plans for it. We would both love to get to that or an adventure but it isn't our call

Who do I need to badger at Osprey to make it happen?

Bedrockgames said:
Yeah Bride with White Hair is one of my favorites. And the sequel is definitely a bit like Sword of Destiny in that it feels more like how things might look in play. Another great introduction would be Web of Death.

I have more viewing to do.

Bedrockgames said:
Something I do when I want to test out things, is just run a tournament scenario. That way, I can playtest tons of SAs in combat. Also tournament scenarios are pretty easy to prep

Well, I am one of those weirdos who likes GM "lonely fun".

Bedrockgames said:
I asked about xuanming, and I guess it could be many, many different things. It is also complicated because he said she says the word with a slight accent and that makes it harder to figure out. But he said it is a huge list of possibilities

Annoying, but understandable. I remember reading there was some difficulty during production because they all spoke different languages/dialects with Zhang Ziyi being the only native mandarin speaker.

Guest 85555 · May 27, 2025

Just thought I would pop this in here. It arrived today. French edition of Righteous Blood Ruthless Blades

JConstantine · May 28, 2025

Nice. Was localisation always in the works, or did it need to meet a certain threshold of commercial success to warrant?

Piperken · May 28, 2025

...Anyway, the point is that according to her, there is some mystical connection between the sword and the Wudang techniques. This is important to the plot of the movie because, as you recall, "Jen" is studying those exact techniques, but feels that she can't progress past her master...

Somewhat late; based on this author's comment, perhaps this version of Green Destiny you're constructing requires several proficiencies in particular RBRB internal arts in order to fully unlock its capabilities?

Guest 85555 · May 28, 2025

JConstantine said:
Nice. Was localisation always in the works, or did it need to meet a certain threshold of commercial success to warrant?

My sense is they were just going for accuracy, but we mostly were fielding rules clarifications, not phrasing questions (so I am honestly not sure)

Guest 85555 · May 28, 2025

Piperken said:
Somewhat late; based on this author's comment, perhaps this version of Green Destiny you're constructing requires several proficiencies in particular RBRB internal arts in order to fully unlock its capabilities?

This could work. You could have ranks in internal martial arts skill itself impact the swords capacities, or have specific Wudang sword signature abilities that open it up. The main thing I recall seeing in the films was the sword’s sharpness. She uses it to chop up Michelle yeoh’s weapons in the big duel but Yeoh uses that against her in the end

JConstantine · May 28, 2025

Bedrockgames said:
Piperken said:

Somewhat late; based on this author's comment, perhaps this version of Green Destiny you're constructing requires several proficiencies in particular RBRB internal arts in order to fully unlock its capabilities?

Click to expand...

This could work. You could have ranks in internal martial arts skill itself impact the swords capacities,

I hadn't considered that. Maybe, instead of fixed bonuses, they scale with ranks in Internal Martial Arts? i.e +1-3d10 damage, +1-3d10 bonus, and 1-3 extra wounds.

Bedrockgames said:
or have specific Wudang sword signature abilities that open it up.

That is where I've hit a stumbling block. There's a few signature abilities already in the book that could be considered to represent what's shown on screen, and I haven't been satisfied enough with my other ideas to iterate on them.

Bedrockgames said:
The main thing I recall seeing in the films was the sword’s sharpness. She uses it to chop up Michelle yeoh’s weapons in the big duel but Yeoh uses that against her in the end

I figured this was inherent to the sword itself, because of the way she caressed the blade in that duel, and Shu Lien saying Jen would be nothing without it. Though this was before Jeremy's revelation.

Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades; Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate; Strange Tales of Songling

JConstantine

Working-class warlock

Guest 85555

Guest

Guest 85555

Guest

JConstantine

Working-class warlock

Guest 85555

Guest

JConstantine

Working-class warlock

Piperken

Adventurer

Guest 85555

Guest

Guest 85555

Guest

JConstantine

Working-class warlock

Similar Threads