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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and D&D
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Dragongirl
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Horacio? A gentleman? hmmmm Really? hmmmm
Horacio said:
Defending: there's the scene near the end, where he uses the sword to deflect a bunch of darts thrown by the evil assassin woman.
Keen: if _you_ had a magic rapier, wouldn't you make it keen?
Really though, there's no rigorous rationale for any of this. It's just what seems coolest to me. All you can really say is that it isn't a flaming, shock frost weapon of thundering.
cerberus2112
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The Green Destiny Sunders
What was that new weapon enhancement from Sunken Citadel? The Green Destiny sword has that; how many weapons did she break in the fight? She wasn't strong enough to do that with a regular sword!
What was that new weapon enhancement from Sunken Citadel? The Green Destiny sword has that; how many weapons did she break in the fight? She wasn't strong enough to do that with a regular sword!
The Green Destiny was a Butterfly Sword, IMO. It's a weapon from one of the monk-related splat books that a monk can use with their favorable number of blows. The book even mentions the flexibility of the blade.
In addition, the four main characters -- Li, the Jade Fox, Xiou Long (the girl), and Yu Shu Lien (Li's fiancee) -- were all very high level.
The Jade Fox is the lowest level and the easiest. She's a rogue/assassin. She uses poison, tries to get a sneak attack on Li when she has the chance, and is easily dispatched by some of the nastiest poison I've ever seen.
Yu Shu Lien is a high level monk/fighter. We see she has proficiency with a very large number of weapon types, is good at unarmed combat, and has a little bit of the jumping and balance skills that make the girl and Liu so amazingly acrobatic. She has just made epic levels (21st) and took the feat that allows Deflect Arrows to work more than once per round.
Xiou Long (the girl) is an epic level rogue/monk/thief-acrobat. She dances along rooftops, practically flies (legendary leaper), balances on bamboo trees, and can fight far better than all the warrior 1-3s on the combat circuit. She's not a highly epic character, but she is epic.
Li Mu Bai is an epic level monk. He has the exotic weapon proficiency needed to handle the Green Destiny. He has Expertise and Improved Disarm (he takes the Green Destiny away from Xiou with a stick and doesn't draw an AoO). He has the legendary leaping and balancing feats (they run across water -- something specifically mentioned in the ELH). What's more important... he has the feat that allows you to use Deflect Arrows more than once per round! When the Jade Fox makes her attack with her super-blowgun, he does roll a 1... and a dart kills him.
In addition, the four main characters -- Li, the Jade Fox, Xiou Long (the girl), and Yu Shu Lien (Li's fiancee) -- were all very high level.
The Jade Fox is the lowest level and the easiest. She's a rogue/assassin. She uses poison, tries to get a sneak attack on Li when she has the chance, and is easily dispatched by some of the nastiest poison I've ever seen.
Yu Shu Lien is a high level monk/fighter. We see she has proficiency with a very large number of weapon types, is good at unarmed combat, and has a little bit of the jumping and balance skills that make the girl and Liu so amazingly acrobatic. She has just made epic levels (21st) and took the feat that allows Deflect Arrows to work more than once per round.
Xiou Long (the girl) is an epic level rogue/monk/thief-acrobat. She dances along rooftops, practically flies (legendary leaper), balances on bamboo trees, and can fight far better than all the warrior 1-3s on the combat circuit. She's not a highly epic character, but she is epic.
Li Mu Bai is an epic level monk. He has the exotic weapon proficiency needed to handle the Green Destiny. He has Expertise and Improved Disarm (he takes the Green Destiny away from Xiou with a stick and doesn't draw an AoO). He has the legendary leaping and balancing feats (they run across water -- something specifically mentioned in the ELH). What's more important... he has the feat that allows you to use Deflect Arrows more than once per round! When the Jade Fox makes her attack with her super-blowgun, he does roll a 1... and a dart kills him.
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