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<blockquote data-quote="Testament" data-source="post: 1930043" data-attributes="member: 21833">That's true on the &quot;Crystalpunk&quot; theory.&nbsp; Then again, there's nothing wrong with filing off the serial numbers.&nbsp; Those aren't crystal shards, they're obsidian butterflies (thanks Exalted!)&nbsp; That isn't astral goo, its the fabric of the spirit world seeping across the Wall.&nbsp; That isn't an Astral Construct either, its...(thinks) an Indefatigable Sprit Guardian! (hey, thats a cool name!).&nbsp; And Energy Retort becomes Spiritual Retribution Prana.&nbsp; And so on.&nbsp; Heck, you could start a thread here to help find appropriate names.Change the aesthetics of the powers themselves, and the whole idea of inner force and strength fuelling these incredible powers works well.&nbsp; The real bonus is the lack of material, verbal and somatic components also means that you can have the warriors flying across the treetops, unleashing their powers in between trading sword blows easier.&nbsp; And what really sells it is that through augmentation, you can really throw your all into it.My one piece of advice is that to really keep the wuxia feel, the psionically active characters, sorry, make that Spiritually Gifted and Trained characters must pick ONE energy type.&nbsp; All their Energy powers (ray, stun, missile, ball, retort etc.) are permanently set to that one type.Oh, and fix stun and missile to 2 points of augmentation equals +1 DC, not the 1 for 1 as written.PS: How could no-one here mention &quot;The Storm Riders&quot;!?&nbsp; Might not be true Wuxia, but its still a great hyperkinetic HK fantasy film!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Testament, post: 1930043, member: 21833"] That's true on the "Crystalpunk" theory. Then again, there's nothing wrong with filing off the serial numbers. Those aren't crystal shards, they're obsidian butterflies (thanks Exalted!) That isn't astral goo, its the fabric of the spirit world seeping across the Wall. That isn't an Astral Construct either, its...(thinks) an Indefatigable Sprit Guardian! (hey, thats a cool name!). And Energy Retort becomes Spiritual Retribution Prana. And so on. Heck, you could start a thread here to help find appropriate names. Change the aesthetics of the powers themselves, and the whole idea of inner force and strength fuelling these incredible powers works well. The real bonus is the lack of material, verbal and somatic components also means that you can have the warriors flying across the treetops, unleashing their powers in between trading sword blows easier. And what really sells it is that through augmentation, you can really throw your all into it. My one piece of advice is that to really keep the wuxia feel, the psionically active characters, sorry, make that Spiritually Gifted and Trained characters must pick ONE energy type. All their Energy powers (ray, stun, missile, ball, retort etc.) are permanently set to that one type. Oh, and fix stun and missile to 2 points of augmentation equals +1 DC, not the 1 for 1 as written. PS: How could no-one here mention "The Storm Riders"!? Might not be true Wuxia, but its still a great hyperkinetic HK fantasy film! [/QUOTE]

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