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<blockquote data-quote="lukelightning" data-source="post: 2664942" data-attributes="member: 9745">As other's have pointed out, it would be &quot;wuren&quot; in modern Mandarin.&nbsp; Of course, I've never heard them called &quot;wuren&quot; but only &quot;wu&quot; or &quot;wushi&quot; (what's &quot;wu-shrr&quot; not &quot;wushee&quot;). Or &quot;wupo&quot; which would be more like &quot;witch.&quot;The wu were spirit mediums; they would contact the world of the dead and channel ghosts and gods. They generally weren't thought of a having &quot;active&quot; magic (casting spells to affect things), just spirit communication.Personally I see no reason why the wu ren class should be anything other than a wizard.&nbsp; There is no real justification for a separate spell list and spell mechanics other than to feed people's desire for &quot;exotic orient&quot; ideas.&nbsp; It would be much simpler to call all the wu ren spells wizard spells and say that these are the spells which are common in a fantasy China (there are already far too many categories of spells: bard spells, druid spells, cleric spells, wizard/sorc spells...ad naseum).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lukelightning, post: 2664942, member: 9745"] As other's have pointed out, it would be "wuren" in modern Mandarin. Of course, I've never heard them called "wuren" but only "wu" or "wushi" (what's "wu-shrr" not "wushee"). Or "wupo" which would be more like "witch." The wu were spirit mediums; they would contact the world of the dead and channel ghosts and gods. They generally weren't thought of a having "active" magic (casting spells to affect things), just spirit communication. Personally I see no reason why the wu ren class should be anything other than a wizard. There is no real justification for a separate spell list and spell mechanics other than to feed people's desire for "exotic orient" ideas. It would be much simpler to call all the wu ren spells wizard spells and say that these are the spells which are common in a fantasy China (there are already far too many categories of spells: bard spells, druid spells, cleric spells, wizard/sorc spells...ad naseum). [/QUOTE]

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