Wuxia?

3e Psionics added a few wuxia moves, such as the "Up the Walls" feat and "Psychic Leap."

That said, 4e looks to be emphasizing maneuverability for the PCs. That can be described in multiple ways, some of them wuxia and some more traditional. I'd say it's up to the playstyle of the group.
 

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Ranger REG said:
Well, it is a Chinese live-action equivalent. Japanese live-action equivalent is called Tokusatsu. Gojiro/Godzilla, Ultraman, and Ji-Rangers/Power Rangers are good examples of Tokusatsu.

Hey, all you westerners should at least learn.
Sorry. I should have said:

Wuxia so anime. ;)
 


Drowbane said:
He disagrees it can be done in D&D, so...?
Twas but a just, milord. :p

Ranger REG said:
Hey, all you westerners should at least learn.
Well, since Eastern culture is now permeating every molecule of Western (sub-)culture anyway, we'll learn soon enough. :lol:
 

Thurbane said:
Well, since Eastern culture is now permeating every molecule of Western (sub-)culture anyway, we'll learn soon enough. :lol:
I think it's payback for all the permeating of Eastern culture that Western culture did in the past. :p
 


Saw a Wuxia film festival a few years back and it all could be adapted pretty easily. Lighting candles at 20', running up trees, snatching ghosts from mid-'air'. Flying carpets, straight up spell slinging and amazingly choreographed stunts. Wouldn't take much more than putting in a few powers here and there. More often for monks and sorcerers, and less often for the honor warriors and sneaks and hardly at all for the tramps and scoundrels.

Prestidigitation, jump and climb speeds, forced manifestaton ethereal grappling. Clever magic items, imaginative character concepts and DMs and players willing to get into it. Switching out class abilities or simply adding them early and often should be easy enough.

The DnD mechanics that funnel these things into a die roll that determines success or failure and not a free flowing action extravaganza would get in the way. Encouraging a 'take 10' on these things when possible would help create the cinematic flair necessary to the spirit of it.

As long as it's fun, who cares where it's from.
 

GMSkarka said:
Well, if by "equivalent" you mean "predates by a thousand years or more."

Jus' sayin'.
Yes, they had wires back then. :p

Are we talking about Wushu (martial arts), Wuxia (modern-day genre term), or Wuxia (literature)?
 
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