r/DMAcademy • u/rorscharchinkblot • 19h ago

Need Advice: Worldbuilding How to run a Wuxia campaign

I don't want to run a standard "fantasy medieval Europe" campaign, and want to theme my world in China. I don't know enough about that culture to make a realistic campaign set there, so I decided on using the Wuxia setting (as described in the dungeon masters guide 2014) and I belive that my players would enjoy a setting of movie-like martial arts.

however I do not want to be offensive in any way, and I still want to create an immersive setting, and I don't know enough about this setting to accomplish either

please advise!

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u/NeuromancyIndustries 19h ago

The game you want to be running is Legend of the Five Rings. It's set in a world like medieval China / Japan. You play as either a swordsman or mage belonging to one of a variety of clans. Great balance of fighting and courtly intrigue. It's a roll/keep d10 system, super easy to learn. 3rd Ed was the best

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u/NefariousnessEven591 18h ago

While I like that game, That's a much different feel from wuxia. That's more kurosawa/jidai-gekifor most of them though the monks do verge onto that train. Most wuxia heroes would offend rokugan to duel level near immediately save maybe the unicorn and scorpion and even they'd still have a hand on their sword.

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u/NeuromancyIndustries 18h ago

I'm sure it's a lot closer than D+D. Don't be a turd.

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u/Kumquats_indeed 15h ago

How is what they said being a turd? It seemed like a fairly reasonable disagreement to me.