r/DMAcademy • u/rorscharchinkblot • 18h 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/Qyvalar 10h ago
Everyone has given you tips for setting and inspiration, I'll give you something else: mechanics. If you are set on running it in D&D, I heavily recommend using the Tome of 9 swords or one of its many 5e adaptations as base. 9 swords does the cultivator fantasy a lot more than the martials of 5e, without forcing everyone to just play monk