JmOz Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 Quick question: How appropriate is the name Wuxia for a hero? points about the character: He is a wandering MA type hero Has Minor Ch'I powers (powers marked with a ? are not set in stone) *Speedster level Dex/Speed but not movement *Extra inches in leaping (10-15" total or so) *Healing? *Mystic senses? *no "flashy" powers such as Fireball *regeneration? Will be centered in Asia (probably Japan instead of China, but he will be Chinese) For some reason I see him using a staff Kind of modeling him after Kung Fu the legend continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted April 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 umm others can give there opinions as well:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Limmer Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 To quote Ninja Hero, by Michael Surbrook, "The Chinese Knight-Errant, known as a wuxia, is a wandering hero-adventurer of pre-twentieth century China." (p. 45) That's the extent of my knowledge of the term. I don't know its connotation in current-day China (or anywhere else, for that matter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted April 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 That is the exact quote that got me thinking of it as a name for a character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 It works for me. It's like calling your character "ronin," "paladin," or some such. Of course, "wuxia" is more of a calling than anything, so you might want to amend it with something else to set yourself apart from all the other wuxia out there (example -- Marvel's "Silver Samurai" or "Black Knight"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted April 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 Thank you for the comments, I always like the idea of the press giving heroes there names, so I think I will use it, can you think of any other powers to give the guy? going to consult UMA and NH some tonight for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 NINJA HERO has a lot of suggestions for such a character. Also look at the sample wuxia characters -- specifically the hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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