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mhd · 05-06-2017, 09:15 AM

I regard Ninja as a spectrum disorder. Sufficently martial-artsy assassins are indistinguishable from ninja, albeit a bit less trope-y (no slitted masks, no Kobudo weaponry).

There's no Real Ultimate Power in my campaign. I know, totally non-sweet, but while Western fantasy is quite a-historic and generic, at least from our point of views, ninja are a bit too culturally specific for my tastes. It's like having carbon copy Roman legions...

My most recent ninja-expys are the result of an assasin guild being "taken over" by a "monk" the PCs freed at the start of the campaign. Old dungeon, closed from the outside world for centuries, while some martial arts cultists bred with their shadow wifes.

Other than that, dark elves are remarkably close, especially after the LotR movies moved elven weaponry in the weeaboo direction.

05-06-2017, 09:15 AM	#4
mhd Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Land of the Beer, Home of the Dirndls	Re: DF: Where do Martial Artists and Ninja come from? I regard Ninja as a spectrum disorder. Sufficently martial-artsy assassins are indistinguishable from ninja, albeit a bit less trope-y (no slitted masks, no Kobudo weaponry). There's no Real Ultimate Power in my campaign. I know, totally non-sweet, but while Western fantasy is quite a-historic and generic, at least from our point of views, ninja are a bit too culturally specific for my tastes. It's like having carbon copy Roman legions... My most recent ninja-expys are the result of an assasin guild being "taken over" by a "monk" the PCs freed at the start of the campaign. Old dungeon, closed from the outside world for centuries, while some martial arts cultists bred with their shadow wifes. Other than that, dark elves are remarkably close, especially after the LotR movies moved elven weaponry in the weeaboo direction.