[Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)

martinl · 07-23-2022, 06:10 PM

There are also multiple non-human cultures to assign the idea to.

Perhaps there are martial artists are following a dwarvish tradition that idealizes being tough enough to break rocks with your bare hands, or a catfolk one focused on fighting with only their gods given claws, or even just declare halfling shaolin are a thing and run with it. Alternately, blame the hellgnome gninja - they're always up to shenanigans.

The thing where DF towns look like late MA early Ren euro culture is not meant to be a plausible model, really. It's gonzo fantasy so you can justify almost anything.

07-23-2022, 06:10 PM	#11
martinl Join Date: Jan 2006	Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja) There are also multiple non-human cultures to assign the idea to. Perhaps there are martial artists are following a dwarvish tradition that idealizes being tough enough to break rocks with your bare hands, or a catfolk one focused on fighting with only their gods given claws, or even just declare halfling shaolin are a thing and run with it. Alternately, blame the hellgnome gninja - they're always up to shenanigans. The thing where DF towns look like late MA early Ren euro culture is not meant to be a plausible model, really. It's gonzo fantasy so you can justify almost anything.