08-04-2022, 06:49 AM | #51 |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
I had Shadow Elves as the source of ninja in my DF game, FWIW.
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08-04-2022, 08:35 AM | #52 | |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
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So, yeah, isolated elves as the source of ninjas can work pretty well.
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08-04-2022, 09:54 AM | #53 | |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
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08-04-2022, 09:56 AM | #54 |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
If I remember Savate was a refinement of brawling techniques and was used by French sailors going into port.
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08-04-2022, 09:58 AM | #55 |
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08-04-2022, 06:56 PM | #56 |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
If you're looking for inspiration for ninja aside from East Asia, the Order of Assassins might be a good starting point. It's a religious order so you've got a justification for mystic skills and abilities in addition to conventional assassin skills.
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08-05-2022, 03:01 AM | #57 |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
No, I don't even know anything about ninja in Mystara.
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08-05-2022, 02:20 PM | #58 |
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Re: [Dungeon Fantasy] Non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists (and Ninja)
The Shadow Elves are kind an alternative to the Drow from the Known World/Mystara. That is, an underground offshoot of Elves with distinct special abilities. It's an interesting take.
Did not know there was an assassin template. The poster was asking for non-East Asian inspirations for Martial Artists and Ninjas, so that's why I suggested the Order of the Assassins. The idea is that the alternative would have chi or chi adjacent skills and powers, so the Assassin template seems a poor fit. |
08-05-2022, 08:34 PM | #59 |
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The Ninja template is an assassin template; if you wish to add exotic or supernatural traits to it, that's what it is. "Shadow powers" for instance may be a thing for some secret assassin organizations - not much from different from a Mages Guild teaching spells, or the Alchemists Guild teaching potions. For example, the Elder Scrolls games (Oblivion, Skyrim etc) have the Assassins guild, and those arent nipponic "ninjas", and they still teach many regular and supernatural abilities. Last edited by KarlKost; 08-08-2022 at 11:50 AM. |
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