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* ElementalPowers: Divided among five main types, with three others that sit outside the system. Each type of non-normal chi counts double for its own particular style, and Corrupt and Enlightened Chi count double for ALL elements.
** [[GreenThumb Wood Chi]], which promotes the growth and health of the user
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire Chi]], which focuses on the Burn status effect and speed
** [[ExtraOreDinary Metal Chi]], which grants the user incredible resilience and physical strength
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth Chi]], which focuses on the Shock status effect and Chi regeneration
** [[AnIcePerson Water Chi]], which focuses on the Freeze status effect and weakening the opponent
** [[PureEnergy Normal Chi]], which can fuel any elemental style, along with the others, though not as well as the focused types
** [[PoisonousPerson Corrupt Chi]], which focuses on the Poison status effect and causing extra damage
** [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers Enlightened Chi]], which comes only from meditation and adherence to the tenets of a religion
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** The game's focus on awesomeness and singlehandedly trashing armies is quite reminiscent of ''Exalted,'' another tabletop game.

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* YinYangBomb: Apparently, in Shen Zhou, Yin + Yang = [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]].



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* YinYangBomb: Apparently, in Shen Zhou, Yin + Yang = [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]].

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* Prehensile Hair: The Lashing Black Silk Wires technique. Can be used with anything from hair, to beards, to particularly bushy eyebrows.

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* Prehensile Hair: PrehensileHair: The Lashing Black Silk Wires technique. Can be used with anything from hair, to beards, to particularly bushy eyebrows.


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* YinYangBomb: Apparently, in Shen Zhou, Yin + Yang = [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]].

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* CastFromHitpoints: Eyes of the Fiery Raptor, which boosts combat abilities at the cost of self-imposed ripples.

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* CastFromHitpoints: Eyes of the Fiery Raptor, which boosts combat abilities at the cost of self-imposed ripples. Transformation of Dark Jade works similarly, allowing the user to surpass his own physical limits through careful application of poison.


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* KingOfTheHomeless: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beggar King]], head of the Beggar Fraternity. Interestingly, this position is open to anybody who proves themself when the current one dies or retires.


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* Prehensile Hair: The Lashing Black Silk Wires technique. Can be used with anything from hair, to beards, to particularly bushy eyebrows.


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* SheIsTheKing: The "Beggar King" can be male or female; the title remains the same regardless of the gender of the person holding it.


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** To say nothing of Unstained Lotus Mastery, which kills the opponent by causing [[FistOfTheNorthStar his internal organs to explode]]. Unstained Lotus Mastery is much less messy about it, though.
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* KillItWithFire: The [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Nation]], sorry, Fire Doctrine ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin You don't say?]]), and the Fire Sutra internal technique.

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* KillItWithFire: The [[AvatarTheLastAirbender [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Nation]], sorry, Fire Doctrine ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin You don't say?]]), and the Fire Sutra internal technique.
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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: All players know kung fu.

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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: All players player characters know kung fu.
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* BestServedCold: The Hundred Ghost Faction is made of this.
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* TheCorruption: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Corrupt Chi]]
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* TheCorruption: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Corrupt Chi]]
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* MartialPacifist: The Subtle Force style.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Abbot Spider Wolf
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* MakingASplash: Rage of the Dragon Kings
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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: All players know kung fu.

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* [[ChefofIron Chef of Iron]]: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts, known only as the [[GodofCookery God of Cookery]]. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence someone's chi, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly results.


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* CastFromHitpoints: Eyes of the Fiery Raptor, which boosts combat abilities at the cost of self-imposed ripples.
* [[ChefofIron Chef of Iron]]: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts, known only as the [[GodofCookery God of Cookery]]. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence someone's chi, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly results.
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* BattleCouple: A possibility, even has mechanical support.
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* ShoutOut: Aside from the direct references, there are some in-game references
** The doctor's secret arts mentions [[DetectiveDee a beetle that causes people's skin to burn in sunlight.]]
** One of the secret techniques is [[KungFuHustle Buddha's Palm]]. Yes, it's pretty much taken straight from the movie.
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* ArcNumber: Four and Five. Factions are four sets of four, there are four Saint Beasts (maybe five). Four directions and the central plains, five great philosophies, five main relationships, five derivative relationships, five elements, five ranks, and five character archetypes.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Not chi, which is more or less PracticalMagic. Other powers that might be supernatural, like a priest declaring something to be a supernatural event or the elusive Heaven Hunters are deliberately left ambiguous.
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* CombatMedic: The Doctor archetype - like all PCs, they know kung fu.

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* CombatMedic: The Doctor archetype - like all PCs, {{Player Character}}s, they know kung fu.



* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: While mainstream society is just as sexist as it was historically, the Wulin is presented as an idealized society, where members are judged by their deeds, rather than their sex, ethnicity or wealth. The game recommends that for female PCs, gender prejudice should only be as much of a problem as the player wants it to be.

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* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: While mainstream society is just as sexist as it was historically, the Wulin is presented as an idealized society, where members are judged by their deeds, rather than their sex, ethnicity or wealth. The game recommends that for female PCs, [=PCs=], gender prejudice should only be as much of a problem as the player wants it to be.
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* RuleOfCool: One of the game's guiding principles is "Your character gets to be cool".
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** Demonstrated (and lampshaded) in the writer's comedic game Nihao Honey Year 2[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?576867-Legends-of-the-Wulin-Nihao-Honey-year-2]] in a fight between [[spoiler:Blaze the Mighty and Cracked Bell]].

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** Demonstrated (and lampshaded) in the writer's comedic game Nihao Honey Year 2[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?576867-Legends-of-the-Wulin-Nihao-Honey-year-2]] in a fight between [[spoiler:Blaze the Mighty and Cracked Bell]]. Inverted because [[spoiler:Blaze was the one who instilled friendship in CB, even though she lost.]]
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** Demonstrated in the developer's comedic game Nihao Honey Year 2[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?576867-Legends-of-the-Wulin-Nihao-Honey-year-2]] in a fight between [[spoiler:Blaze the Mighty and Cracked Bell]].

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** Demonstrated (and lampshaded) in the developer's writer's comedic game Nihao Honey Year 2[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?576867-Legends-of-the-Wulin-Nihao-Honey-year-2]] in a fight between [[spoiler:Blaze the Mighty and Cracked Bell]].
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Definitely possible with the after-combat Rippling roll. In fact...
** Demonstrated in the developer's comedic game Nihao Honey Year 2[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?576867-Legends-of-the-Wulin-Nihao-Honey-year-2]] in a fight between [[spoiler:Blaze the Mighty and Cracked Bell]].
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* ChefofIron: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts, known only as the God of Cookery. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence the chi of those around you, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly precision.

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* ChefofIron: [[ChefofIron Chef of Iron]]: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts, known only as the [[GodofCookery God of Cookery. Cookery]]. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence the chi of those around you, someone's chi, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly precision.results.
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* ChefofIron: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts. He is known as the God of Cookery. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence those around you, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly precision.

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* ChefofIron: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts. He is Arts, known only as the God of Cookery. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence the chi of those around you, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly precision.
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* ChefofIron: There's a floating restaurant in Notably Picturesque run by a legendary warrior who has mixed cooking with kung fu and the Secret Arts. He is known as the God of Cookery. If you seek him out, you could learn things like how to use food to influence those around you, or train in his kung fu style that uses kitchen utensils with deadly precision.
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* LargeHam: The "Booming Deity's Voice" technique is perfect for this.
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* TheAtoner: Chipped Blade


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* JustLikeRobinHood: The Silver Fox Bandit.


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* LadyOfWar: Fragrant Jasmine


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* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: While mainstream society is just as sexist as it was historically, the Wulin is presented as an idealized society, where members are judged by their deeds, rather than their sex, ethnicity or wealth. The game recommends that for female PCs, gender prejudice should only be as much of a problem as the player wants it to be.
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''Legends of the Wulin'' is a {{Wuxia}} RolePlayingGame published by EosPress, and a successor to the ''WeaponsOfTheGods'' RPG. It is designed to showcase the larger-than-life heroes, the variety of kung fu techniques and the high power level of Wuxia - "Ranked Fighters" (AKA "Xia") can literally take down dozens of nameless mooks right out the gate, and character abilities deal with destiny, and the fate of all of China. Unlike ''Weapons of the Gods'' however, the powers of heaven and hell do not make their presence directly felt, leaving destiny in the hands of humans.

!''LegendsOfTheWulin'' contains examples of the following tropes''

* AmazonBrigade: The Resplendent Phoenix Society, and the Blood Wind Cult
* AnIcePerson: The Ice Sutra internal technique
* ChurchMilitant: The Priest archetype in general, and the Little Forest Sect and Fire Doctrine in particular.
* CombatMedic: The Doctor archetype - like all PCs, they know kung fu.
* TheFourGods: There are heroes who name themselves after each of them, including the fifth, Golden Dragon, which is meant to be reserved for the Emperor himself!
* KillItWithFire: The [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Nation]], sorry, Fire Doctrine ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin You don't say?]]), and the Fire Sutra internal technique.
* {{Pirate}}: The Southern Dragons clan.
* ShockAndAwe: The Heaven's Lightning internal technique.
* WorldOfBadass: The Wulin
** EverybodyWasKungFuFighting
** BadassPrincess: Zhou Ma and the Dragon Princesses
* {{Wuxia}}

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