History TabletopGame / LegendsOfTheWulin

** 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.

* SupernaturalMartialArts
* WorldOfBadass: The Wulin
** EverybodyWasKungFuFighting
** BadassPrincess: Zhou Ma and the Dragon Princesses
* {{Wuxia}}

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

** 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.

** The [[NobleSavage Yun Clan's]] ancestral weapon, the Snowstorm Saber, is effectively identical to [[TheStormRiders Wind's]] Snowy Saber.

* 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.

* [[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.

** [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers Enlightened Chi]], which comes only from meditation and adherence to the tenets of a religion

* RazorSharpHands: The Eagle Claws technique of the Eagle Talons allows your unarmed attacks to also count as attacks with sabers. Similarly, the Sword-Heart Skill of the Heavenly Sword Alliance allows your unarmed attacks also count as sword attacks and vice versa.

*** From the same series, [[RazorSharpHands Eagle Claws]] may be a shout-out to Nanto Seiken.

* AmazonBrigade: The Blood Wind Cult. More esoterically, the Resplendent Phoenix Society, who downplay their ActionGirl traits in favor of more [[SilkHidingSteel particularly]] [[FemmeFatale feminine]] strengths (but can still kick ass with the best of them).

* AmazonBrigade: The Resplendent Phoenix Society, and the Blood Wind Cult

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

** At the same time, it is healthy for the man's partner to have a strong Yin. As the book says, "the ideal lover is a woman who he can just barely beat in battle, or who can sometimes be beaten and sometimes not." Meanwhile, it is healthy a woman seeks out as strong a male as possible, at least her equal. She stands little risk of his yang overwhelming her yin(there must be at least a 2 rank difference, which is a massive power gap, between them in order for this to occur). This paints a picture where martial artists seek out their approximate equals when they look for love.

** At the same time, just as it is healthy for women to have a partner with strong Yang (though she can never suffer from having his Yang overpower her Yin),it is healthy for the man's partner to have a strong Yin. As the book says, "the ideal lover is a woman who he can just barely beat in battle, or who can sometimes be beaten and sometimes not."

* [[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.

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

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

* 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.

** [[DishingOutDirt Earth Chi]], which focuses on the Shock status effect and Chi regeneration

** 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.

* ShoutOut: Aside from the direct references, there are some in-game references

** 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.