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4	''Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate'' is a {{Wuxia}} [[TabletopRPG tabletop role-playing game]] by Bedrock Games, released as a Pay-What-You-Want PDF in 2016. It is a spinoff of a previous game, ''Sertorius'', set in a fantasy world strongly resembling {{Imperial China}} (specifically, the Southern Song Dynasty) called Qi Xien. It is particularly notable for having a very long list (over 180 separate entries) of [[SupernaturalMartialArts Kung Fu Techniques]] that has been released into the public domain.
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7	!!This tabletop RPG provides examples of:
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9	* {{Battle Couple}}: Bao and Sunan (pictured on the cover), lovers from ancient history and the creators of Kung Fu.
10	* {{Big Bad}}: Emperor Zhan, the Glorious Emperor, can be seen as this.
11	* {{Brainwashed and Crazy}}: Often the case with the Yao, martial heroes who've [[AndShowItToYou had their hearts ripped out]] and replaced with a stone. It's explicit they're missing bits of their soul that allow both self-control and self-determination, leaving them immortal AxCrazy undead who cannot conceive of disloyalty.
12	* {{Cycle of Revenge}}: Quite literally a game mechanic in the "Grudge" subsystem.
13	* {{The Empire}}: The Zhan Dao Empire. Somewhat of a subversion in that throughout its long history [[HegemonicEmpire it had many less militaristic rulers,]] though the current regime is as despotic as they come.
14	* {{Evil Chancellor}}: A textbook double-subversion in Cai Yuanyu, the Emperor's "right-hand man"; he's actually faultlessly loyal, but as it turns out the Emperor is an EvilOverlord to begin with, and Cai [[TheCorrupter encouraged his slide]].
15	* {{Evil Overlord}}: Two examples. The first is Yao-Feng, an ancient sorcerer and once-ruler of Yao Gong Palace (also known as [[TitleDrop Ogre Gate]]). The other is the Glorious Emperor, who promotes worship of Yao-Feng as "the Bold King" throughout the Zhan Dao Empire.
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17	* {{Greater Scope Villain}}: Yao-Feng, the Demon Emperor.
18	** Arguably subverted by Li Fan, which is generally more hellish due to [[EverythingTryingToKillYou being overrun with supernatural monsters]] and being close to Yao Gong Palace, the former headquarters of the Demon Emperor also known as [[TitleDrop Ogre Gate.]] They're... largely normal people, who are invading mostly to get away from it, and if Emperor Zhan wasn't such a bloodthirsty warhawk, the war with them would likely have ended by now. Their ruler is explicitly an AntiVillain who hates slavery and mistreating women.
19	* {{Master Swordsman}}: Many, many, ''many'' characters -- including players, if they so choose.
20	* {{Supernatural Martial Arts}}: A primary focus of the game, though some Techniques are more subtle than others. They are distributed into four categories: [[ImplausibleFencingPowers Waijia]], [[KiManipulation Neigong]], [[WireFu Qinggong]], and [[PressurePoint Dianxue]].
21	* WickedPretentious: Cai Yuanyu is explicitly someone who represents himself as a cultured aristocrat, but he despises poetry and art, not having seen a point in learning them instead of purely practical skills. More than one person has insulted him to his face using references to literature that [[StealthInsult fly over his head.]]
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