Monday, December 12, 2022

Jianghu Dungeoncrawl


A few weeks ago over on Twitter, Erik Jensen of Wampus Country fame had the idea to run Temple of Elemental Evil in Shaw Brothers kung fu style. I think this is a very good idea So good, I'm going to do it myself. Well, maybe not the Temple of Elemental Evil, but some classic D&D module I'm going to reskin as a sort of wuxia adventure.

While I think you could use D&D for this, it does give me an excuse to try out another system. Perhaps Osprey's Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades? If not that, one of the other wuxia games I've got, but haven't played.

The only question is: what adventure to run?

3 comments:

Kyana said...

You might want to tweak health and/or recovery rules in "Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades", from my (brief) experience they are rather deadly.

BEDROCK GAMES said...

Brendan here (co-writer of Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades). If you use RBRB for a dungeon crawl I second the health adjustment mentioned by Kyana.

You could also take a look at Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate (which is the system RBRB is based on and is more oriented towards dungeon crawls). They are not completely compatible but with some modification it is possible to blend them together. Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate is pay-what-you-want at drivethru so you can get it for free. If you want something more like basic D&D, you might take a look at Strange Tales of Songling (which is my Moldvay inspired version of Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate with more of A Chinese Ghost Story feel). Stange Tales is closer to RBRB in terms of system (has the same number of Defenses and the skills are similarly paired down).

Trey said...

Thanks! I'll check those outs.