Wine and Savages Presents: Legend of Xiákè
New Wuxia rules from the author of Arcana & Mysticism for Savage Rifts®, Dawn of the Daikaiju, the Freedom Squadron Field Manual and Friends/Foes Manual, and Rippers Resurrected: Expedition Amazon!
Combining the wuxia genre with Savage Worlds has long been a passion of mine. Back in 2014, I wrote a series of articles on my Wine and Savages blog titled Savage Worlds Martial Artists Aren’t All the Same. This was followed by “Zhàndòu, City of Warriors”—a wuxia mini-setting—in Savage Insider Volume 2, Issue 2. You can even see elements of it in my approach to Psyscape in Arcana & Mysticism for Rifts® for Savage Worlds and the new Combat and Weird Edges found in the Freedom Squadron Field Manual and Friends/Foes Manual.
With the unfortunate delay of Legend of Ghost Mountain, it felt like a good time to collect some of my wuxia musings into a brief SWAG product (especially as some of the proposed new Edges seemed to cover the same ground on ones I’ve been saving up). The following options take a deliberately Edge-focused approach to mystical martial arts, aiming for the more grounded style of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Zhang Yimou’s films rather than the fantasy xianxia spectacle of Zu Warriors, Forbidden Kingdom, or the innumerable films inspired by Journey to the West.
Take Legend of Xiákè as a first draft, a dabbling in something bigger and better. With luck, we’ll soon be graced with Shane and Darrell’s creation. If not, I’ll update this monograph as inspiration strikes me.
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