Xia: Main Page

The Premise

Kung fu heroes kick ass in pseudo-historical fantasy China!.

Why Xia?

There are a lot of great kung fu hero games on the market - such as 'Weapon of the Gods, Feng Shui and Street Fighter to name but a few.
So why am I making another?
The answer for me is because I wanted to make a homebrew game that was quick to learn, had a simple base system but a lot of permutations. I wanted something not tied to a specific setting, but rather just useable for generic games of wuxia action. I had a very specific style of game in mind - fast and loose, freeform, with rapid advancement, player creativity encouraged and opportunities for the players to discover new secrets as the game progressed. I wanted to be able to let my imagination let loose, without any baggage of established setting or optimal builds.
As to the word "Xia" itself... Partially this is a reference to the [Xia Dynasty], which is the near-legendary period of early Chinese history that may or mat not have actually existed. Partially its a reference to [Wuxia], the martial literary form of adventure stories popularised in the West by such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. This genre gives an idea of the style of the setting - explosive kung fu, devestating chi powers, angst about sword-honour and the spiritual and magical trappings of Chinese mythology.
But enough talk! This game system is designed simply enough so you can use it however you wish, in whatever kung fu setting you wish! Let's move on!

The Way

This section provides all the information you need to create a character and play a game within Xia.

• Character Generation - The Character Generation overview, and your starting point for making your Xia hero.
• Game Systems - How to play the game!

"Infinite Style!" or "How swift Thy Blade!"

This section presents a selection of kung fu secrets that characters might want to access for their characters. Each page is a single "Lore Sheet".
These aren't part of the core rules, as its not actually required for you to use them in any way! Instead, they offer guidelines as to what sort of power level that our (moderately rigorous) playtesting suggests is balanced, and as a spur to imagination. If you like, just lift them wholesale and drop them into the game. Encourage your players to create Lore Sheets of their own though! when they do, post them to this wiki!

• Eight Trigram Wushu - Eight Wushu Secrets which are common first steps for traditionally trained warrior Xia of the Middle Kingdom.

Stuff

Well, what else was I going to call this section? This is everything else you may or may not want for running a game... optional rules, ready made characters, ready made monsters and more.

• The Gang - Premade characters, both made with the character generation rules, and with varying amounts of XP applied.
• Foes and Allies - A bestiary of sorts. The characters and monsters made in this section aren't made with the ordinary character generation process, so with each entry there is a note as to how much fo a threat they pose to an newly created lone Xia.

Credits

This is a complete roleplaying game, originally created on the rpg.net wiki by Asklepios.