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Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying (Osprey Roleplaying) Hardcover – January 12, 2021

by Brendan Davis (Author), Jeremy Bai (Author), Kagan McLeod (Illustrator),
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
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A wuxia roleplaying game of dark adventure and heroic thrills set in the martial world of ancient China.

Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades is a roleplaying game of dark adventure and heroic thrills inspired primarily by the wuxia stories of Gu Long. Players assume the roles of eccentric heroes who solve mysteries, avenge misdeeds, uphold justice, and demonstrate profound mastery of the martial arts. Character creation is designed to produce fleshed-out, potent individuals who can follow several paths, including those of the physician, beggar, assassin, thief, soldier, bandit, and more. These characters inhabit a unique martial world, or Jianghu, set in a romanticized ancient China. The towns, temples, and inns the characters can visit, and the sects and factions with whom they interact, will bring their own character to the game and provide a host of opportunities--and threats.

The game is based on a simple ten-sided dice pool mechanic, loosely modeled on the one found in Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, and play is designed to be gritty, suspenseful, and fast, so the focus remains on solving mysteries and roleplaying your character. When combat does arise, it is consequential and swift, and often resolved in a single role of the dice. This rulebook includes a sample martial world and a starting adventure, as well as guidelines for games masters looking to run wuxia games and create their own unique Jianghu, rife with martial experts, sects, and mysterious locations.

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    12 years and up
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    272 pages
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    6.4 x 0.85 x 9.5 inches
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    Osprey Games
  6. Publication date
    January 12, 2021
  7. ISBN-10
    1472839366
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    978-1472839367
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Brendan Davis is a writer and game designer from Boston. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Salem State University. In 2009 he launched Bedrock Games with his business partner William Butler. His interests range from ancient Rome to the martial arts, and this is reflected in the wide variety of games he has written. Most recently, he released the wuxia RPG Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate and its supplements. He presently resides in Lynn, Massachusetts, with his wife Anoma.

Jeremy Bai is a translator and writer. After studying Chinese and living in Manhattan's Chinatown for a few years, he moved to China, where he remained for eight years before returning to his hometown in San Diego, California. He currently posts translations on Wuxiaworld.com where he goes by the pen name Deathblade. He has translated two major xianxia series, as well as a handful of classic wuxia novels by Gu Long. He has also provided input and consulting for games in the Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate system.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Games (January 12, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472839366
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472839367
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 0.85 x 9.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Jeremy Bai grew up in San Diego reading things like Barsoom, Redwall, Shannara, Riftwar, and Foundation. His first published work came in 1995 in the form of a cyberpunk noir story about a digital bounty hunter. Later, he became obsessed with wuxia, especially the works of Jin Yong and Gu Long. He lived in China for eight years, where he made a name for himself translating under the moniker Deathblade. Now he's back in Southern California, trying to be a parent while simultaneously writing sci-fi and fantasy epics. His favorite foods are SoCal rolled tacos and Chongqing hotpot, and his favorite drinks are black coffee, IPAs, and whiskey.

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Francisco
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wuxia RPG that knows its audience
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2022
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Wuxia genre has been explored in RPG industry in the past. Qin: The Warring States (Cubicle 7, 2005) was translated from the original french, a line well presented, but sadly unfinished due to the publisher dropping the english series. Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade (Vigilance Press, 2014), based on Fate Core, has a ton of resources and interesting supplements, my only gripe is the light tone and commercial Avatar-style artwork (a deal breaker in RPG to me). Art of Wuxia (DwD Studios, 2020) is a solid game, based in a percentile system, it can be easily plug into other d00lite games, available in PDF and print-on-demand formats.

So, what's the point with Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. It's very purist, and respectful with its wuxia sources, but at the same time it takes licenses over the historical field to create, above all, a gaming experience: playable, interesting, and engaging. The gritty and dramatic tone is a clear signal that the publisher knows its audience. The staff behind is some kind of dream team: a connoisseur chinese-english translator, very educated in the matters presented, plus, an indie RPG designer maturing ideas tested successfully in the past in his The Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate (2016). A book with amazing values in the art and graphic design department as well.
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Angela D Kot
5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamic actions, easy system to learn wuxia
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2021
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Osprey did well by tagging both prominent author-experts on the genre. Their collective knowledge shows in style of wuxia, and gives players and GM plenty of options. Game play is a small learning curve, using d10s. Well worth the investment and immersion of martial arts in Chinese low-fantasy settings, with one adventure in book (and a follow-up online for free!).
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Kwisatz Haderach
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterful RPG game for playing in the mystical world of Wuxia
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2023
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This is a work of art as a set of rules to play in the amazing world of Wuxia. Think of the martial art films like Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon and the great Chinese movies and TV series set in the mythical world that we all have come to know and love. Now you can play your own adventures in the world of martial cults, fiendish plots and never knowing who is really a friend or foe. So pick up your sword and find that missing manual of sword arts! Buy this book!
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jayson P Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Brutal KungFu Wuxia RPG fun
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023
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If you grew up watching KungFu Cinema and you play tabletop roleplaying games then do yourself a favor and buy this game.

Narrative d10 dice pool system with just enough tactical crunch to satisfy. Combat is deadly but finding the perfect martial abilities is very satisfying.

I have hundreds of RPGs and this genre is definitely a refreshing change of pace from the normal Fantasy or Sci-fi settings.
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Kip F. Corriveau
5.0 out of 5 stars Best martial arts RPG on the market
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2021
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Highly recommended. This is an amazing role playing game that faithfully recreates the experience of wuxia drama. Very high production values combined with flexible system make for a superior game.
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Damien
5.0 out of 5 stars High Quality
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021
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I knew exactly what I was getting on the pages due to Deathblade being involved, one of the best Chinese translators and writers around. But I didn't think the book itself would be so nice. The pages are high quality color and the binding is top notch as well. This isn't your average RPG source book at all.
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Dan B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2021
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Solid book. Well made, and the rules are pretty interesting.
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Patrycja Zuk
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Customer Service
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2023
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While I did not receive the book - lost in transit between Canada and UK, the seller was very kind and issued a refund. I would certainly order from them again. Despite still looking for this book, I am very satisfied with Books etc.
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Matteo M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Grande Osprey ❤️
Reviewed in Italy on September 18, 2023
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Sono innamorato di questo gioco che pur avendo qualche indecisione su alcune meccaniche, riesce a portarci nel mondo dei racconti e ( anche di più! ) dei film wuxia di genere. Tratteggiando un setting tra storia e folclore, volutamente sospeso per permettere a GM e PG di sviluppare il loro personale "jianghu", il manuale fornisce tutto ciò che serve inclusa un avventura introduttiva; in più sul sito della Osprey è possibile scaricarne una seconda, insieme ad altre cose utili.
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LocSin
5.0 out of 5 stars Written by a expert of the genre!
Reviewed in Sweden on July 30, 2023
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Have you read one of those cool Wuxia stories that have exploded in popularity the last decade? Now you have your chance to tell your own stories in this PnP roleplaying game from genre expert, translator and author Deathblade. Good fun to be had! :)
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The Banished Immortal
5.0 out of 5 stars Packs a punch...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2021
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This is what indie RPGs should be about: an engaging, atmospheric setting; an easy-to-grasp system; simple and game-enhancing mechanics; and well-written rules with inspiring artwork. Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades has it all, wrapped in a high-quality digest-sized full colour hardback. Whether you want courtly intrigues, family feuds, seedy underground disputes, warring nations or overblown martial arts escapades, this is a fantastic, adaptable, and streamlined role-playing experience. Best wuxia RPG since Legend of the Five Rings.
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Yong Seng Choon
5.0 out of 5 stars An evocative and easy to run wuxia RPG
Reviewed in Singapore on June 12, 2022
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If youre looking to run a Wuxia RPG, or just simply read up on the genre, this book is a much have! RBRB truly captures the spirit of Gu Long wuxia novels and many of the martial arts described will leave a smile on the faces of fans familiar with his work. I finished running a campaign in this setting from 1 to 10 and my players had a blast from start to end, calling it one of the best RPGs they have ever played. Yes I made my own homebrew changes to it, but the core system remained firmly RBRB.

Wuxia RPGs are relatively rare compared to the much larger amount of typical Western fantasy or sci fi products out there. Also, most of them are only available as PDFs or PODs, if you want a hardcopy this is one of the rare few available on Amazon.

If youre a fan of wuxia and RPGs do yourself a favor and grab this now!
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