--- In wushurpg@..., Claude Guéant
<claude.gueant@e...> wrote:

> This is my first post. In a few words, I'm a french gamer who's been
> reading and writing too much Wushu stuff lately.

Is it possible to read too much Wushu stuff? Anyway welcome to the
joys of posting to the list...

> I've done something similar, stolen from Neil's Gaiman Neverwhere.
This is

Gaiman - Been a fan of his since Sandman first started - great source
material for gaming...

> essentially the same thing, except that the Nemesis is killable.
But if
> you put back the heart in her dead body, she revives.
>
> Mechanically, I let the Nemesis put aside her last point of
Chi, "hiding"
> it in a place, an object or even a person. This makes the Nemesis
weaker,
> but she *will* come back from the dead, starting with the Chi point
she
> locked away.
>
> This point of Chi doesn't need to always stand for the life of the
NPC. It
> could be her darkest secret (or her True Name), which can't be
revealed
> even with magic as long as the Chi point stay hidden. It could be
the
> "emotional heart", making the Nemesis invulnerable to emotion
manipulation
> (not subject to love spell for example), but leaving her with a
heart of
> stone.
>
> In Magick-fu, my guide for magic in Wushu, this is a trick that PC
can
> use.
>
> Claude

Sounds very cool Claude...and is there a chance that we might see
Magick-Fu here or on the Wiki at some point in the future (he says,
with a hopeful look)...

Escherwolf