Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The monk has been included as a character class in the 5th edition Player's Handbook. [14] It features three Monastic Traditions a Monk can choose from: the Way of the Open Hand, the Way of Shadow and the Way of the Four Elements. Several sourcebooks since the launch of 5th edition have expanded the number of Monastic Traditions.
Bak Mei (Chinese: 白眉; pinyin: Bái Méi; Wade–Giles: Pai Mei; Cantonese Yale: Baahk Mèih; lit. 'White Eyebrow') is said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders—survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Monastery by the Qing dynasty (1644–1912)—who, according to some accounts, betrayed Shaolin to the imperial government.
Oriental Adventures contains rules for ten character classes and three races to be used in place of standard AD&D classes and races. [5] The book presents new versions of the barbarian (here a warrior of the steppes, or a dweller of the forest or jungle) and monk, as well as new classes such as the ninja, kensai, wu-jen, and shukenja.
Candlekeep Mysteries is an anthology of one-shot adventure modules named after the fictional fortress library on the Sword Coast of the Forgotten Realms.Candlekeep Library acts as a central hub and starting point for each adventure.
The touch of death (or death-point striking) is any martial arts technique reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body.. The concept known as dim mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; Jyutping: dim 2 mak 6; lit. 'press artery'), alternatively diǎnxué (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese ...
He is the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult (日月神教), an "unorthodox" martial arts school. In his quest to dominate the wulin (martial artists' community), he castrated himself to fulfil the prerequisite for learning the skills in a martial arts manual known as the Sunflower Manual ( 葵花寶典 ), and became a formidable martial artist ...
When Qiao Feng was still a child, he met Xuanku, a Shaolin monk, who trained him in martial arts. Later, he joined the Beggars' Gang and gradually made his name by successfully completing many missions for the gang, including defending the Song border from incursions by Liao forces. As his fame and popularity grew, he eventually became the ...
The 2017 supplementary rulebook for the 5th Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, titled Xanathar's Guide to Everything, adds a subclass for the Monk class called "Way of the Kensei". The 2000 video game Shogun: Total War has a unit based on the Kensei (called "Kensai" in the game).