Saturday, November 24, 2007

Einherjar candidate: Wong Fei Hung

Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924)
A Chinese martial artist, doctor and revolutionary who has become a Chinese folk hero and whose exploits have been portrayed in numerous films and television shows.  Jet Li (Once Upon a Time in China series), Jackie Chan (Drunken Master series) and Sammo Hung, among other cinema martial artists, have played Wong Fei Hung.

Combat: +6
Scholasticism: +4 (he was a doctor)
Artistry: +4 (he apparently originated the stereotype of the kung fu master who announces the names of the techniques that he is using)
Moxie: +4 (this is more of a reaction to the way he is portrayed in movies than his real life)
Charisma: +4 (he was able to attract many disciples)

Special ability: If Wong is the only Einherjar owned by a particular Valkyrie that has a Combat statistic of greater than zero, and there occurs a Skirmish in which Combat is the relevant statistic, then for the duration of that Skirmish, Wong’s Combat rating is deemed to be +9.  (He allegedly once defeated 30 men single-handedly in martial arts combat on the Canton docks).
Special ability: Wong cannot use any Device.  If Wong owns a Device then it is ignored for as long as he owns it.

Comments

Hix:

27-11-2007 23:01:03 UTC

I thought about it, and the cleanest way to handle the “no devices” seems to be to simply destroy any device he would otherwise gain.