Sword Fighting Schools

[Heelidar]

Rember old chineese movies? Early Jakie Chan for exp.
There were different Kung-fu schools who competed among each other to prove whos style is the best.
Now i know that implementing different styles of swordfight was suggested before, and i can imagine how much work it might take. So this post is not about animation.

The idea is to make some sort of sub factions.
1) Each school has its dojo or monastary or something like that (you need to find them on some mountain tops or hidden valleys).
2) Each school has its own prefered weapon and probably a tatoo(a tatoo mught explain how they recognise each other, and how they recognise you if you join one).
3)Members of different schools roam around the world fighting each other. (Its not about wiping out each other its about proving your style to be the best, so they dont attack each others dojos)
4)Schools ignore global faction politics. They are neutral to different factions, and factions a neutral to them. Well appart from slavers, bandits, canibals etc. (I am not shure that bandits are stupid enough to attack the dojo itself, but can attack roaming members)
5) You can join one of the schools. Probably you will recieve some training. You might recieve a school weapon and a tatoo or a haircut. You might need to do something to prove yourself like dueling some school members or doing some quests.
6) When you fully join one of the schools, other schools become hostile towards you, so you have to prove your style to be better from time to time (they can see your tatoo).
7) Police and other factions ignore theese swordfights. And remember its not about killing, its about honor, so you opponent might even bandage you after the fight if he wins.

What will the game recieve:
1) Places to find and expore (dojos, monastaries etc)
2) Ocasionall swordfights with other schools members (it might happen in a bar for example).
3) A quite place to start training your swordfighting skills where you will be a welcome gest, and can get help and medical assistance.
4) A place you can relate a dosen quests with. (if they will be implemented)
5) Some eastern philosophy element.


Sorry for any mistakes. English is not my native language.

[Hatsune_Neko]

please use the search feature. there is a half dozen topics on schools aka Dojo's and the like allready

http://www.lofigames.com/phpBB3/search. ... words=dojo

[Heelidar]

Thank you for your reply, but i read 20 pages of suggestions before posting this.
If it is only the word dojo that you think was already mensioned, then feel free to exclude it from reading.
The post was about sword fighting schools sub factions.