Tawg Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Sorry if this is already a thread, I saw there was that one about Wong up fairly high, but I think most threads revolve around actually using models in game and their crew building. I'm more curious about his story, or what he's doing.It's a fairly open question, but I'm just curious what he's about, or from whence he came? He clearly uses magic, but how did that come about?My other more broad curiosity is about Faction X Arcanist crossovers, namely the notion that anything that can cast spells might be related to Arcanist. Is this how people generally view the Arcanist Faction, as the primary "Casters"? The alternative, that I subscribe to (Which better explains why Wong would not be Arcanist), is that Arcanist happen to be comprised of many mages, but represent more of an ideal or mentality, a group bound more by shared interest than vestment in the arcane. Does this seem reasonable, or is there a good reason Wong could be theoretically clumped into Arcanist?I'm just curious what the defining trait why or why not a model might be partially woven into the Arcanist (Other than purely that being their design), and the general story around Wong and any connection he has to magic or the Arcanist (Does he like them, hate them?).Thanks for the know how, half-stock-green-kin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Arcanists are not a catch all term for magic users. Arcanists are a criminal syndicat that is united by the general belief that magic should not be regulated and locked down in the way the Guild commands. The Guild believes only practitioners of the Thalarian Doctrine should be permitted to practice magic and ruthlessly clamp down, eradicate and exterminate all others, with a minor and heavily regulated exception in regards to the Oxford Method, practiced by the students at the University of Mississippi. And mainly because they don't have direct control over the school. Much of the expanded fluff can be found in the companion role playing game Through the Breach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Wong essentially found a dead Ten Thunders spellcaster and stole his stuff, including a magic Three Demon Bag that told him how to do magic and make things explode (and that his name was now Wong...it might just have him confused for its previous owner, the actual Wong). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordid Strumpet Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Whenever you see a Gremlin with something that actually works, be it a rifle or some other sophisticated type of thing, and you're wondering how he got it - odds are he stole it, and the owner is no longer around to object 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawg Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Wong essentially found a dead Ten Thunders spellcaster and stole his stuff, including a magic Three Demon Bag that told him how to do magic and make things explode (and that his name was now Wong...it might just have him confused for its previous owner, the actual Wong).He did have that oriental feel (Fu Manchu and all). And I certainly noticed that the bag was called the Three Demon Bag, which peeked my interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewmaster Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 In the previous edition, Obadiah and Burt Jebsen pal'd around the swamps having cool adventures and generally being rad all day. Like Mason said, Obadiah picked up a bag, glued a fu Manchu onto his face with some spirit gum, and made with the magic stuff as Wong. Burt and Wong traveled on a mission of vengeance against the Ten Thunders since they wrecked Burt and Wong's village. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahryar Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Is it just me or is burt and wong some how a big trouble in little china joke? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordid Strumpet Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Is it just me or is burt and wong some how a big trouble in little china joke?and Burt's pig is called Gracie, so there are rather a lot of coincidences... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 No, its not just you. Burt Wong and Gracie are all homage to the film. There is an article in Chronicles about it (Its pretty old now, ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Also Yan Lo = Lo Pan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGatsby Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Also, Wong and Burt are the only gremlins ( too my limited knowledge ) that have noses.An alarming evolutionary development to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizuriel Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Also, Wong and Burt are the only gremlins ( too my limited knowledge ) that have noses.An alarming evolutionary development to be sure.first edition gremlins have noses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGatsby Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Also, Wong and Burt are the only gremlins ( too my limited knowledge ) that have noses.An alarming evolutionary development to be sure.first edition gremlins have nosessome of them did, some of them didnt. I guess the evolutionary trait was evolving not having noses then so they don't have to smell each other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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