Editing Wu Jen (section)

===3rd Edition===
Mimicking its introduction to the realms of Dungeons & Dragons, the Wu Jen first appeared in 3.x in the Oriental Adventures D20 sourcebook, before getting reposted with maybe some cleaning up in the Complete Arcane book, alongside the [[Warlock]] and the [[Warmage]]. 

The main tweak was the added focus on Wu Xing-inspired elemental magic; Wu Jen had a very specific list of spells they could use, dividing them up into Universal, Earth, Fire, Metal, Water and Wood categories. This was important because at 6th level they got to pick one of the five elements for "Elemental Mastery", which meant they had +2 caster level with spells from that category (as well as from the Universal category). 

Beyond that, their big thing was the ability to pick one spell every 3 levels and apply a "Spell Secret", permanently applying the effects of one specific metamagic trait (Enlarge, Extend, Still or Silent) to that spell whenever they cast it.

They still had to obey their taboos, but violating one just cut off their ability to cast spells for the rest of the day. Which was good, because they picked up one taboo at 1st level and then a new one each time they gained a Spell Secret. The silliness of these taboos was lampshaded in the book:<br>
:* Can't bathe
:* Can't cut hair
:* Can't eat meat
:* Can't touch a dead body
:* Can't drink alcohol
:* Can't wear one or more specific colors
:* Can't light a fire
:* Can't sit facing a certain direction
:* Must make a daily offering of some kind (food, flowers or incense most commonly) to spirit patrons


They have some unique spells that make them inclined to become [[Gish]]. These include Giant Size (Increases your size a lot) and Body Outside of Body (Create copies of you that can't cast spells or use magic items, but retain your martial skills).

Like [[Shugenja]] and Pathfinder's [[Witch]], Wu Jen are [[Tier System|Tier 2]] despite being prepared casters. This is because their spell list, which isn't really expanded elsewhere, lacks enough potent spells to trivialize ''everything'', even if you know its coming.

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====Pathfinder====
There's no specific Wu Jen class in Pathfinder, but one could probably pull it off by taking one of the five Wu Xing-appropriate Elementalist archetypes (Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, Wood) and giving it some more Chinese flavor.