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Choose concept, Chi Balance, Direction, Dharma, Nature, P'o Nature, Demeanor, Wu, Court, Cause of Death
 
Choose concept, Chi Balance, Direction, Dharma, Nature, P'o Nature, Demeanor, Wu, Court, Cause of Death
  
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Chi Balance: Yin, Balanced, Yang
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* '''Notes required:''' Cause of Death ''(including where it occurred, in what circumstance, who did it)'', What happened within Hell?, When did you get out of Hell?, Who found you and taught you ''(keeping you from breaking the masquerade/feeding out of control)''. 
  
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Direction: North, West, Center, South, East
 
  
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Dharma:
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{| class="wikitable"
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* P'o (The Howl of the Devil-Tiger)
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! Compare your Yin and Yang virtues !! Chi Balance
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* Hun (The Way of the Resplendent Crane)
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* Yin (The Song of the Shadow)
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| Yin is 3+ higher || Yin Imbalanced
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* Balance (The Path of a Thousand Whispers)
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* Yang (The Dance of the Thrashing Dragon)
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| Yin is 2 higher || Yin
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| Yin is 1 higher || Balanced
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| Equal || Balanced
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| Yang is 1 higher || Balanced
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| Yang is 2 higher || Yang
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| Yang is 3+ higher || Yang Imbalanced
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|}
  
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P'o Nature: Bandit, Barbarian, Deceiver, Demon, Fool, Legalist, Monkey, Slave
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If Chi Balance is imbalanced, then pick a derangement (KotE 139)
  
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Attributes: 7/5/3
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Direction: North, West, Center, South, East
  
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Abilities: 13/9/5
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Dharma ('''''Please list on +sheet with name in bold'''''):
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* P'o (The Howl of the '''Devil-Tiger''')
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* Hun (The Way of the '''Resplendent Crane''')
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* Yin (The Song of the Shadow, aka '''Bone Flowers''')
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* Balance (The Path of a '''Thousand Whispers''')
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* Yang (The Dance of the '''Thrashing Dragon''')
  
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Backgrounds: 5 (includes Horoscope, Jade Talisman, Artifact, Nushi, Rites; Generation and Status are disallowed)
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P'o Nature: Bandit, Barbarian, Deceiver, Demon, Fool, Legalist, Monkey, Slave
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[[Kuei-jin Disciplines | Disciplines]]: 3 (1 Demon Art, 2 others)
 
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Rate Chi Virtues:
 
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* Yin: 1
 
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* Yang: 1
 
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* Distribute 4 more points in chi virtues
 
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Soul Virtues:
 
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* Hun: 1
 
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* P'o: 3
 
  
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Willpower: = Hun <br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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Dharma Rating: 1 <br />
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! Stat !! Baseline !! Freebies per additional dot
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| [[Attributes]] || 1 in each + 7/5/3 || 5
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| [[Abilities]] || 13/9/5 || 2 (see '+rules kuei-jin' for Martial Arts house rules)
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| [[Kuei-jin Disciplines | Disciplines]] || 3 (including at least 1 Demon Art) || 10
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| [[Backgrounds]] || 5 || 1
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| Chi Virtues (Yin, Yang) || 1 in each + 4 || 3 (Yin + Yang cannot exceed 10)
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| Hun || 1 || 3 (this ''does'' raise Willpower)
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| P'o || 3 || 1 (Hun + P'o cannot exceed 10)
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| Willpower || equal to Hun (including freebies) || 1 (must end up at 5+ max total 8)
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| Dharma Rating || 1
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| Yin Chi || starts equal to Yin
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| Yang Chi || starts equal to Yang
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| Demon Chi || starts equal to P'o
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| Freebies || 15
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|}
  
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Freebies: 15
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Disciplines:
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* Yin + Yang cannot exceed 10
 
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* Hun + P'o cannot exceed 10
 
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* Spending freebies on Hun also raises Willpower
 
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* Willpower must end up at 5 or more
 
 
* Demon Arts cannot exceed P'o (not that you have that many freebies in any case)
 
* Demon Arts cannot exceed P'o (not that you have that many freebies in any case)
  
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Freebie Costs:
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Backgrounds:
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* Attribute: 5
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* Includes Horoscope, Jade Talisman, Artifact, Nushi, Rites
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* Ability: 2 (we do not use Martial Arts)
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* Generation and Status are disallowed
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* Discipline: 10
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* Rites (background) can only be taken in Chargen.  Must also have Rituals (the Primary Knowledge) at the same level as the highest Rite.  You can choose rites that equal the sum of the level of the Rites (background).  For Example: Rites (background) at level 4, you can choose a Level 1 Rite and a Level 3 Rite.  You must also set your Rituals at 3.  Or you can choose to take 4 Rites that are all Level 1, and only need Rituals at 1.
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* Background: 1
 
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* Chi Virtue: 3
 
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* Hun: 3
 
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* P'o: 1
 
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* Willpower: 1
 
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Yin Chi: = Yin (initially) <br />
 
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Yang Chi: = Yang (initially) <br />
 
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Demon Chi: = P'o (initially) <br />
 
  
 
Disallowed merits:
 
Disallowed merits:

Latest revision as of 15:12, 19 April 2023

Choose concept, Chi Balance, Direction, Dharma, Nature, P'o Nature, Demeanor, Wu, Court, Cause of Death

  • Notes required: Cause of Death (including where it occurred, in what circumstance, who did it), What happened within Hell?, When did you get out of Hell?, Who found you and taught you (keeping you from breaking the masquerade/feeding out of control).


Compare your Yin and Yang virtues Chi Balance
Yin is 3+ higher Yin Imbalanced
Yin is 2 higher Yin
Yin is 1 higher Balanced
Equal Balanced
Yang is 1 higher Balanced
Yang is 2 higher Yang
Yang is 3+ higher Yang Imbalanced

If Chi Balance is imbalanced, then pick a derangement (KotE 139)

Direction: North, West, Center, South, East

Dharma (Please list on +sheet with name in bold):

  • P'o (The Howl of the Devil-Tiger)
  • Hun (The Way of the Resplendent Crane)
  • Yin (The Song of the Shadow, aka Bone Flowers)
  • Balance (The Path of a Thousand Whispers)
  • Yang (The Dance of the Thrashing Dragon)

P'o Nature: Bandit, Barbarian, Deceiver, Demon, Fool, Legalist, Monkey, Slave

Stat Baseline Freebies per additional dot
Attributes 1 in each + 7/5/3 5
Abilities 13/9/5 2 (see '+rules kuei-jin' for Martial Arts house rules)
Disciplines 3 (including at least 1 Demon Art) 10
Backgrounds 5 1
Chi Virtues (Yin, Yang) 1 in each + 4 3 (Yin + Yang cannot exceed 10)
Hun 1 3 (this does raise Willpower)
P'o 3 1 (Hun + P'o cannot exceed 10)
Willpower equal to Hun (including freebies) 1 (must end up at 5+ max total 8)
Dharma Rating 1
Yin Chi starts equal to Yin
Yang Chi starts equal to Yang
Demon Chi starts equal to P'o
Freebies 15

Disciplines:

  • Demon Arts cannot exceed P'o (not that you have that many freebies in any case)

Backgrounds:

  • Includes Horoscope, Jade Talisman, Artifact, Nushi, Rites
  • Generation and Status are disallowed
  • Rites (background) can only be taken in Chargen. Must also have Rituals (the Primary Knowledge) at the same level as the highest Rite. You can choose rites that equal the sum of the level of the Rites (background). For Example: Rites (background) at level 4, you can choose a Level 1 Rite and a Level 3 Rite. You must also set your Rituals at 3. Or you can choose to take 4 Rites that are all Level 1, and only need Rituals at 1.

Disallowed merits:

  • Berserker, Dual Nature, True Faith, Misplaced Heart, Efficient Digestion, Ghoul (duh)
  • Eat Food (all Kuei-jin effectively have this)
  • Baby Face (all Yang Kuei-jin effectively have this, all Yin Kuei-jin are incapable of this)
  • Unbondable (all Kuei-jin are already immune to the Blood Bond)

Disallowed flaws: Light Sensitive, Selective Digestion, Thin-Blooded

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