Character Generation/Kuei-jin
Revision as of 21:38, 18 June 2018 by imported>WhoopingCrane
Choose concept, Chi Balance, Direction, Dharma, Nature, P'o Nature, Demeanor, Wu, Court, Cause of Death
Compare your Yin and Yang virtues | Chi Balance |
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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:
- 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 |
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Attributes | 1 in each + 7/5/3 | 5 |
Abilities | 13/9/5 | 2 (we don't use Martial Arts) |
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+) |
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
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