Character Generation/Kuei-jin

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

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:

• 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+)
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