Character Generation/Kuei-jin

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

Chi Balance: Yin, Balanced, Yang

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)
• 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

Attributes: 7/5/3

Abilities: 13/9/5

Backgrounds: 5 (includes Horoscope, Jade Talisman, Artifact, Nushi, Rites)

Disciplines: 3 (1 Demon Art, 2 others)

Rate Chi Virtues:

• Yin: 1
• Yang: 1
• Distribute 4 more points in chi virtues

Soul Virtues:

• Hun: 1
• P'o: 3

Willpower: = Hun Yin Chi: = Yin Yang Chi: = Yang Demon Chi: = P'o Dharma Rating: 1

Freebies: 15

• Yin + Yang cannot exceed 10
• Hun + P'o cannot exceed 10
• Spending freebies on Hun also raises Willpower
• Willpower must end up at 5 or more

Freebie Costs:

• Attribute: 5
• Ability: 2 (we do not use Martial Arts)
• Discipline: 10
• Background: 1
• Chi Virtue: 3
• Hun: 3
• P'o: 1
• Willpower: 1

Disallowed merits:

• Berserker, Dual Nature, True Faith, Misplaced Heart, Efficient Digestion
• Eat Food (all Cathayans effectively have this)
• Baby Face (all Yang vampires effectively have this, all Yin vampires are incapable of this)

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