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Okay, here's the basic limits on new hsien Chars:
- The "[Classics Knowledge]=>[Title Background]=>[Dragon Nest Background]" rule will be enforced; furthermore, you may not have a Dragon Nest rating greater than 1, and that only if you can REALLY justify it.
- Notes referring to "should have" in the following section mean that if your character runs counter to that, you again need to justify it.
- No Tao or Nei Tan (Internal Alchemy) for starting characters.
- Only Earth-Fortune characters may start with Yin and Yang Chi scores balanced after Freebies are spent.
- Characters with the Martial Arts Skill need to get their form and Special Maneuvers approved; also, Martial Artists cannot also take Brawl.
- Resources background must equal or exceed Retinue Background (exceptions MUST be approved).
- Other limits on Backgrounds are limited in that section, below.
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STEP I: Concept
- Kun Shou (Seeming):
- Hsien-Tsu (child; should have Contacts &/or Mortal Society Merits/Flaws)
- Hsien--jin (adult; should have Remembrance)
- Kwannon-jin (Kith; determines Luck, Curse and Wani Form):
- Kamuii (Noble; Fortune)
- Chu-ih-yu (Metal)
- Chu Jung (Fire)
- Hou-Chi (Wood)
- Komuko (Earth)
- Suijen (Water)
- Hirayanu (Commoners; Animal form, Fortune)
- Fu Hsi (Snake, Wood)
- Hanumen (Monkey, Earth)
- Heng Po (Carp, Water)
- Nyan (Cat, Fire)
- Tanuki (Badger, Metal)
- Courts (This refers to the character's Court in the Middle Kingdom. There are no Courts as such yet established in Little Asia.)
- Li Shen (Traditionalists, The Fu--Confucian values)
- Xian Mo (The Quiet Ones--Taoists)
- Yu (Classicists--Warlords)
- Xian Mun (The Worldly--Humanists)
- Wu Hsien (The Peasants--Rural populists)
- Tu Shen (Ambassadors of Heaven--Enlightened Hedonists)
- Legacies (One of each--dominant Legacy is determined by current Yin and Yang scores)
- Yin Legacy
- Courtier
- Hermit
- Orchid
- Panderer
- Saint
- Squire
- Fatalist
- Knave
- Outlaw
- Riddler
- Ringleader
- Rogue
- Wretch
- Yang Legacy
- Crafter
- Dandy
- Paladin
- Regent
- Sage
- Troubadour
- Wayfarer
- Beast
- Fool
- Grotesque
- Pandora
- Peacock
- Savage
STEP II: Traits
- Attributes (1 dot in each plus 7/5/3)
- Abilites (13/9/5; no more than 3 dots before spending Freebies)
- New Talents
- Leadership (now a Talent rather than a Skill)
- Intuition
- Shentao (Replaces Kenning)
- New Skills
- Acrobatics
- Meditation
- Martial Arts
- New Knowledges
- Classics (Determines upper limit of Title Background)
- Divination (Bone Casting, I Ching, or Feng Shui)
- Occult
STEP III: Advantages
- Kwannon-jin specifics
- Backgrounds (Five dots)
- Auspicious Treasure (nothing over Rank 2)
- Contacts (Max 1 for Hsien-jin)
- Dragon Nest (No higher than 1, and then only if you have Title 1 AND a good reason)
- Jade Talisman (No higher than Rank 3, No Yu Ying Jade). Each Jade type has additional limits on the type of Chi it can hold.
- Tortoise (Black) Jade--Yin only
- Dragon (Blue or Green) Jade--3 Yang Chi, 2 Yin Chi
- Pheonix (Red) Jade--Yang only
- Tiger (White) Jade--3 Yin Chi, 2 Yang Chi
- Mandarin (Yellow or Gray) Jade--Any type of Chi
- Pakua--Highly recommended. Remember, Hsien who have been spotted as such look like walking Slurpees to Kuei-jin!
- Remembrance (Max 2 for Hsien-tsu)
- Resources
- Retinue (No higher than Resources)
- Title (Can be no higher than Classics Knowledge; must be taken for Dragon Nest)
- Wu Tan (Alchemies; One dot in Fortune, three other dots, no more than Rank 3)
Di Tan (Earth Alchemy)
Hou Tan (Fire Alchemy)
Lin Tan (Wood Alchemy)
Shui Tan (Water Alchemy)
Tieh Tan (Metal Alchemy)
No Ranks to start in Nei Tan (Internal Alchemy)
STEP IV: Tempers
- Yin and Yang Chi(By Kwannon-jin)
| Kwannon-jin | Yin | Yang |
| Chu Jung/Nyan | 2 | 6 |
| Suijen/Heng Po | 6 | 2 |
| Komuko/Hanumen | 4 | 4 |
| Chu-ih-yu/Tanuki | 5 | 3 |
| Hou Chi/Fu-Hsi | 3 | 5 |
- Tao (Starts at 0)
- Yugen Pool (Equals sum of Yin and Yang Chi pools)
- Willpower (Four dots)
STEP V: Freebies
- 15 points, plus Merits and Flaws
- No more than 7 points of Flaws, no more than 2 Merits
- Trait cost by Kun Shou:
| Trait | Hisen-tsu | Hsien-jin |
| Abilities | 1 | 2 |
| Attributes | 4 | 5 |
| Backgrounds | 1 | 1 |
| Yin or Yang Chi | 4 | 4 |
| Willpower | 2 | 3 |
| Wu Tan | 6 | 5 |
- NOTE: Only Komuko and Hanumen may start with Yin an Yang Chi equal--they may choose to start with an imbalance.
STEP VI: Specialites
- Now that you've got your Traits finalized, all Traits of 4 or better need Specialties.
STEP VII: Descriptions
- Hotei Form--Normal human, the body of the "host". Attempts to scan Hsien who are in Hotei are at +2 difficulty, and require one extra success for every rank of the Pakua Background.
- Animal Form--Hirayanu (commoner) Kwannon-jin only. Most Hirayanu are exceptional specimens of their type. Pakua benefits apply.
- Wani Form--"True form". Pakua does NOT apply, although witnesses will slowly forget, over time. Hirayanu appear as an exotic synthesis between Hotei and Animal forms (although decidedly different from the various "shifter" Crinos forms), while Kamuii come across as personifications of their Element (indeed the ignorant might mistake them for elemental spirits, Manifested).
- Mask of Shintai--The Wrath of Heaven Revealed. As per Wani Form, only more monstrous and terrifying, with long claws and vicious fangs. Spend X Yugen; viewers roll Willpower [6/7/8, depending on type of viewer]; viewers flee Hirayanu or bow to Kamuii for [X-successes] turns.
STEP VIII: Submit your character
- ... by sending it to me: merinita@yahoo.com
Now you may want to listen to the wisdom of the August Personage of Jade, as he talks about playing a Hsien in Necropolis.
Look back up and procede with your walk along Ten Do.
Go back to the Entrance Plaza.
Decide that today is inauspicious for a visit to Ten Do and return to Little Asia
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