RECRUITING - Weapons of the Gods: Bei Clan Tournament

Prof Yeti · Sep 18, 2005

Thank you I appreciate the help. I am going to tweak him a bit.

Stick to the Common Styles (3 I think is enough to start

)
Raise his Might and Speed (I am okay just wanting to keep him balanced)
Cut some Advantages (I have a habit of picking more than necessary)
Change some Weapons (Simple weapon shift for a guy that doesn't really like using them)

So I will update the character and gladly take any further input.

Bront · Sep 18, 2005

Prof Yeti said:
Thank you I appreciate the help. I am going to tweak him a bit.

Stick to the Common Styles (3 I think is enough to start )
Raise his Might and Speed (I am okay just wanting to keep him balanced)
Cut some Advantages (I have a habit of picking more than necessary)
Change some Weapons (Simple weapon shift for a guy that doesn't really like using them)

So I will update the character and gladly take any further input.

Sounds like a plan.

Keep in mind, you can buy more attributes as advantages for 5 destiny each., so you could drop the uncommon style, and spend some of the points to raise your might and speed.

Prof Yeti · Sep 18, 2005

Bront said:
Sounds like a plan.

Keep in mind, you can buy more attributes as advantages for 5 destiny each., so you could drop the uncommon style, and spend some of the points to raise your might and speed.

Well the changes make sense to me. The tournament is probably his big introduction to the Bei Clan. So I just boosted his stats and common techniques.

Yep did that though still just to a 4.

Bront · Sep 18, 2005

Oh, minor thought, I would suggest everyone buying 1 level in Wealth if they wish to have some sort of home, job, and/or income.

Oh, if you're interested, here's the character I'll likely end up playing in our home campaign. He's quite fun.

I'll post a game exerp later (He was a bit different then, had to drop a few skills and apparently I had an extra destiny point or two, but nothing major.

DARING PENGU

RANK/ARCHETYPE: Fourth Rank Warrior
ORIGIN: Righteous Bandit
PASSION: Obsession - To increase awareness of his greatness though deeds and training
REGION:

ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS
(Note: All Skills have +1 die to their rating unless otherwise noted.)

MIGHT [JADE CHI] 3
Athletics 3 [in combat 1]
Climb 1
Fight 1
Hardiness 2

SPEED [CRIMSON CHI] 4
Initiative 3 [dramatic entrance 1]
Dodge 3
Finesse 3
Melee 3 [sabre 1]
Ride 2

PRESENCE [GOLD CHI] 4
Confidence 3
Inspire 3 [style 1]
Perform 1
Persuade 3

GENIUS [WHITE CHI] 2
Tactics 1

WU WEI [SILVER CHI] 3
Awareness 2
Senses 2
Stealth 2

ADVANTAGES
KUNG FU STYLES - Lightfoot 3 (Common Any Chi: Surefoot 1, Run Like a Deer 2, Headlong Flying Leap 3), Heaven's Thunder 3 (Common Jade Chi: Dragon Wind 1, Lashing Torrent 2, Crashing Thunder 3), Dragon Saber 3 (Common Crimson Chi: Flash of Steel 1, Dragon Speed 2, Submission to the Earth 3)

BACKGROUNDS - Inventive, Wealth 2 (Comfortable), Possession (Light Armor), Good Looks (Quality)

DISADVANTAGES
None

EQUIPMENT - Light Armor, Punch Or Kick, Saber

TREASURES - None

Bront · Sep 18, 2005

I might not go quite as tongue and cheek, but perhaps I will if it suits the situation. So, Imagine now, if you will:
-**--
Having been asked by the Bie clan to escort an Imperial Courier that should be heading towards the clan back to the clan, the party sets out, only to find that he has not arived in the small town that is so lowly the Magistrate works allong side the pesents. So, the next city down the road, the Magistrate, unknowing anything himself, has to have his servants look for signs of him, and do in fact discover that he had passed through this town before hand.

Several members of a lesser clan, the Thundering Badgers, come up to the Magistrate and demand his time, and through careful courtier manipulation from the parties courtier as well as a few well placed inspire rolls by Daring Pengu, we manage to get everyone invited to lunch at the Magistrate's Manor.

After convincing the clan to finish their business first, they begin to discuss payment for a service, though the magistrate is a bit nervous.

Daring Pengu (To the Tundering Badger Clan leader): "The Tundering Badger clan must have provided a great service only few could have accomplished"
**Daring Pengu uses his Inspire skill to inspire Pride in the leader and rolls quite well (I believe it was a 39).**
Badger Band Leader: "Why, yes, in fact, we have most reciently aquired an anchient tome of Kung Fu knowledge*."
* Kung Fu knowledge is widely saught after by all clans, as well as all in the Martial Arts world.
Daring Pengu: "And how did your great clan aquire such rare knowledge?"
Badger Band Leader: "With the might of our fists!" *He pumps his fist in the air*
*several other clan members raise their fists and cheer, and then sort of look at each other wondering if this is the appropriate place for this*
Daring Pengu: "I see, so there are few that could ever hope to stand in your way."
Badger Band Leader: "That is right. Few can stand before the might of the Thundering Badger Clan!"
Daring Pengu: "So that Imperial Courier was no match for you at all."
Badger Band Leader: "Of couse not. We dispatched him quite easily! ... Oh crap..."
After which, a fight ensued and the Leader and his 2 top minnions were made fools of rather quickly.
--**--
Like I said, maybe a bit over the top, but fun, and has a bit of that Hong Kong Action Film Cheese to it. Hope you enjoyed it.

LogicsFate · Sep 18, 2005

Bront said:
Oh, minor thought, I would suggest everyone buying 1 level in Wealth if they wish to have some sort of home, job, and/or income.

Just a poor wanderer for now

BradofEos · Sep 19, 2005

LogicsFate said:
Just a poor wanderer for now

That's perfectly acceptable - a healthy contempt for Wealth is common to many wandering wuxia heroes!

Having a Wealth of 0 doesn't mean you're a beggar; it just means you're doing the Kwai Chiang Caine, wandering from place to place, picking up odd jobs, occasionally getting a small reward for kicking bandits to little pieces from local villagers.

It's not a posh existence, but it's not necessarily a bad one. Just get used to sleeping in common rooms and in woodsheds.

The flipside are the 'Gentleman Swords', rather foppish characters who wear elegant clothes, drink a lot in bars and brothels, and care more about their personal reputations and wealth than they care about others.

Either is perfectly acceptable to play!

Bront · Sep 19, 2005

BradofEos said:
The flipside are the 'Gentleman Swords', rather foppish characters who wear elegant clothes, drink a lot in bars and brothels, and care more about their personal reputations and wealth than they care about others.

Hey, just because you don't know of my greatness doesn't mean I'm any less great, it just means you're uninformed. - Daring Pengu