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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 1754966" data-attributes="member: 11437">Lotus Fist – Christine ChangChristine Chang, a third-generation Freedonian, has long respected her Chinese heritage.  After graduating from law school, Chang returned to Chinatown and started a private practice to serve her fellow Chinese-Americans.  The practice was successful, and while Christine made good money, she felt as though her legal talents could better serve her community.  After five years in private practice, Chang closed it down and became a Public Defender.Working downtown and serving the downtrodden and usually guilty, Christine still felt like she was giving back.  After all, someone had to work in the PD office, and she felt as though it might as well be someone with the talent and drive to get the job done.  But the stress of constantly defending the guilty wore on Christine, and she had to take a sabattical after just a few years.  While on break, Chang took up the martial arts, initially in an effort to relieve her stress.  The martial art she chose, Pakua, was in Christine's family for many generations, and she learned that one of her ancestors was a famed Pakua master a few centuries ago.As Christine grew in her mastery of Pakua, she learned many mystical secrets related to the art.  After some time, Christine was visited by the spirit of her ancestor, Gi-Xiang Chang, who explained to Christine that she would take up the mantle of defender of the innocent and administrator of justice.  Chang leapt at the chance to use not only her mind to defend the innocent, but also her body and spirit to serve the greater good.With her mind at ease, Chang returned to work in the Public Defender's office.  Now, Christine moonlights as Lotus Fist, and while she went solo for a while, she recently joined the Heroes of the Shield, where she hopes to learn the value of teamwork, and perhaps take on greater challenges.Lotus Fist: 150pp; PL 10; Init +13 (Dex); Defense 29 (20 flat-footed); Spd 30ft; Atk +11 melee (+7s, Strike); SV Dmg +2, Fort +2, Ref +11, Will +11; Str 15, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 18, Cha 12.  Hero Points: 5.Skills: Acrobatics +11, Knowledge - Freedom City +7, Profession - Lawyer +13, Sense Motive +15.Feats: Attack Finesse, Attack Focus - Unarmed, Dodge, Evasion, Improved Init, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Meditate, Move By Attack, Power Attack, Rapid Takedown, Takedown Attack, Trance.Powers: Super Dex +5 [Extras: Base Defense, Immovability, Mental Defense, Strike/Melee (Kinetic), Stun (Ex: Triggered - Strike Attack, FL: Touch), Super Wis; Source: Training; Cost: 11pp/rank; Total: 55pp].</blockquote>

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