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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8122498" data-attributes="member: 30538">Sun Wukong<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-9mNWMXh/0/f9c08596/S/107171180_o-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />He's never claimed to be the original Monkey King who accompanied Xuanzang on their Journey to the West, more than a thousand years ago. On the other hand, he's never claimed not to be the original Monkey King and so on and so forth. When he told the story of his origins to his closest current human friend, the wealthy and brilliant Zhang Xingxing, she noted that he'd left one crucial detail out of his account. He praised her perspicacity and smiled broadly, never addressing that point. By then, she'd gotten used to this sort of thing, somewhat to her dismay.According to Wukong, in one particular heavily forested valley of the Himalayas, there still lives a community of the vanara people, ape-like humanoids who have sometimes been mistaken for the yeti of Tibetan folklore. Their histories and accounts of their origins are somewhat vague and confused, but they believe that they were somewhat more widespread in ages long past, featuring in the stories that became the Ramayama, and even travelling further west, possibly as far as Africa. Their legends claim that they are the children of gods, but these gods are not terribly important to their current view of the world, which is largely informed by Buddhist teachings.In any event, periodically they hold a competition to determine if any of their young are capable enough to go out into the cruel, unwelcoming world beyond their forest, as the Monkey King once did. In the aftermath of the most recent such tournament, the current individual who proclaims himself the Great Sage Equal of Heaven set forth to see what could be seen, to learn and perhaps to teach. He wandered eastward into China, seeing much that did not please him, and some things that did. Eventually, he chanced to meet Xingxing, who has told him of a great martial arts tournament to be held next year, in which he has decided to involve himself.If he is the original Sun Wukong, and he doesn't address the question except in vague and confusing ways, then his abilities have been greatly exaggerated. He is not a genuine shape-changer, but has mastered the art of projecting hypnotic suggestions into the minds of those around him that causes them to think he has changed his shape, along with other illusions. He can also project his will as physical force that is even greater than his already remarkable strength, and gaze into the hearts and minds of others. As a master of illusions, he cannot be deceived by them himself. His famous staff can extend itself quite some distance, but definitely not as far as the stories would claim. And above all else, he is as tough as the stone from which he was supposedly born.Oh, and the crucial detail? He has never claimed to have actually won that tournament in his homeland. Then again, he has never claimed not to have won it, either.Sun Wukong -- PL 11Abilities:STR 8 | STA 10 | AGL 6 | DEX 4 | FGT 9 | INT 1 | AWE 3 | PRE 3Powers:Cloud Surfing: Flight 6 (120 MPH), Platform - 6 pointsCompliant Gold-Hooped Rod: Strength-based Damage 2, Accurate, Reach 3, Split Attack; Easily Removable (-3 points) - 4 pointsContemplative Gifts: Array (33 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Deeper Truths: Illusion 11 (auditory, olfactory, visual), Phantasms - 33 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Know The Hearts of Others: Cumulative Mind Reading 11 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Strength of Will: Perception Range Move Object 11 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Transformations: Morph 4, Resistable (Will), Improved Resistance 7 - 1 point</li> </ul>Superhuman Durability: Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison); Protection 3, Impervious Toughness 13; Regeneration 10 - 29 pointsTrue Sight: Senses 7 (visual senses counters all concealment and illusion) - 7 pointsAdvantages:Agile Feint, All-out Attack, Benefit (Cipher), Close Attack, Fearless, Improved Critical (staff), Improved Initiative, Languages 4, Power Attack, Takedown.Skills:Acrobatics 3 (+9), Athletics 3 (+11), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+7), Expertise: Theology 6 (+7), Insight 7 (+10), Intimidation 5 (+8), Perception 6 (+9), Persuasion 4 (+7).Offense:Initiative +10Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 8)Staff +12 (Close Damage 10)Defense:Dodge 8, Parry 9, Fortitude 11, Toughness 13, Will 11Totals:Abilities 88 + Powers 82 + Advantages 13 + Skills 20 + Defenses 11 = 214 pointsComplications:Faith--Motivation. Friend (Zhang Xingxing.) Impulsive. Inhuman Appearance. Reputation (fake mythic hero).</blockquote>

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