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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keia" data-source="post: 5017899" data-attributes="member: 98">Kaoru, 'Monk' (Sorceror 3)Kaoru was satisfied with his initial efforts in learning what Master Jiem called "the Phantom's Walk", and blushed, bowing deeply when the Master told him he had learned it well.  Next on his agenda was to join in with his brothers on martial arts training, something he had felt would help him understand them better.  The master, and sometimes his brothers, would help out guiding him through the kata and trainings.  After almost a week of training and intensive practice, Kaoru's body was much more able to perform well in Martial Arts . . . thanks to his brothers.Next Master Jiem suggested that now that his mind (with Phantom's Walk) and body (with Martial Arts Training) were focused, it was time to address the spirit.  In this, the Master worked to expand Kaoru's knowledge of Chi, going much deeper than he had in the past.  This was much more difficult to Kaoru, and it was more than a week before he even managed to understand the concepts.  Difficult as it was, Master Jiem was nodding in head in approval after the long week and a half of learning.  Mastery of the Technique was easier after the learning . . . and Kaoru grasped mastery eagerly.  Finally, it was time again to turn to the Mind, and Master Jiem worked with Kaoru on something he dubbed, "Storm's Gift".  This wasn't something that Master Jiem could do, himself, but somethign that he saw within Kaoru's Chi.  This made learning more difficult for Kaoru, and he struggled for several days not understanding.  But, once Kaoru grasped the concept, his learning of the technique went much more quickly, with Mastery a struggle . . . but ultimate success.[sblock=OOC]OOC: Agenda . . . 4-7 days Phantom Walk completed.2-3 days Martial Arts Training learning:  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338206/" target="_blank">Martial Arts Training (Learning DC 15): (1d20+6=17, 1d20+6=19, 1d20+6=16, 1d20+6=14, 1d20+6=25)</a> - Completed in first attempt.2-3 days Martial Arts Training mastery:<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338214/" target="_blank">Martial Arts Training (Mastery DC 15): (1d20+8=10, 1d20+8=22, 1d20+8=11, 1d20+8=27, 1d20+8=23, 1d20+8=28)</a> - Completed in first attempt.4-7 days Shin Chi learning: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338223/" target="_blank">Shin Chi (Learning DC 16): (1d20+6=12, 1d20+6=7, 1d20+6=26, 1d20+6=9, 1d20+6=11, 1d20+6=8, 1d20+6=15, 1d20+6=22, 1d20+6=11, 1d20+6=7)</a>  - failed.4-7 days Shin Chi learning: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338229/" target="_blank">Shin Chi (Learning DC 16): (1d20+6=22, 1d20+6=12, 1d20+6=26, 1d20+6=12, 1d20+6=25, 1d20+6=19, 1d20+6=22, 1d20+6=14, 1d20+6=9, 1d20+6=15)</a> - Completed on second attempt4-7 days Shin Chi mastery: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338230/" target="_blank">Shin Chi (Mastery DC 15): (1d20+8=10, 1d20+8=22, 1d20+8=28, 1d20+8=13, 1d20+8=11, 1d20+8=9, 1d20+8=19, 1d20+8=18, 1d20+8=13, 1d20+8=18)</a> - Completed on first attempt.4-7 days Storm's Gift learning: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338234/" target="_blank">Storm's Gift (Learned DC 15): (1d20+7=10, 1d20+7=20, 1d20+7=15, 1d20+7=12, 1d20+7=8, 1d20+7=27)</a> - failed4-7 days Storm's Gift learning: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338239/" target="_blank">Storm's Gift (Learning DC 15): (1d20+7=10, 1d20+7=18, 1d20+7=21, 1d20+7=18, 1d20+7=26, 1d20+7=26)</a> - Completed on second attempt.4-7 days Storm's Gift Mastery:  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338241/" target="_blank">Storm's Gift (Mastery DC 15): (1d20+9=11, 1d20+9=11, 1d20+9=10, 1d20+9=24, 1d20+9=18, 1d20+9=11, 1d20+9=27, 1d20+9=19)</a>, almost lost <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2338242/" target="_blank">Storm's Gift (Mastery DC 15, final attempt or time lost): (1d20+9=28)</a> - success before C failures.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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