The Scion's Protector

Shi Hongshan

• Occupation: Student / Explorer
• Hobbies: Garage Sale Crawling, Puzzles
• Favorite Foods: Curry, hot wings, sriracha

Playbook

Skills

(Magical) Esoteric Martial Arts 3
Wushu Bodyguard 3
Manners 1
Silence 1

Connection: The Scion of the Empire 3
Connection: The Local Innocent 1
Connection: The Hermit 1

Sidebar: Esoteric Martial Arts +

Esoteric Martial Arts

• Type: Magical Skill
• Cost: —

The first four techniques of this Skill are technically available to everyone, although characters without this Skill face +2 to the Obstacle—

• [Obstacle 0] spot another practitioner of martial arts (mundane or miraculous) by the way they move
• [Obstacle 0] learn something about another person’s nature by watching them perform skillful repetitive actions: fighting, yes, but also calligraphy, weaving, or anything else that takes focus and experience
• [Obstacle 1] use martial arts to turn a seeming weakness (being unarmed or unarmored, for example) into strength

Other techniques require a dedication to martial training. The dabbler has no way of gaining such skills, only years of study and practice (and an investment in the Esoteric Martial Arts Magical Skill) can bring mastery of these techniques:

• [Obstacle 1] defeat and humiliate a much weaker opponent in a dramatic way
• [Obstacle 1] move with unnatural speed and grace, allowing cinematic tricks like catching arrows in the air, balancing on blades of grass, moving faster than the eye can see, etc
• [Obstacle 1] wield anything - even things that are not weapons - with impressive mastery
• [Obstacle 2] strike an opponent with acupressure techniques, blocking their qi and paralyzing limbs and/or whole bodies
• [Obstacle 2] create elemental effects (throwing fire or lightning) with your martial arts forms and attacks
• [Obstacle 2] use esoteric forms to take on the qualities of animals - tiger’s claws, a crane’s lightness, etc. These transformations are usually metaphorical and not physical changes
• [Obstacle 3] banish ghosts, spirits, demons, and other such entities with a shout
• [Obstacle 3] embody some concept so fully as to transform bodily and spiritually - usually into an Immortal, Bodhisattva, Monster, or God

Perks

• Cool 1
• Bond: Master of Ten Thousand Forms (Hero)
• Accessory: The Seven Breaths Spear

Quests and XP

Emotion XP: Hat Tip XP

Basic Quest: Teach By Example
1/15 minutes, before you do something impressive, complicated, dangerous, or otherwise noteworthy, turn to another character, preferably one that is subordinate or less experienced than you in some way and say something like this: "Pay close attention."

Alternately, after you do something impressive say something like, "I hope you were paying attention" to claim XP.

Aspect Quest 1: Recovering the Articles of Rulership

• Major Goals:
  • Stand on the sidelines of a confrontation until absolutely needed
  • Have foes run in terror from your presence
  • (Capstone) Have a vision of Tang Heihu (Boiling Blacklake)
• Flavour:
  • Encourage the Scion
  • Find out which bandits have the articles
  • Gather supplies
  • Be in pursuit of a bandit or contact (most likely at the start of a scene)

Side Quest: About Town

• Major Goals:
  • Establish a favourite hangout
• Flavour:
  • Eat like a hero (Jugs of wine and 10 catties of meat, sliced fine)
  • Have people fawning after you, offering you small gifts
  • Resolve some small disputes around town
  • Listen to normal people talk about their lives
  • Play/commentate on street games (chess, mahjong etc)
  • Shrug off a stalker

Powers

Child of the Ash

Element: “the sacred mountain” - chanted prayers, thin air, high craggy peaks, the tinkling of bells;

Kaiju Form: A towering red-eyed mountain spirit clad all in gold
Mood: A meditative sense of restful focus
Set the Mood: Things Become More Meditative, Focused, and Restful
Contemplate-splosion: ”I wish this [[ situation/place/thing ]] would just focus!”

Wicked Mode:
Set the Mood: Things Become More Wild, Thoughtless, and Uncontrolled
Rampage-splosion: ”I wish this [[ situation/place/thing ]] would go nuts!”

Magical Hero

Enemy: Disorder

Wild Magic

• 0MP—invoke a cantrip

Secrets

• 0 MP—learn about an antagonist’s plans, secrets, or actions, 1/book
• 1 MP—learn about a new antagonist’s plans, secrets, or actions
• 4 MP—spy on a given antagonist for the second or later time per book

Shield

• 1 MP—defend yourself against the Enemy
• 2 MP—defend a small area against the Enemy
• 4 MP—defend a large area against the Enemy

Raw Magic

Mobility

Blast

• 1 MP—fire a blast suited to handling typical opponents
• 2 MP—fire a blast suited to handling impressive opponents
• 4 MP—send out a blast suited to solving major problems
• 8 MP, 1 Deadly Wound—send out a blast suited to defeating epic enemies

Prodigious Magic

• +4 MP

Current Status

• Health Levels
  • 2/2 Normal
  • 1/1 Tough
  • 2/2 Divine
• Resources
  • 8/8 Will
• Issues
• Progress
  • Active Arc: Aspect 0/72xp
  • Quests
    • Teach By Example - 0/9xp
    • Recovering the Articles of Rulership - 0/21xp
    • About Town - 1/15xp
  • Unspent XP: 0xp

Art

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[URL=http://chuubo.wikidot.com/ttfo:shi-hongshan]Shi Hongshan[/URL], [B]the Scion's Protector[/B]
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