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And Everyone Was Kung Fu Fighting - Kung Fu Cult Dynasty Quest

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I mean, I kinda lost count, but I think that was the tenth roll or something, and it was the first one to not get at least one natural one. I think the average was something like six or eight across the stats or something. Rolls in general have been a lot more drastic then expected in the first place and I adopted this form of rolling to cut down on the giant peaks between stats I've seen before, so what the hell?

It's not like I was being super picky about the things, just no natural ones and the character's intended primary stat had to have a base greater then ten, but It was like we stole an entire other quest's dicehate and a fair potion of it was just for the Exiled Adviser.

I was expecting stuff more tending towards the tens then the either horrible or grand base stats it feels like they've ended up with. Well, this'll be interesting anyway, but still. Why dice, why do you do this?
 
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Remember, the singular form of Dice is "Die".

They are named this because of the small sound you can hear if you listen closely to them. Like Pokémon, they are named after the curse they keep spreading with every breath.
 
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Is there supposed to be a picture link or do you need one? I'm thinking having an obligatory adviser with a fan.
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I haven't gone looking for one yet, mainly, it being 6AM and all that in my time zone and me about to fall over. A picture submission would be welcome, but I'm not going to worry too much about them until I'm copying all the sheets to the front page.

Also before I forget, the Silk River Fist is a Tai Chi-ish type of Kung Fu popular with officials as an exercise form. It's nothing special, and its main perk is the ability to use it in heavy constricting formal robes without (much of) a penalty.
 
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Temp Mark - Charsheet Itinerant Miko
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    • Sakura Konoe, the Itinerant Miko
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    Age : 19

    Martial: 14-2+1+3=16
    Diplomacy: 11+1+1+1=14
    Learning: 11+2+1+1=15
    Piety: 14+4+2+1=21
    Stewardship: 10+1=11
    Intrigue: 7-1+1=7
    Chi: 18+1+1+1=21

    Traits
    Temple Education (••): An education as a Shrine Maiden helps the soul and mind to flourish. (+2 Learning, +4 Piety, -2 Martial, +1 Chi)
    Horizon Walker (•): A title for one who has traveled far over the land, for with experience comes wisdom. (+1 Learning, +1 Diplomacy, +1 Chi)
    Dabbler of Many Styles (•): This character has dabbled in many styles, even if she has mastered none. (+1 Chi, +5 Face)
    Trait: Devout - The gods deserve respect, and you will give it to them. (+2 Piety)
    Trait: Foreigner - By word and form one can tell she is not a native. (+1 Diplomacy, -1 Intrigue)
    Trait: Diligent - This character takes their duties seriously. (+1 to all stats)
    Trait: Brave - This character is seemingly fearless, nothing can make them falter. (+3 Martial)

    Achievements
    Lady of the Flickering Moon Blade (••): This character is a passable practitioner of a naginata using school based around the defense of shrine gates. (+10 Face)
    Warrior of the Zenith Sun (••): She knows the basics of a school designed to allow practitioners to channel the power of the eternal sun against the forces of evil. (+5 Face)

    Oh look more new schools! They're foreign 'Kung Fu' so no one around where you are will be familiar with them, so no hope in finding a teacher. If you want her to get better she'll have to figure it out the hard way. Of course, that means no one will know how her styles work the first time they fight her as well...
     
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    • Hum. I've been working on the cult sheet, but it occurred to me that the cult proper doesn't actually have a name of it's own. Anyone have any suggestions for that? This isn't a vote, for clarity. It's just that my imagination keeps giving me names that sound lame to myself, so I'm looking for other ideas.
     
    [] Temple of the Shimmering Wind

    [] Temple of the Shadow Dragon Leaping over the Silver Shore

    [] Temple of the Humble Monarch Reaching the Stars

    [] Temple of the Heavenly Fist of Subdued Order

    [] Temple of the Goddess that Sees a Thousand Miles (actual Chinese translation of a Catholic Church over there, i think it was a church of St. Mary)

    -i have more...
     
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    [X] Temple of the Goddess that Sees a Thousand Miles

    How can I deny a name like that?
    (the goddess in question is obviously Wu Tien)
     
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    • (Well, I've been writing and rewriting this for the past two weeks, almost, so at this point I'm just going to post it as it is, even if it still reads as a bit disjointed to me.)

    General Province Information​
    This is the land of the White Tiger District, part of the Shanxi Province. To the east and west the Shanxi Province is sheltered from enemies by two great mountain ranges, and the great Yellow River runs through the west of the province, while its two tributaries, the Fen and Qin rivers, run through the lands and bring wealth to those with the means to harvest it.

    From the north, the savage tribes of the Horse Nomads provide a constant, if irregular, threat to the people of the Middle Kingdom. But this is not the only trouble to beset the land. As the power of the Imperial Army wanes with the distraction of the Court of the Forbidden City, and the Emperor raises ruinous taxes upon the land to finance the rebuilding and repair of the great wall that his ancestors let fall into disrepair, as well as the construction of great canals, bandits have begin to infest the land once more. And for the first time in five hundred years, the terrifying figure of a Bashe, the great giant elephant eating snakes, has been seen by mortal eye.

    These are not good omens.

    Both isolated and protected by the plateau upon which it rests, it seems that Shanxi Province, and the White Tiger District, is in for interesting times this century..

    Notable Factions​
    Temple of the Goddess that Sees a Thousand Miles (Also known as the 'Thousand Mile Sect')(This is You!)
    One of the oldest Kung Fu organizations based within the White Tiger District, the Thousand Mile Sect has seen better days. It's numbers have waned, and fewer and fewer children of true talent were left under the cult's care. Until recently, the common opinion was that its days were numbered, for no true heir to its arts could be found among its ranks. Not a single soul found the enlightenment of the Monsoon while meditating on the fury of the mountain storms.

    In the end, the elderly master of the cult went on a vision quest to find a heir. Nothing more was heard for five years. And then, last year, he returned. Not alone, but with a heir of great talent, who had learned much of the arts of Kung Fu in the time of her journey back to the cult despite her peasant heritage. The Old Master lasted but a month after this return, only living long enough to formally pass on leadership.

    Now many eyes look upon the sect, for it will soon either start its climb back to power... or make the final fall.

    And it doesn't help that sometime in that journey the old master seems to have greatly made wroth the cartel, for they've made mention of the fact that they mean to make sure that the option taken is the final fall.

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    The sect's namesake temple is located in a hidden valley within the Taihang Mountains, where few know how to find it and even fewer make the trip. Within the valley live peasant farmers, from which the cult draws the majority of its membership, though the sect also dominates some farmland within Shanxi proper, for the mountain valley does not always produce enough food for both the cult and the farmers themselves. Within the edges of the valley, an ancient iron mine exists, which has provided some much needed income for most of the cults existence.

    The cult also maintains various hideouts scattered throughout the mountain range for times of dire need, and from those hideouts they have charted hidden valleys within the mountain where they grow some of their most secret crops. These herbs and other plantlife can be used for great good, as the base of medical recipes usually totally unavailable, but are more often utilized as the source for deadly and exotic poisons.

    Generally the peasantry have a good opinion of the sect, for the skilled medical experts the cult once possessed often practiced the secret remedies the temple could cook up on said peasantry for (mostly) free. Being as this was loads better then anything they could normally get, that practice made a noticeable impression upon the public perception of the sect that has lasted into current times, when that line of experts has no current practitioners.

    Even with the temple's current lassitude, they've maintained their ancient ties to the Guo, which has, as is traditional, provided a girl child to be trained as a handmaiden to the next master of the sect.​

    Red Mountain Sect
    The Red Mountain Sect is a young sect, as Kung Fu cults go. They've only been around for a few hundred years or so, having been set up by a long ago imperial governor to protect one of the primary passes between the Hebei and Shanxi Provinces. They're still known to be backed by the current governor, though for recent years this has been mostly a pro forma thing as long as they kept up with keeping the pass clear of bandits and other obstacles to trade. But with the recent chaos, the governor may be reminded of the value of a group of people able to make craters in stone walls with their fists.

    Unusually for a Kung Fu Sect, they openly operate out of military structures, the Twin Fortresses at the mouth of the pass. This is enabled by their license to operate military force in order to keep the pass open. While they benefit from the defenses of their forts, it has long been noted that those forts are the only place they operate out of, with no hideouts or other outposts for the Red Mountain Sect ever found.

    At the base of the pass, they govern a town that has sprung up to meet the needs of the traders that go through the pass. From this town they maintain a certain number of levies that they can theoretically call forth when needed, but generally the Red Mountain Sect prefers to leave the town be and simply collect taxes from it. Besides the dues they can charge from traders passing through the pass, this tax money is their main income.

    As well, from the town the Red Mountain Sect has never found much lack of recruits, and whatever else you may say of them the majority of their acolytes are experienced combatants from years of patrolling the pass, clashing with bandits.

    The current head of the cult is Bai Xian, the Tiger of the Mountain. He is a widely known expert of the Raging Tiger style, and has been known to dabble in the power of Sublime Force. His primary subordinates are known as the Mountain Sons, each of which seek perfection in the mastery of a different weapon. One has chosen the spear, one the three section staff, and one the meteor hammer.​

    Blue Sky Brotherhood
    The Blue Sky Brotherhood is a wandering order not known to have any single home base. Instead they operate a collection of inns and concealed hide outs throughout the province, and educate their acolytes with an apprentice system. While this has lead to them lacking any consistent income and left their numbers unimpressive, each and every member of the sect can be expected to be able to utilize at least one true style. Many can utilize two. Traditionally, both Pearl Heaven Dreamer and Jade Sentinel Style.

    This is because of the ancient roots of the brotherhood as a society of wandering demon slayers and evil spirit exorcisers. Despite the fact that in modern years few true evil spirits and demons have been seen, the Brotherhood still maintains an excellent reputation among the poorfolk and tenant farmers who make up the majority of the seething masses of the middle kingdom. Few things pass before the land that does not eventually find its way to an interested ear through the mouths of the Brotherhood's many friends.

    They have no true single leader, but instead operate under a conclave of masters. This conclave meets once every three years to recognize new masters, accept new apprentices into the Brotherhood, and generally exchange gossip and news. It is, however, known that one of the foremost masters of the Brotherhood is the second son of the Tian family, and the Brotherhood has enjoyed the benefits of a amicable relationship with the Tian for most of the current generation.

    One less known note about the Brotherhood is that a notable subset of the masters are skilled smiths, for they have long held onto secret techniques for the forging of their trademark demon slaying swords.​

    Temple of the Imperial Star Dragon who Rules the Skies (Also known as the 'Heavenly Dragon Sect')
    Sarcastically called 'the Bandit Dragons' by the current imperial governor, the Heavenly Dragon Sect has made themselves no friends with the great and powerful with their modern association with the Yihetuan movement. Long known as champions of the peasantry, the Heavenly Dragon Sect has not actually been based out of the Temple of the Imperial Star Dragon who Rules the Skies for several hundred years, as their habits of annoying the great and powerful by punching the corrupt ones led to the temple being sacked over twelve times since its founding. Nowadays, the Heavenly Dragon Sect operates out of an unknown headquarters, and also operates a limited network of hideouts throughout the entire province.

    The Temple is currently lead by the so called 'Five Dragon Brothers', each a practitioner of the Sect's trademark Star Dragon Style. Each of the 'brothers' (they are not believed to be truly related), lead their own independent force of monks, acolytes, and desperate peasant militia whom have flocked to their banner which are known as a 'Wing'. Acting both together and independently, these Wings are one of the primary headaches to the Imperial Government in Shanxi, as well as anyone who would associate with the foreign traders to a noticeable degree.

    The quality, ability to apply styles in real combat, experience, and quality of equipment within the Wings vary widely not only between Wings, but within the Wings themselves. When going up against the Heavenly Dragon Sect, you never really know what they're going to throw at you until the mortal combat starts.​

    Jade River Clan
    The Jade River Clan is less a clan, speaking truly, and more an association of traders who sideline in Kung Fu. And organized crime. While the Heavenly Dragon Sect might have a lock down on righteous rebellion, the Jade River Clan has a literal deathgrip on anything illegal that goes on within eyesight of the river.

    It is said that the origins of the clan lay in the north, in a group of long ago refugees, but the truth of this is unknown. What is known is that many in the clan can utilize the Howling Devil Dog style, and higher ups use their own version of Crane and Spider Style known as the River Monkey School.

    In general, not much is really known of the Jade River Clan, for they value their privacy and value kicking people who violate said privacy in the face. Still, with all the trading they do alone, much less the more... interesting sources of income everyone knows they have even if no one can get proof, they're usually rich enough to be eccentric instead of crazy.

    Lately they've been having troubles with the the Vermilion Consortium, which has no sense of humor at all on the subject of river pirates, as well as the Zheng Family, which sees in the Consortium a chance to break the clan's deathgrip upon river trade.

    The current head of the clan is a lady known only as Madam Liqiu, a notable master of both the Ever Thirsting Void and Glacial Messiah Styles. Together with her enforcers, the White Grave Daughters, she has maintained a command over the cult that is only punctuated by dead rivals being dumped overboard. Still, having led the cult for sixty years now, all must acknowledge that she is growing old. Even if the main result of that so far has been more dead attempted rivals.​

    The Guo Family
    The Guo Family is one of the noble families of Shanxi, and are generally known for their stiff necked pride and stubbornness, as well as holding to the word and spirit of their oaths.

    They are not, however, known for their riches, as the mountains that they hold land within offer few areas where crops may be grown, and the population is generally both light and spread out. What resources they do control come from the coal and iron mines that can be found in the mountains they live upon.

    Historically, the Guo once made an oath under circumstances that are not publicly known that they would provide a daughter to the Temple of the Goddess that Sees a Thousand Miles, to be trained as an adviser to the sect's leader, once a generation. This oath has not always been called upon, but within the last generation they have been driven by the oath they swore to surrender their third child, and eldest daughter, into the embrace of the sect.​

    The Zheng Family
    The Zheng Family live in the central areas of the province, and are known to be highly involved in the trading upon the rivers. They have recently thrown in with the Vermilion Consortium in an attempt to break the Jade River Clan's command over the water's economy.​

    The Xue Family
    The Xue family are newcomers to the province, but the current governor of the Shanxi Province comes from this family. They have a reputation for being cunning generals, but as of lately the governor has been occupied by the trade war between Jade River Clan and the Vermilion Consortium as well as the so called Bandit Dragon Rebellion.​

    The Tian Family
    The Tian Family is not a truly notable family, and frankly do not stand out much. They are not to greedy, nor overly popular with the peasantry, nor known for skill or lack of skill at arms. All in all, the only thing that makes them publicly stand out is their connection to the Blue Sky Brotherhood. Indeed, the last Brotherhood Conclave was hosted by the Tian Family...​

    The Vermilion Consortium
    The Vermilion Consortium is the face of the foreign traders within the Shanxi Province. Like all traders their primary interest is in how to make money. Unlike native traders, they are proving fully willing to punch it out with the Jade River Clan for control of the river trade, and with their strange fire-water ships that travel independent of current and wind they're making a good go of a full on trade war.

    It is said that the local branch is lead by a foreign alchemist of great wisdom and power, who has bound a greater spirit of fire known as a 'Salli Man Der" to aid him in his strange arts.​
     
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    • So it look like the Western Traders have a occult alchemy(Or what it appears to be to the ignorant) on their side. Have they shown any sign of having a fighting style beside their guns?
     
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    So it look like the Western Traders have a occult alchemy(Or what it appears to be to the ignorant) on their side. Have they shown any sign of having a fighting style beside their guns?
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    Mainly what you're aware of is Weapon Expertise, but it's not like the Thousand Mile Sect is an active combatant in the Trade Wars.

    Though given that the Jade River Clan can deploy multiple character scale units (Unlike you, they spent points on getting enforcers), and the Vermilion Consortium is not being beaten like a bongo drum... Draw your own conclusions on the chances of finding an action hero in, well, action. ;)
     
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