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* [[Lord and Lady Wing]] -- <i>Hosts of awesome gambling parties, where anything can be wagered.</i> | * [[Lord and Lady Wing]] -- <i>Hosts of awesome gambling parties, where anything can be wagered.</i> | ||
| − | + | Aggrieved by Lucky Chang: | |
* [[Chashui|Boyuan Chashui]] -- <i>Once scammed and lost her tea house; now 7/12 owner of the Cup of Five Virtues. Lives in the Port of Propitious Voyage.</i> | * [[Chashui|Boyuan Chashui]] -- <i>Once scammed and lost her tea house; now 7/12 owner of the Cup of Five Virtues. Lives in the Port of Propitious Voyage.</i> | ||
* [[Broken Sword]] -- <i>Avenging his father's humiliation. He wanders the land.</i> | * [[Broken Sword]] -- <i>Avenging his father's humiliation. He wanders the land.</i> | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 25 November 2012
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Bio
Cai-Wen is in his late 20s. He's often seen in the company of a pretty woman, who is often cooing over his pet ferret. He is also often seen gambling.
Cai-Wen does not maintain a little black book, but an ever-growing list of names might be contained therein if such a book did exist.
He speaks respectfully (and carefully) of a Madame Song, from The Hidden Orchid, a flower house in the Harbor of Fortunate Arrival.
Cai-Wen is pursued by ninja from the House of the Night Blade, in the Port of Auspicious Voyage. They hope to capture him and trade him for their master, who was captured in Of Cabbages and Coins.
Cai-Wen is 5/12 owner of the Cup Of Five Virtues.
Notes
If you're confused about what the heck is going on, Cai Wen can lay it all out for you. (Now kind of old)
Here is an archive of puttering and other notes.
Cai-Wen is of course a master of gambling games.
Here are some equipment prices.
Stats
| Physical | Mental | Spiritual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body | Reflexes | Mind | Social | Tao | |
| Force/Offense | Strength = 3 | Accuracy = 4 | Intelligence = 10 | Charisma = 10 | Yang = 7 |
| Precision/Defense | Resistance = 3 | Dexterity = 4 | Wit = 7 | Grace = 11 | Yin = 5 |
| Reserve | Health = 5 | Energy = 4 | Resolve = 6 | Status = 7 | Chi = 5 |
| Hit Points | HP = (Health + Energy) * 5 = 45 | ||||
| Move | Move = (Strength + Energy) / 2 = 3.5 | ||||
Stat EP total: 276
Schticks
(frequency * power = cost)
Level 1
- Animal Companion (2*3 = 6) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Sublime Bluff (3*2 = 6) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
Glib Guesser (1+yin*4 = 4) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid- House Rules (1+yang*5,minor = 7) ... Source: Malkoha
- Grievous Insult (1+yang*3 = 3) ... Source: Crazy Feng
- Seize the Moment (1+chi*6,dragonscroll,self-taught = 12) ... "Once per run, spend a chi to allow an ally to replenish a shtick of power 6 or less."
- Let's go over this again (1+yin*5,minor = 7) ... Source: River Ford "Once per run, go over a plan and spend a yin to learn the first place where the GMs are confident it will break down."
- Not-Bad Chance (1+chi*6,minor = 9) ... Source: Crazy Feng
- All Games Are One (2*3 = 6) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
Level 2
- No Luck (4+chi*3,minor = 18)... Source: Malkoha
- Moll of the Week (2*5 = 10) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Harmless Look I (6*2 = 12) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Hidden Risk (4*3 = 12) ... Source: Crazy Feng
- Do It The Hard Way (3*3,minor = 13) ... Source: Master Tanuma
- Ahead Of The Game (2*4 = 8) ... Source: Malkoha
- Projection (4*2, minor = 12) ... Lord Te
Level 3
- Double Or Nothing (6*3,minor = 27) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Cleans Up Well (2*7 = 14) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Lucky (3*5 = 15) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Lucky (3*5 = 15) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Lucky (3*5 = 15) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid Modified by Takanata to be Yin instead of Yang
- Civil Behavior (2*9 = 18) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
Level 4
- Harmless Look II (6*4 = 24) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
- Know The Score (5*4 = 20) ... Source: Willow
Level 5
- All in the Details (5*6,minor = 45) ... Source: Malkoha
Extra Wacky Shtick Tower
- Laundry Bag
- Ritual of the Missing One
Skills
| Skill Name | Levels | Cost Per Level | Total Cost | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Politics | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Acting | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Bargaining | 1 | 3 | 3 | Inherent |
| Bluff | 6 | 3 | 18 | Inherent |
| Bribery | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Carousing | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Conversation | 5 | 5 | 25 | |
| Cooking | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cryptography | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dagger (Broad) | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Dancing | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Detective | 6 | 5 | 30 | |
| Use Fireworks | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| Dodge | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Dreamwalking | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Eye For Detail | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fast Talk | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| First Aid | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Gambling | 15 | 2 | 30 | Inherent |
| Gather Information | 12 | 4 | 48 | |
| High Society | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Interrogation | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Intelligence Analysis | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| KS: Circus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| KS: Dragon Army | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| KS: Flowers | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| KS: Gamblers | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| KS: Geishas | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| KS: Hidden City | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| KS: Hon'eth Arcade | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| KS: Northern Barbarians | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| KS: Recurring NPCs | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| KS: The Party | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Language: Senatali | 8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Language: Torghut | 10 | 1 | 10 | |
| Law: 12 Kingdoms | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Magic Ritual | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Meditation | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Memory | 2 | 3 | 6 | Inherent |
| Oratory | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Pai-Gow Face | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Passive Perception: Babes | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Passive Perception | 8 | 4 | 32 | |
| Persuasion | 6 | 4 | 24 | |
| Precision Throwing | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Propaganda | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Psychology | 4 | 4 | 16 | Inherent |
| Savoir Faire | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Seduction Resistance | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Seduction | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Sense Motive | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Showmanship | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Stealth | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Streetwise | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Strong Willed | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Survival | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unarmed Combat | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Use Magic Device | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Well Travelled | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Skills SP total: 513
Assets
Business Interests
- 5/12 ownership in the Cup Of Five Virtues
Allies, Patrons, and those Aggrieved by Lucky Chang
Patrons:
- Madame Song -- Cai Wen's first patron, who trained him and sent him after Lucky Chang. Lives in the Harbor of Fortunate Arrival.
- Malkoha -- A Master Gambler who was Defeated by Lucky Chang. Cai Wen hopes to help her regain her honor. Lives in Harbor of Fortunate Arrival.
Allies:
- Zhao Feiyan -- AKA The Pearl of the Taiga. Holds the Fox Talisman. Lives in the City of Spires.
- Commander Sun -- Commander of the South-East region of the Dragon Army, based in the City of Light. Generally interested in Kali's plans against the Empire.
- Commander Yao -- Commander of the North-East region of the Dragon Army, based in Daizhou. Succeeded Lo Ping due to our intervention in the commander mechanic.
Contacts/Friends:
- Master Tanuma -- Teacher of the Second Way, aschool of martial arts in the City of Spires.
- Crazy Feng -- A Master Gambler from the Forest of Chin.
- Lord and Lady Wing -- Hosts of awesome gambling parties, where anything can be wagered.
Aggrieved by Lucky Chang:
- Boyuan Chashui -- Once scammed and lost her tea house; now 7/12 owner of the Cup of Five Virtues. Lives in the Port of Propitious Voyage.
- Broken Sword -- Avenging his father's humiliation. He wanders the land.
Favors, Deals
- From Horse: Transport to the Warlord's Throne, when Cai Wen gets word that Lucky Chang has shown up to demand his wrestling match.
Agenda
- Block Lucky Chang's gambit at the Warlord's Throne. Lucky Chang got the Warlord to drunkenly agree to a wrestling match, and can sit on the Warlord's Throne for an hour if he wins. Unknown what his plan is with this. A person on-site has agreed to warn me by Duplicating Paper when Chang shows up to collect.
- Work on a name-changing plan for the Jade Taiga.
- Figure out what Kali's new plan is and thwart it.
- Keep the Circus in one piece.
- Improve security in the Northern Arcade. Setting up the Six Tough Guys Security Company. Seeing how that goes.
- Collect samples of water from the farthest reaches of the empire, for the Duplicating Paper ritual.
- Encompass the ruin of Lucky Chang.
Training
From Sakushi
I require that you thwart Kali, her ends and her actions, her plans and her people, until she and hers go howling back to their own den and trouble this land no longer.
From Master Tanuma (Completed)
For your next homework, you should approach the next three instances in which you are faced with possible violent and/or hostile foes, and consider her questions mindfully - as you approach the encounter, and afterwards.
Then, after those three times, return and tell her about it.
The questions:
- What was the overall tactical plan?
- Who made the decision about that?
- What other options were possible?
- What other options were considered, and how?
- In retrospect, how do you think the other options would have gone?
