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He speaks respectfully (and carefully) of a Madame Song, from [[The_Hidden_Orchid|The Hidden Orchid]], a flower house in the Harbor of Fortunate Arrival.
 
He speaks respectfully (and carefully) of a Madame Song, from [[The_Hidden_Orchid|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]].
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Cai-Wen is pursued by ninja from the [[House of the Night Blade]], in the [[Port of Auspicious Voyage]].  They initially hoped to capture him and trade him for their master, who was captured in [[Of Cabbages and Coins]]. Now it's an eternal grudge match!
  
Cai-Wen is 5/12 owner of the [[Cup Of Five Virtues]].
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Cai-Wen is now the Ringmaster of the Silken Wings Circus, following the promotion of [[Ringmaster Te]] to noble rank.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
  
If you're confused about what the heck is going on, Cai Wen can [[Cai_Wen's_Plot_Summary|lay it all out for you]]. (Now kind of old)
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Cai-Wen is of course a master of [[Gambling_games|gambling games]].
  
Here is an archive of [[ZCW_notes|puttering and other notes]].
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He has given pages of [[Duplicating Paper]] to the following (always keeping the other page for himself):
 
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Cai-Wen is of course a master of [[Gambling_games|gambling games]].
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Here are some [[equipment prices]].
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* [[Broken Sword]]
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* [[Chashui]]
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* 1 pair of papers not yet used
  
 
==Stats==
 
==Stats==
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| '''Force/Offense'''
 
| '''Force/Offense'''
 
| Strength = 3
 
| Strength = 3
| Accuracy = 4
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| Accuracy = 5
| Intelligence = 9
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| Intelligence = 11
| Charisma = 9
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| Charisma = 11
| Yang = 7
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| Yang = 10
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Precision/Defense'''
 
| '''Precision/Defense'''
 
| Resistance = 3
 
| Resistance = 3
| Dexterity = 4
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| Dexterity = 5
| Wit = 7
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| Wit = 11
 
| Grace = 11
 
| Grace = 11
| Yin = 5
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| Yin = 10
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Reserve'''
 
| '''Reserve'''
 
| Health = 5
 
| Health = 5
| Energy = 4
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| Energy = 5
| Resolve = 6
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| Resolve = 7
| Status = 7
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| Status = 11
| Chi = 5
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| Chi = 10
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Hit Points'''
 
| '''Hit Points'''
! colspan="2"| HP = (Health + Energy) * 5 = 45
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! colspan="2"| HP = (Health + Energy) * 5 = 50
 
! colspan="2"|  
 
! colspan="2"|  
 
!
 
!
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Move'''
 
| '''Move'''
! colspan="2"| Move = (Strength + Energy) / 2  = 3.5
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! colspan="2"| Move = (Strength + Energy) / 2  = 4
 
! colspan="2"|  
 
! colspan="2"|  
 
!
 
!
 
|}
 
|}
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
Stat EP total: 276
 
  
 
==Schticks==
 
==Schticks==
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*Let's go over this again (1+yin*5,minor = 7) ... [[River Ford|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."
 
*Let's go over this again (1+yin*5,minor = 7) ... [[River Ford|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) ... [[Crazy Feng|Source: Crazy Feng]]
 
*Not-Bad Chance (1+chi*6,minor = 9) ... [[Crazy Feng|Source: Crazy Feng]]
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*All Games Are One (2*3 = 6) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
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*All Parties Are One (2*3 = 6) ... A version of "All Games Are One" tweaked to be "Parties" instead of "Games"
  
 
====Level 2====
 
====Level 2====
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*Moll of the Week (2*5 = 10) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
 
*Moll of the Week (2*5 = 10) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
 
*Harmless Look I (6*2 = 12) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
 
*Harmless Look I (6*2 = 12) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
*Hidden Risk (4*3 = 12) ... [[Crazy Feng|Source: Crazy Feng]]
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*Hidden Opportunity (4*3 = 12) ... A tweaked version of "Hidden Risk" from [[Crazy Feng|Crazy Feng]]
 
*Do It The Hard Way (3*3,minor = 13) ... [[Master Tanuma|Source: Master Tanuma]]
 
*Do It The Hard Way (3*3,minor = 13) ... [[Master Tanuma|Source: Master Tanuma]]
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*Ahead Of The Game (2*4 = 8) ... [[Malkoha|Source: Malkoha]]
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*Projection (4*2, minor = 12) ... [[Ringmaster Te|Source: Lord Te]]
  
 
====Level 3====
 
====Level 3====
 
*Double Or Nothing (6*3,minor = 27) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
 
*Double Or Nothing (6*3,minor = 27) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
*Cleans Up Well (2*7 = 14) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
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*Cleans Up Pretty (2*7 = 14) ... A tweaked version of "Cleans Up Well" (Cha instead of Sta) from [[The_Hidden_Orchid|The Hidden Orchid]]
*Lucky (3*5 = 15) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
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*Lucky (3*6 = 15) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
*Lucky (3*5 = 15) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
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*Lucky (3*6 = 15) ... A tweaked version of "Lucky", for Yin instead of Yang
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*Civil Behavior (2*9 = 18) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
  
 
====Level 4====
 
====Level 4====
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*Lucky (3*7 = 15) ... A tweaked version of "Lucky", for Chi instead of Yang
 
*Harmless Look II (6*4 = 24) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
 
*Harmless Look II (6*4 = 24) ... [[The_Hidden_Orchid|Source: The Hidden Orchid]]
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*Know The Score (5*4 = 20) ... Source: Willow
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====Level 5====
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*All in the Details (5*6,minor = 45) ... [[Malkoha|Source: Malkoha]]
  
 
====Extra Wacky Shtick Tower====
 
====Extra Wacky Shtick Tower====
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*[[Ritual of the Missing One]]
 
*[[Ritual of the Missing One]]
  
Shtick EP total: 214
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====Master Shticks====
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*Automatic Upgrade
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*Seat At The Table
  
==Shticks Planned==
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==Skills==
  
*Know The Score (20)
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<nowiki>
*Civil Behavior (27)
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3 Acting                              (x3 = 9)
 +
2 Administration                      (x2 = 4)
 +
3 All Politics                        (x5 = 15)
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2 Animal Handling                    (x2 = 4)
 +
1 Bargaining                          (x3 = 3)
 +
3 Blades                              (x5 = 15)
 +
6 Bluff                              (x3 = 18)
 +
1 Bribery                            (x2 = 2)
 +
10 Bureaucracy                        (x2 = 20)
 +
4 Calligraphy                        (x1 = 4)
 +
2 Carousing                          (x3 = 6)
 +
4 Horse Mastery                      (x4 = 16)
 +
4 Conversation                        (x5 = 20)
 +
4 Conversational Interrogation        (x3 = 12)
 +
4 Conversational Persuasion          (x3 = 12)
 +
4 Conversational Dodge                (x3 = 12)
 +
1 Cooking                            (x1 = 1)
 +
1 Cryptography                        (x2 = 2)
 +
3 Dagger                              (x3 = 9)
 +
4 Dancing                            (x1 = 4)
 +
6 Detective                          (x5 = 30)
 +
10 Dodge                              (x5 = 50)
 +
1 Dreamwalking                        (x2 = 2)
 +
4 Eye for Detail                      (x1 = 4)
 +
4 Fast Talk                          (x4 = 16)
 +
1 First Aid                          (x3 = 3)
 +
2 Foraging (all)                      (x5 = 10)
 +
20 Gambling                            (x2 = 40)
 +
12 Gather Information                  (x4 = 48)
 +
10 High Society                        (x3 = 30)
 +
1 Intelligence Analysis              (x5 = 5)
 +
1 Interrogation                      (x3 = 3)
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8 KS: Circus                          (x1 = 8)
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2 KS: Dragon Army                    (x2 = 4)
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1 KS: Flowers                        (x1 = 1)
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3 KS: Gamblers                        (x1 = 3)
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1 KS: Geishas                        (x2 = 2)
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3 KS: Hidden City                    (x2 = 6)
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2 KS: Hon'eth Arcade                  (x2 = 4)
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8 KS: Jade Taiga                      (x2 = 16)
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3 KS: Northern Barbarians            (x3 = 9)
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5 KS: Parties                        (x1 = 5)
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3 KS: Southern Barbarians            (x3 = 9)
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5 KS: Recurring NPCs                  (x5 = 25)
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2 KS: The Party                      (x2 = 4)
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12 Language: Senatali                  (x1 = 12)
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10 Language: Torghut                  (x1 = 10)
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3 Law (12 Kingdoms)                  (x2 = 6)
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3 Leadership                          (x3 = 9)
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2 Learning                            (x2 = 4)
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1 Magic Ritual                        (x5 = 5)
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1 Meditation                          (x2 = 2)
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4 Memory                              (x3 = 12)
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4 Negotiation                        (x3 = 12)
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5 Oratory                            (x3 = 15)
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1 Pai-Gow Face                        (x3 = 3)
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2 Passive Perception: Babes          (x2 = 4)
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20 Passive Perception                  (x4 = 80)
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12 Persuasion                          (x4 = 48)
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1 Precision Throwing                  (x5 = 5)
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4 Propaganda                          (x2 = 8)
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4 Psychology                          (x4 = 16)
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2 Savoir Faire                        (x2 = 4)
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1 Seduction Resistance                (x1 = 1)
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6 Seduction                          (x2 = 12)
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3 Sense Motive                        (x4 = 12)
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3 Showmanship                        (x2 = 6)
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1 Stealth                            (x4 = 4)
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2 Streetwise                          (x3 = 6)
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5 Strong Willed                      (x3 = 15)
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2 Survival                            (x3 = 6)
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1 Swimming                            (x1 = 1)
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3 Tactics                            (x3 = 9)
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4 Unarmed Combat                      (x3 = 12)
 +
10 Use Fireworks                      (x2 = 20)
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1 Use Magic Device                    (x2 = 2)
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4 Well Travelled                      (x4 = 16)
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Total skill cost: 902 (29 left over)
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</nowiki>
  
==Skills==
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====Business Interests====
  
{| class="wikitable sortable" border=4 cellpadding="3" align="center" cellspacing="3"
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* 5/12 ownership in the [[Cup Of Five Virtues]]
!Skill Name!!Levels!!Cost Per Level!!Total Cost!!Note
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|-
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|All Politics||1||5||5||
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|-
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|Bargaining||1||3||3||Inherent
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|-
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|Bluff||6||3||18||Inherent
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|-
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|Bribery||1||2||2||
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|-
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|Carousing||2||3||6||
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|-
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|Conversation||5||5||25||
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|-
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|Cooking||1||1||1||
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|-
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|Cryptography||1||2||2||
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|-
+
|Dagger (Broad)||1||4||4||
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|-
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|Dancing||4||1||4||
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|-
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|Detective||6||5||30||
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|-
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|Use Fireworks||6||2||12||
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|-
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|Dodge||3||5||15||
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|-
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|Dreamwalking||1||2||2||
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|-
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|Eye For Detail||2||1||2||
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|-
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|Fast Talk||2||4||8||
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|-
+
|First Aid||1||3||3||
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|-
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|Gambling||15||2||30||Inherent
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|-
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|Gather Information||12||4||48||
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|-
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|High Society||3||3||9||
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|-
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|Interrogation||1||3||3||
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|-
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|KS: Circus||1||1||1||
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|-
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|KS: Dragon Army||2||2||4||
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|-
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|KS: Flowers||1||1||1||
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|-
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|KS: Gamblers||3||1||3||
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|-
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|KS: Geishas||1||2||2||
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|-
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|KS: Hon'eth Arcade||2||2||4||
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|-
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|KS: Northern Barbarians||1||3||3||
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|-
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|KS: Recurring NPCs||3||5||15||
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|-
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|KS: The Party||2||2||4||
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|-
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|Language: Senatali||8||1||8||
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|-
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|Language: Torghut||10||1||10||
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|-
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|Magic Ritual||1||5||5||
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|-
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|Meditation||1||2||2||
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|-
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|Memory||2||3||6||Inherent
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|-
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|Oratory||4||3||12||
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|-
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|Pai-Gow Face||1||3||3||
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|-
+
|Passive Perception: Babes||2||2||4||
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|-
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|Passive Perception||8||4||32||
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|-
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|Persuasion||6||4||24||
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|-
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|Propaganda||2||2||4||
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|-
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|Psychology||4||4||16||Inherent
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|-
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|Savoir Faire||2||2||4||
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|-
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|Seduction Resistance||1||1||1||
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|-
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|Seduction||5||2||10||
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|-
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|Sense Motive||3||4||12||
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|-
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|Showmanship||2||2||4||
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|-
+
|Stealth||1||4||4||
+
|-
+
|Streetwise||2||3||6||
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|-
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|Strong Willed||5||3||15||
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|-
+
|Survival||1||3||3||
+
|-
+
|Swimming||1||1||1||
+
|-
+
|Unarmed Combat||4||3||12||
+
|-
+
|Use Magic Device||1||2||2||
+
|-
+
|Well Travelled||4||4||16||
+
  
|}
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====Allies, Patrons, and those Aggrieved by Lucky Chang====
  
Skills SP total: 493
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Patrons:
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* [[Madame Song]] -- <i>Cai Wen's first patron, who trained him and sent him after Lucky Chang.  Lives in the Harbor of Fortunate Arrival.</i>
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* [[Malkoha]] -- <i>A Master Gambler who was Defeated by Lucky Chang.  Cai Wen hopes to help her regain her honor.  Lives in Harbor of Fortunate Arrival.</i>
  
==Stuff==
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Allies:
 +
* [[Zhao Feiyan]] -- <i>AKA The Pearl of the Taiga.  Holds the Fox Talisman.  Lives in the City of Spires.</i>
 +
* [[Commander Sun]] -- <i>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.</i>
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* [[Commander Yao]] -- <i>Commander of the North-East region of the Dragon Army, based in Daizhou.  Succeeded [[Lo Ping]] due to our intervention in the commander mechanic.</i>
  
* A parrot-feather amulet which squawks (once per run) when the holder is attacked.  [Currently on loan to Broken Sword]
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Contacts/Friends:
* Two very nice walking sticks, each with a silver fox-head handle.  One of them seems to explode on command for a Charisma-based attack.
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* [[Master Tanuma]] -- <i>Teacher of the [[Second Way]], a school of martial arts in the City of Spires.</i>
* A box of fireworks
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* [[Crazy Feng]] -- <i>A Master Gambler from the Forest of Chin.</i>
* More random stuff in my folder...
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* [[Lord and Lady Wing]] -- <i>Hosts of awesome gambling parties, where anything can be wagered.</i>
* 5/12 ownership in the [[Cup Of Five Virtues]]
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==Training==
+
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>
 +
* [[Broken Sword]] -- <i>Avenging his father's humiliation.  He wanders the land.</i>
  
====From [[Sakushi]]====
+
==Agenda==
  
''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.''
+
Immediate things:
 +
* Keep chugging on the [[Breaking_the_Hidden_City_Bribery_Mechanic|bribery mechanic]].
 +
* Get established in the [[Illumineaucracy]] mechanic in the Hidden City.
 +
* Help Xiao Fa arrange the [[Renaming Countries|name-changing]] plan for the Roof Of The World.
 +
* Work on a [[Renaming Countries|name-changing]] plan for the Jade Taiga.  <i>Awaiting a mechanic from Li Kao</i>
  
====From [[Master Tanuma]] (Completed)====
+
Routine things:
 +
* Collect samples of water from the farthest reaches of the empire, for the [[Duplicating Paper]] ritual.
 +
* Keep the Circus in one piece.
  
''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.''
+
Mid- and Longer-term:
 +
* Figure out what Kali's new plan is and thwart it.
 +
* Do the Horse Race again next year. [[Lac Vinh]] is engaged to run it again.
 +
* Encompass the ruin of [[Lucky Chang]].
  
''Then, after those three times, return and tell her about it.''
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==Training==
  
''The questions:''
+
====From [[Sakushi]]====
 
+
* ''What was the overall tactical plan?''
+
* ''Who made the decision about that?''
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* ''What other options were possible?''
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* ''What other options were considered, and how?''
+
* ''In retrospect, how do you think the other options would have gone?''
+
  
 +
''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.''
  
 
[[Category: PCs]]
 
[[Category: PCs]]
 
[[Category: Foxes]]
 
[[Category: Foxes]]

Latest revision as of 13:07, 29 November 2013

Contents

Bio

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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 initially hoped to capture him and trade him for their master, who was captured in Of Cabbages and Coins. Now it's an eternal grudge match!

Cai-Wen is now the Ringmaster of the Silken Wings Circus, following the promotion of Ringmaster Te to noble rank.

Notes

Cai-Wen is of course a master of gambling games.

He has given pages of Duplicating Paper to the following (always keeping the other page for himself):

Stats

Physical Mental Spiritual
Body Reflexes Mind Social Tao
Force/Offense Strength = 3 Accuracy = 5 Intelligence = 11 Charisma = 11 Yang = 10
Precision/Defense Resistance = 3 Dexterity = 5 Wit = 11 Grace = 11 Yin = 10
Reserve Health = 5 Energy = 5 Resolve = 7 Status = 11 Chi = 10
Hit Points HP = (Health + Energy) * 5 = 50
Move Move = (Strength + Energy) / 2 = 4


Schticks

(frequency * power = cost)

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

  • Lucky (3*7 = 15) ... A tweaked version of "Lucky", for Chi instead of Yang
  • Harmless Look II (6*4 = 24) ... Source: The Hidden Orchid
  • Know The Score (5*4 = 20) ... Source: Willow

Level 5

Extra Wacky Shtick Tower

Master Shticks

  • Automatic Upgrade
  • Seat At The Table

Skills

 3 Acting                              (x3 = 9)
 2 Administration                      (x2 = 4)
 3 All Politics                        (x5 = 15)
 2 Animal Handling                     (x2 = 4)
 1 Bargaining                          (x3 = 3)
 3 Blades                              (x5 = 15)
 6 Bluff                               (x3 = 18)
 1 Bribery                             (x2 = 2)
10 Bureaucracy                         (x2 = 20)
 4 Calligraphy                         (x1 = 4)
 2 Carousing                           (x3 = 6)
 4 Horse Mastery                       (x4 = 16)
 4 Conversation                        (x5 = 20)
 4 Conversational Interrogation        (x3 = 12)
 4 Conversational Persuasion           (x3 = 12)
 4 Conversational Dodge                (x3 = 12)
 1 Cooking                             (x1 = 1)
 1 Cryptography                        (x2 = 2)
 3 Dagger                              (x3 = 9)
 4 Dancing                             (x1 = 4)
 6 Detective                           (x5 = 30)
10 Dodge                               (x5 = 50)
 1 Dreamwalking                        (x2 = 2)
 4 Eye for Detail                      (x1 = 4)
 4 Fast Talk                           (x4 = 16)
 1 First Aid                           (x3 = 3)
 2 Foraging (all)                      (x5 = 10)
20 Gambling                            (x2 = 40)
12 Gather Information                  (x4 = 48)
10 High Society                        (x3 = 30)
 1 Intelligence Analysis               (x5 = 5)
 1 Interrogation                       (x3 = 3)
 8 KS: Circus                          (x1 = 8)
 2 KS: Dragon Army                     (x2 = 4)
 1 KS: Flowers                         (x1 = 1)
 3 KS: Gamblers                        (x1 = 3)
 1 KS: Geishas                         (x2 = 2)
 3 KS: Hidden City                     (x2 = 6)
 2 KS: Hon'eth Arcade                  (x2 = 4)
 8 KS: Jade Taiga                      (x2 = 16)
 3 KS: Northern Barbarians             (x3 = 9)
 5 KS: Parties                         (x1 = 5)
 3 KS: Southern Barbarians             (x3 = 9)
 5 KS: Recurring NPCs                  (x5 = 25)
 2 KS: The Party                       (x2 = 4)
12 Language: Senatali                  (x1 = 12)
10 Language: Torghut                   (x1 = 10)
 3 Law (12 Kingdoms)                   (x2 = 6)
 3 Leadership                          (x3 = 9)
 2 Learning                            (x2 = 4)
 1 Magic Ritual                        (x5 = 5)
 1 Meditation                          (x2 = 2)
 4 Memory                              (x3 = 12)
 4 Negotiation                         (x3 = 12)
 5 Oratory                             (x3 = 15)
 1 Pai-Gow Face                        (x3 = 3)
 2 Passive Perception: Babes           (x2 = 4)
20 Passive Perception                  (x4 = 80)
12 Persuasion                          (x4 = 48)
 1 Precision Throwing                  (x5 = 5)
 4 Propaganda                          (x2 = 8)
 4 Psychology                          (x4 = 16)
 2 Savoir Faire                        (x2 = 4)
 1 Seduction Resistance                (x1 = 1)
 6 Seduction                           (x2 = 12)
 3 Sense Motive                        (x4 = 12)
 3 Showmanship                         (x2 = 6)
 1 Stealth                             (x4 = 4)
 2 Streetwise                          (x3 = 6)
 5 Strong Willed                       (x3 = 15)
 2 Survival                            (x3 = 6)
 1 Swimming                            (x1 = 1)
 3 Tactics                             (x3 = 9)
 4 Unarmed Combat                      (x3 = 12)
10 Use Fireworks                       (x2 = 20)
 1 Use Magic Device                    (x2 = 2)
 4 Well Travelled                      (x4 = 16)
Total skill cost: 902 (29 left over)

Business Interests

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:

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.

Agenda

Immediate things:

Routine things:

  • Collect samples of water from the farthest reaches of the empire, for the Duplicating Paper ritual.
  • Keep the Circus in one piece.

Mid- and Longer-term:

  • Figure out what Kali's new plan is and thwart it.
  • Do the Horse Race again next year. Lac Vinh is engaged to run it again.
  • 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.