Xiao Fa
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Concept
Dragon/Master of Chi
Name
Xiao Fa gave himself that name when he started learning with the Meihua Sannong Servants at the Roof of the World. He acknowledges no other name now. He takes no family name normally, but if pressed will use "Han" (a very common surname) as his family name.
Other names include:
- Pilgrim Xiao
- the new Silent Han Bob
- Brother Han (but only Takanata calls him that)
Description and Demeanor
Xiao Fa is tall and handsome, with a quiet way about him and sad brown eyes flecked with malachite green. His head is always freshly and neatly shaved these days. No buzz or fuzz anymore. He wears the plain robes and wide green sash of a Meihua Sannong Selfless Path servant.
He speaks of himself, formally, in the third person when he does at all: "This one has found life to be much less complicated when the selfishness is removed from it." He often uses somewhat old-fashioned forms, a complicated set of expressive gestures and bows, not in wide use anymore, to express himself wordlessly when he can.
Xiao Fa makes eye contact more now than he used to.
Background and Plots
Stats & Shticks
Stats
| Physical | Mental | Spiritual | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body | Reflexes | Mind | Social | Tao | ||||||
| Force/Offense | Strength | 4 | Accuracy | 5 | Intelligence | 6 | Charisma | 5 | Yang | 9 |
| Precision/Defense | Resistance | 4 | Dexterity | 5 | Wit | 6 | Grace | 6 | Yin | 9 |
| Reserve | Health | 4 | Energy | 4 | Resolve | 6 | Status | 6 | Chi | 9 |
| Hit Points | HP = 40 (Health + Energy) * 5 | |||||||||
| Move | Move = 4 (Strength + Energy) / 2 | |||||||||
Notes
- Rule: No Physical stat may be higher than the lowest corresponding Mental stat
- Rule: No Mental stat may be higher than the corresponding Tao stat
- Rule: No two Tao stats may be more than 1 point apart
- Xiao Fa Stat Notes
Shticks
Level 1
- Touched by the Dragon. Your aspect is Dragon. Freq: 6, Power: 1, Cost: 6
- The Tao That Can Be Seen. Make a Yin roll with Chi Mastery vs. target's Tao to diagnose Tao & Chi flows. Freq: 3, Power: 2, Major, Taught, Cost: 6
- Chi Flows Downstream. Make a Yin roll with Chi Mastery to sense the chi flows in an area and follow them to find any significant nearby feng shui sites, or other anomalies. Freq: 3, Power: 2, Major, Taught, Cost: 6
- Harmonious Arrangement. Given a set of things, you can put them in the most perfectly harmonious arrangement. Freq: 2, Power: 2, Major, Taught. Cost: 4
- Chi Unblocking. 1/run, remove any temporary Tao reductions from a target with a Chi Roll at 1 per success. Freq: 2, Power: 3, Major, Taught. Cost: 6
- Chi Mastery. +1 die for Balance Restoration. Freq: 6, Power: 1, Major, Taught. Cost: 6
- Good Listener (Ears of the Dragon). 1/run, You can get someone to tell you about twice as much as they were originally going to. Freq: 2, Power: 3, Minor, Taught. Cost: 9
- Chi Strike (Talon of the Dragon). 1/run, Spend a Yang to make your next barehanded (Qi Lung Kung Fu) strike x4 damage. Freq: 1, Power: 4, Minor, Taught. Cost: 6
- Bend Like a Reed (Sinuous Evasion). 1/book, Dodge with your Yin. Freq: 1, Power: 3, Minor, Taught. Cost: 4
Level 2
- Voice of the Dragon. 1/run, you may get a hint on how/whether some action/plan will further the dragon’s goals. Freq: 2, Power: 4, Major, Taught. Cost: 8
- Healing Chi. 1/turn, make a Yin roll and heal a target of 3N normal damage with a series of quick strikes to chi nexi. Freq: 4, Power: 3, Major, Taught. Cost: 12
- Chi Diagnosis. 1/scene (1/combat) Make a Yin roll with Chi Mastery to generally diagnose a target: sensing diseases, poisons, mystic anomalies, etc. Freq: 3, Power: 3, Major, Taught. Cost: 9
- Chi Blocking. 1/run, make a Yang attack on a target to reduce their Tao by 1 for every two successes you make. Freq: 2, Power: 6, Major, Taught. Cost: 12
- Pass without Disturbance. 1/turn, you may make a Yin roll to pass through the chi of an area without disturbing or altering it. Freq: 4, Power: 3, Major, Taught. Cost: 12
Level 3
- First of the Silver Dragons. All members of the Silver Dragons will recognize you as someone to be protected. Freq: 6, Power: 3, Major, Taught. Cost: 18
- Restoring the Balance. 1/scene or 1/combat, make a Chi roll (at +1 die) to purge a target of any ongoing chi/sorcery based influences. The effect will resist based on the Chi of its source. Freq: 3, Power: 6, Major, Taught. Cost: 18
- Shape Chi. 1/turn, you may meditate in an area and make a Chi roll to slowly shape its chi in another direction. Freq: 4, Power: 4, Major, Taught. Cost: 16
Level 4
- The Glow. Freq: 2, Power: 10, Major, Taught. Cost: 20
- Bright Cost of Imbalance.
Level 5
- Level 5 Destiny. Cost: 30
Sources
- Master Kwan (Initial), and other Selfless Path Monks
- Master Tranh
Cost
- Stats Cost: 253
- Shticks Cost: 228
- Banked: 0?
Notes
- To Buy: Some attack with your Yang shtick, as yet unfound; use a shtick at range shtick
- Minor:: Soft Passing (Shien, L1); Phoenix's Wing (Master Fu, L2); Baleful Glare (Dragon Army, L1)
- Xiao Fa Shtick Notes
Skills
| Skill | Ranks | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Healing | ||
| Acupuncture | 3 | (x3 = 9) |
| Bedside Manner | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Forensic Medicine | 2 | (x2 = 4) |
| Herbalism | 5 | (x2 = 10) |
| Medicine | 10 | (x5 = 50) |
| Poisons | 4 | (x3 = 12) |
| Chi | ||
| Chi Mastery | 20 | (x3 = 60) |
| Feng Shui | 10 | (x2 = 20) |
| Magic Ritual | 1 | (x5 = 5) |
| Combat | ||
| Qi Lung Kung Fu | 10 | (x5 = 50) |
| Mental | ||
| Meditation | 5 | (x2 = 10) |
| Concentration | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Strong-Willed | 3 | (x3 = 9) |
| Memory | 3 | (x3 = 9) |
| Social | ||
| Conversation | 1 | (x5 = 5) |
| Persuasion | 1 | (x4 = 4) |
| Intimidation | 1 | (x2 = 2) |
| Expressive Gestures | 4 | (x2 = 8) |
| Etiquette | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Sense Motive | 1 | (x4 = 4) |
| Streetwise | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Ceremonies | 2 | (x2 =4) |
| Tea Ceremonies | 2 | (x1 = 2) |
| Gather Information | 1 | (x4 = 4) |
| Teacher | 2 | (x2 =4) |
| Performance | ||
| Showmanship | 5 | (x2 = 10) |
| Mime | 5 | (x1 = 5) |
| Dancing | 5 | (x1 = 5) |
| Broad Storytelling | 5 | (x3 = 15) |
| Domestic | ||
| Cooking | 5 | (x1 = 5) |
| Gardening | 3 | (x1 = 3) |
| Driving | 1 | (x2 = 2) |
| Housekeeping | 2 | (x2 = 4) |
| Travel | ||
| Outdoorsman | 1 | (x5 = 5) |
| Well-Traveled | 1 | (x4 = 4) |
| KS: Roof of the World | 1 | (x2 = 2) |
| KS: New Rivers Region | 2 | (x1 = 2) |
| KS: 12 Kingdoms | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Survival | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Survival: Strand | 2 | (x1 = 2) |
| Other | ||
| Animal Handling | 1 | (x2 =2) |
| KS: Selfless Way | 5 | (x2 =10) |
| KS: Spirits | 4 | (x2 =8) |
| KS: Spirit/Demon World | 1 | (x5 =5) |
| Passive Perception | 2 | (x4 = 8) |
| Active Perception | 3 | (x2 = 6) |
| Sleight of Hand | 1 | (x3 = 3) |
| Stealth | 1 | (x4 = 4) |
| KS: Old Masters | 1 | (x1 = 1) |
| History | 1 | (x2 = 2) |
| Athletics | 1 | (x5 = 5) |
| Skills Total | 423 | |
| Unspent | 23 | |
| Earned Total | 432 | |
Notes
- New Skills to buy: Philosophy (x2), Veterinarian (x3),
- Old Skills to buy up: Expressive Gestures (x2), Ceremonies (x2), KS: Old Masters (x1), Passive Per (x4), Acupuncture (x3), Conversation (x5), Persuasion (x4), Strong Willed (x3), Meditation (x2), Concentration (x3), Etiquette (x3)
- Xiao Fa Skill Notes
Possessions
- robes and sandals
- sandals of +3 Move
- a coolie hat
- a medicine kit
-
an Herb Satchel - a notebook
- plum blossoms (pressed in the notebook)
- cooking knife
- his favorite pan
- favorite chopsticks
- 1 wineskin of seawater
- Pai Gow tile
- 102 Li, 37 Zhu
