Blade of Purest Steel

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Basic Info

Designation: Blade of Purest Steel
Caste/Aspect:
Concept: Sorcerer Engineer
Motivation: To maintain the apparatus that defends Creation
Intimacies:

Appearance:
XP:

Attributes

Strength	●(●●●●)*	Charisma	●●●	Perception	●●●●
Dexterity	●●●●●	Manipulation	●	Intelligence	●●●●●
Stamina	●(●●●●)*	Appearance	●●●●●	Wits	●●

* Strength and Stamina are enhanced by use of Unbreakable Bones of Stone

PHYSICAL:

• Strength 1 / 5 (relatively weak; can lift 80 lbs) / (vastly strong; can easily lift a pony at 450 lbs)
• Dexterity 5 (almost inhumanly swift and graceful)
• Stamina 1 / 5 (tires easily; soak 2 bashing / 1 lethal) / (can perform heavy labor from dawn until dusk)

SOCIAL:

• Charisma 3 (likable; makes friends with little effort)
• Manipulation 1 (exceedingly direct and open)
• Appearance 5 (one of the most attractive men in Creation)

MENTAL:

• Perception 4 (superbly attuned to the goings-on about him)
• Intelligence 5 (a true genius, capable of understanding the subtlest intricacies of a subject)
• Wits 2 (passable at thinking on his feet)

Abilities

Linguistics	●●	Awareness	●●	Athletics	●	Bureaucracy	●	Archery	●
Lore	●●●●●	Craft	●●●●●	Dodge		Investigation	●	Medicine	●●
Occult	●●●●●	Integrity	●●	Melee	●	Larceny	●	Performance	●
Stealth		Resistance	●●	Presence	●	Martial Arts	●●●●●	Ride	●
Thrown		War	●	Socialize	●●	Sail		Survival

ASPECT ABILITIES

• Bureaucracy 1
• Investigation 1
• Larceny 1
• Martial Arts 5
  • Water Dragon Style +3
• Sail

FAVORED ABILITIES

• Craft 5
• Lore 5
• Occult 5

OTHER ABILITIES

• Linguistics 2 (speaks High Realm, Old Realm and Riverspeak)
• Awareness 2
• Integrity 2 (can see through a well-made sales pitch)
• Resistance 2 (the stamina to debauch for days on end)
• War 1 (can plan a strategy to lead his squad to victory in a training exercise)
• Athletics 1 (can keep his balance on treacherous ice)
• Melee 1
• Presence 1
• Socialize 2 (could obtain minor favors through flattery or blackmail)
• Archery 1 (can probably hit the bulls-eye on a stationary target)
• Medicine 2
• Performance 1
• Ride 1 (could probably jump a low stone wall or break a wild horse)

Willpower and Virtues

Willpower: 6 (sure and self-confident)
Virtues:

• Compassion: 2 (3 before the Crimson Ice Cataclysm)
• Conviction: 3
• Temperance: 3 (1 before the Crimson Ice Cataclysm)
• Valor: 2

Essence and Anima

Essence: 4

• Personal Essence: 16
• Peripheral Essence: 54 / 71 (includes +11 from legendary breeding & +32 from 16 dots of hearthstones in 4 skinmount amulets)
• Committed Essence: 17 (razor claws: 6 -- perfected kata bracers: 8 -- reinforced buff jacket: 3)
• Anima Banner
• Recovery per hour: 32 (hearthstones) + whatever from normal hourly respiration
  • 12 motes / hour in the underworld

Backgrounds

Allies: 1

• Dauntless Wildfire Princess, small god of the Dauntless Wildfire Carapace

Artifact: 2

• Most Fearsome Armor of the Fire Dragon Dauntless Wildfire Carapace (****)
• Skinmount Amulet (**)
• Cache Egg (**)

Breeding

• Legendary Breeding (*****+1)

Manse: 5

• Gem of Adamant Skin (Earth 4)
• Key of Mastery (Air 3)
• Stone of Resilient Bamboo (Wood 3)

Resources: 4

Charms

AWARENESS:

• All-Encompassing Earth Sense

LORE:

• Elemental Bolt Technique

MARTIAL ARTS:

• Second Martial Arts Excellency
• Martial Arts Specialty Focus
• Five Dragon Claw
• Pasiap's Humility
• Moment of Daana'd
• Flowing Water Defense
• Rippling Water Strike
• Drowning in Blood Technique
• Shrugging Water Dragon Escape
• Water Dragon Form
• Theft-of-Essence Method

OCCULT:

• Terrestrial Circle Sorcery
  • Demon of the First Circle
  • Invulnerable Skin of Bronze
  • Unbreakable Bones of Stone
  • Stormwind Rider

Combos

Boots Eclipse the False Sun Curbstomp Technique (5m, 1WP)

• Five Dragon Claw (Supplemental - Five Dragon Style, MA 3)
• Theft-of-Essence Method (Supplemental - Water Dragon Style, MA 5)

Genocide Punch (10m, 1WP)

• Rippling Water Strike (Supplemental - Water Dragon Style, MA 3)
• Drowning-in-Blood Technique (Simple - Water Dragon Style, MA 3)
• Theft-of-Essence Technique (Supplemental - Water Dragon Style, MA 5)

Panoply

• Cache Egg (**)
• Gem of Adamant Skin (Earth ****)
• Stone of Resilient Bamboo (Wood ***)
• Seven Leaping Dragon Stone (Solar ****)
• Iron Soul Stone (Earth *****)
• Skin Mount Amulet #1 (**)
• Skin Mount Amulet #2 (**)
• Skin Mount Amulet #3 (**)
• Skin Mount Amulet #4 (**)
• Lost in the Crimson Ice Cataclysm:
  • Key of Mastery (***)
  • Dauntless Wildfire Carapace - Most Fearsome Armor of the Fire Dragon (****)

Combat Stats Block

Health Levels: -0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -4, Incapacitated, (Dying, Dying)				PDV (Claws)	11
Essence 4		Willpower: 6 / 6		PDV (Fists)	8
Personal:	16 / 16	Compassion: 2 / 2	Conviction: 1 / 3	DDV	5 / 4 (armor)
Peripheral:	54 / 54	Temperance: 3 / 3	Valor: 2 / 2	PMDV (Perf)	2
Committed:	0	No anima banner		PMDV (Pres)	3
DV Penalty:	0	Next action on tick: N/A		DMDV	6
Active effects:				Total soak	45B / 30L

Weapons	Speed	Accuracy	Damage	Defense	Rate	Min	Tags
Dragon Claws (starmetal)	3	+12 (25)	+10 (17L)	+8 (11DV)	5	STR ● DEX ●●	M
Punch	5	+1 (14)	+0B (7B)	+2 (8DV)	2	STR ●	N
Kick	5	+0 (13)	+3B (10B)	-2 (6DV)	2	STR ● DEX ●●	N
Clinch	6	+0 (13)	+0B (7B)	+0 (7DV)	1	STR ●	C, N, P
Lost in the Crimson Ice Cataclysm:
Flame Talons	4	+4 (17)	+8L (17)	+4 (17) = 9	3		M, N
Gauntlet	5	+1 (14)	+5B (14)	+2 (15) = 8	3	STR ●	N
Boot	5	+0 (13)	+6B (15)	-2 (11) = 6	2	STR ● DEX ●●	N

Armor	Soak (L/B)	Hardness	Mob	Fatigue	Artifact	Notes
STA* (Incl. Unbreakable Bones of Stone)	5 / 5	-	-	-	-	counts as natural soak
Water Dragon Form Charm	+5 / +5	-	-	-	-	counts as natural soak
Peronelle	6 / 12	5 / 5	-	-	-	counts as armor
Invulnerable Skin of Bronze	6 / 12	6 / 12	-	-	-	counts as armor
Reinforced Buff Jacket (starmetal)	8 / 11	5 / 5	-1	0	●●	Attune 3; -1 external penalty to damage; counts as armor
TOTAL SUM OF SOAK	30 / 45	6 / 12	-	-	-	-
Lost in the Crimson Ice Cataclysm:
Most Fearsome Armor of the Fire Dragon	14 / 14	7 / 7	-1	0	counts as amor	●●●●

* Due to the Stone of Resilient Bamboo, Chulin's full stamina adds to lethal soak.

Extras

Merits and Flaws

Legendary Breeding (Merit +3)

• The direct blessing of Danaa'd has purified LHC at an Essential level, increasing his breeding from 4 to Legendary.

Enemy (Flaw -)

Secrets (Flaw -)

• Likes sexy times with demons entirely too much

XP and Training

• XP Gained: 207
  • 30 sessions: baseline (150)
  • Story goal: Nexus (5)
  • Story goal: Nexus saved (5)
  • Story goal: Destruction of Stygia (5)
  • Story goal: Saving Yu-Shan (5)
  • Story goal: Crimson Ice Cataclysm (5)
  • Story goal: M-R-L- Redemption (15)
  • Story goal: Dauntless Wildfire Princess' Sacrifice (5)
  • 3-dice stunts: 12

• XP Spent: 169
  • Essence 3: 20 XP
  • Terrestrial Circle Sorcery: 10 XP
  • Martial Arts Specialty Focus: 10 XP
  • Demon of the First Circle: 10 XP
  • Invulnerable Skin of Bronze: 10 XP
  • Unbreakable Bones of Stone: 10 XP
  • Stormwind Rider: 10 XP
  • Wits 2: 4 XP
  • Elemental Bolt Technique: 12 XP
  • Drowning in Blood Technique: 12 XP
  • Shrugging Water Escape: 12 XP
  • Water Dragon Form: 12 XP
  • Theft-of-Essence Method: 12 XP
  • Combo: Boots Eclipse the False Sun Curbstomp Technique: 8 XP
  • Breeding +1: 3 XP
  • Breeding (legendary): 3 XP
  • Essence 4: 30 XP (XP debt)
  • Combo: Genocide Punch: 11 XP

• Debt XP: 14 / 30
• Unspent XP: 24
• Currently training: Genocide Punch

Character Creation Questions

How old are you?

What was your family life like?

Where are you from?

How were you Exalted?

When did you meet your companions?

How has power changed you?

What do you think of mortals?

What motivates you to be a hero?

Who or what do you worship?

• Chulin gives worship as is proper to the various deities propitiated by the Immaculate Order. He reveres, but does not worship, Danaa'd.

What would drive you to commit murder?

Accounting

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