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==Starting Entanglements==
 
==Starting Entanglements==
*Characters may access two [[Tales_of_Perpetual_Peace/ShanlinLoresheets#The_Nine_Districts|District Lores]] free.
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*Characters may access two District Loresheets free.
*Characters may access the Dancing Red Demon Lore (below) free.
 
*Characters may access the Vile Rain Cult Legend Lore (below) free; in addition, characters may choose ''one'' of the options listed under [[Tales_of_Perpetual_Peace/RDDloresheets#Why_You_Believe|'Why You Believe']].
 
*Characters may choose one of the options appropriate to their Archetype in the [[Tales_of_Perpetual_Peace/ShanlinLoresheets#Life_in_Perpetual_Peace|Life in Perpetual Peace Lores]].
 
  
 
==Dancing Red Demon==
 
==Dancing Red Demon==
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*'''4+ Fortune''': Once per story, you may declare that an NPC knows something of great importance about the existence and/or nature of the Vile Rain Cult, and its connection to the Dancing Red Demon plague.  While your Wulin Sage is the ultimate arbiter of what the NPC knows, the information will be of great value.
 
*'''4+ Fortune''': Once per story, you may declare that an NPC knows something of great importance about the existence and/or nature of the Vile Rain Cult, and its connection to the Dancing Red Demon plague.  While your Wulin Sage is the ultimate arbiter of what the NPC knows, the information will be of great value.
 
*'''0/5 Disadvantage''': Among the Wulin and the Imperial authorities, you yourself are considered to be a '''Crank'''; no matter how strong your evidence, no matter how persuasive your arguments, past experience has led your peers and superiors to consider you prone to wild theories.  Take one additional Destiny when your poor reputation causes you trouble.
 
*'''0/5 Disadvantage''': Among the Wulin and the Imperial authorities, you yourself are considered to be a '''Crank'''; no matter how strong your evidence, no matter how persuasive your arguments, past experience has led your peers and superiors to consider you prone to wild theories.  Take one additional Destiny when your poor reputation causes you trouble.
 
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===Why You Believe===
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Why is it you believe that the Vile Rain Cult exists?  You may pick one of the following options, or work with your Sage to design a new one.
 
Why is it you believe that the Vile Rain Cult exists?  You may pick one of the following options, or work with your Sage to design a new one.
 
*'''They tried to recruit me!'''  One night, while walking the streets alone, a figure cloaked in shadow approached you; his (her? its?) skin was sallow, with pale milky eyes, and foul breath.  You were asked "Do you wish to be baptised in the Vile Rain?" and, whether out of incredulity, indignation, or disgust, you refused -- and before you know it the figure was gone.  Perhaps, as you seek out this wicked creature, you may ask yourself why they tried to recruit ''you''.
 
*'''They tried to recruit me!'''  One night, while walking the streets alone, a figure cloaked in shadow approached you; his (her? its?) skin was sallow, with pale milky eyes, and foul breath.  You were asked "Do you wish to be baptised in the Vile Rain?" and, whether out of incredulity, indignation, or disgust, you refused -- and before you know it the figure was gone.  Perhaps, as you seek out this wicked creature, you may ask yourself why they tried to recruit ''you''.
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**'''3 Fortune''': Such was your disgust at the sight of the ceremony, you were instilled with a Minor Wood Passion to destroy the Vile Rain Cult; this Passion is an action hyperactivity.
 
**'''3 Fortune''': Such was your disgust at the sight of the ceremony, you were instilled with a Minor Wood Passion to destroy the Vile Rain Cult; this Passion is an action hyperactivity.
 
*'''You just know it to be true.'''  Perhaps you had a dream, or a vision.  Perhaps a series of coincidences revealed itself to be a warning.  Or perhaps it has always been an article of faith, passed down to you from a father, a shifu, a mentor.  But despite the disbelief of the rest of the Wulin world, nothing has dissuaded you from your conviction, and now -- for reasons perhaps just as mysterious -- you are sure proof is at hand.
 
*'''You just know it to be true.'''  Perhaps you had a dream, or a vision.  Perhaps a series of coincidences revealed itself to be a warning.  Or perhaps it has always been an article of faith, passed down to you from a father, a shifu, a mentor.  But despite the disbelief of the rest of the Wulin world, nothing has dissuaded you from your conviction, and now -- for reasons perhaps just as mysterious -- you are sure proof is at hand.
**'''0 Bonus''': You may take either a '''Confidence Specialty: Hard-Headed''' or a '''Wu Wei Specialty: Detect Corruption'''.
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**'''0 Bonus''': You may take either a Confidence Specialty: Hard-Headed or a Wu Wei Specialty: Detect Co
 
**'''4 Secret''': Whether taught to you by a mentor or developed by sheer native talent, you possess the '''Picking Up the Scent of Putrefaction''' ability.  You are mystically attuned to the particular spiritual corruption that hangs around those who have partaken in the Vile Rain Cult's rites (or perhaps you're unconsciously paying attention to physical and behavioral clues that are too subtle for others to see); you may take an Extended Wu Wei Action (requiring at least several minutes of proximity) to determine whether an individual is affiliated with the Vile Rain Cult.  On a successful role, you have a strong intuitive sense, one way or the other; on a critical success, if the target is affiliated, you will also have a sense for the depth of the person's affiliation.  The base difficulty is the same as that to analyze an opponent's style (corebook p. 175); opponents also automatically resist with the Confidence skill.
 
**'''4 Secret''': Whether taught to you by a mentor or developed by sheer native talent, you possess the '''Picking Up the Scent of Putrefaction''' ability.  You are mystically attuned to the particular spiritual corruption that hangs around those who have partaken in the Vile Rain Cult's rites (or perhaps you're unconsciously paying attention to physical and behavioral clues that are too subtle for others to see); you may take an Extended Wu Wei Action (requiring at least several minutes of proximity) to determine whether an individual is affiliated with the Vile Rain Cult.  On a successful role, you have a strong intuitive sense, one way or the other; on a critical success, if the target is affiliated, you will also have a sense for the depth of the person's affiliation.  The base difficulty is the same as that to analyze an opponent's style (corebook p. 175); opponents also automatically resist with the Confidence skill.
 
**'''2+ Fortune''': You have an NPC ally who is similarly convinced of the existence of the Cult.  For 2 Destiny, this ally is substantially weaker than you; for 3-4, he or she is roughly equal in abilities; and at 5+, he or she is more advanced.
 
**'''2+ Fortune''': You have an NPC ally who is similarly convinced of the existence of the Cult.  For 2 Destiny, this ally is substantially weaker than you; for 3-4, he or she is roughly equal in abilities; and at 5+, he or she is more advanced.

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