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	* '''Good References'''		* '''Good References'''
	The phantom contains the essence of the library which it was! During any ''Mental Conflict'' debating knowledge within it self, the phantom can channel its Hell Trigrams ~~and~~ no chi cost.		The phantom contains the essence of the library which it was! During any ''Mental Conflict'' debating knowledge within it self, the phantom can channel its Hell Trigrams at no chi cost.

	Note that Parchment Eating Phantoms are so confident in their mastery of their own wisdom that they can rarely resist an offered challenge from a scholar or sage who wishes to spar with them in tests of knowledge and meta-analysis. This only applies to their own area of expertise of course! If a Phantom is challenged to a Mental Conflict where it is not able to use ''Good References'', then it will simply refuse to engage.		Note that Parchment Eating Phantoms are so confident in their mastery of their own wisdom that they can rarely resist an offered challenge from a scholar or sage who wishes to spar with them in tests of knowledge and meta-analysis. This only applies to their own area of expertise of course! If a Phantom is challenged to a Mental Conflict where it is not able to use ''Good References'', then it will simply refuse to engage.

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	For Xia without recourse to such spells, ''Social Conflict'' is the best bet, persuading the ghost into leaving them alone. Being the ghosts of knowledge, ghosts don't really respond to human social cues though. They might agree to leave in exchange for offerings of burnt knowledge, but would be hard to frighten or plead with. A successful ''Social Conflict'' will persuade the ghost to leave, though it may return again another night.		For Xia without recourse to such spells, ''Social Conflict'' is the best bet, persuading the ghost into leaving them alone. Being the ghosts of knowledge, ghosts don't really respond to human social cues though. They might agree to leave in exchange for offerings of burnt knowledge, but would be hard to frighten or plead with. A successful ''Social Conflict'' will persuade the ghost to leave, though it may return again another night.

	A better option can be to engage in scholarly debate with the ghost, or to challenge it to a test of intellect, and thus draw it into a ''Mental Conflict''. Parchment Eating Phantoms, being the ghosts of libraries, aren't easy to defeat in this way, but should a sage do so, then the ghost will fade away with a smile on its face, as its own wretched existence is turned to bliss by the reminder of contact with truly great minds.		A better option can be to engage in scholarly debate with the ghost, or to challenge it to a test of intellect, and thus draw it into a ''Mental Conflict''. To engage the ghost's attention, the challenging Xia must recognise what sort of information the destroyed library contained, and then tell the ghost that it need not rage, as the information it contained exists still, in the mind of the Sage and others like him. He must then of course go on to demonstrate this knowledge to the ghost's satisfaction - hence the Mental Conflict!

			Parchment Eating Phantoms, being the ghosts of libraries, aren't easy to defeat in this way, but should a sage do so, then the ghost will fade away with a smile on its face, as its own wretched existence is turned to bliss by the reminder of contact with truly great minds.
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	* '''Re-catalogue'''		* '''Re-catalogue'''
	The phantom can spend an action and X Demon Chi to regain X Mental Resilience. X cannot exceed its ''Storm trigram''.		The phantom can spend an action and X Demon Chi to regain X Mental Resilience. X cannot exceed its ''Storm trigram''.

			* '''Redemption's Reward'''
			If the Phantom is beaten in mental conflict (as above), then it will fade away as its "soul" transcends to heaven. Heaven's reward for this act of redemption will be to return one scroll or book from the destroyed cache, which will manifest physically in front of the victorious scholar. This will often be the most valuable or rare item in the cache.
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	Note that Parchment Eating Phantoms are so confident in their mastery of their own wisdom that they can rarely resist an offered challenge from a scholar or sage who wishes to spar with them in tests of knowledge and meta-analysis. This only applies to their own area of expertise of course! If a Phantom is challenged to a Mental Conflict where it is not able to use ''Good References'', then it will simply refuse to engage.		Note that Parchment Eating Phantoms are so confident in their mastery of their own wisdom that they can rarely resist an offered challenge from a scholar or sage who wishes to spar with them in tests of knowledge and meta-analysis. This only applies to their own area of expertise of course! If a Phantom is challenged to a Mental Conflict where it is not able to use ''Good References'', then it will simply refuse to engage.

			* '''Re-catalogue'''
			The phantom can spend an action and X Demon Chi to regain X Mental Resilience. X cannot exceed its ''Storm trigram''.
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	Note that if the phantom is invisible when he makes the attack, the gnashing teeth still appear, but the phantom does not.		Note that if the phantom is invisible when he makes the attack, the gnashing teeth still appear, but the phantom does not.

			* '''Good References'''
			The phantom contains the essence of the library which it was! During any ''Mental Conflict'' debating knowledge within it self, the phantom can channel its Hell Trigrams and no chi cost.

			Note that Parchment Eating Phantoms are so confident in their mastery of their own wisdom that they can rarely resist an offered challenge from a scholar or sage who wishes to spar with them in tests of knowledge and meta-analysis. This only applies to their own area of expertise of course! If a Phantom is challenged to a Mental Conflict where it is not able to use ''Good References'', then it will simply refuse to engage.
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Asklepios at 17:08, 21 January 2009

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	On closer approach the phantom is more clearly not human. In place of eyes it has gnashing sharp teeth in its eye sockets, and the ghostly gauze from which it is made is semi-transparent.		On closer approach the phantom is more clearly not human. In place of eyes it has gnashing sharp teeth in its eye sockets, and the ghostly gauze from which it is made is semi-transparent.

	Parchment Eating Phantoms are feared because they seem driven to ~~repeat the process~~ of ~~their own destruction~~, and thus multiply their kind~~. An arson-born ghost, would therefore seek to burn libraries, while one born of a flooded scroll-store would summon torrential downpours that ruin scrolls and books~~.		Parchment Eating Phantoms are feared because they seem driven to spiitefully destroy further repositories of knowledge, and thus multiply their kind.
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	=Traits=		=Traits=

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	=Demon Trigrams=		=Demon Trigrams=

	* Hell 2 (equivalent to Heaven)		* Hell 4 (equivalent to Heaven)
	* Chaos 2 (equivalent to Fire)		* Chaos 3 (equivalent to Fire)
	* Storm 2 (equivalent to Wind)		* Storm 4 (equivalent to Wind)
	* Lightning 2 (equivalent to Thunder)		* Lightning 3 (equivalent to Thunder)
	* Mud 2 (equivalent to Earth)		* Mud 1 (equivalent to Earth)
	* Blood 2 (equivalent to Water)		* Blood 2 (equivalent to Water)
	* Smoke 2 (equivalent to Mist)		* Smoke 1 (equivalent to Mist)
	* Bone 2 (equivalent to Mountain)		* Bone 2 (equivalent to Mountain)

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	=Resilience Pools=		=Resilience Pools=

	* Physical Resilience 12		* Physical Resilience 14
	* Mental Resilience 16		* Mental Resilience 16
	* Social Resilience 14		* Social Resilience 12

	A ~~Hungry Ghost~~ is immune to physical effects of most sorts - weapons and fists just pass straight through them! To harm a ~~hungry~~ ghost in physical combat requires a weapon blessed by Tao Alchemists using the [[Xia: Tao Elementalism\|Burn the Hungry Ghost]] spell.		A ''Parchment Eating Phantom'' is immune to physical effects of most sorts - weapons and fists just pass straight through them! To harm a ghost in physical combat requires a weapon blessed by Tao Alchemists using the [[Xia: Tao Elementalism\|Burn the Hungry Ghost]] spell.

	A Xia with a ghost-banishing spell of some sort can engage in ''Mental Conflict'' to try to return the ghost to its grave, where it will sleep and become a restful ancestor again.		A Xia with a ghost-banishing spell of some sort can engage in ''Mental Conflict'' to try to return the ghost to its grave, where it will sleep and become a restful ancestor again.

	For Xia without recourse to such spells, ''Social Conflict'' is the best bet, ~~cajoling, intimidating or~~ persuading the ghost into leaving them alone. ~~Ghosts~~ don't really respond to human social cues though ~~- the best tactic is~~ to ~~convince the ghost~~ of ~~promises of offerings~~ to ~~its grave,~~ or ~~to remind it of the man it used to be~~. A successful ''Social Conflict'' will persuade the ghost to leave, though it may return again another night.		For Xia without recourse to such spells, ''Social Conflict'' is the best bet, persuading the ghost into leaving them alone. Being the ghosts of knowledge, ghosts don't really respond to human social cues though. They might agree to leave in exchange for offerings of burnt knowledge, but would be hard to frighten or plead with. A successful ''Social Conflict'' will persuade the ghost to leave, though it may return again another night.

			A better option can be to engage in scholarly debate with the ghost, or to challenge it to a test of intellect, and thus draw it into a ''Mental Conflict''. Parchment Eating Phantoms, being the ghosts of libraries, aren't easy to defeat in this way, but should a sage do so, then the ghost will fade away with a smile on its face, as its own wretched existence is turned to bliss by the reminder of contact with truly great minds.
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	* '''Manifesation'''		* '''Manifesation'''
	A ~~Hungry Ghost~~ can choose to be invisible or manifest at the start of each round, at no cost. If manifest, it can make physical attacks (though it remains immune to them). If invisible, it cannot make physical attacks, though it can still perceive its surroundings, and can still speak audibly. Striking physically at an invisible ghost is at -4 Accuracy. This penalty can reduce Accuracy to 0.		A ghost can choose to be invisible or manifest at the start of each round, at no cost. If manifest, it can make physical attacks (though it remains immune to them). If invisible, it cannot make physical attacks, though it can still perceive its surroundings, and can still speak audibly. Striking physically at an invisible ghost is at -4 Accuracy. This penalty can reduce Accuracy to 0.

	The spell [[ Xia: Tao Elementalism\|No Mind]] allows the elementalist to see the ghost as if it were visible. The spell [[ Xia: Tao Elementalism\|Reveal True Form]] will force an invisible ghost to become manifest, and prevent it from becoming invisible for the rest of the conflict. To use ''Reveal True Form'' the elementalist need only know that the ghost is present - exact location is not needed.		The spell [[ Xia: Tao Elementalism\|No Mind]] allows the elementalist to see the ghost as if it were visible. The spell [[ Xia: Tao Elementalism\|Reveal True Form]] will force an invisible ghost to become manifest, and prevent it from becoming invisible for the rest of the conflict. To use ''Reveal True Form'' the elementalist need only know that the ghost is present - exact location is not needed.

	* '''~~Energy Drain~~'''		* '''Consumption'''
	As an action, ~~a Hungry Ghost~~ can ~~make a mental attack. Instead of dealing mental resilience damage, however, it steals~~ 1 Yang Chi ~~per point~~ of ~~damage, converting~~ it ~~into~~ the ~~same amount~~ of ~~demon chi~~. ~~It can only use this attack while manifested~~.		As an action, the phantom can spend 1 Yang Chi to demolish all written information in its vicinity. Each ghost will only ever target the media form of which it was originally made of. As most Phantoms are born of the destruction of the Middle Kingdom's parchment scroll libraries, this means they usually target parchment.

			This effect manifests as hundreds of gnawing human mouths that tear at the scrolls, and rip them to shreds.

	* '''Creeping Fear'''		Note that if the phantom is invisible when he makes the attack, the gnashing teeth still appear, but the phantom does not.
	~~As an action, a Hungry Ghost can make a mental attack~~ that ~~deals mental resilience damage. It can use this attack while manifested or~~ invisible~~. This~~ attack ~~power's forms vary~~, ~~for example: blood dripping out of walls, items flying about or just a creeping sensation of unnatural dread. A target reduced to 0 Mental Resilience by this attack is overcome with unnatural fear~~, ~~and will run hysterical and screaming from~~ the ~~ghost~~.
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	Most ghosts encountered are the spirits of dead humans, whose descendants failed to show proper respect for them, or whose graves were desecrated. However, human ghosts are not the only sort.		Most ghosts encountered are the spirits of dead humans, whose descendants failed to show proper respect for them, or whose graves were desecrated. However, human ghosts are not the only sort.

	It is also possible for ghosts to form from the destruction of animals, or even things. The ''Parchment Eating Phantom'', foe example, is a ghost of lost knowledge, created when a repository of rare knowledge (such as a famed library) is ~~spitefulyl~~ and purposefully destroyed~~, for example by an arsonist~~.		It is also possible for ghosts to form from the destruction of animals, or even things. The ''Parchment Eating Phantom'', foe example, is a ghost of lost knowledge, created when a repository of rare knowledge (such as a famed library) is spitefully and purposefully destroyed.

			The phantom, when visible, has a vaguely humanoid form and could be mistaken from a distance to be an elderly scholar. The scholar will show some marks of how the knowledge was lost. As an example, if a library was destroyed by fire (which is most often the case) then the scholar would have burnt skin.

	~~The impropriety~~ of ~~their descendants gives a chance for demon chi to flow~~ in ~~from hell~~, and ~~to reanimate these creatures as tortured restless spirits~~.		On closer approach the phantom is more clearly not human. In place of eyes it has gnashing sharp teeth in its eye sockets, and the ghostly gauze from which it is made is semi-transparent.

	~~Such spirits~~ are ~~initially focused on punishing~~ their ~~family~~, and their ~~hauntings can be lethal~~. ~~Once they have dealt with their families, the~~ ghost ~~remains hungry for death~~, ~~and will become more indiscriminate in its evil. Sorcerers will sometimes bind ancient hungry ghosts~~ to ~~their service~~, ~~and send them to harrass the Xia~~ - ~~such creatures are particularly tenuous~~ and ~~nasty opponents~~.		Parchment Eating Phantoms are feared because they seem driven to repeat the process of their own destruction, and thus multiply their kind. An arson-born ghost, would therefore seek to burn libraries, while one born of a flooded scroll-store would summon torrential downpours that ruin scrolls and books.

	=Traits=		=Traits=

	* Physical 1		* Physical 2
	* Mental 3		* Mental 3
	* Social 2		* Social 1
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	=Demon Trigrams=		=Demon Trigrams=

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	=Description=		=Description=
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'''[[Xia: Main Page]] -> [[Xia: Foes and Allies]] -> [[Xia: Kuei (Parchment Eating Phantom)]]

=Description=

Most ghosts encountered are the spirits of dead humans, whose descendants failed to show proper respect for them, or whose graves were desecrated. However, human ghosts are not the only sort.

It is also possible for ghosts to form from the destruction of animals, or even things. The ''Parchment Eating Phantom'', foe example, is a ghost of lost knowledge, created when a repository of rare knowledge (such as a famed library) is spitefulyl and purposefully destroyed, for example by an arsonist.

The impropriety of their descendants gives a chance for demon chi to flow in from hell, and to reanimate these creatures as tortured restless spirits.

Such spirits are initially focused on punishing their family, and their hauntings can be lethal. Once they have dealt with their families, the ghost remains hungry for death, and will become more indiscriminate in its evil. Sorcerers will sometimes bind ancient hungry ghosts to their service, and send them to harrass the Xia - such creatures are particularly tenuous and nasty opponents.

=Traits=

* Physical 1
* Mental 3
* Social 2
 

=Demon Trigrams=

* Hell 2 (equivalent to Heaven)
* Chaos 2 (equivalent to Fire)
* Storm 2 (equivalent to Wind)
* Lightning 2 (equivalent to Thunder)
* Mud 2 (equivalent to Earth)
* Blood 2 (equivalent to Water)
* Smoke 2 (equivalent to Mist)
* Bone 2 (equivalent to Mountain)

Demon Trigrams can be channelled in the same way normal "natural" trigrams can (i.e. Hell for Accuracy, Chaos for Power, etc.)

However, they provide none of the other benefits that the natural trigrams normally do. For example, having a high Blood Trigram doesn't give protection against Fire-based Trigrams in the same way that a high Water Trigram would. Also, significantly. Demon Trigrams don't provide Yang Chi or Yin Chi.
 
=Chi Pools=

* Demon Chi 12

''Demon Chi'' is spent to activate monster powers and to channel Demon Trigrams. It is not interchangeable with Yang Chi or Yin Chi.
 
=Resilience Pools=

* Physical Resilience 12
* Mental Resilience 16
* Social Resilience 14

A Hungry Ghost is immune to physical effects of most sorts - weapons and fists just pass straight through them! To harm a hungry ghost in physical combat requires a weapon blessed by Tao Alchemists using the [[Xia: Tao Elementalism|Burn the Hungry Ghost]] spell.

A Xia with a ghost-banishing spell of some sort can engage in ''Mental Conflict'' to try to return the ghost to its grave, where it will sleep and become a restful ancestor again.

For Xia without recourse to such spells, ''Social Conflict'' is the best bet, cajoling, intimidating or persuading the ghost into leaving them alone. Ghosts don't really respond to human social cues though - the best tactic is to convince the ghost of promises of offerings to its grave, or to remind it of the man it used to be. A successful ''Social Conflict'' will persuade the ghost to leave, though it may return again another night.
 

=Kung Fu Secrets=

* '''Manifesation'''
A Hungry Ghost can choose to be invisible or manifest at the start of each round, at no cost. If manifest, it can make physical attacks (though it remains immune to them). If invisible, it cannot make physical attacks, though it can still perceive its surroundings, and can still speak audibly. Striking physically at an invisible ghost is at -4 Accuracy. This penalty can reduce Accuracy to 0.

The spell [[ Xia: Tao Elementalism|No Mind]] allows the elementalist to see the ghost as if it were visible. The spell [[ Xia: Tao Elementalism|Reveal True Form]] will force an invisible ghost to become manifest, and prevent it from becoming invisible for the rest of the conflict. To use ''Reveal True Form'' the elementalist need only know that the ghost is present - exact location is not needed.

* '''Energy Drain'''
As an action, a Hungry Ghost can make a mental attack. Instead of dealing mental resilience damage, however, it steals 1 Yang Chi per point of damage, converting it into the same amount of demon chi. It can only use this attack while manifested.

* '''Creeping Fear'''
As an action, a Hungry Ghost can make a mental attack that deals mental resilience damage. It can use this attack while manifested or invisible. This attack power's forms vary, for example: blood dripping out of walls, items flying about or just a creeping sensation of unnatural dread. A target reduced to 0 Mental Resilience by this attack is overcome with unnatural fear, and will run hysterical and screaming from the ghost.
 

=Credits=

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