Guo Xiu

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Guo Xiu, the Ten Tael Master

Wandering Daoist revolutionary

Archetype: Priest

Rank: 4th

Lake: 7

Chi Aura/River: 2

Chi Threshold: (unarmored) 13|26|39; (armored) 18|36|54

Chi Maximums

• Normal: 13 (2/13; 35 total cultivation)

Joss: 3 Chivalrous/2 Malicious

Skills

Awareness + 10 (Discovering Passions)

Inspire +5

Learning +10 (Internal-External Technique)

Politics +5

Tactics +5

Wu Wei +10

Virtues

Honor 1, Benevolence 3, Righteousness 5, Loyalty 1, Force 3, Dao 1

Revenge 3, Individualism 3, Obsession 3, Ruthlessness 1, Ferocity 1

Gear

Unarmed/Ranged (+5 Speed, +5 Footwork, Focus on Breath w/single die; +5 Strike, attack adjacent zone, flood a die to attack more distant zones)

Light Armor (+5 Chi threshold vs. physical injury)

Combat Statistics

(Flowing Universe using Unarmed/Ranged)

Speed +10, Footwork +10, Strike +10, Damage +0, Block +10, Toughness +10

Kung Fu

[9D, 19C total]

External Styles

Flowing Universe

Internal Styles

Removing Concepts [9D, 19C]

• 1: Calm Heart Skill (+5 to Awareness or Wu Wei rolls)
• 2: Spontaneous Effort (perform a single Minor Action using one die)
• 3: Clarity in Openness (+10 to any single Skill check)
• 4: Existing Without Definition (Reduce any Rippling roll by 2 dice; boost for 1 die removed/2 Chi)

Secret Arts

[14D, 14C total]

Story of the Self

Secret Art of Daoist Magic

Crafting Curses

• Inflaming & Soothing Curses [0D]
• Internal-External Technique [3D, 3C]
• Quick Work [3D, 3C]

Extraordinary Daoist Techniques

• Sheltering Water Intercession [4D, 4C]
• Six Devil Curse Spell [4D, 4C]

Loresheets

[15E, 7D, 2C total]

Dragon Well Sect

[3E]

• 3 Status: An accepted, mostly respected but largely tolerated member of the Sect [3E]
• 0 Bonus: -2 discount to the Daoism Loresheet
• 0 Technique: Can learn all Removing Concepts techniques
• 2 Technique: Infinite Universe (fighting unarmed counts as fighting ranged) [2E, 2C]

Daoism

[1E w/discount]

• 5 Destiny: start with 1 in the Daoism virtue [5E]

Celestial Way Uprising

[1E, 7D total]

• 3 Status: Guo Xiu was a trusted lieutenant in the uprising against Jin oppression.
• 3 Fortune: Once per chapter with Sage permission, you may declare that an existing NPC was involved with the Celestial Way Uprising, either as a member
• 2 Bonus: Though the particulars of every rebellion differ, in essence they all share the same demands: Cancel the debts, and redistribute the land. You have a +5 bonus to any social roll involving rebels.
• 0 Disadvantage: Hunted!