TrialByFire/ShiningShun

Shining Shun

Starting: Twilight Caste

Str 1
Dex 5
Sta 5
Wits 5
Cha 3
Others 2

MA 5
Dodge 5
Resistance 5
Athletics 5
Awareness 5
Lore 5

Essence 4

Valor 3
Others 2

Willpower 6

Celestial Monkey Style
Third MA Excellency
MA Essence Flow

Wanted 5
Known Anathema 5

500 XP:

Base Traits

Str -> 2

4

Str -> 3

8

Str -> 4

12

Str -> 5

16

Valor -> 4

9

Valor -> 5

12

Willpower -> 7

6

Willpower -> 8

7

Willpower -> 9

8

Willpower -> 10

9

Essence ->5

32

PAoC Style

208

Secrets of Future Strife

8

Joy in Adversity Stance

8

Dodge

Third Dodge Excellency

8

Dodge Essence Flow

8

Shadow Over Water

8

Seven Shadow Evasion

8

Lore

First Lore Excellency

8

Immanent Solar Glory x5

40

Resistance

Ox-Body Texhnique x3

24 (+2 -0, +1 -1, +2 -2)

Athletics

Monkey Leap Technique

8

Graceful Crane Stance

8

Feather-Foot Style

8

Combos

Flickering Shadow Glimmer

7

Battle Initiation Ritual

16

"Flickering Shadow Glimmer" (Shadow Over Water, Seven Shadow Evasion) Shun disappears, except for his shadow, evading too fast to be tracked directly.

"Battle Initiation Ritual" (Four Halo Golden Monkey Realignment, Monkey Leap Technique, Graceful Crane Stance, Feather-Foot Style, Joy in Adversity Stance, Shadow Over Water, Essence-Gathering Temper) Shun's Gates glow vigorously, his stance shifting to a light footing, and in the process he casts two shadows: a Monkey and a Crane.

498 XP total.

Items: Orichalcum Hearthstone Amulet (artifact 1, 1m committed), Sphere of the Revolutionary Dog (Manse 3, regain +1 willpower whenever it is regained), Essence-Containing Gem (Artifact 5, 75m stored for easy access).

Shun: hl: ---|---|----|-|-, wp: 10/10, prsnl: 25/0/25, prph: 56/1/57, ISG: 50/0/50, ECG: 75/0/75, DV: P6/D8/-0, Soak: 5B/2L/0A, Next Action: ?

Comments

Go easy on the flaws and remember that regardless of how many flaws you took, you only get 10 BP max. Also consider lowering your starting Essence to 2 and spreading the bonus points around. As it is, Shun is not a viable character at chargen. And if those Virtues are bought with bonus points, then the conflict with Celestial Monkey virtue requirements means the character is illegal. - TonyC

I explain myself by saying... I'm far from home and working from memory - IanPrice, posting from New York instead of Illinos.

Sadly, it does appear to be true that Sutras = prayer strips, and are thus a Siddie-only thing. - IanPrice

Just an observation, don't you need to take a Lore Excellency before you can take Immanent Solar Glory? And just to double check for my character, backgrounds (aside from the restricted ones) are free?(Obviously within reason)I'm basing this question off of your repsonse to me in the challenge forum.-Ambisinister

Hm, you're right, I do... and yes. The "within reason" basically applies as, "just make it look cool, not load down with redundant bonuses." I really pushed the limit last time, since the idea was to showcase the effectiveness of the arsenal Celestial Monkey lets you use. - IanPrice

Ok, I've got another question: You've got 6 abilities listed, and you can't raise an ability over 3 with the points granted in Step Three of character creation. That totals to 18 points spent, so what'd you do with the other 10 points? I'm also unsure how you got 6 abilities to 5, which would cost 12 bonus points, and also raised your essence to 4, which would cost another 14 bonus points. The only explanation I can come up with is that we're allowed to raise abilities to 5 at Step Three. Is that correct?-Ambisinister