TonyC/StudentToTheSunAndStars
Student has partial mastery of Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style. His "trick" is Soul Fire Shaper Form to get his Essence to 10 and then use (Type) Exalt Ways to gain the anima banner and effect of another Exalt type plus adding Essence (10!) automatic success (!) to a favored Ability or Attribute. By picking the right Exalt type and favored ability, Student could guarantee himself at least 10 successes in any one ability or attribute.
Name: Student To The Sun And Stars
Caste: Night
Concept: Kung-fu Master
Nature: Paragon
Anima: Five colored orbs orbiting around a golden sun.
Quote: "Everything has a time and place."
TonyC/StudentToTheSunAndStarsAnalysis
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Student To The Sun And Stars as starting character
Student was an Immaculate acolyte in Cherak. He exalted during a bandit raid and while he manages to save his life and his fellow acolytes, now his friends and teachers viewed him as a demon and a beast. His world crashed down around him, but he manages to pull through. Now he wanders around from place to place as an itinerant ghost-hunter while searching for the reason for his exaltation and figuring out just how those letters and treatises on martial arts appear on his knapsack while he wasn't looking.
Attributes
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2
Mental: Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 5
Abilities
Dawn: Archery 0, Brawl 0, *Martial Arts 5 (barehanded +2), Melee 0, Thrown 0
Zenith: *Endurance 2, Performance 0, Presence 0, *Resistance 5, Survival 0
Twilight: Craft 0, Investigation 0, Lore 1, Medicine 1, *Occult 1
Night: Athletics 3, Awareness 3, Dodge 5, Larceny 1, Stealth 1
Eclipse: Bureaucracy 0, *Linguistics 1, Ride 0, Sail 0, Socialize 1
Note: * = Favored skill.
Languages spoken: Skytongue & Low Realm.
Virtues: Compassion 2, Conviction 4, Temperance 5, Valor 1
Backgrounds: Artifact 2, Contact 1, Resources 1, Mentor 3
Willpower: 9, Essence: 2, Essence Pool: 15 personal + 35 peripheral
Virtue Flaw: Ascetic Drive (Temperance)
Charms
- Spirit Sight
- Spirit Walking
- Body-Mending Meditation
- Mastery of Small Manners
- Graceful Crane Stance
- Striking Cobra Technique
- Serpentine Evasion
- Sensory Acuity Prana
- Reed in The Wind
- Shadow Over Water
HL: -0, -1, -1, -2, -2, -4, Incapacitated.
Notes: Anybody who wants to use Student as a starting character is advised to get the best armor he can gets and a serpent-sting staff. Never ever show your caste mark because while you can fight mortals, ghosts, and low-essence spirits, as long as they don't get a chance to gang up on you, even a single properly decked Dragon-Blooded is more than your match.
Student at 500 XP
Total XP: 411. The rest of the XP should be spent on Night things, like maybe those Stealth and Larceny and Athletics. I suggest as many Athletic charms as you feel comfy. Keeing with the ghost-hunter concept, perhaps raise Occult to 5 too.
Attributes
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2
Mental: Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 5
Abilities
Dawn: Archery 0, Brawl 0, *Martial Arts 5 (barehanded +3), Melee 0, Thrown 0
Zenith: *Endurance 2, Performance 0, Presence 0, *Resistance 5, Survival 0
Twilight: Craft 0, Investigation 0, Lore 1, Medicine 1, *Occult 1
Night: Athletics 3, Awareness 3, Dodge 5, Larceny 1, Stealth 1
Eclipse: Bureaucracy 0, *Linguistics 1, Ride 0, Sail 0, Socialize 1
Note: * = Favored skill.
Languages spoken: Skytongue & Low Realm.
Virtues: Compassion 2, Conviction 4, Temperance 5, Valor 2
Backgrounds: No longer applicable. For this fight though, he has a Gem of Perfect Mobility (level 5 hearthstone) and a full Essence-Containing Gem (Artifact 5) whose origin we shan't question.
Willpower: 9, Essence: 5, Essence Pool: 24 personal + 57 peripheral
Virtue Flaw: Ascetic Drive (Temperance)
Charms
- Martial Arts: Spirit Sight, Spirit Walking. Snake Style: Striking Cobra Technique, Serpentine Evasion, Snake Form, Essence Fangs & Scales Technique, Uncoiling Serpent Prana, Snake Strikes The Heel, Armor Penetrating Fang Strike, Striking Serpent Speed, Crippling Pressure Point Strike, Essence Venom Strike. Ebon Shadow Style: Image of Death Technique, Wall Climbing Technique, Distracting Finger Gesture Attack. Violet Bier of Sorrows Style: Secrets of Future Strife, Joy in Adversity Stance. Prismatic Arrangement of Creation Style: Charm Redirection Technique, Sequential Charm Disruption, Spell Shattering Palm, Astrology Interruption Method, Soul Fire Shaper Form,
Chosen of Endings Sidereal Ways, Chosen of Secrets Sidereal Ways.
- Endurance: Ox-Body Technique (-1, -2, -2) x 2, Essence Gathering Temper.
- Resistance: Durability of Oak Meditation, Iron Skin Concentration, Spirit Strengthens The Skin, Adamant Skin Technique.
- Medicine: Body Mending Meditation.
- Athletics: Graceful Crane Stance.
- Awareness: Sensory Acuity Prana, Surprise Anticipation Method.
- Dodge: Reed in The Wind, Shadow Over Water, Seven-Shadow Evasion, Leaping Dodge Method.
- Socialize: Mastery of Small Manners
Base Initiative: 10
Attacks:
Fists: Speed 10, Accuracy 11 (14), Damage 2B, Defense 11 (14), Rate 5
Kicks: Speed 7, Accuracy 11 (14), Damage 5B, Defense 11 (14), Rate 3
(Numbers in parentheses is for specialties)
Dodge Pool: 15
Soak: 4B/2L/0A (unarmored)
Health Levels: -0 | -1(x4) | -2(x6) | -4 | Incapacitated
Combos:
Three Strikes Chi Disruption Method: Surprise Anticipation Method, Distracting Finger Gesture Attack, Seven Shadow Evasion, Leaping Dodge Method, Essence Gathering Temper, Adamant Skin Technique, Snake Strikes The Heel, Charm Redirection Technique, Sequential Charm Disruption. (cost: 35 XP)
God-Defeating Palm: Seven Shadow Evasion, Leaping Dodge Method, Essence Venom Strike, Armor Penetrating Fang Strike, Uncoiling Serpent Prana. (cost: 23 XP)
Notes: There are three tactics Student can use. One by using Sequential Essence Disruption to disrupt the opponent's charm use. This is powerful, but really really expensive in terms of motes and WP. Then there's God Defeating Palm, which, if it hits, should do a number. Last, Striking Serpent Speed and just spam attack someone. All the tactics depend on Soul Fire Shaper Form and Exalt Ways. I'd be a lot happier if I can sneak in Joy in Adversity Stance somehow, but oh well, can't have everything, I guess.
