Cast of Characters

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PLAYER CHARACTERS
Anami, the Blacksmith
Ryuno, the Alchemist
Takabe Koji, Bodyguard
Sheng, the Priest

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS, COMPANIONS
Sato, the Butcher's son
Emvrel the Red (Ronin)
Zethanin , the Light of the People (Ronin)
Imara the Grand (Ronin)[/s]
Om'ade of the Flame  (Ronin)
Danyr of the Golden Sword (Ronin)
Rynfeng Dragon-Slayer (Ronin)

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS, OTHERS
Lord Honvesa, the Daimyo of Clan Uzza
Alic, the daimyo's courtier/advisor
Hisssto, the daimyo's advisor of magic
Anami's friend
Captured ninja
The ninja ambushers
Misako, the Child
Old Kojima, the Father
Bucci, The Butcher
Muksamim, the Mayor
Mesa, The Village
The Frontier Fortress survivors
Bas-in, The Town destroyed
Maria, Candle.Torch Vendor
Felecia, the Witch Ryuno's ex-girlfriend

[WarLord]

Anami Nakamura

*Character concept: 
A blacksmithing female, 25 years old, fairly charming, and with a very harsh father, Kojima, who wants her to be strong. He does so because his wife (Anami's mother) died, and he is a lone and bitter oldman. Despite all hardships, by the age of 16 Anami discovered that she was special. She has the supernatural ability to create incredibly strong weaponry and armory just by shedding tears during the forge.

*Race: Human (1 free gift; 3 free attribute levels; 35 skill levels)

*Supporting NPCs:
Sato, The butcher's son, who is in love with her; Sheng, The towns priest in whom she trusts; and Misako, her little sister, who is sick and about to die

*Gifts & Faults:
Attractive [+1]; Lucky [+1]; Impulsive [-1]

total (spent/max)= 1/1

*Primary Attributes:
Agility: Fair [+0]           
Stamina: Good [+1]
Strength: Good [+1]
Perception: Poor [-2]
Willpower: Great [+2]
Wits: Fair [+0]

total (spent/max)= 2/3

*Secondary Attributes:


*Skills:
Armorer/Weaponsmith [H]:  Fair [3]
Blacksmith [H]: Fair [3]
Calligraphy [M]: Fair [2]
Carving [M]: Fair [2]
Cooking [E]: Good [2]
Fencing [H]: Fair [3]
Knife [M]: Fair [2]
Knowledge (Legends/Stories [M]): Fair [2]
Language Skill (Olmos-ji [VH]): Fair [+0/Native]
Merchant [M]: Fair [2]
Two-handed Hammer [H]: Good [4]
Two-handed Sword [H]: Fair [3]
Weaving [M]: Good [3]

total: 31/35

*Fudge Points: 6

*Powers
Enchanted Forging: Poor

Sheet unfinished

[jlcsusara]

Takabe Koji

Player: J.Tim
Name: Takabe Koji
Race: Human

Profession: Ex-Courier/Bodyguard for minor noble. Specialized with spear (and standing very very still for very very long hours). He can whip his spear into a ready position at a moment's notice. What few people know is that his teacher was an old woman (taught him dancing, first) who rose to the exhaulted ranks of Lieutenant (or equivalent) in an Imperial Court. She gave him a book before he died which proclaimed her great love for another soldier in the Imperial Guard. His great quest is to bury this book with the soldier of her great love as soon as he finds his grave.

Attributes (3 free, 3 taken)
(0) Agility: Fair
(1) Stamina: Good
(1) Strength: Good
(1) Perception: Good
(0) Willpower: Fair
(0) Wits: Fair
(0) Psi: Fair

Gifts (1 Free, 1 taken)
Concentration (+1 to long tasks or +2 to single long-task skill)

Faults (1 taken)
Favors Owed ("that's *two* you owe me, junior")

Skill (35 free levels )
(2) Balance [M]: Fair
(3) Break Fall [M]: Good
(4) Bureaucracy [H]: Good
(2) Dancing [M]: Fair
(2) Detect Lie [M]: Fair
(3) Fast Draw (Spear) [H]: Good
(2) Find Hidden [M]: Fair
(1) Gambling [M: Mediocre
(0) Juggling [H]: Poor
(1) Jumping [M]: Mediocre
(3) Heraldry [M]: Good
(1) Legends/Stories [M]: Mediocre
(2) Read Opponent [M]: Fair
(2) Riding [M]: Fair
(3) Short Sword [M]: Good
(4) Spear [M]: Great

Equipment
Ordinary clothes, change of clothes, 1 pair fine clothes (+1 to Presence in a court) carefully wrapped in satchel
1 satchel
some money (enough for a night at a good inn with dinner)
small knife to cut apples
shortsword (Wakizashi)
spear

[jlcsusara]

Sheng Kyuuya


RACE
Human (1 free gift; 3 free attribute levels; 35 skill levels)


ATTRIBUTES (3 free levels, 3 taken)
(0) Strength: FAIR
(0) Agility: FAIR
(1) Stamina: GOOD
(2) Willpower: GREAT
(0) Perception: FAIR
(0) Wits: FAIR

SKILLS (35 free levels)
(3) Councilor/Priest: GOOD
(2) Theology/Rituals: FAIR
(3) Oratory: GOOD
(2) Detect Lie: FAIR
(2) Divination: FAIR
(2) Survival: FAIR
(4) Bo Staff: GREAT (+2 ODF, +1 Parry)
(3) Unarmed Combat, Martial Arts: GOOD (+0 ODF)
(2) Throwing: FAIR (-1 ODF)
total (spent/max): 35/35

Free Supernormal Skills granted by the kami
(0) Aid Task: GOOD
(0) Banish Spirits: GOOD
(0) Bless: GOOD
(0) Exorcism: GOOD
(0) Healing: GOOD
(0) Remove Fatigue: GOOD
(0) Repel Undead: GOOD
(0) True Sight: GOOD
(0) Wards (Sutras): GOOD

GIFTS (1 free, 3 taken)
(1) Immunity/Resistance to Magic (+3 DDF)
(1) Immunity/Resistance to Diseases (+3 DDF)
(1) Immunity/Resistance to Poison (+3 DDF)


FAULTS (8 taken)
(1) Duty to the Priesthood
(1) Protection of the Innocent
(1) Vow of Chastity
(1) Selfless
(1) Pacifist
(1) Truthful
(1) Poverty
(1) Young


POWERS (1 taken, +2 steps)
(1) Divine Favor: GOOD (Can roll up to 3x per Petition but only last rolled is counted)


EQUIPMENT

[Cathrak]

Ryuno

Player: Cathrak
Race: Human (3 Free Attribute levels, 1 Free Gift, 35 Skill levels)
Age: 36
Fudge Points: 6

*Primary Attributes (3 free, 3 taken):
Agility:         Great[+2]
Stamina:      Mediocre[-1]
Strength:      Mediocre[-1]
Perception:  Good[1]
Willpower:   Good[1]
Wits:            Great[1]

*Skills (34 free, 34 taken):
Knowledge:
Alchemy [VH]                                Good [+5]
Arcane Lore [H]                              Fair [+3]
History [M]                                     Fair [+2]
Legends/Stories [M]                       Good [+3]
Literacy [M]                                    Great [+3]
Area Knowledge [E]                       Fair  [+1]
Language: Olmos-ji(Native) [VH]  Good [+1]

Actions:            
Haggle [H]                                      Mediocre [+2]
Poisons [M]                                     Good [+3]
Craft: Brewing [M]                          Fair [+2]
               
Weapon: Kusari-kama [H]              Good [+4]
Move Quietly [M]                            Good [+3]
Find Traps [M]                                  Fair [+2]

*Gifts (1 free, 2 taken)
Magical Talent: Hedge Magic   (Alchemical Transmutation)
Direction Sense

*Faults (1 taken):
Obsessed with all alchemical things

*Potions:
Stoneskin      Turn your skin into stone temporarily, while simultaneously making it really hard to think straight.                  
Firebreath   Spit a flame of uncontrollable size.                  
Speed:         Makes you very fast, but it is also very hard for you to stop without running into something.                  
Strength:      Perform one Act of near im possible strength, but oftentimes be very weak afterwards.                  
Healing:       Heals wounds but causes great pain and sometimes scarring.

*Posessions:
Magical Amulet of unknown capacities that grants access to the emperors court
Blood of a laughin tainted Oni in a vial (black with tinge of pretty pink and purple)      
A kusari-kama he augmented alchemicaly, it's weight shaped like a small human fist.      

Concept:
Ryuno heard about the ancient alchemical arts of creating and augmenting lifeforms, and now is obsessed with gaining knowledge about such things. He wants to make himself stronger, life longer and to create homunculi as his servants.

[Lorini]

Myaki (d'Ábliçe)

*Race:
Daemonic huntress in a daemonic forest.

*Character concept:
The dimension or world is covered in forests where her kind lives, each daemon in his own territory. As there are only few daemons in all of her world, she is not used to have many social contacts. When two of the daemonic hunters meet, it often ends up with a fight, because their territorial rivalry is very strong. They use pets like wargs, wolves or daemonic bears to do their fighting, while daemons stay back and control their pets through telepatic communication. After one pet succumbs, it and its hunter retreat and the territory fight ends without anyone dead.

The society Myaki lives in has very strong restrictions of territorial living and thinking, so everyone who gets too powerful is a danger to their world view. Therefore Myaki hates everything that gives single beeings too much power. This is the reason she is opposed to the great enemy in TAO's world, so she joins the group and tries to find her way in the new world and be helpful.

*Pet:
Warg. A daemonic wolf with great strength.
He is called Bengash.

*Gifts:
Longevity (Age: about 120, what is young for her kind)
Night Vision
Psionic Ability (Psionic Attribute Fair)
Psionic Healing                

*Faults:
Naive   (She is a bit simple in her view of the world)
Code of Honor (She does not kill defeated enemies)
Tactless (Not knowing much about the new world and social contacts she sometimes is tactless without meaning it)

*Psionic Skills:
Healing [M] Good (4) (Pet and humans)
Mind Speech [M] Good (4) (She can speak only to her own pet)

*Skill Levels:
Hunting [M] Good
Tracking [H] Superb
Orienteering [M] Good
Climbing [M] Fair
Stealth [H] Good
Spear [M] Good
Intimidation [M] Good
Riding [M] Fair

* Attributes
Agility: Great
Stamina: Good
Strength: Fair
Perception: Great
Willpower: Fair
Wits: Mediocre

[Papaganoush]

Onto
Human Monk
Male, 51 years old
5'3" 215 lbs
Brown Hair (shaved with a que) Brown eyes
Favors orange or brown Robes

Onto is a monk who has learned much in his years of travel and service. Quick to help and teach - stern in his  attitudes towards honor. He studies people and seems to know things beyond what is seen. Slow to fight and reluctant to kill unless necessary.

Never far from his Go board and cooking equipment. Onto loves to prepare meals for friends and strangers alike! Onto has a tattered orange robe he wears traveling and a new brown robe he wears when in civilized areas. His pack has several herbs and teas, a cooking pot, tea set and thick journal. His Jo stick is actually a fishing pole .

Ladder
Legendary (+5)
Epic (+4)
Superb (+3)
Great (+2)
Good (+1)
Fair (0)
Mediocre (-1)
Poor (-2)
Terrible (-3)
Abysmal (-4)

Attributes (3 Free, 4 Taken - 1 lowered)
Agility: Good
Stamina: Fair
Strength: Mediocre
Willpower: Great
Wits: Good

Secondary Attributes
Psi: Fair
Blood: Terrible
Humanity: Fair

Gifts: (1 Free, 2 Taken)
Good Reputation - Infamous, known for his wisdom (and cooking!) and ability to solve problems
Magic - Buddist Magic Gift

Faults: (3 Taken)
Duty/Code of Honor - Never kill when harm is enough, never harm when talk is enough...
Fanatasicm/Obsession - Teaches "the Path" to any who wish to seek the way. Always follows "the Path"
Old - well past his prime

Skills: (35 Free - 28 (+magic) Taken)
Acrobatics [H]: Mediocre
Area Knowledge [E]: Fair
Craft - Calligraphy [M]: Mediocre
Craft - Cooking [E]: Good
Deduction [M]: Mediocre
First Aid [M]: Fair
Fishing [M]: Fair
Go Player [?]: Fair
Knowledge - Philosophy [M]: Good
Knowledge - Theology [M]: Fair
Literacy [M]: Fair
Medicine [H]: Poor
Read Opponent [M]: Fair
Unarmed Combat - Tai Chi [H]: Good (defense - Great, offense - Fair)
Weapon Skill - Tonfa [M]: Good (Weapon Kata - used with unarmed combat)
Weapon Skill - Jo [H]: Fair

Magic - Buddist Magic
Attribute Chi: Good
Identify Fault: Mediocre
Read Energies: Fair
Read Past Lives: Poor
Four Tuths of Buddism: Mediocre
(Know Cause, Define Nature of Obstacle, Know Nomal State, Define Spiritual Cure)
Buddist Meditation: Fair
(4 stages: self, own past lives, ghost/spirits in present world, buddha pantheon)