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• Dec 27, 2016

  Dragon's Dogma: Saurians

  

  This is the fourth post of a series converting Dragon’s Dogma enemies to GURPS. Previous posts can be found below:

  • Humans
  • Goblins
  • Wolves

  Saurians are the least populous of the three sapient species inhabiting the Gransys peninsula. They are less technically sophisticated than humans but require little in the way of tools due to their great strength and hardiness. And while they’re not nearly as malicious as goblins, they’re fiercely territorial and have no qualms about eating any trespassers.

  A Saurian’s body is densely muscled and covered in scales similar to a crocodile’s in texture. Their heads resemble those of bearded dragons, and their mouths are filled with sharp teeth. A Saurian is able to walk upright not just because of its roughly humanoid limbs, but because of its thick tail that acts as a counterweight and shifts its center of mass backwards. The final result makes even a burly human warrior look rather puny.

  Saurians live in small bands humans call “basks” for their tendency to be found basking in the sun. They reproduce by laying large eggs with soft, slimy shells that require constaint moisture, which means basks often claim territory near large bodies of water.

  Saurians fight using crude spears and polearms sized for their large frames. These and the occasional rawhide satchel are the most sophisticated tools any human has seen them use. Those experienced in fighting them know to sever the tail: it can be targeted from the side or behind at a -2 penalty. Like the tail of certain mundane lizards, it comes off easily: injury over HP/2 is enough to sever it, which means the Saurian is unable to stand upright. This doesn’t reduce its movement, but it does mean it can only use its natural weapons to fight.

  Saurians in this state will usually try to flee the battle. The tail grows back in time even if severed!

  Below are descriptions of all species of saurian found in the original game and its expansion. They are meant to be worthy challenges to 250-point delvers, which makes them quite scary for less powerful characters.

  Common Saurian

  The most commonly found variety of Saurian is a dark brownish green in color, and conforms exactly to the general description above. They are cold-blooded, and thus tend to keep to Gransys’ warmer southern reaches.

  In the original game, there was a sizable group of them living in a flooded seaside cave underneath Cassardis, complete with a large amount of eggs.

  ST 15; DX 12; IQ 8; HT 12

  SM +1; Dodge 9; Parry 11U (dueling glaive); DR 4 (Tough Skin);

  HP 15; Will 10; Per 10; FP 12

  Basic Speed 6; Move 7.

  • Oversized Crude Dueling Glaive (16): 1d+4 imp or 2d+4 cut, Reach 1,2*.
  • Claw or Bite (14): 1d cut. The bite benefits from Born Biter (DF 3, p. 15).
  • Tail Swipe (12): 1d+1 cr. No penalty to hit targets behind the saurian.

  Traits: Born Biter; Claws (Sharp); DR 4 (Tough Skin); Peripheral Vision; Striker (Tail, Clumsy: -2 to hit); Teeth (Sharp); Terrain Adaptation (Swamp); Bestial; Cold-Blooded 2; Social Stigma (Monster).

  Skills: Polearm-16, Brawling-14, Wrestling-14, Stealth-12

  Class: Mundane.

  Equipment: Crude, oversized dueling glaive.

  Sulfur Saurian

  This species of Saurian is so named for the color of their scales, which are black with bright yellow streaks. They are a little more tolerant of the cold than Common Saurians, and thus live further north. They share the same general traits described above, and possess two other remarkable abilities: they can shift the color of their scales to match their surroundings, and they can spit paralytic venom!

  Basks of Sulfur Saurians are common on the margins of the river crossing the Cursewood in central Gransys and on the warm waters of Lake Hardship, being one of the reasons for the lake’s name.

  ST 17; DX 12; IQ 8; HT 12

  SM +1; Dodge 9; Parry 11U (dueling glaive); DR 4 (Tough Skin);

  HP 17; Will 10; Per 10; FP 12

  Basic Speed 6; Move 7.

  • Oversized Crude Dueling Glaive (16): 1d+5 imp or 2d+5 cut, Reach 1,2*. Often laced with the poison described below.
  • Claw or Bite (14): 1d+1 cut. The bite benefits from Born Biter (DF 3, p. 15) and from the poison described below.
  • Poison Spit (12): HT to resist; failure entails a non-cumulative -3 to DX and IQ for 1 hour. Acc 3, Range 10.
  • Tail Swipe (12): 1d+2 cr. No penalty to hit targets behind the saurian.

  Traits: Born Biter; Claws (Sharp); Chameleon 4; DR 4 (Tough Skin); Peripheral Vision; Striker (Tail, Clumsy: -2 to hit); Teeth (Sharp); Terrain Adaptation (Swamp); Bestial; Cold-Blooded 1; Social Stigma (Monster).

  Skills: Polearm-16, Brawling-14, Wrestling-14, Stealth-12

  Class: Mundane.

  Equipment: Crude, oversized dueling glaive.

  Geo Saurian

  This species has even stronger than a normal saurian, and has more clearly supernatural traits. Their scales are black with small red streaks, and have a metallic cast to them. Like sulfur saurians, they can change their coloration to match the environment and have dangerous spit. Unlike sulfur saurians, their sticky spit is flaming, not poisonous.

  Geo Saurians can only be found on volcanic mountains or near active geothermal vents. The most well-known concentration of these features is the Tainted Mountain, which lies in the monster-infested range west of Gransys’s borders. That’s not to say they couldn’t be found within some deep dungeon that also had these features, along with other fire-themed beasts!

  ST 20; DX 12; IQ 8; HT 12

  SM +1; Dodge 10; Parry 12U (dueling glaive); DR 7 (Tough Skin);

  HP 20; Will 12; Per 12; FP 12

  Basic Speed 6; Move 7.

  • Oversized Crude Dueling Glaive (16): 2d+3 imp or 3d+5 cut, Reach 1,2*.
  • Claw or Bite (14): 2d-2 cut with linked 1d burning. The bite benefits from Born Biter (DF 3, p. 15).
  • Flaming Spit (12): 1d burning. Acc 3, Range 10.
  • Tail Swipe (12): 2d cr. No penalty to hit targets behind the saurian.

  Traits: Born Biter; Claws (Sharp); Combat Reflexes; Chameleon 4; DR 7 (Tough Skin); Peripheral Vision; Striker (Tail, Clumsy: -2 to hit); Teeth (Sharp); Terrain Adaptation (Swamp); Bestial; Cold-Blooded 2; Social Stigma (Monster).

  Skills: Polearm-16, Brawling-14, Wrestling-14, Stealth-12

  Class: Mundane.

  Equipment: Crude, oversized dueling glaive.

  Saurian Variants

  In all cases, the stat blocks above are for average saurians of each type. The GM is free to increase their skills and attributes to produce exceptional individuals without any additional justification! A few possible variants found in the game merit special mention.

  Giant Saurians

  Some saurians reach absurd sizes! Maybe they just never stop growing, or maybe these have been contaminated by ambient magical energies. Take a normal saurian and increase its SM to +2; multiply ST by 1.5. Their even bigger weapons add +1 to damage on top of the ST increase. Truly colossal specimens at SM+3, ST x2 and +2 weapon damage might exist if the GM is feeling particularly sadistic.

  Pyre Saurians

  Despite their shape, they are not actual saurians, but lizard-shaped elemental beings of pure fire and magma. Start with the stats for a geo saurian and change its class to Elemental. Add Injury Tolerance (Homogenous), +2d to the burning damage from the bite and spit, and a 1d burning emanation in a 2 meter radius. Fortunately, they use no weapons and always rely on their natural claws, bite and tail.

  Saurian Sages

  Despite their bestial nature, Saurians do have a mystical tradition centered around mastering their vulnerability to cold. Those rare individuals who complete a pilgrimage to the roots of the world are able to master cold itself! To make a Saurian Sage, start with a normal saurian and remove Cold-Blooded. Raise IQ to at least 12, and add three or more levels of Water College Magery or Elemental Empowerment related to water. Give them any appropriate ice-themed spells or elementalist powers you wish. If starting from a geo saurian, their burning spit becomes freezing instead: it still does burning damage, but it’s no longer incendiary.

  Variant Stacking

  “Pyre Saurian” and “Saurian Sage” are incompatible with each other. You won’t even find individuals of both types working together! However, both variants are compatible with the “Giant” upgrade, and combining them can give you something not entirely unlike a dragon.

• Dec 19, 2016

  Pathfinder Iconics in Dungeon Fantasy: Jirelle

  Welcome back to our series of conversions of Pathfinder’s Iconic Characters to GURPS Dungeon Fantasy! This is the ninth post in the series. Previous entries can be found here:

  • Amiri the Barbarian
  • Lem the Bard
  • Kyra the Cleric
  • Lini the Druid
  • Seelah the Paladin
  • Valeros the Fighter
  • Harsk the Ranger
  • Sajan the Monk

  Today’s template is the Swashbuckler, which means today’s character is Jirelle. Here she is:

  

  Even if you’re familiar with Pathfinder’s Iconics, Jirelle might be somewhat new to you. This is because the class she represents, the Swashbuckler, is not from the core rules but from the “Advanced Class Guide” supplement. You can find her bio here, and the only place where I could find her stats is inside this free package of premade iconic characters that contains all of them.

  From these, we can learn the following:

  • Jirelle is a half-elf born in the Shackles, a pirate-infested archipelago. She sunk her evil pirate’s mother ship to avoid becoming a demonic sacrifice, but the ship and its whole crew later returned as undead. Her main long-term goal is returning them to the depths.

  • Her fighting style is acrobatic and daring, relying a lot on precision and fencing skill.

  • She wields a rapier as her main weapon, and despite the illustration showing one of every traditional off-hand fencing weapon on her person, the character sheet indicates the buckler is her favorite.

  It turns out we have quite a bit more options when picking a template for Jirelle than we did back when I first started writing this series! The recently released GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Swashbucklers has five different swashbuckler templates, each one with a slightly different focus! Now, Jirelle’s piratical background might point to the Buccaneer, but her Pathfinder stats are all about the flashy fencing with only a slight nod towards seafaring skills. So it turns out that the default Swashbuckler template really is the best choice here. We just have to make sure she knows how to sail.

  I’m pretty satisfied with the result! Dungeon Fantasy Jirelle has skill 20 with her rapier and skill 18 with her buckler, which enables some pretty cool tricks. She also knows her way around a ship, and her Charisma helps boost her social skills and Rapier Wit ability. Making her a better leader of men would be a good use of earned character points, especially in parties that lack a more dedicated social character. And of course, points spent on Rapier will never go to waste!

  Speaking of “points spent on Rapier”, this version of Jirelle spends one character point on extra starting cash so she can afford the Edged Rapier.

  Jirelle, 249-point Half-Elf Swashbuckler

  ST 11 {10}; DX 16 {100}¹; IQ 10 {0}; HT 13 {30}

  Damage 1d-1/1d+1; BL 12.1kg; HP 11; Will 10; Per 10; FP 13; Basic Speed 7.25; Basic Move 7.

  Advantages

  • Charisma 2 {10}
  • Combat Reflexes {15}
  • Enhanced Parry (Rapier) 2 {10}
  • Half-Elf {20}
  • Luck {15}
  • Magery 0 {0}¹
  • Perfect Balance {15}
  • Rapier Wit {5}
  • Weapon Master (Rapier & Buckler) {25}

  Disadvantages

  • Code of Honor (Pirate’s) {-5}
  • Gregarious {-10}
  • Impulsiveness (12) {-10}
  • Obsession (Acquire a ship and crew to defeat my evil mother) (12) {-10}
  • Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) {-10}
  • Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions) {-5}
  • Social Stigma (Half-Breed) {0}¹

  Skills

  • Acrobatics (H) DX+1 {4}² - 17
  • Boxing (A) DX {2} - 16
  • Carousing (E) HT {1} - 13
  • Climbing (A) DX {1}² - 16
  • Fast-Draw (Knife) (E) DX+1 {1}³ - 17
  • Fast-Draw (Sword) (E) DX+1 {1}³ - 17
  • Fast-Talk (E) IQ {1} - 10
  • Intimidation (A) Will {2} - 10
  • Jumping (E) DX {1} ‐ 16
  • Leadership (A) IQ+1 {1}⁴ - 11
  • Public Speaking (A) IQ+2 {2}⁴ - 12
  • Rapier (A) DX+4 {16} - 20
  • Seamanship (E) IQ {2} - 10
  • Shield (Buckler) (E) DX+2 {4} - 18
  • Stealth (A) DX-1 {1} - 15
  • Streetwise (A) IQ {2} - 10
  • Thrown Weapon (Knife) (E) DX {1} - 16
  • Wrestling (A) DX {2} - 16

  Equipment

  $1378.0, 11.53kg. No encumbrance!

  • Ordinary Clothing [Torso, Limbs]: Free, 1kg.
  • Boots [Feet]: DR 2*. $80, 1.5kg.
  • Hat, Wide [Head]: $18, 0.15kg.
  • Leather Jacket [Torso, Arms]: DR 1*. $50, 2kg.
  • Leather Pants [Legs]: DR 1*. $40, 1.5kg.
  • Light Buckler [Torso]: DB 1. $25, 1kg.
  • Rapier [Torso]: Damage thr+1 imp or sw cut. $1000, 1.5kg.
  • Backpack, Small [Torso]: Holds 20kg of gear. $60, 1.5kg.
  • Personal Basics [Backpack]: $5, 0.5kg.
  • Waterskin [Backpack]: Holds 4L of liquid (4kg if water). $10, 0.13kg.

  1. Part of or modified by Half-Elf Racial Template. ↩ ↩² ↩³

  2. Includes +1 from Perfect Balance ↩ ↩²

  3. Includes +1 from Combat Reflexes ↩ ↩²

  4. Includes +2 from Charisma ↩ ↩²

• Dec 17, 2016

  Dragon's Dogma: Wolves

  

  This post is part of a series converting Dragon’s Dogma enemies to GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. Please go here for links to all other posts in the series.

  Not even goblins are as annoying as the wolves of Gransys. The original game’s suicidally aggressive monster AI combined with the move set of the “wolf” monster family ensures that even basic wolves remain a nuisance long after they’ve stopped being a threat. It doesn’t help that your pawns will helpfully expound on anti-wolf tactics for even the easiest such encounter. Hopefully the tabletop version will be a little better in that regard. This article covers all sorts of canine enemies, but we start with the most basic of them all:

  Wolves

  The southern forests and mountain passes of Gransys are home to packs of large, brownish wolves. Most of the time, they stay away from civilization and restrict their hunting to other wild animals further down the food chain. A wolf pack will only target livestock if no wild prey is available, and will only attack people if they are utterly desperate. Unfortunately, both situations have become more common ever since increased bandit and goblin presence in Southern Gransys made game scarcer.

  Use the Wolf stats from p. B458 for average wolves, and the more powerful Hound and Timber Wolf stats from DF 5 p. 9 for large specimens (of which there is at least one per pack encountered).

  Dire Wolves

  The colder northern reaches of Gransys are home to a larger and more vicious white-furred species of wolf. The smallest of them use the Hound template from DF 5, and they frequently get up to the size shown in DF 2, p. 22. While they mostly stick to wild prey deep in the woods, they are much more confident about targetting livestock and humans who wander into their territory.

  Wargs

  These horrible creatures look like standard wolves from a distance, but closer inspection will reveal their true natures. Wargs are undead wolves, with rotted-through hides and infected bites. Forget any semblance of realistic behavior here - they hang out in tombs and dungeons and prefer their meals to be sapient and alive at the time of eating.

  To make a warg, take a normal or dire wolf and change its class to Undead. Change DR to 4, add Injury Tolerance (Unliving), and add a 1d toxic follow-up to their bite, resisted with HT-2.

  Hell Hounds

  These horrors are stirred up by the coming of the Dragon, and enter the world through the same portal as it. They are even more untroubled my mundane physiology than wargs: their blood boils, and they breathe fire at will.

  To make a hell hound, take a normal or dire wolf and change its class to Demon. Change DR to 5 (15 vs. Fire), add Injury Tolerance (Homogenous), and a 2d Burning Innate Attack with the Cone enhancement. The cone is three yards wide at its widest. They can use this attack at will, and are happy to do so since they don’t need to worry about friendly fire!

  Wolves Hunt in Packs!

  All enemies described in this article fight in a similar way. The pack attempts to surround the target, and some of the wolves will distract it with growls and feints so that others can bite from unexpected angles. They usually know their territory fairly well, and might try to herd a particularly mobile victim to a spot they can’t run away from.

  All “wolf”-like enemies should have the Wrestling skill even if that’s not listed in their original stats, at a level equal to the highest of their Brawling or DX. They like to use that to grab their targets with a bite and pull them to the ground, enabling the rest of the pack to move in and gang up on the victim.

• Dec 14, 2016

  Dragon's Dogma: Goblins

  

  We eats when we wants and sleeps when we're tired of eating!
  
  - Goblin Motto
  

  This post is part of a series converting Dragon’s Dogma enemies to GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. Please go here for links to all other posts in the series.

  In the last post we saw that Gransys has a serious bandit problem, but it’s not nearly as bad as its goblin problem. A lone goblin is not much of a threat to anyone trained in fighting, but they’re never alone! The danger posed by a force of goblins grows out of proportion to their individual might, as they quickly organize themselves under the leadership of “goblin kings”.

  Despite this, they don’t have anything resembling a complex culture: there’s no goblin language, and “goblin art” is almost an oxymoron. Goblins live in mountain caves and obtain most of their complex tools by stealing them from humans. A goblin king is simply a goblin who’s smarter or stronger than usual and who manages to browbeat a group of his fellows into obeying. Capable enough monarchs soon find themselves in command of a small army, and might manage to even enslave larger monsters such as cyclopes. Much of the Duke’s strategy with those centrally-controlled border fortresses aims to protect Gransys from goblin raids originating in the mountain chains west of the duchy.

  Smaller groups are everywhere within Gransys, operating like more chaotic bandits. Despite their common interests, goblins and human bandits don’t get along well - goblins are just as happy to attack them as they are to attack civilians.

  Goblin

  Your average goblin is a small humanoid with reddish skin, pointy ears and teeth, and cat-like eyes. They’re rarely more than about five feet tall, and their intellect is nothing to write home about. They use improvised or scavenged weapons.

  Racial Template (-51 points)

  Attribute Modifiers: IQ-2 {-40}; HT+1 {10}.

  Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -1; Basic Move -1 {-5}

  Advantages: Infravision {10}; Resistant to Metabolic Hazards +3 {10}; Teeth (Sharp) {1}; Giant Weapons 1 {1}.

  Disadvantages: Appearance Ugly {-8}; Bully (12) {-10}; Cowardice (12) {-10}; Laziness {-10};

  Goblin Rabble

  These are typical representatives of the goblin stereotype. They live in caves or crude camps and love to rob and torment passing travelers. One of them is still a credible threat to an unarmed civilian, and they always come in large numbers.

  ST 10; DX 11; IQ 8; HT 11

  SM -1; Dodge 8; Parry 9U (light mace); DR 0;

  HP 10; Will 8; Per 8; FP 11

  Basic Speed 5.5; Move 5.

  • Cheap Small Mace (12): 1d+2 cr.
  • Punch (10): 1d-3 cr.
  • Grapple (10): Uses Wrestling.

  Traits: As per the Goblin racial template.

  Class: Mundane.

  Equipment: Cheap small mace, rags.

  Hobgoblin

  These are much bigger and stronger than normal goblins. It’s unknown whether they are a separate species or not, but a group of them can often be found bossing smaller goblins around. Hobgoblins are more sophisticated than their smaller, lazier cousins: they can make their own equipment and are more skilled and disciplined in combat. Despite this, individuals aren’t all that smarter than normal goblins.

  Racial Template (-6 points)

  Attribute Modifiers: ST+2 {20}, IQ-2 {-40}; HT+1 {10}

  Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Will+2 {10}; Per +2 {10}

  Advantages: Infravision {10}; Resistant to Metabolic Hazards +3 {10}; Teeth (Fangs) {2}

  Disadvantages: Appearance Ugly {-8}; Bully (12) {-10}; Bloodlust (12) {-10}; Sadism {-10};

  Hobgoblin Grunt

  The hobgoblin rank and file are more enthusiastic about fighting than common goblins. They roam in small bands, sometimes with an accompanying gaggle of goblins. They use swords, shields and mail armor of hobgoblin make. Their overall behavior is more in line with that of human bandits than common goblins, but they consider human bandits to be prey like any other human.

  ST 14; DX 11; IQ 8; HT 13

  SM 0; Dodge 9 (10); Parry 10 (11) (sword); Block 10 (11); DR 4/2*.

  HP 14; Will 10; Per 10; FP 13;

  Basic Speed 6; Move 6.

  • Cheap Thrusting Broadsword (14): 2d+1 cut or 1d+2 imp.
  • Shield Bash (14): 1d cr.
  • Grapple (14): Uses Wrestling. Effective ST 16.

  Class: Mundane.

  Traits: As per Hobgoblin racial template.

  Equipment: Cheap thrusting broadsword, mail armor, small shield.

  Variants

  Not all goblins are average! The sample enemies given above are the equivalent of humans built with the 62-point templates in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 15: Henchmen. Exceptional individuals built with the Brute, Skirmisher or Killer 125-point templates and one of the racial templates above are relatively common, and the variations below may also be found.

  Goblin King

  This is a remarkably intelligent member of the species, able to forge the usual goblin rabble into a more efficient fighting force. Raise IQ by 2+, add one or more levels of Born War Leader and the skills covered by that talent. The smarter and more talented the king, the larger the force they can command! Really strong kings might be built with the Knight template from DF 1.

  Goblin Mage

  Some exceptional goblins delve into the arcane arts rather than contenting themselves with brute force. Minor shamans with IQ 11, Magery 1 and around 10 spells are as likely to lead small goblin bands as a king. More powerful examples exist as part of larger communities or deep in the mountains. Build them with the Apprentice or Wizard templates.

  Grimgoblins

  These terrible creatures hint at the true origin of goblins. They look like an albino version of normal goblins or hobgoblins, but are much more dangerous than either! Most people have never seen one, and think they are a myth. The coming of the Dragon will make them see their error.

  Build a normal goblin or hobgoblin first, using any of the templates and variations above. Change Class to Demon. Raise ST by 5, DX and HT by 2, combat skills by 2 or more. Change Resistant to Metabolic Hazards to Immunity to Metabolic Hazards. Grim Kings and Mages are proportionally smarter and more dangerous as well.

• Dec 13, 2016

  Pathfinder Iconics in Dungeon Fantasy: Sajan

  Welcome back to our series of conversions of Pathfinder’s Iconic Characters to GURPS Dungeon Fantasy! This is the eighth post in the series. Previous entries can be found here:

  • Amiri the Barbarian
  • Lem the Bard
  • Kyra the Cleric
  • Lini the Druid
  • Seelah the Paladin
  • Valeros the Fighter
  • Harsk the Ranger

  Now, this should really have been the seventh post in the series, as the Martial Artist template comes before Scout. In any case, we’ll address it today, which means our character is Sajan. Here he is:

  

  I think he looks kinda awesome. Anyway, his bio and his official stats give us the following information:

  • He was born in Vudra, his world’s India analogue, where he was a member of the warrior caste along with his beloved twin sister Sajni. Even after they were posted to separate barracks at the age of 12 they still met regularly to spar and hang out.

  • Sajni was given away as part of a peace agreement, and Sajan ran after her. He tracked her down to Absalom, his world’s “big cosmopolitan city”, and has been looking for her since.

  • As a monk he’s quite acrobatic and prefers to rely on his flurry of blows in combat. He might also grapple or trip opponents with his hooked “temple sword” if that’s more tactically advantageous.

  The biggest difficulty I see in building Sajan as a DF Martial Artist is that his Pathfinder version uses unarmed strikes a lot more often than the sword, and those are harder to make effective in GURPS. My version of him has a bigger focus on the temple sword, which I statted up as a khopesh from Low-Tech. As a Weapon Master, he can cause quite a bit of damage with swings, and he’s almost as skilled with grapples and unarmed strikes. The gauntlets help him punch armed and armored opponents without hurting his hands. Sajan’s special skills cover many of the abilities d20 Monks have, as well. His very limited equipment loadout means I didn’t need to spend any character points for extra starting cash!

  Sajan, 250-point Human Martial Artist

  ST 11 {10}; DX 16 {120}; IQ 10 {0}; HT 12 {20}

  Damage 1d/2d-1; BL 12.1kg; HP 11; Will 11 {5}; Per 10; FP 12; Basic Speed 7.00; Basic Move 8 {5}

  Advantages

  • Chi Talent 2 {30}
  • Striking ST 2 (Chi, -10%) {9}
  • Super Jump 1 (Chi, -10%) {9}
  • Trained by a Master {30}
  • Weapon Master (Temple Sword) {20}

  Disadvantages

  • Disciplines of Faith (Chi Rituals) {-10}
  • Honesty (12) {-10}
  • No Sense of Humor {-10}
  • Obsession (12) (Find my sister) {-10}
  • Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions) {-5}
  • Vow (Vegetarianism) {-5}

  Skills

  • Acrobatics (H) DX-1 {2} - 15
  • Broadsword (A) DX+1 {4} - 17
  • Climbing (A) DX-1 {1} - 15
  • Fast-Draw (Shuriken) (E) DX {1} - 16
  • Judo (H) DX {4} - 16
  • Jumping (E) DX {1} - 16
  • Karate (H) DX {4} - 16
  • Meditation (H) Will-1 {2} - 10
  • Running (A) HT-1 {1} - 11
  • Stealth (A) DX-1 {1} - 15
  • Tactics (H) IQ {4} - 10

  Special Skills

  All include +2 from Chi Talent

  • Flying Leap (H) IQ+1 {2} - 11
  • Immovable Stance (H) DX+1 {2} - 17
  • Parry Missile Weapons (H) DX+1 {2} - 17
  • Power Blow (H) Will+1 {2} - 12
  • Pressure Points (H) IQ+1 {2} - 11
  • Push (H) DX+1 {2} - 17
  • Throwing Art (H) DX+1 {2} - 17
  • Body Control (VH) HT {2} - 12

  Loadout

  $710, 10kg. No encumbrance!

  • Ordinary Clothing [Torso, Limbs]: Free, 1kg.
  • Cloth Armor [Torso]: DR 1*. $30, 3kg.
  • Cloth Sleeves [Arms]: DR 1*. $20, 1kg.
  • Leather Leggings [Legs]: DR 1*. $40, 1kg.
  • Gauntlets [Hands]: DR 4; $100, 1kg.
  • Shoes [Feet]: DR 1*. $40, 1kg.
  • Belt Pouch [Torso]: Holds 1.5kg of small items.
  • Star Shuriken x5 [Pouch]: Damage thr-1 cut. $15, 0.25kg.
  • Spike Shuriken x5 [Pouch]: Damage thr-2 imp. $15, 0.25kg.
  • Temple Sword [Torso]: As a khopesh from Low-Tech. Damage sw+1 cut or thr-2 imp; Parry 0U; can hook enemies. $450, 1.5kg.
  • $290 in coin.

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