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ILLUMINATED LU
Val Char Cost Roll Notes
15 STR 5 12 Lift 200.0kg; 3d6 [1]
20 DEX 30 13 OCV: 7/DCV: 7
18 CON 16 13
15 BODY 10 12
13 INT 3 12 PER Roll 12
11 EGO 2 11 ECV: 4
15 PRE 5 12 PRE Attack: 3d6
16 COM 3 12
5 PD 2 Total: 5 PD (0 rPD)
5 ED 1 Total: 5 ED (0 rED)
4 SPD 10 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12
7 REC 0
36 END 0
32 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 89
Movement: Running: 7"/14"
Leaping: 13"/26"
Swimming: 2"/4"
Cost Powers END
2 Snake*, Hawk or Crane Stance: +1 with Block (or *Dodge), Requires a DEX Roll, Costs
END
Heart Focused Breathing, all slots Extra Time (1 Turn (Post Segment 12), Only to
Activate, 3/4), Not Persistent (1/4)
1 1) Enhanced Reaction Time: Lightning Reflexes: +2 DEX to act first with All Actions;
Extra Time (1 Turn (Post Segment 12), Only to Activate, 3/4), Not Persistent (1/4)
2 2) Self Regulation: Rapid Healing; Extra Time (1 Turn (Post Segment 12), Only to
Activate, 3/4), Not Persistent (1/4)
1 3) Strategic Thinking: +1 with Tactics; Extra Time (1 Turn (Post Segment 12), Only to
Activate, 3/4), Not Persistent (1/4)
1 Blink: Sight Group Flash Defense (3 points); Awareness Based (1/2), Activation =
DEX Roll 14 (1/2), Nonpersistent (1/4)
5 Ch'i Healing: Simplified Healing BODY + STUN 1d6; Requires A Chinese Healing
Roll (1/2), 8 Charges (1/2) [8]
Wu Tang Abilities
7 CloudAscending Ladder: Leaping +10" (13" forward, 6 1/2" upward); Requires An
Acrobatics Roll (1/2) 1
5 Dianxue Hand : Killing Attack HandToHand 1 point (1/2d6 w/STR), Uncontrolled
(+1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Continuous (+1); Gradual Effect (1 Day; 1 3/4),
Requires A Chinese Healing Roll (1/2)
Notes: Shut off by Chinese Healing.
4 Martial Block +2 +2 Block, Abort
4 Martial Disarm 1 +1 Disarm; 25 STR to Disarm
4 Martial Dodge +5 Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort
3 Martial Grab 1 1 Grab Two Limbs, 25 STR for holding on
3 Martial Throw +0 +1 3d6 +v/5, Target Falls
5 Palm Slap / Kick 2 +1 7d6 Strike
4 Counterstrike +2 +2 5d6 Strike, Must Follow Block
5 Heaven and Earth as One: Passing Strike +1 +0 3d6 +v/5;
FMove
5 Defensive Throw +2 +2 Abort, Block, Target Falls
4 Taiji Swordplay or Lightning Fist or Rocket Fist; Fast Strike +2
+0 5d6 Strike
4 Soft Snow Swordplay or Turning Finger Soft Swordplay or Sword Finger: Killing
Strike 2 +0 HKA 1d6 +1; S Damage, STUN Only (0)
2 Weapon Element: Blades, Staffs
Talents
3 Environmental Movement (Supreme Balance)
Skills
3 Acrobatics 13
3 Stained Clothes Eighteen Falls : Breakfall 13
3 Climbing 13
3 +1 with Martial Maneuvers
3 Deduction 12
3 Fast Draw Blades 13
3 Feint 13
3 Zhenwu Seven Sections Formation : Tactics 12
3 Zhenwu Sword Formation : Teamwork 13
3 PS: Sifu (Instructor) 12
3 Stealth 13
0 Everyman Skills: AK: Hubei Province, Climbing, Concealment, Language Skill:
Mandarin, PS: Taoist Priest 11, TF: Riding Animals (Custom Adder)
3 Scholar
4 1) KS: Chinese Healing 14
2 2) KS: Christianity 12
4 3) KS: Tai Ch'i Ch'aun 14
4 4) KS: Taoism 14
2 5) KS: The Martial World 12
4 6) KS: Wu Tang Martial Arts 14
Total Powers & Skill Cost: 130
Total Cost: 219
115+ Disadvantages
5 Distinctive Features: Large Dragon Tattoo On Left Upper Arm (Easily Concealed;
Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly Used Senses)
10 Distinctive Features: Tai Ch'i Ch'uan Style: (Not Concealable; Noticed and
Recognizable; Detectable By Large Group)
10 Distinctive Features: Wu Tang Style: (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable;
Detectable By Large Group)
5 Hunted Guer (Orphan): 8 (Less Pow; Harshly Punish)
20 Normal Characteristic Maxima
15 Psychological Limitation: Loves Best Friend: Dulzuk Blossom (Common; Strong)
10 Psychological Limitation: Chinese Patriot (Common; Moderate)
10 Psychological Limitation: Christian (Common; Moderate)
10 Psychological Limitation: Loves Father and Mother; Siun Kang and Pheonix
(Uncommon; Strong)
5 Psychological Limitation: Warrior Mentality ready to kill to prevent a larger crime.
(Uncommon; Moderate)
5 Reputation: Defrocked Taoist Priest, Wu Tang Clan Exile, 8
(5 points unspent)
Total Disadvantage Points: 105
Background/History: Most Wu Tang Clan members are Taoist priests, as was Young Master
Lu. Here are his sayings of last year, 1646 AD.
Two Kinds of Wisdom
There are two kinds of wisdom: the practical and the static one. The practical is the wisdom which
helps one doing things. It is a rather short living wisdom because it ceases when time comes. The
static one doesn't help one in doing things and looks like a store of unsold goods. People cherish
the static wisdom and leave or ignore the practical one.
Tao Is the Same
A new start is always a vivid source of intense feelings. Still one should consider what is really
knew or if there's something that he/she could call new. Taoist thinks that there's nothing new
under the sun. Only the ever lasting mixture of yin and yang. In Taote ching we are told that at the
very beginning there was a kind of shape without shape. Laotzu called this "shape" the Tao. It is
just what I wished to say above. Tao is everywhere the same. If you wish to penetrate its
"movements" just close your eyes and contemplate its essence.
Lost in Tao
Me (Wu from the Northern Sea): Someone told me that he felt like lost in Tao. It was about the
starting point, he said: When you start your Tao experience and how you know that you actually
have a Tao experience? What you think about this?
Mater Lu: There's no way to feel like you are lost in the Tao. Tao is not a country or land or
something alike to feel like you're lost. Tao is like a Father who shows you the way. How could
one feel lost in this? I really don't imagine.
Tao Is not God
Question: I remember I had a problem with my wife and been very affected. I am practicing the
Tao but it didn't help me.
Answer: Tao is not God. One can't ask Tao to behave like God and do things to help one and so
forth. Stop thinking of Tao in terms of a mighty God who can change things and do anything. If
you have problems with your mate or family just keep that state of nondoing and see what is. This
is the way.
Question: Well, I was keeping that state and still there was so much suffering.
Answer: This is because Tao is not God. It doesn't help you with your suffering. Actually it brings
the suffering!
No Tao at All
Mater Lu said: Sometime we know the Tao as the Tao sometimes it seems it vanishes so one can
say: "There's no Tao at all". This is the way of the beginner: knowing that the Tao exists but not
having the perpetual perception of his presence.
Tao Machine...
I once asked Master Lu if going with the Tao doesn't make one feel like he/she is a machine... No
personal will, no desire...
He answered: We are all machines, indeed as we perform various tasks machinelike. Very few
are wise enough to retain what is worth and escape the passingby.
The Worst
What is the worst thing one can do in following the Path?
Not being with Tao but only thinking of it. This is the worst: talking of Tao but not living it.
Tao, Good and Bad
What is the Tao good for? asked Wu from the Northern Sea. Is it good for food, for ride or
perhaps for fighting enemies?
No, replied the Master of No Concern, it is not good for any food, ride or fighting your enemies.
It is just the Lord of everything, so you shouldn't ask about good and bad.
Beginners and the True Understanding
Is this all that can be said about the Tao? asked someone after reading Taote ching.
Yes, replied Master Lu. This is all.
Still I don't understand much and wonder if this is because I am a beginner.
If you think you are a beginner, yes, this is the reason. But if you don't think at all, you may touch
the True Understanding, replied Master Lu.
If Nothing Matters...
If nothing matters in this world, if everything is just passing by, why don't you grab as much as
you can, why don't you travel better and better, and enjoy all this world has to offer? In fact, we
can do anything...
Not exactly, said Master Lu. Just think about the payback you may lose your freedom. And
even if this wouldn't be your case, when you cling to worldly things, you feel astray from your
inner essence and lose gold for the sake of iron.
Master Lu said: For common people Taoists are not Taoists. If they are, then the Taoists are not
Taoists.
Explanation: When the Taoist adept is working in the public sphere he/she is not different from
others, persons that don't follow the Tao. For the common eye the adept doesn't act differently.
Master Lu said: Eyes can't tell the truth.
Explanation: The same as above; you don't have to believe your eyes.
Questions about Tao and Nature
Is Tao nature, or Mother Nature?
Tao is everything natural. But it is not nature itself. Nature is subject of it. Every living thing in
this universe is subject to the Tao.
I mean when one follows Tao is he/she following the simplicity and purity of nature?
Not necessary. Today people living in huge cities are not following nature. But this is also subject
to the Tao. Everything in this universe is subject to the Tao.
Old Taoists used to talk about Tao in connection with water. That is, they said Tao is like water
or one who follows Tao should be like water. What is the meaning of this statement?
Water and Tao have one common feature: they are ever changing phenomena. Being like water
means one have to be changeable like water and thus emulating the Tao.
The Greatest Enemies
The good and bad are the two poles of the human ethics, I know you may call them the core of
humanity. Still there's no greatest enemy for the one who follows the Tao than these two. If you
start your search for the Greatest Lord you may stop also your aim at judging things in relation to
these two principles. But, you may ask me: "What if I loose the guidance of goodbad pair? Who'll
guide me then?" The answer is your final finding: The Tao. He is your guidance. Go straight to
him and ask: "What if I..."?
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The name of Lu's home province, Hubei, means "north of the lake", referring to its position north
of Lake Dongting. Lu's parents, Sien Kang and Sien Pheonix, reside by Lake, making a living by
fishing. Hubei is often called the "Land of Fish and Rice". It is in easternmost central China.
Important agricultural products in Hubei include cotton, rice, wheat, and tea, while industries
include metallurgy and textiles. Hubei produces a modest amount of coal. It is well known for it
mines of fine turquiose and green faustite.
The Shennongjia area is the alleged home of the Yeren, a wild undiscovered red or white giant
hairy hominid that lives in the forested hills.
The people of Hubei are given the uncomplimentary nickname "Nine Headed Birds" by other
Chinese, from a mythological creature said to be very aggressive and hard to kill. "In the sky live
nineheaded birds. On the earth live Hubei people."
Yu's best friend, Dulzuk Blossom is not originally from Hubei. She is from the venerated Mount
PaekTu, and is named for the fruit which is reaped mainly from Paek Tu Mountain region. The
scientific name is VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM LINNAEUS and this breed grows spontaneously
in the hilly areas 800 meters above sea level.People in the area surrounding Mt. Paek Tu produce
the multiple foodstuffs with the blue berry dulzuck. It is consumed three times daily for health,
preferably before meals.
Dulzuk Blossom practices Paektu martial arts in addition to Wu Tang style. She is a senior
student of Wu Tang, and several years older than Lu. She is a sweetheart, especially to Lu, though
she is sometimes almost brutally honest with him. They are sometimes overprotective of each
other.
Young Master Lao would still be a Taoist preist, if he was discreet about his new Christian faith,
introduced to him by martial artist Jang Dong Gun. The Good News traveled via long established,
well mapped routes of trade between China and the Arabian peninsula, employed since at least the
Han Dynasty. The Bible story had to be related to him eight times before he believed. Since then,
he became the youngest master healer ever known, and the youngest to learn the Dianxue Hand.
The only documented occasion of Lu using Dianxue Hand was against a rabid bear that he lead
away from a village.
Since Lu refused to hide his light of Christian faith under a bushel, he was defrocked and exiled
from Mount Wu Tang. Now he must seek practice and improvement elsewhere, and has renamed
himself Illuminated Lu.
Guer (Orphan), a Wu Tang advanced student, seeks Lu to put an end to his betrayal, as he sees it,
of the Wu Tang Clan. Guer was left at the temple door, a baby in a basket, with no note. The Wu
Tang Clan is his only family. As such, he takes Lu's dismissal of Taoism personally. He
mistakenly believes he is a better fighter than Lu, because he is older and never abandoned the Tao
faith.
Personality/Motivation: Lu endeavors to follow his understanding of the Ten Commandments,
including refraining from murder and marital infidelity, and especially following the Golden Rule;
Love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself. As such, he won't hesitate to lie or
kill to prevent a larger crime. He wants to better himself, so as to better serve others, especially his
loved ones.
Lu has no problem with most Taoist philosophies, but he recanted Taoist deities.
Wu Tang Taoist temples and monasteries have a special association with Xuan Wu (lit. "Dark" or
"Mysterious Warrior"), one of the higher ranking Taoist deities and one of the more revered deities
in China. He is revered as a powerful god, able to control the elements and capable of great magic.
He is particularly revered by martial artists and is the patron saint of Hebei, Manchuria, and
Mongolia.
Illuminated Lu has a special respect for Shaolin martial arts, the forbearer of Wu Tang Style.
Quote: "Do you have any kind of spiritual beliefs?"
Powers/Tactics: Illuminated Lu is as agile as a mountain goat, able to leap from rock to rock,
ledge to ledge, with no apparent effort.
Lu is adept at heart focused breathing.
The heart functions somewhat like a second brain. It signals the brain more than the brain signals
it. The heart effects strategic thinking, reaction times, and self regulation. This is improved with
heart focused breathing; concentrate on breathing with your heart (previously said to be breathing
from your diaphragm), inhale 5 seconds, exhale 5 seconds. Jim Marshall III, MD
Although the following skills are entirely fictional, from wuxia stories, some are based on actual
martial arts. Among other things, Lu has been introduced to the following:
Foundation skills:
Shiduanjin (十段錦)
Thirty two Styles of Long Fist (三十二勢長拳)
Wudang Long Fist (武當長拳)
Wudang Heart Sutra (武當長拳)
Eight Trigrams Soaring Dragon Palm (八卦遊龍掌)
Armed combat styles:
Divine Gate Thirteen Swords (神門十三劍) sfx; every BODY roll = separate strike. Ex: Lu rolls 13 BODY vs.
Grandmaster Owl, hitting Owl 13 times. Owl has one level of Combat Luck, so three of said hits
just graze him, no damage. Ten strikes get through, doing one BODY each.
Heaven Relying Dragon Slaying Skill (神門十三劍)
Mystical Saber Style (玄虛刀法)
Heaven and Earth as One (天地同壽)
Soft Snow Swordplay (柔雲劍法)
Turning Finger Soft Swordplay (繞指柔劍)
Taiji Swordplay (太極劍)
Unarmed combat styles:
Wuji Mystical Skill Fist (無極玄功拳)
Dianxue Hand (點穴手)
Heaven Shaking Iron Palm (震天鐵掌)
Taiji Fist (太極拳)
Returning Wind Palm (迴風掌)
Great Tablet Smashing Hand (大摔碑手)
Silky Palm (綿掌)
Tiger Claw Ending Hand (虎爪絕戶手)
Tiger Claw Hand (虎爪手)
Stained Clothes Eighteen Falls (沾衣十八跌)
Qinggong:
Cloud Ascending Ladder (梯雲縱)
Battle formations:
Zhenwu Seven Sections Formation (真武七截陣)
Zhenwu Sword Formation (真武劍陣)
Inner energy skills:
Wudang Nine Yang Skill (武當九陽功)
Pure Yang Wuji Skill (純陽無極功)
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As typical for a Tai Ch'i Chuan practioner, Lu likes to start with a Block, or, better yet, Defensive
Throw, followed by a Multiple Powers Attack.
Gear: 1d6K Jien; +1 OCV, STR 7, 5d6 Kuen; +1 OCV; STR 10, +1", soft leather rerebraces and
vambraces 1 DEF; Protects Locations 78, banded mail cuirass; Protects Locations 913 or Act.
11, dried dulzuk berries, pine nuts, smoked wuchang fish, yam chips, medic kit, acupuncture
needles, alcohol, herb impregnated rice paper bandages, willow bark extract, smelling salts, silk
thread, suture needles, marbles, water flask, scriptures, stationary set, scroll case, 88 cash.
Campaign Use: Illuminated Lu is a master healer, so skilled that he can cure Dim Mak. He seeks
to be a new Shaolin student.
Appearance: Well armed pretty boy. Because he's clearly a teenager, and doesn't brag, he has
yet to be acknowledged for his grand master achievement.
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A laboratory accident is like a box of chocolates. You never know what abilities you'll wind up getting.
One world's mutant terrorist is another world's freedom fighter.
Stick to dealing with supervillains robbing banks. If you try to solve a real world problem with superpowers, the press will crucify you if you make a mistake and the government will start getting twitchy if you succeed.
Never get into a romance with someone more powerful than yourself. If the relationship ends badly, you can be in for a world of hurt.
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