Vampire: the Middle Kingdom - MrGone's Character Sheets

Spirit Combat
Spirits function in combat much like other characters, though have simplified traits. Spirits can only be physically engaged
when a vampire is in the Mirror Lands, when the spirit manifests physically in the Middle Kingdom, or when special Discipline powers
allow interaction. While in the spirit worlds, Cathayans are fully subject to spirits' attacks and Arts, and are often at a disadvantage on
their opponents' home turf. A spirit uses its P'o to attack and damage other spirits or visitors to the Mirror Lands. The lowest of Hun
and P'o is used for Defense, the higher of the two is used for Initiative, and [Hun + P'o] equals Speed. Physically manifested spirits use
Attributes, Skills and others traits possessed by corporeal creatures. For more on spirits and their traits, see Spirit Traits, below.
Wan Kuei use their normal traits while in the Mirror Lands. However, while in a spirit world, the corresponding Virtue is
added to the vampire's health while there; Yang is added to Health in the Yang World, while vampire visitors to the Yellow Springs
add Yin to their Health. Vampires destroyed in the spirit world suffer the Final Death.
Arts
Arts are mystical powers that spirits possess, allowing them to affect one other and their spiritual environment, as well as the
physical realm and those that dwell therein. Each Art is listed with a Chi cost (if any), range and duration (if applicable) and a brief
description of its effects. Any Art with no listed range affects only the spirit, while no listed duration means the effect is instantaneous.
Using most Arts is a standard action, though any that are reflexive actions are listed as such; however, in no case may a spirit activate
more than one Art per turn.
Some Arts may used across the Wall, targeting those in the Middle Kingdom; these Arts suffer a penalty to their respective
rolls equal to the local Wall rating. Unless otherwise stated, targets can apply their Defense to any Art that has an immediate physical
effect (Defense would apply to Lightning Bolt, for example, but not Corruption).
Animate (Chi cost 4, duration one scene): The spirit can animate and control an inanimate object or element across the
Wall; this requires a successful [Hun + P'o] roll, minus the Wall. Exactly what the spirit controls reflects its origins or nature, so a
Crab Soldier might manipulate seawater, but not earth or fire. While the spirit animates the material, he can attack with it using his
P'o; the specifics of the damage are left to the Storyteller, but should – for instance, animated fire would cause agg to vampires, while
sand would do bashing at best, but could temporarily blind.
Appear (Chi cost 5, one scene): The spirit can manifest to those in the Middle Kingdom without taking on material form. It
can't affect the physical world, however, at least without the use of other Arts that would allow it to do so.
Armor (Chi cost 2 per dot of Armor, one scene): The spirit may augment its defenses by granting itself up to three dots of
Armor, which lasts the duration of the scene. This Armor offers protection against all physical attacks (including aggravated damage).
Calcify (Chi cost 3, duration one scene/indefinitely): Spirits of order and demon jailers, among other spirits, can trap
victims in webs, strips of kaja paper, or even freeze them in blocks of ice. This art only affects those in the Mirror Lands. The spirit's
controller rolls Hun, and adds the local Wall rating to its attack roll, calling upon the stasis there to augment its power; Defense doesn't
protect from this Art. Success on the Hun roll reduces all Physical Attributes by 1 (or P'o, for other spirits), with derived stats dropping
accordingly; once any Attribute or P'o is reduced to 0 this way, the victim is frozen in place and can't take any action. This is an
extended effort on the part of the spirit, that has to succeed on several rolls to traps most victims, so wise victims have time to get away
or fight back.
If the victim manages to escape being Calcified, the Attribute/P'o penalties last but a scene. However, if fully calcified, the
character remains trapped indefinitely, frozen into the Wall. This state resembles suspended animation. No time passes for him, and
he is unaffected by environmental hazards or attacks on either side of the Wall (a potentially good for vampires, who needn't fear
sunlight or having to feed during this time). If found, a Calcified victim may be freed with some effort: attacks targeting the entrapping
material (webbing, ice or whatever) are made at a penalty equal to the local Wall, and it has a number of Health equal to the Hun of the
spirit that created it, plus the Wall.
Create Flame (Chi cost = 2 per extra attack dice): The spirit may attack with flame – exhaling it, conjuring it and sending
it forth, or whichever seem appropriate. Yang Chi is spent to add a bonus to the spirit's P'o for purposes of making this attack, up to the
spirit's Yang Virtue. This Art can affect victims on the other side of the Wall, but the Wall rating is subtracted from the attack roll. A
less destructive use of this Art is to conjure simple fires, with the size and heat of the fire depending on the successes on the P'o roll.
Chi Commerce (Chi cost variable): This useful Art allows a spirit to transfer Chi between itself and others, usually spirits,
but also shen and even mortals; this use of Chi Commerce costs no Chi beyond any voluntarily given up in the transfer; a Hun roll is
necessary to affect those across the Wall, though no roll is needed for those within its spirit realm. A Spirit with Chi Commerce can
forcefully take Chi from spirits, Kuei-jin or even mortals; this requires a P'o roll (minus the Wall rating if necessary) and 2 Chi points,
with each success allowing the spirit to steal a point of Chi. Some demons can target a vampire's Demon Chi through this Art.
Chill (Chi cost = 2 per extra attack dice): The spirit attacks with bone-numbing cold, potentially causing frostbite or
hypothermia. Yin Chi is spent to add a bonus to the spirit's P'o for purposes of making this attack, up to the spirit's Yin Virtue. This
Art can affect victims on the other side of the Wall, but the Wall rating is subtracted from the attack roll.
Control Electrical Systems (Chi cost 1, one turn, range [Virtue x 10 yds.]): Normally the purview of Yang technology
spirits, this Art is possessed by a number of modern ghosts. A Hun roll, minus the Wall rating, allows a spirit to control an electronic
device. The spirit can make the item do anything within its normal parameters, but not outside those: a standard cell phone could be
made to dial any number or send text messages, but couldn't be made to move around, fire electrical bolts or pick up TV broadcasts.
Most devices can be controlled with 1 or 2 Chi, but larger electrical systems require more.
Corruption (Chi cost 2, one scene): A favorite of demons of all types, a spirit using this Art can whisper in the ear of a
victim (even on the other side of the Wall), causing the subject to act on her worst impulses for a scene. The spirit rolls Hun (minus the