Vampire: the Middle Kingdom - MrGone's Character Sheets

Wu-Keng Peasant Sorceress
Once an honorable tradition of shamans, wise women and medicine men devoted to serving the peasantry – the counterpart of
the noble Wu Lung – the Wu-Keng have fallen from favor and most, if not all, have pledged themselves to the service of Yomi Wan.
Many elder Kuei-jin remember the devoted and humble people that served the common people as midwives, herbalist-doctors and
alchemists, and very few know the truth of what the Subtle Ladies are now.
The Wu-Keng Sorceress is middle aged woman that lives in the slums surrounding one of China's cities. Her dark, haunted
eyes are wary. She uses a great deal of magic, herbs and makeup to conceal her age and retain her appearance, though the facade is
slipping. She still performs a few of the ancient and legitimate duties of her craft, making a modest living hocking potions, tending
minor ailments and auguring. When night falls, her magic takes a sinister cast: poison brewing, animal sacrifice and demon
summoning. The sorceress isn't strong in direct confrontations, as most of her effects rely on alchemical brewing and rituals, and is
thus likely to entangle foes (Kuei-jin and otherwise) in a net of allies and magic-smitten lovers as she flees to a safe place.
Nature/Demeanor: Conniver/Director
Attributes: Int 3, Wit 3, Res 3; Str 2, Dex 3, Sta 2; Prs 2, Man 4, Com 3
Skills: Occult 3, Medicine (Traditional Medicine) 2, Persuasion (Etiquette) 3, Stealth 2, Subterfuge 3, Weaponry 1.
Merits: Direction Sense; Retainer 2; Finances 1; Holistic Awareness; Rituals 2; Status (Village Women) 4
Virtues: Yin 3, Yang 2, Hun 1
Sorcery (Equivalent Disciplines): Blood Shintai 3, Chi Arts 2, Dragon Tears 1, Obligation 3
Other Stats: Size 5, Initiative 5, Defense 3, Health 7, Speed 10, Willpower 6
Chi: 8 (3/turn)
Equipment: Various medicinal substances and components (herbs, undefined bones, tiger liver, small ceremonial blade), as
well as a small knife [1 (L), Size 1].
Hengeyokai
See pgs. 200-203 of Kindred of the East for more information on hengeyokai and how they relate to the Ten Thousand
Demons. The Werewolf book Hengeyokai is a good find for those that want the full deal, though Players Guide to the Changing
Breeds has a lot of information on the Beast Courts as well.
Virtues: Hengeyokai are subject to Fire and Wave Nature, and Yin and Yang (combined with Composure) are used to resist
these states. They possess the P'o Virtue and have access to Demon Chi, but don't suffer from Shadow Nature. Hun functions as a
measure of a Xiong Ren's moral integrity and honor, though their definitions of such are often very different from that of either mortals
or vampires.
Gnosis (Chi): Yin and Yang Chi are combined into a single “Gnosis” pool; Demon Chi is tracked separately.
Shapeshifting: All hengeyokai can assume variety of forms: all have a human form, an animal form, and a large hybrid
“war” form that combines the strengths of both shapes. The Demon Shintai Discipline is used to simulate the hybrid form's
capabilities, though it take but one turn and costs no Demon Chi to shift; the animal form's stats and capabilities lie somewhere
between the “base” human form and war form. Stats for the war and animal forms are offered in parentheses, in that order.
Note that Fighting Style Merits aren't usable in non-human forms (rumors of werewolf astronomers aside), but are as useful
to Xiong Ren in human form as they are to anyone else. Other Physical Merits apply, save when they logically wouldn't (Gunslinger in
beast form) or the Storyteller deems otherwise.
Healing: All Beast Folk except Kitsune recover one point of bashing or lethal damage per turn outside combat.
Nushi: Almost all hengeyokai wu (called sentai) have Yang nushi spirits, usually gods of animals or war.
Khan Warrior
Among the last of his kind, this tiger-born hengeyokai rarely comes to the cities, and prefers to live and hunt in what little
jungle is left in Asia. Though he is sometimes in the company of his Beast Court sentai (wu), quite often he hunts alone, befitting a
great cat. His favored form is that of a great tiger, but will assume human form to interact with other shen, or a nine-foot, awe-inspiring
hybrid form to fight. As little love as the Wan Kuei have for the Xiong Ren, few would not feel some loss if forced to kill one of
Heaven's Tiger Warriors.
Nature/Demeanor: Loner/Curmudgeon
Auspice (Direction): East
Attributes: Int 2, Wit 3, Res 3; Str 4 (7/6), Dex 4 (6/7), Sta 3 (6/6); Prs 3, Man 2, Com 2
Skills: Animal Ken (Tigers) 2, Athletics (Leaping) 3, Brawl 4, Intimidation 3, Occult 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Merits: Brawling Dodge; Direction Sense; Fast Reflexes +2; Inspiring; Nushi 4; Striking Looks +1
Virtues: Yin 3, Yang 5, P'o 6, Hun 4
Gifts (Equivalent Disciplines): Black Wind 6, Demon Shintai 5 (Str +3/+2, Dex +2/+3, Sta +3/+2, Horror, Natural
Weapons, Huge Size), Ghost-Flame Shintai 1, Jade Shintai 2
Other Stats: Size 5 (7/6), Initiative 7 (9/10), Defense 3, Health 8 (13/11), Speed 15 (20/25), Willpower 5
Chi: Gnosis 6 (2/turn), Demon Chi 6