Vampire: the Middle Kingdom - MrGone's Character Sheets

P'o
Nature Shift: Whenever a character risks a change in soul states (for example, going into Shadow, Fire or Wave Nature), the
P'o Virtue is always applied as a penalty to the roll (possibly in addition to other applicable modifiers).
Whenever a Demon Art is invoked, the vampire must check for Shadow Nature. However, the character's rating in that
Demon Art may be added to that roll; such intimate familiarity with the P'o allows the vampire to use it with some less risk.
Demon Chi: The vampire can store a number of Demon Chi up to his P'o rating, though can't exceed this.
Demon Chi is used to power Demon Arts, but may also be used “raw”... if the vampire can access it. To unlock Demon Chi,
the player rolls [Stamina + P'o - Hun]. (Note that one needn't unlock Demon Chi spent on Demon Arts, only when using that energy in
its raw form.)
The character may spend a number of Demon Chi equal to his Stamina per turn. A spent point of Demon Chi may be used for
one of the following effects, which takes effect on the turn after the Chi is spent (the player must announce the desired benefits to the
Storyteller before the beginning of the next turn, after the Demon Chi is spent). If multiple Demon Chi are spent, the character can
benefit from more than one effect: three Demon Chi can buy (1) six additional attack dice, (2) two extra attack dice, and add P'o to
Speed twice, (3) sprout fangs and a maw and make one extra attack, or any combination the player desires.
• Add two dice to a single Brawl or Weaponry attack roll; this benefit stacks with itself.
• Gain an extra attack. Each attack that turn is made at a penalty equal to the total number of attacks made; Defense is
retained. (For example, on Turn One the player spends two Demon Chi for extra attacks. On Turn Two, three attacks are
made at -3.) This may be combined with Fighting Style Merits that allow multiple attacks, though attack penalties stack.
• Add P'o rating to Speed for one turn; this benefit stacks with itself.
• Sprout fangs that allow blood-drinking, and inflict lethal damage on a Strength + Brawl attack (though a grapple must be
established first). For two Demon Chi, the vampire manifests a gaping maw that adds +1 to the attack roll and requires
no grapple to be used. These dental augmentations last one scene.
Upon waking for the night, the player may make a reflexive [Stamina + P'o] roll, with each success restoring a point of Demon
Chi to the character's pool. Demon Chi, once spent, is gone for the reminder of the night. However, the Kuei-jin may further “milk”
the Demon for infernal energy in emergencies, though each attempt becomes more difficult and provokes an immediate check for Fire
Nature; both rolls are made at a cumulative -1 penalty.
Demon Arts: A vampire may have no more dots in a Demon Art than his P'o rating.
Resisting Influence: Any attempt to exert mental or emotional control over a Kuei-jin allows the character to defend with his
P'o as a reflexive action, though he risks falling to Shadow Nature. He may elect to add P'o to his resisted roll (or roll only P'o when
normally no roll is allowed), but must immediately make a roll to avoid Shadow Nature.
Provoking Fire Nature: If his player succeeds on a [Resolve + P'o - Hun] roll, a vampire can work himself into a frenzy and
willingly enter Fire Nature; this is a reflexive action. See Soul States, pg. 29.
P'o Imbalance: A vampire with three or more dots in P'o than Hun is imbalanced. Such a debased vampire is in danger of
losing his Dharma forever, and likely spends much of his time under the control of the Demon. The P'o can force a check for Shadow
Nature once per night at a time of its choosing, regardless of the Kuei-jin's actions.