[Between Duty and Honor] Isawa Bao Yu

[Red Shadow Claws]

• Character Summary
• Rings and Skills
• Special Abilities
• Combat
• Micellaneous
• Spellcasting

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  Name: Isawa Bao Yu
  
  
  Clan: Phoenix
  
  
  Family: Isawa
  
  
  School: Isawa Shugenja/Isawa Tensai
  
  
  Sex: Female
  
  
  Age: 20
  
  
  Height: 162 cm (5'4")
  
  
  Hair: Long, black, top in a bum, but the sides are kinda loose
  
  
  Eyes: Green-Brown
  
  
  Insight: Rank 2 [168]
  
  
  Honor: 4.5
  
  
  Glory: 1.0
  
  
  Status: 2
  
  
  Shadowland Taint: 0
  
  
  Appearance
  
  
  Picture
  
  
  Spoiler

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  1: What Clan does your character belong to? (Only the original seven Great Clans are allowed.)
  
  
  Phoenix
  
  
  2: What Family does your character belong to? (No Vassal Families.)
  
  
  Isawa
  
  
  3: Is your character a bushi, courtier, or shugenja?
  
  
  Shugenja
  
  
  4: How would others describe your character's appearance?
  
  
  A stately woman, but her movements are far from graceful.
  
  
  5: What is your character's primary motivation?
  
  
  To prove her worth despite her handicap.
  
  
  6: Who is the person your character trusts most in the world?
  
  
  Her Sensei.
  
  
  7: What is your character's greatest strength? What is your character's greatest weakness?
  
  
  Her great strength is her affinity to Earth magic, and her greatest weakness is her straightforward and blunt personality.
  
  
  8: What does your character think of bushido?
  
  
  She cares for some of its tenets more than others, Sincerity foremost.
  
  
  9: What is your character's opinion of his clan?
  
  
  The Phoenix are a strong and powerful Clan, but their sometimes blind pursuit of power is a weakness.
  
  
  10: Is your character married?
  
  
  Her handicap has made it hard to find a good match for her, though she knows her house is doing its best to find her a suitable husband.
  
  
  11: What prejudices does your character have?
  
  
  She sees the mystical arts of Shugenja as loftier than a Bushi or Courtier.
  
  
  12: To whom does your character owe the most loyalty?
  
  
  Isawa Guo, her teacher, who have taught her to be the best at what she’s good at and never once brought up her limitation, except as something to work around.
  
  
  13: What are your character's most and least favorite things?
  
  
  Having nothing to do is her least favored. Because she feels it reflects badly on her. It is why she has studied various things, so she can be competent in many things, to better have a tool set to bring to bear at tasks.
  
  
  Her most favored is in working with the earth, and its bounty, and not just with her spells, but also with her hands.
  
  
  14: Does your character have any mannerisms?
  
  
  A driven person, if she has a goal in front of her she will do her best to fulfill it. It is not to the exclusion of everything else, but she might let some things slip to the side in its pursuit.
  
  
  15: How does your character deal with emotions?
  
  
  She is trained in keeping her emotions to herself, but that training doesn’t always help her do so. It is a source of shame for her at times.
  
  
  16: How would your character deal with a subordinate's improper behavior?
  
  
  She will do whatever tradition dictates she should do. Her immediate knee-jerk response will be to yell at them.
  
  
  17: How would your character's parents describe him or her?
  
  
  Her father was hoping for a daughter who would be a source of pride, and was very disappointed when her disability was discovered. And due to the continued problem with finding her a suitable husband, he is not pleased. Her mother on the other hand tries to be as comforting and supportive as possible, but is not pleased with her directness. Both are not too pleased with her insistence on learning things they feel are not suitable for a respectable female shugeja.
  
  
  18: What is your character's highest ambition?
  
  
  To find a way to either correct the elemental imbalance in her, or find some means to make it less of an issue.
  
  
  19: How religious is your character? How superstitious?
  
  
  Very religious. She knows the Kami are powerful, and has felt their touch on her life. She knows that the Air Kami are angry with her, and will go to great lengths to appease them, even going out of her way to their shrines to give offering.
  
  
  20: How will your character die?
  
  
  Defiant against overwhelming forces.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Father: Isawa Jingo [an Elemental Legion member]
  
  
  Mother: Isawa Shairo [a Courtier]
  
  
  Siblings: Juneko & Tsukune [younger twin girls, both show promise as Courtiers]
  
  
  -Stuff-
  
  
  When she was born, her parents had an old shugenja come bless her in the name of the kami, but the priest made a mistake, and while the earth kami were greatly pleased, and gave her increased blessing, the air kami were angered. This also resulted in her becoming lame.
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  Air Ring (2)
  
  
  Awareness: 2
  
  
  Reflexes: 2
  
  
  Earth Ring (3)
  
  
  Stamina: 3
  
  
  Willpower: 3
  
  
  Fire Ring (3)
  
  
  Agility: 3
  
  
  Intelligence: 3
  
  
  Water Ring (2)
  
  
  Perception: 2
  
  
  Strength: 2
  
  
  Void Ring (2)
  
  
  Skills:
  
  
  Calligraphy (Cipher) 3
  
  
  Medicine 3
  
  
  Meditation 3
  
  
  Lore: Theology 3
  
  
  Lore: Elements 3
  
  
  Sincerity 3
  
  
  Spellcraft 3 (Importune)
  
  
  Artisan: Bonsai 1
  
  
  Artisan: Gardening 1
  
  
  Etiquette 1
  
  
  Games: Go 1
  
  
  Lore: Architecture 1
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan - Crab Clan 1
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan - Crane Clan 1
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan - Dragon Clan 1
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan – Lion Clan
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan - Phoenix Clan 1
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan - Scorpion Clan 1
  
  
  Lore: Great Clan - Unicorn Clan 1
  
  
  Lore: History 1
  
  
  Lore: Shadowlands 1
  
  
  Lore: Shugenja 1
  
  
  Lore: Spirit Realms 2
  
  
  Tea Ceremony 1
  
  
  Craft: Weaponsmithing 2
  
  
  Craft: Armorsmithing 2
  
  
  Defense 1
  
  
  Staves 1
  
  
  Commerce 1
  
  
  Engineering 2
  
  
  Mastery Abilities:
  
  
  Meditation - A successful Meditation Skill Roll restores up to 2 Void Points.
  
  
  
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  Techniques:
  
  
  Rank 1: Isawa's Gift
  
  
  here are no greater masters of the shugenja tradition than those among the Isawa. You gain a Free Raise on all Spell Casting Rolls for spells of the element which you chose as your Affinity.
  
  
  Advantages:
  
  
  Elemental Blessing - Earth [spiritual] [4, 3 for Phoenix]
  
  
  You are much beloved by the kami of a particular element, although you know not why that might be. As a result, the cost of increasing the Traits associated with one particular Ring, chosen when this Advantage is purchased, is decreased by 1. For example, if you choose Earth when you purchase this Advantage, the cost of increasing Stamina and Willpower is reduced by 1 Experience Point every time you increase them. Void may not be chosen for this Advantage.
  
  
  Friend of the Elements - Earth [spiritual] [4, 3 for Shugenja]
  
  
  The spirits of a certain Element swirl about you at all times, lending their aid when possible even though you are likely unaware of their presence. Choose a Ring when this Advantage is purchased. Whenever you make a Trait Roll with either Trait associated with that Ring, you gain a Free Raise.
  
  
  Friendly Kami - Earth [spiritual] [5]
  
  
  A particular kami has befriended you, and stays in your vicinity at all times. Choose one element when this Advantage is purchased. You gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of all Spell Casting Rolls made to cast Sense, Commune, or Summon with regard to that Element only. Only shugenja may purchase this Advantage. You may not select this Advantage for an Element in which you are Deficient.
  
  
  Disadvantages:
  
  
  Lame [Physical] (4 Points)
  
  
  One of your legs is withered or perhaps even near-useless, either due to a birth defect, a crippling injury, or a ravaging disease. Your Water Ring is considered 1 for the purposes of determining Move Actions, and any Agility Trait Rolls or Agility-based Skill Rolls that require any sort of activity in your lower limbs suffer a penalty of +10 to the TN.
  
  
  Elemental Imbalance - Air [spiritual] (4 Points)
  
  
  The kami of one element favor you, but so much so that their voices sometimes overpower your will and cause your invocations to achieve results other than what you intended. Only shugenja may take this Disadvantage. Choose an element in which you do not possess a Deficiency. Whenever you cast a spell of this element, you must make a Willpower Trait Roll at TN 25. If you fail the roll, something disastrous happens. The spell may fail outright, it may target someone altogether different from who you intended, or other effects as determined by the GM.
  
  
  Compulsion [Mental] (2 Points)
  
  
  There is some activity in which you are hopelessly compelled to partake. It is a ritual that is so ingrained in your behavior that it requires a feat of will to forsake it, even in dire circumstances. This may be something illicit and addictive, such as sake or gambling, or it may be as innocuous as visiting every major temple you pass. This basic Disadvantage requires a Willpower Trait Roll of 15 to overcome.
  
  
  She feels compelled to visit every shrine and temple to the air kami, to try and appease them.
  
  
  
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  Initiative
  
  
  4k2
  
  
  Reflexes + Insight, keeping Reflexes
  
  
  Armor TN
  
  
  15
  
  
  Reflexes x 5 + 5 + Armor Bonuses + Stances
  
  
  Bo
  
  
  Attack: 4k3
  
  
  Damage: 3k2
  
  
  Wakizashi
  
  
  Attack: 3k3
  
  
  Damage: 4k2
  
  
  Health Levels:
  
  
  15 Healthy
  
  
  6 Nicked
  
  
  6 Grazed
  
  
  6 Hurt
  
  
  6 Injured
  
  
  6 Crippled
  
  
  6 Down
  
  
  6 Out
  
  
  
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  Equipment
  
  
  Robe
  
  
  Wakizashi
  
  
  Bo Staff
  
  
  Travelling Pack
  
  
  Coin purse (0/0/3)
  
  
  Scroll Satchel
  
  
  Money
  
  
  3 Koku
  
  
  0 bu
  
  
  0 zeni
  
  
  XP Expenditure 0/100
  
  
  11 Stamina 2 ->3
  
  
  12 Agility 2 ->3
  
  
  3 Elemental Blessing
  
  
  3 Friend of the Elements
  
  
  5 Friendly Kami
  
  
  35 School Skills
  
  
  31 non-School Skills
  
  
  
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  Affinity: Earth
  
  
  Spells
  
  
  Air (3k2)
  
  
  1) Blessed Wind
  
  
  Water (3k2)
  
  
  1) Path to Inner Peace
  
  
  Fire (4k3)
  
  
  1) Never Alone, The Fires that Cleanse, Fire Kami's Blessing
  
  
  Earth (7k3 or 8k4, for Sense, Commune, or Summon)
  
  
  1) Armor of Earth, Elemental Ward
  
  
  2) Be The Mountain, Earth Becomes Sky
  
  
  3) Earth Kami's Blessing

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[Silent Wayfarer]

I'd recommend getting Horsemanship in there somewhere, it would kind of make sense for a lame person to know how to ride and thus move quicker. Then again, Lame probably affects that too, which sucks. And it's a shame the Water Kami hate you; there goes our healing


Have you considered Lore: Shadowlands? It might help, since Earth has all the Fuck Shadowlands spells. Speaking of which, what are your spells?

 

[Red Shadow Claws]

I will think about Horsemanship, but I do have Lore: Shadowlands in there...


Yeah, Healing is the only spell in Water she knows, but it will be a bit risky to cast.

 

[Red Shadow Claws]

I was thinking about changing it to Air, but then I'm not sure why the Air kami would then cause her leg to become lame. And the fact that I do not know if our ST will agree to such a change.


In any case, i added a tab of her spells.

 

[Silent Wayfarer]

You could say that she's not so much crippled as she is weighed down. The earth kami stick to her like puppies, which makes her slow.

 

[Alkalannar]

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