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[Pobiega]

滚冲人: Roll to punch people

What is this?
An in-character RTD with a theme as if it was a chinese martial arts movie set in the 1750-ish. Think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Hero. Your characters will not (initially) be able to run on water, stand on bamboo trees or jump 3 stories, but expect your powers to grow.

You are a ragtag band of outlaws (for one reason or the other), currently laying low in a tavern on the outskirts of the city of Haimen, planning your next move. Supplies are running low and your collective funds are dwindling, it's time for a big score.

Style of play
Be funny, not stupid. Try to stay in character, but this isn't a hardcore pen and paper RPG, it's an RTD. No mythical or historical player characters.

Rules?

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[1] - Catastrophic failure
[2] - Failure
[3] - Minor failure
[4] - Partial success
[5] - Success
[6] - Outstanding success

Character sheet

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Name: (Chinese names, but please include a nickname. Ex: Xiao "Lotus Palm" Feng)
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Tiny backstory: (Tiny!)
Stats: (See below)
Prefered weapon: (See below)

Stats

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Valid values are 1-5.
1 is subpar for a normal human.
2 is average for a normal human.
3 is really good for a normal human.
4 is quite absurd.
5 is the stuff of legends.

Having a stat value 1 means a -1 penalty on rolls. A value of 3 to 5 is a +1 to +3 on rolls, respectively.

You can start with ONE value of 3, THREE values of 2 and rest is value 1.

Fitness: The physical offensive stat. Basicly a str/dex hybrid. Used for most rolls involving a physical effort.
Endurance: The physical resistance stat. Used for exerting yourself, not passing out from pain, holding your breath for extended periods.. Etc.

Charisma: The social offensive stat. Your ability to influence others. Also used to decide first impressions.
Composure: The social resistance stat. Resist others attempt to manipulate you or spot a lie.

Wits: The mental stat. How smart, clever, intelligent you are. Used for both offensive and defensive rolls, as a mental defensive stat seemed a bit too narrow.

Common sense: Optional stat. Can be left at 0. If not 0, a success on a common sense roll means the GM will ask "are you sure?" if you are about to do something _really_ stupid. How you use this is up to you.

Weapons

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Anything that fits the theme. Bo-staffs, Dao/Jian/Wushu swords, polearms (Kwan Dao, Pudao, spades, halberds), whips, daggers, hookblades, bare fists, bows, crossbows, blowdarts, throwing knives… if you can convince me a character in a chinese martial arts movie would use it, I'll allow it!

Dualwielding is allowed.

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Players

Sinvara - Tai "Lady Dragonfly" Zhāng

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Name: Tai "Lady Dragonfly" Zhāng
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Appearance: A thin woman with a quick step and several burn marks on her bare skin, she keeps her black hair in a simple ponytail which allows everyone to see her jade coloured eyes and small lips, she is flat chested and doesn't seem to care, her height is around 5 feet tall.
Tiny backstory: A small time crime lord that was recently shoved out of the business when a rival burned down her base of operations.

Stats:
Fitness: 2
Endurance: 1
Charisma: 2
Composure: 2
Wits: 3

Preferred weapon: 2x Dao, dualwielding.

Harry Baldman - Yuan "Waster" Jie

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Name: Yuan "Waster" Jie
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: a young, long-haired, bearded man with the look of a worthless drunk about him, hefting a ten foot wooden pole wherever he goes. Has a shifty face, too.
Tiny backstory: not actually a worthless drunk, he swears! And not a thief, either, if you'd believe that. His parents certainly didn't, and turned him out into the street after a particularly shameful coincidence. But it is on the street that he found this ten foot bamboo pole, and he's got a really good feeling about it for some reason.

Stats:
Fitness: 3
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 2
Wits: 2

Preferred weapon: ten foot bamboo pole.

TCM - Shao "Golden Plague" Zhou

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Name: Shao "Golden Plague" Zhou
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Appearance: A bald man in a golden-set of Shaolin Monk robes and shoes. Not actually a monk.
Tiny Backstory: At the age of 15, Shao's village was attacked by a gang of Portuguese pirates. He ran away and hid in the forest, returning a few days later to find it burned to the ground, his entire family having been murdered. Vowing revenge, he scoured the village for supplies, finding several items inside the ruins of a nearby Shaolin temple. He hunted down and slaughtered the pirates, killing everyone except for the infamous Captain Cortezeca, who has eluded him to this day.
His title is self-proclaimed after the disease that killed so many Europeans hundreds of years ago.

Stats:
Fitness: 2
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 2
Wits: 3
Common sense: 1

Preferred weapon: Shaolin Monk Twin Hooks

Nirur Torir - Wúliáo Cǎo Diŕn "Sane Willow"

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Name: Wúliáo Cǎo Diŕn "Sane Willow" (Name translates to Boring Meadow)
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Appearance: A bland bearded man in old and faded merchant clothes.
Tiny backstory: His merchant family kicked him out for pointing out what should have been obvious one time too many. With no money to his name, he was forced to learn to fight to survive, and ended up on the wrong side of the law due to unfortunate circumstance (and being ignored when he pointed out the plan was a terrible idea).

Stats:
Fitness: 2
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 1
Wits: 2
Common sense: 3

Prefered weapon: Throwing knives

Nidilap - Hua Lee "Lucky 7"

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Name: Hua Lee "Lucky 7"
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance: A young man built very well.
Tiny backstory: Moved to Japan after his family disowned him for patricide. Returned to destroy his ex-family line.

Stats:
Fitness: 3
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 2
Wits: 2
Common sense: 1

Preferred weapon: Katana

blazing glory - Ko "Savage Claws" Zian

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Name: Ko "Savage Claws" Zian
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Appearance: A middle aged man with age setting in on his face, he wears a long sleeved robe, concealing his weapon of choice, he tends to stand in a corner.
Tiny backstory: Zian has trained under many master's and has decided to employ his talents to get some coin.

Stats:
Fitness: 3
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 2
Composure: 1
Wits: 2

Preferred weapon: A pair of Tekko-Kagi

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Prefered weapon: Dao. (The knife/sword type, though I wouldn't mind having two if it's allowed.)

Allowed! Your dao has automagically duplicated itself and you now have two.

[blazing glory]

Awww can't I just be a European mercenary?

Name: Ko "Savage Claws" Zian.
Age:42
Gender:Male.
Appearance:A middle aged man with age setting in on his face, he wears a long sleeved robe, concealing his weapon of choice, he tends to stand in a corner.
Tiny backstory:Zian has trained under many master's and has decided to employ his talents to get some coin.

Stats:
Fitness: 3
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 2
Composure: 1
Wits: 2
Prefered weapon:A pair of Tekko-Kagi

[Pobiega]

Not a parody per se, more like a Jackie Chan movie, serious but with humour.

[Nidilap]

Name: Hua Lee "Lucky 7"
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance: A young man built very well; moved to japan after his family disowned him for patricide. Returned to destroy his ex-family line.
Stats:
Fitness: 3
Endurance: 2
Charisma:1
Wits: 2
Common sense: 1

Prefered weapon: Katana

[Harry Baldman]

Name: Yuan "Waster" Jie
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: a young, long-haired, bearded man with the look of a worthless drunk about him, hefting a ten foot wooden pole wherever he goes. Has a shifty face, too.
Tiny backstory: not actually a worthless drunk, he swears! And not a thief, either, if you'd believe that. His parents certainly didn't, and turned him out into the street after a particularly shameful coincidence. But it is on the street that he found this ten foot bamboo pole, and he's got a really good feeling about it for some reason.

Stats:
Fitness: 3
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 2
Wits: 2
Common Sense: 0

Preferred weapon: ten foot bamboo pole.

[Pobiega]

Sun Wukong "Handsome Monkey King"

No. Be funny, not stupid.

Name: Yuan "Waster" Jie

Accepted, but a 10 foot pole will be cumbersome. Be warned.

[Nidilap]

Pobiega, do you not know about Journey to the West? Wukong is a real mythological figure. From china.

[TCM]

Name: Shao "Golden Plague" Zhou
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Appearance: A bald man in a golden-set of Shaolin Monk robes and shoes. Not actually a monk.
Tiny Backstory: At the age of 15, Shao's village was attacked by a gang of Portuguese pirates. He ran away and hid in the forest, returning a few days later to find it burned to the ground, his entire family having been murdered. Vowing revenge, he scoured the village for supplies, finding several items inside the ruins of a nearby Shaolin temple. He hunted down and slaughtered the pirates, killing everyone except for the infamous Captain Cortezeca, who has eluded him to this day.
His title is self-proclaimed after the disease that killed so many Europeans hundreds of years ago.

Stats:
Fitness: 2
Endurance:  2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 2
Wits: 3
Common sense: 1

Prefered weapon: Shaolin Monk Twin Hooks

[Nirur Torir]

That should not be used as a dump stat. Not to worry, I'll take it and save us all.

Name: Wúliáo Cǎo Diŕn "Sane Willow" (Name translates to Boring Meadow)
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Appearance: A bland bearded man in old and faded merchant clothes.
Tiny backstory: His merchant family kicked him out for pointing out what should have been obvious one time too many. With no money to his name, he was forced to learn to fight to survive, and ended up on the wrong side of the law due to unfortunate circumstance (and being ignored when he pointed out the plan was a terrible idea).
Stats:
Fitness: 2
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 1
Composure: 1
Wits: 2
Common sense: 3
Prefered weapon: Throwing knives

[Pobiega]

Pobiega, do you not know about Journey to the West? Wukong is a real mythological figure. From china.

I know that he's a real mythical figure, but that doesn't mean you're allowed to play him. I realize this "rule" wasn't stated, so I edited into the mainpost. Please make a normal character if you still wish to play.

We'll start soon!

[Nidilap]

Fix'd

[TamerVirus]

我看一点， 好吗？

[blazing glory]

*Looks at player list*

Could've told me to make a new character, I'll edit it.

Done.