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Zhòng de piànzǐ

A 3-Victory Newbie Contractor played by Noralius in Maelstrom

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Zhòng de piànzǐ is a Cult leader (Possessed by a Yaojjing) who will risk his life to become the ultimate God of Wealth and To create a world where wealth and devotion flow endlessly to it, establishing itself as the sole god of greed and powe.

He is 78 years old, lives in in the remote mountains of Guizhou Province, particularly near an isolated village in the Wuling Mountains in his own Temple, and often appears as a short Elderly Chinese man in a black and white robe with a black beard black glasses.

Zhòng de piànzǐ lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day.

Attributes

Brawn

1 Charisma

5 Dexterity

3 Intellect

3 Perception

3

Abilities

3 Alertness

0 Animals

3 Athletics

0 Crafts

2 Culture

2 Drive

3 Firearms

4 Influence

2 Investigation

2 Medicine

2 Melee

3 Occult

3 Performance

0 Science

2 Stealth

2 Survival

0 Technology

1 Thievery

(TapClick for Combat reference)

Initiative: 0 dice

Movement: 0 feet

Dash: 0 feet

Perception + Alertness: 0 dice

At the start of Combat, roll Initiative: Dexterity + Perception Difficulty 6.

Each Round of Combat represents 3 seconds of near-simultaneous action.

It's my Turn

You get one Movement and one Action on your turn every Round of Combat.

Movement

Movement is taken immediately before OR after your Action. It cannot be split.
You may Free Move (0) feet. Minimum 5 feet.
You may Dash up to an additional (0 feet).
- Dashing penalizes your Action -1 die per 5 feet.
All-out Sprint: instead of using free Movement or Dash, you may spend your Action and roll Brawn + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. You move (0 + (Outcome x 5) Feet).

Actions

Attack with your weapon or hands.
Evade by rolling to Defend or Dodge. Your Outcome is "spent" to reduce the Outcome of any incoming attacks until your next Action.
Activate a Power or use an Ability as normal.
Hold your Action by declaring an Action and a triggering event. If the event occurs before your turn on the next Round, you perform the Action.

I'm being attacked

If you have not yet spent your Action this Round, you may use it as a Reaction.

Reactions

Dodge by rolling Dexterity + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's.
Defend with your weapon by rolling its attack roll. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's. Availability depends on weapon match-up (tap/hover).
Clash with the attacker using the same roll you would use to Defend. The higher Outcome (not contested) is treated as the result of a successful, undefended attack roll against the loser.

Desperate Defense

If you have already used your Action, you may Exert your Mind to perform a Reaction. Your next Round's Action receives a -2 dice penalty. You cannot Clash as a Desperate Defense or React more than once to a given Action.

Will to Survive

Once per Contract, you may reduce the severity of an incoming Injury up to 5 Severity levels (to a minimum of Severity 5). You also take a point of Mind Damage and suffer a Battle Scar as normal.

If an attack's Outcome is positive after defense, it results in a new Injury with Severity = Outcome + Weapon damage - Armor

Injuries

Ouch

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Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar or Equipment destruction and always require Stabilization

Stabilization is the Injury's main treatment, and each Injury can only be successfully Stabilized once

Unstabilized Injuries worsen by 1 Severity level every half hour

Proper Stabilization

Requires an advanced first aid kit for Severity 4 Injuries, a surgery setup for Severity 5 Injuries, and a surgery theater for Severity 6+ Injuries.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty equal to Severity

An Outcome of 1 or greater will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
Outcome 4+ puts the Injury on track to heal clean: its Battle Scar heals with it.
On a Botch, the Injury's Severity increases by 1.
Failed or Botched attempts may be re-attempted at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Makeshift Stabilization

Attempt a major treatment using insufficient or improvised medical equipment.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty > Severity

(Difficulty based on materials and tactics used)

Outcome 1+ will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
However, any Outcome less than 4 increases the Injury’s Severity by 1. Botches also worsen its Battle Scar if it caused one.
Regardless of Outcome, any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will persist after it is fully healed.
Failed or Botched attempts may be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Self-stabilization attempts are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Battle Scars

Dice penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Stress

Migraines (Exerting your Mind causes you to take a -1 dice penalty to all subsequent Actions for the next 15 minutes.)

Concussive Neuropathy (Intellect rolls take twice as long (minimum of two Actions) and you receive a -2 dice penalty to all Initiative rolls.)

Lost Hand (Any Actions requiring the affected hand fail automatically. You are -1 to -3 dice on any rolls to perform Actions which require two hands, depending on the Action.)

One Eye (Samson) (All Perception rolls utilizing sight are rolled at +2 Difficulty. Any Actions involving depth perception are rolled at +1 Difficulty.)

Body 6

Stress

9 Mind

Miffed

Agitated

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Anguish

Capture

Near-Death Experience

Traumas

Goldkomplex You believe yourself to be the very best, one of the elite, superior to anyone else you meet.

The Path

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Famous: Cult leader of "the Golden Path"

From Assets and Liabilities

You are well-known and generally well-liked by the general public. You may easily communicate a message via the media during a Downtime, and you may receive preferential treatment from NPCs at the GM's discretion.

Illuminated: Debated (Government)

Given by Lord_of_Clueless

There is some privatly-accessible evidence of your supernatural nature. Rumors of your capabilities circulate and some people believe them. You are imprisoned in a Government Blacksite where they are trying to confirm your supernatural tendencies.

Imprisoned: Government Blacksite for testing on individuals with supernatural capabilities.

From Assets and Liabilities

You are trapped inside some form of prison or cage, and are only released temporarily to attend Contracts. At the end of each Contract, you will be returned to your prison. Your ability to do Crafting, make Moves, improve Abilities, and maintain a consistent inventory, are all significantly restricted, and you must get GM approval to attempt any of these things.

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Pathetic You are so pathetic, no one takes you seriously as a threat. As long as your Brawn rating is 1, opponents must roll Mind and achieve an Outcome of 4 or higher to attack you instead of other targets in Combat.

Sensitive You're emotionally fragile, and very likely to be mentally and emotionally scarred by your experiences. You have four Limits, instead of the usual three.

Supernatural Condition You have some unique supernatural affliction or curse due to your heritage or background. Condition: Shattered Dominion Effect:(Anything which would cause the failure limit to be tested would trigger this condition) When Zhòng de Piànzǐ experiences a major crisis (such as a significant failure), he loses all supernatural powers for one month. During this time, the Yaojing’s influence over him is severed, forcing him to confront his true self. This period of powerlessness causes him to deeply question who he is—whether he is truly Zhòng de Piànzǐ or just a puppet of the Yaojing’s will.

Additional Language: Englisch You are fluent in an additional language You can speak, read, and write in the chosen language. You may be given a roll to decipher some amount of meaning from a related language at the GMs discretion.

From Maelstrom

Imbued After accepting your first Invitation to a Contract, you are Imbued, altering you in several ways. After completing a Contract, your learning and conditioning improves rapidly. However, you require the Contracts to advance. You have an indomitable Will to Survive. You may Exert your Mind to improve the Outcome of your Actions. You are highly receptive to therapy and may "cure" one of your Traumas with counseling on a Downtime.

Thought experiment You have learned from the greats, you truly are a philosopher. You can now conjure up thought experiments. While talking to someone, roll a mind roll, to come up with a philosophical thought experiment. The person targeted can roll a mind roll to defend against it, if they fail they will be affected. The person affected will ponder the predicament and roll perception rolls at two higher difficulties for the duration of 10 minutes. This can only be done once a day.

Karpowski Conditioned You have faced your most inviolable principle and run it through. You are stronger for it. The Soviet considers you hire-able Once per day, as a quick action, exert your mind and select a limit. You may ignore that limit with no mental consequences for breaking it for the next hour.

Loose Ends

Government Testing

Present Deadly Given by Lord_of_Clueless

The government are testing on you while in the black site to confirm your supernatural capabilities

Individual Enemy: Daisy Wang, the asian american old lady

Moderate Dangerous Given by Lord_of_Clueless

Whether through misfortune or deliberate provocation, you have made a lifelong enemy out of someone, and they will stop at nothing to take you down.

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Advancement

Newbie

3 Victories - 1 Failure

Remaining Exp: 0
(Earned: 168 - Spent: 168)

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Moves

Zhòng de piànzǐ has made 1 Move.

Making life in prison better (but making it a lot worse actually)

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Voided Deaths
You should probably know about these. . .

May 18, 2025, 1:40 a.m. - None

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-1 Additional Language

Language: Englisch

-3 Pathetic

-6 Famous

Claim to Fame: Cult leader of "the Golden Path"

Liabilities

+9 Sensitive

+9 Imprisoned

Manner of Imprisonment: the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) in Florence, Colorado

+9 Supernatural Condition

Supernatural Condition: Condition: Shattered Dominion Effect: When Zhòng de Piànzǐ experiences a major crisis (such as a significant failure or betrayal), he loses all supernatural powers for one month. During this time, the Yaojing’s influence over him is severed, forcing him to confront his true self. This period of powerlessness causes him to deeply question who he is—whether he is truly Zhòng de Piànzǐ or just a puppet of the Yaojing’s will.