Difference between revisions of "Shintai"

From The World Is A Vampire
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with ";KOTE Bone Shintai is one of the Shintai Discipline of the Kuei-Jin. Its tainted form is called Decay Shintai. Practitioners of the Bone Shintai commonly congregate in ...")
 
(→‎Forms)
 
(12 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
;[[KOTE]]
+
;[[Kuei-jin]]
  
−
Bone Shintai is one of the Shintai Discipline of the Kuei-Jin. Its tainted form is called Decay Shintai.
+
Shintai, a Japanese word meaning "god body," refers to those Disciplines in which Kuei-jin learn to focus Chi energy through their physical forms.
 +
History
  
 +
The shintai are ancient techniques that have disseminated throughout Kuei-jin society since the Wan Xian fell from grace. Although similar in some respects to such Kindred Disciplines as Protean and Vicissitude, the shintai are much more meticulous and systematically studied. Most Kuei-jin view mastery of a shintai as demonstrating a corresponding understanding of the Chi principles, and thus a significant step toward mastery of self and reaching Hundred Clouds.
  
−
Practitioners of the Bone Shintai commonly congregate in small wu of like-minded Kuei-jin, often honing their arts in sites of strong Yin, such as burial grounds. Although not all practitioners are ch'ing shih, most grow heavily imbalanced to Yin over time. Certainly, Bone students are among the most frightening Kuei-jin to meet in combat.
+
==Forms==
  
−
Chi Attunement: Stamina.
+
The Kuei-jin of the Quincunx use eight forms of Shintai. Five draw their power from the classical five elements of the Middle Kingdom, whereas the other three are of newer origin.
  
−
Included below are the official powers described in the Kindred of the East Rulebook and the Kindred of the East Companion. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.
+
The five classical are:
  
−
==Standard Powers==
+
* [[Blood Shintai]], analogous to Water
 +
* [[Bone Shintai]], analogous to Metal
 +
* [[Jade Shintai]], analogous to Earth
 +
* [[Ghost-Flame Shintai]], analogous to Fire
 +
* [[Flesh Shintai]], analogous to Wood
 +
* [[Flower Shintai]], analogous to Air
 +
The three others are:
  
−
   
+
* Smoke Shintai
−
        Corpse Skin: The body of the Kuei-jin becomes more corpse-like, offering improved protection against physical attacks
+
* Beast Shintai
−
   
+
* Storm Shintai
−
        White Tiger Corpse: The body of the Kuei-jin becomes transparent, although this does not affect clothing unless the Kuei-jin expends more Yin chi. Kuei-jin using this power can occasionally be detected by the palpable chill they radiate.
 
−
   
 
−
        Bone Obedience: Through selective manipulation of Chi, the Kuei-jin can cause his bone structure to calcify and grow like rock crystals
 
−
   
 
−
        Five Poison Cloud: The Kuei-jin exhales a poisonous cloud of black Yin energy
 
−
   
 
−
        Ch'ing Shih: The Kuei-jin temporarily assumes the Ch'ing Shih form.
 
  
−
==Advanced Powers==
+
A different form of Shintai is the [[Demon Shintai]], which allows the Kuei-jin to manifest their P'o and gain a demonic visage.
  
−
        Ikehone: The Kuei-jin can rearrange the bone structures of any creature with a skeleton to his liking
+
The Scorpion Eaters, due to their consumption of Tainted Chi, have developed their own Shintai arts, called Bile Shintai, which are perverted forms of the five elemental forms other Kuei-jin use.
  
−
 
+
In the Fourth Age, the Shintai were known as the Godbodies, and they still channeled purer, less corrupted forms of the elements.
−
        Skeletal Sculpting: Like the previous power, only that the Kuei-jin can bypass the flesh of his target and affect the bones directly
 
−
 
 
−
   
 
−
        Corpse Awakening: The Kuei-jin infuses a corpse with Yin Chi, raising it as an undead and mindless servant
 
−
 
 
−
   
 
−
        Form of Infernal Favour: A refined form of the Ch'ing Shih that is even more horrifying and often possesses appendages like tentacles or spikes.
 

Latest revision as of 22:04, 21 December 2022

Kuei-jin

Shintai, a Japanese word meaning "god body," refers to those Disciplines in which Kuei-jin learn to focus Chi energy through their physical forms. History

The shintai are ancient techniques that have disseminated throughout Kuei-jin society since the Wan Xian fell from grace. Although similar in some respects to such Kindred Disciplines as Protean and Vicissitude, the shintai are much more meticulous and systematically studied. Most Kuei-jin view mastery of a shintai as demonstrating a corresponding understanding of the Chi principles, and thus a significant step toward mastery of self and reaching Hundred Clouds.

Forms

The Kuei-jin of the Quincunx use eight forms of Shintai. Five draw their power from the classical five elements of the Middle Kingdom, whereas the other three are of newer origin.

The five classical are:

The three others are:

  • Smoke Shintai
  • Beast Shintai
  • Storm Shintai

A different form of Shintai is the Demon Shintai, which allows the Kuei-jin to manifest their P'o and gain a demonic visage.

The Scorpion Eaters, due to their consumption of Tainted Chi, have developed their own Shintai arts, called Bile Shintai, which are perverted forms of the five elemental forms other Kuei-jin use.

In the Fourth Age, the Shintai were known as the Godbodies, and they still channeled purer, less corrupted forms of the elements.

Retrieved from "http://maierstorm.org/Vampire/index.php?title=Shintai&oldid=96005"