Shintai

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 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.

Chi Attunement: Stamina.

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.

Standard Powers

       Corpse Skin: The body of the Kuei-jin becomes more corpse-like, offering improved protection against physical attacks
   
       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

       Ikehone: The Kuei-jin can rearrange the bone structures of any creature with a skeleton to his liking

       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.