Young Female Samurai

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Abilities
Strength 3, Stamina 5, Agility 3, Dexterity 0, Fighting 1, Intellect 2, Awareness 0, Presence 0

Powers
Attacks:

• Fast Cut: Damage 4
  
• Alt: Great Slash: Damage 6 [Alternate Resistance (Will) 1]
  
• Alt: Long Slash: Damage 6 [Shape (Burst) 1]
  
• Alt: Repetance Slash: Damage 6 [Homing]
  
• Alt: Penetrating Slash: Damage 5 [Penetrating 6]

Blade Coat: Energy Aura 5
Leap Technique: Leaping 3
Strong Arms: Power-Lifting 5

Equipment
Katana
     Cut: Damage 2
Clothes
     Frail Kimono: Protection 2
Items
     Heal Potion: Healing 2, Speed Potion: Super-Speed 4

Advantages
Accurate Attack, Close Attack 10, Evasion 1, Improved Initiative, Instant Up, Quick Draw, Defensive Roll 4, Equipment 1

Skills
Acrobatics 8 (+11), Athletics  (+3), Deception  (+0), Expertise: Light Arcana 8 (+10), Expertise: Swordmanship 8 (+10), Expertise: Advanced Math 8 (+10), Insight  (+0), Intimidation  (+0), Perception  (+0), Persuasion  (+0), Stealth  (+3)

Complications
Inexperienced
Hate towards Light Arcana users
Liar

Young Female Samurai
Health 50 Endurance 40
Defense 3 (5 com Barrier)

Abilities (+14)
Agile 3
Armored 1
Attack 3
Barrier 2 (Blade Coat)
Knowledge 1 (Light Arcana)
Knowledge 1 (Advanced Math)
Quick 1
Strong 1
Tough 1

Weakness (-12)
Absent-Minded -1
Bizarre Appearance -2
Clumsy -1
Code of Conduct -1 (Bushido)
Focus -1 (Attack/Katana)
Hatred -2
Naive -1
Rival -3
Weak-Willed -1

Items
Heal Potion (Heal 2)
Speed Potion (Agile 4)

Antes

• Fast Cut: Damage 4
  
• Alt: Great Slash: Damage 6 [Alternate Resistance (Will) 1]
  
• Alt: Long Slash: Damage 6 [Shape (Burst) 1]
  
• Alt: Repetance Slash: Damage 6 [Homing]
  
• Alt: Penetrating Slash: Damage 5 [Penetrating 6]

Depois

Attacks
Fast Cut Roll 5 DX 5 End 0
Great Slash (Will Attack) Roll 5 DX 5 End 0
Long Slash (Ranged, Strength-Powered, Effective) Roll 5 DX 6 End +10
Repetance Slash (Redirectable, Effective) Roll 5 DX 5 End +10
Penetrating Slash (Armor Piercing, Effective) Roll 5 DX 6 End +10

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Ancient Temple

"The things my Youkai-Forged Blades cannot cut are next to none!"-Youmu Konpaku, Ancient Temple Master


Long ago, a noble woman raised as a ghost after her death. Whitout descendants, she declared she would keep running her lands and demanded all the conforts she enjoyed while alive. Most of her previous servants ran away in fear rather than work under an undead, but her loyal gardeners stood behind and did their best to tend the lady's gardens, serve her meals and tea, maintain the house and even patrol the property in the place of the missing guards. The lady was satisfied with being taken care off by this dedicated servants, and never ventured out from her lands. But the legend arose on how a powerful ghost now ruled the area, and many undeads started converging on it. Despite their loyalty, the gardeners were powerless against many of the undeads since their working tools couldn't hurt them, and  all would have died or worst. But the noble ghost intervened, and gifted her loyal servants with powerfull swords that could slice trough the unholy invaders. The gardeners destroyed all the undeads combining their skill honed from years of cuting plants with their new weapons, and their lady was pleased. Altough she was deeply religious and considered wrong to break the cycle of life by granting them immortality, she did greatly expand their lifespans. As for herself, she said she would one day make peace with the wordly affairs and ascend to nirvana, but that's another story. She stayed in this world, and soon her home became an Ancient Temple, with her previous gardeners as powerful and skilled servants.

The gardeners, blessed with  increased lifes, dedicated themselves to develop a martial art that perfectly blended the elegant cuting of plants with the graceful cuting of those who dared to disturb their mistress lands. Some of them did grew weary of this monotonous life as they worked from dawn to night and weren't even geting paid anymore, leaving their  home to see the world, showing their special skill trough the land. Luckily for them the ghost mistress never atempted to get them back or showed any kind of spite, altough some wonder if she simply doesn't care as long as there's at least one servant taking care of her.

Ancient Temple became well renowed, but few can atempt to learn it tough as no other pair of weapons offer the balance and sharpness of a Youkai-Forged Blades and that's essential for unleashing the maneuvers from this school. And only their ghost mistress seems to be know the secret to get new ones, making many aspiring heroes to travel to her lands. The gardeners left behind always rise their children under this school, creating young martial artists of incredible skill. The favored weapons of this discipline are the Youkai-Forged blades that take the form of one-handed slashing melee weapons. The Discipline Skill is Profession(Gardener), as in order to know how to cut flesh and soul at the same time one must first learn how to gracefully cut trees and flowers. Altough some question if this philosophy is really true, the fact that it's upholded by gardener-warriors with centuries of experience that serve an aparently mad ghost doesn't leave much room for discussion if you wish to learn it.

This school is available only to those who take the Netherworld Gardener feat.

New Feats

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NetherWorld Gardener


The Ancient Temple school is all about showing the best from yourself, in all senses of the word.

Prerequisites:
-Must be a creature that would eventualy die of old age.
-Must have been born and grown under the care of the Ghost Mistress or an Ancient Temple master. In alternative, you may seek them out yourself and make a pledge of loyalty. Kidnaped works too.
Benefit: In return for your pledge of loyalty to the Ghost Mistress, you're gifted with a pair of Youkai-Forged blades (which can also be handed to you by a willing Ancient Temple user). They're both single-hand melee slashing weapons of your choice you must already be proficient with, but at least one of them must be light. They're both of masterwork quality, and they automatically bond to you.

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They feel like natural extensions of your body, allowing you to treat them both as light weapons whenever it would be benefical for you, while still being able to power attack with them. Altough they cannot be enchanted, they're indestructible, benefit from a permanent ghost touch effect, and count as magic for bypassing DR.

For the purposes of feats that affect a specific weapon, your pair of Youkai-Forged blades count as a single weapon, so for example you could take Weapon Focus (Youkai-Forged blades).

You can also now learn Ancient Temple maneuvers, wich can only be used with the Youkai-Forged blades. You must still give up one of your original schools if you're a martial initiator.

The pair of Youkai-Forged Blades also count as a single masterwork tool that grants a +2 Competence bonus on Profession(Gardener) checks.

Finally, your life expectancy is increased by a tenfold. If you ever attain immortality, you lose the ability to use Ancient Temple maneuvers as they're based on understanding and acepting the eternal cycle of death and rebirth.

Special: If you're a ranger, you may choose to swap several of your base features for extra affinity with the Ancient Temple school.

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-Ranger levels always contribute full iniator level for Ancient Temple maneuvers instead of just half.
-You may swap Track and Wild Empathy gained at first level for the knowledge of two 1st level Ancient Temple Maneuvers and one 1st level Stance. You start every ecounter with the maneuvers automatically readied and you can recover each as a fullround action.
-If you have 3 Ranger levels, you may swap Endurance for the knowledge of two 2nd level Ancient Temple Maneuvers. You start every ecounter with the maneuvers automatically readied and you can recover each as a fullround action.
-If you have 4 or more Ranger levels, you may swap your Animal Companion for the ability to learn more Ancient Temple maneuvers and stances. At 4th level, and every Ranger level thereafter, you may remove a spell from your list of spells known to learn an Ancient Temple maneuver or stance of a level no bigger than half your Ranger level, rounded up. You can ready those maneuvers in empty spell slots that are at least half the maneuver/stance's level, rounded down, and recover each exended maneuver as a fullround action.
-At level 7, you may swap Woodland Stride for one extra Ancient Temple Maneuver or Stance known.
-At level 8, you may swap Swift Tracking for one extra Ancient Temple Maneuver or Stance known.
-At levels 14, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Ranger, you may trade one more spell for another new Stance or Maneuver Known, but they must be one level lower than the highest level Maneuver you know.

Mystic Dream

Ahh, opening my eyes, there's so much light all of a sudden.
Prerequisites:
-Knowledge of at least one Ancient Temple stance
Benefit:While on an Ancient Temple Stance, you don't suffer any penalty on attack rolls for fighting with both your Youkai-Forged blades at the same time, can perform iteratives for high Bab with your off-hand and add your full Str mod to damage rolls with both your Youkai-Forged Blades.
Normal:You only don't take penalties for attacking with both Youkai-Forged with an Ancient Temple strike, cannot make iteratives with your off hand and still only add half Str mod to your off-hand.
Special:This counts as the Two Weapon Fighting feat for qualifying for other stuff.


Half-Spirit with Desire for Death

"The temple has a strict ban on murder!
Um, er, no, I don't strictly want to MURDER..."
Prerequisites:
-Mystic Dream
-At least 8 ranks in Profession (Gardener)
-Knowledge of 3 Ancient Temple Maneuvers
Benefit:While in an Ancient Temple Stance you can use the three following tactical options

Human Knowledge Sword "Angel Dance"-Mortals know that the first step to ascend into an higher being is to act as said being. Once per round whenever you hit an opponent with both your Youkai-forged blades in a single turn, you can move up to your highest movement speed whitout provoking attacks of opportunity.
If you do, you can choose to leave behind a cloud of petals that works as a Fog Cloud centered on your previous position that lasts 1 round.


All in one moment... I think she moved
too fast for my eyes to follow.
Seems like it'll be impossible to catch her in that moment.
 
Celestial Star Sword "As the Silent Nirvana"-The culmination of the one's pursuit of liberation from this impure world. To use this option you must perform an Ancient Temple Strike that would allow you to attack with both your Youkai-Forged Blades, but attack with just one.
If you hit, your opponent must suceed on a Will save with DC 10+1/2 HD+Wis mod or suffer a Silence effect as the spell on itself for 1 round, and a Reflex save with the same DC or be blinded for 1 round.


This was a surprise. She could focus so well as to cut out sound and color altogether.
If you can't hear, it gets harder to avoid. If the color is lost, you can't tell things apart.

Four Births Sword "Resounding of the Restless Beings"-The four kinds of birth are viviparity, oviparity, birth from marsh and incarnation to the angel. However certain beings cannot become divine congenitally.
   To use this option you must perform one Ancient Temple strike that allows you attack with both your Youkai-Forged blades against an opponent which you hit with Celestial Star Sword "As the Silent Nirvana" on the last round (regardless of they making their saves). If you do, you can make two attacks with each of your Youkai-Forged blades instead of just one per weapon, and they benefit from any extra effects the maneuver would grant on sucessful hits.



Considering it's in the blink of an eye,
being attacked at that speed is scary.

Till When?

"When one dies, how long will their corpse remain unattended?
I pray I might die beneath a cherry blossom under spring's full moon."
Prerequisites: At least seven Ancient Temple maneuvers, at least one of which must allow you to alter terrain.
Benefit: Once per day, if you would die in an area which you've altered with one of your Ancient Temple maneuvers, you instead heal all HP and remove all ill effects from yourself but you exit any martial stance in which you may be. For the next 10 minutes, you cannot recover Ancient Temple maneuvers and can only enter one Ancient Temple stance of your choice. This feat cannot trigger more times per week than 1/4 your ranks in Profession (gardener).



Ultimate Truth

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"One step closer... and the mistress will kill you before you know it!"
"Shut up, deceased one."

Prerequisites:
-Knowledge of at least one Ancient Temple stance or one Border of Life Stance.
Benefit:
While you're in Ancient Temple stance, any undead you create or summon gain an enanchment bonus on attack and damage rolls equal to the level of the Ancient Temple stance. This bonus ends as soon as you exit the Ancient Temple stance.

While you're in a Border of Life stance, your Youkai-Forged Blades double as powerful shields for yourself and your beloved ones. You and all allies inside your Youkai-Forged blades reach gain an insight bonus to AC and reflex saves equal to the level of the stance. You must be wielding both and only your Youkai-Forged Blades to gain this benefit.

If you are adjacent to an ally that is also a Ancient Temple or Border of Life user and who also has this feat you may treat yourself as if you were under the stance of your adjacent ally for the purpose of this feat only.

Youki Konpaku, fabled first master of Ancient Temple.


Maneuvers

1st level

Aceptance of Life and Death: Strike–strike fear on an oponent with one of your swords while cuting out the fear from an ally.
Moment of Eternity: Boost-Fully focus on the task at hand.
200 Hell Realm Flowers in 1 Slash:Strike-Move at extreme speed while slicing a nearby oponent.
Intolerant Avici: Counter–punish oponent that missed an attack against you.
Fasting of the Young Ghost: Stance–partially separate your soul from yourself.

2nd level
Insightful Swords: Strike–release wave of energy from your blades.
Beast Realm Brute Sword: Strike–Combine your slashes with basic combat maneuvers.
Netherworld Reflection Slash: Counter–deflect ranged attacks with your swords.
Karmic Punishment of the Idle and Unfocused : Boost–next sucessful attack on the round may daze oponent, or you hit an ally under mental influence to bring them back to senses.

3rd level
Flashing Slash Formation as Karma Gust: Strike–Move even faster while slicing with both your swords.
Storybook of the Ghost Realm:Stance- divide your soul even more.
Asura Realm Ascension to NirvanaStrike-Smite your target with the beauty from your attacks.
Retribution of the Ten Hungry Kings:Boost- Your blades launch energy slashes

4th level
Mortal Realm Rise from Delusion:Strike–break out from negative condition and strike with both swords.
Flashing Cherry Blossoms: Boost–glowing flower petals fall around you concealing your next move.
Disappearing Elegance: Strike–gracefully vanish out of sight, then slice from impossible angles.
Obsession with the Present World:Boost-All your attacks this turn may daze your oponents.

5th level
Meditation  of Life Ending Sword: Strike-Attack with both swords, oponent may die if you hit with both, or bring back the recently deceased.
Floral Nirvana: Counter-Remove yourself from reality for a moment.
Ghostly Wheel of Pain:Boost-Turn your soul into a copy from yourself, forming a circle of rebirth.
God's Flashing Slash as Karma Gust:Strike-move an impossible distance in a moment while slicing all who opose you.

6th level
Tower Watching Blade's Bullet-Cutting Third Eye:Counter-block an enemy attack by striking even harder.
Five Signs of the Dying Deva:Strike–Your blows reveal your oponent's doom, stripping them of their defenses.
Delusion of Enlightenment: Stance–Become able to shoot waves of energy with all your attacks.
Slashing a Flower Upon One's Head:Strike-Cut only what must be cut, traping an  oponent or freeing an ally.

7th level
Displeasure of the Seven Sins-Boost-Purify yourself to remove all ill effects.
Slash Clearing the Six Senses: Strike–Ignore the illusions of reality to strike at your target's true core.
Approaching Disillusion :Strike- Slash the boundaries of reality itself around you, creating dangerous rifts.

8th level

Attainment of Eternal Truth:Boost-See everything as it truly is, then close the gap with your target.
Deva Realm's God Swords: Stance–Pour your soul into your blades, greatly strenghtening them.
Slash of The Eternity: Strike- Attack oponent with both blades, attacks keeps repeating themselves untill one of you is defeated.
Secret of Life and Death:Strike-Utterly destroy your oponent, or bring back those who passed away.

9th level
Six Realms Ageless Obsession:Stance–Enter the border between life and death to attain extreme power, cannot keep it for long.
Paschal Moon-Reflecting Satellite Slash:Strike-Clear all obstacles in your path before striking with the power of the moon.