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  • Ryoushou-Ryuu Kobudo (Pure Mist Style 凌霄流古武道)
    A martial art that was first developed in China before being brought over to Japan by visiting monks, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu is a highly adaptive and customizable form of self-defense that is best characterized as a harmonized mixture of external and internal. A critical part in mastering this martial art is not to memorize forms and placement of body and limbs, but to understand the purpose behind each and every movement. As such, there will always be variations in how a practitioner goes about using this style due to interpretative expression, but will always have methods that accomplish the same goals. Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu encompasses many different aspects of self-defense, as martial arts were indeed meant for, and only meant for, self defense at the time Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu was developed. These disciplines include ground work, standing grappling and joint manipulation, open and closed hand striking, kicking, weapons training, and etc.

    Separating Ryoushou-Ryuu combat from pure fist-fighting is their ability to project one’s Qi. This allows one to use their Qi as a direct weapon to either attack meridian crossroads via “tapping” (點穴 / dian xue) to cause temporary paralysis and numbness through nervous overloads and energy flow disruption. Qi can also be used as an extension of the body to cause both long distance cutting/piercing (無形劍氣 / wu xing jian qi) damage and/or blunt physical trauma (掌氣 / zhang qi) at a closer distance from the hands while unarmed. Additionally, Qi can be channeled into objects to make them and/or parts of the user’s body into enhanced and formidable makeshift weapons/armor, while still connected to the body, in their own right (运氣 / yun qi). Qi enhanced attacks are the result of Qi being channeled and held within an object (运氣), as opposed to 劍氣 and/or 掌氣, which are considered Qi projectile attacks.
    ((Details and mechanics of both Qi and Tapping are described in the spoiler tag at the bottom of this section.)) As a side note, Ryoushou-Ryuu’s channeling techniques sometimes causes temporary physical alterations to one’s appearance, among them, rapid growth and melanin degeneration of the practioner’s hair.

    However, these offensive applications of Qi are really all secondary effects that were originally not meant to be the main application. This style, as most Asian martial arts do, also trains the practitioner in vital, multi-purpose breathing techniques (呼吸吐納 / hu xi tu na) and health instruction. The breathing techniques not only help promote growth as well as maintain and balance the reservoirs of Qi within the body, it also allows the practitioner to learn how to channel this Qi to various other areas within their body in particular sequences to achieve a desired effect (內氣導引 / nei qi dao ying). Eventually, the practitioner begins to utilize these exercises to guide their Qi automatically, as all these exercises are doing is adjusting one’s own breathing pattern to achieve a maximal benefit. As the body itself finds this a desirable result, it “learns” the exercises and runs through them out of habit, like a second nature. As a result, one’s meridian paths and reservoirs of Qi are constantly open and ready to be used and expelled or channeled, thus allowing one the ability to achieve the desired effects nearly instantaneously. The results of these exercises range from trivial and mundane, such as warming and calming the body in order to sleep through cold weather with minimal protection from the elements, to the more commonly showcased feats of amplified strength, physical fortitude – all marks of a healthy individual. These exercises also eventually allow the user to perform “lightness” techniques (輕功 / qing gong), which “lightens” one’s body, allowing one to run far faster as well as jump higher and further than normal people, with speeds rivaling that of magic-assisted travel, and, eventually, allowing nigh-instantaneous movements over short distances.

    To counter the risks one undertakes as a martial art practitioner, one must be able to take care of the body needs in order to keep oneself, as well as others, in optimal condition. As such, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu also actively instructs the practitioner in massaging and relaxation techniques (擒/推拿 / qin/tui na), forcible poison excretion from the bloodstream using Qi (逼毒 / bi du), acupuncture, methods of mixing and obtaining traditional herbal medicines, as well as the other healing aspects and applications of Qi alongside the martial aspects. As a side note, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu is also perhaps one of the few, if not only, martial arts that teaches culinary skills that any normal restaurant would be grateful to have in their kitchen. This has been attributed to a popular story that says that the reason why the monks were “visiting” in the first place was because they had been excommunicated from their order for their sinful love of the pleasures of the flesh.

    ~.Details and Mechanics.~
    無性氣功 (Qi Applications) Mechanics Explained
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  • ”Sakki” Perception
    As a prerequisite to becoming a successful practitioner of Ryoushou-Ryu Kobujutsu, one must first be able to naturally tell when someone in your surroundings is focusing upon you with malicious intent (Sakki, 殺氣 / sha qi). This perception is an innate sort of sixth sense – something that one is born with, but can be learned with enough effort. When this perception skill is fine-tuned, not only can one identify from which direction and at what distance the source of malice is from you, but can also identify other emotions as well. In short, it is a primal, but highly accurate form of emotion reading and short-term action prediction based upon not only the slightest details in body positioning, but also on a highly attuned gut instinct.

    However, this seemingly miraculous homing system is not without its drawbacks; upon noticing the Sakki, Trystan starts to feel nauseous, and will eventually have a hard time breathing and pass out from the mixed feelings of fear and disgust if the killing intent becomes strong enough. Since this is not a skill that can be activated and deactivated at will, the potential hazards of this ability are great as well. When polished, this skill allows not only one to tolerate higher levels of Sakki, but also emit, suppress, and/or direct great amounts of focused hostility towards multiple specific targets within a certain range. After countless encounters with the Heartless and fusing with multiple selves, Trystan’s tolerance of the side effects of and mastery of this skill has grown tremendously, to the point that he can perceive and target any being or beings within a 10 km radius, with diminishing results over longer distances.

    After having spent the year after the Heartless incident wandering, attempting to keep his own personality intact with the various personalities from alternate dimensions rapidly leaving his body, the mental focus gained from the near constant meditation has unlocked a new, but dangerous side of this skill – the ability to sense the lack of directed malice. By forcing malice outwards towards the world, the world itself reacts by sending malice back towards the user. However, with this sort of feedback, one is able to sense those locations and/or sources which/who conversely defy the natural order by not reacting with malice. However, this skill is a double edged sword, as the constant exposure to this redirected and overwhelming malice of the world causes high strain to the user, and if the user does not exercise strict control, could cause him to enter a state immense mental and physical injury, entering the state known and warned only against with the fearsome description of “walking within the fire and becoming a demon” (走火入魔).

    Those who cannot sense Sakki, who are, naturally, mostly civilians raised in peace throughout their entire lives, perceive being targeted as only somewhat discomforting; the more sensitive ones may perceive that the area has suddenly appeared to have decreased in size or has suddenly become much colder due to their own subconscious reactions to the malicious intent.
[/quote]What Erin said. Anyone complains, this comes back and I hit this so hard with the nerf hammer that a crater is left. Approved.
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just a note to mods that i will be attempting to apply occam's razor to this mess of an ability, so stay tuned :'D

::EDIT::
attempt...was attempted. :'D

in any case, edits are finished! revamped profile is below! thanks~
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. Y a m a t o . T r y s t a n .
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Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 220 lbs


Occupation:

Current Grandmaster of Ryoushou-Ryuu Kobudo
Occasional vigilante
Student (Super Sophmore due to frequent absences)
Arcadia (Combat Division)

Residency:

Yuki




Schedule

Homeroom Teacher: Lavender
Period 1: Supernatural Studies
Period 2: Cooking
LUNCH
Period 3: History





. P e r s o n a l i t y .


~Laughing in the face of the world’s troubles, he proudly moves onwards…~


If anything, Trystan is a mix of contradicting statements. Having been ingrained with the sayings and philosophies of the Ryoushou-Ryuu since he could remember, he lives by, often quotes, and is truly convinced of their motto.

There is a thing known as Justice;
有一種東西叫正義;
To grasp and protect Great Justice, one must possess Great Kung Fu!
要高強正義, 就要有高強功夫!

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In the end, Trystan is still one who prefers harmony over bloodshed. He will favor avoiding combat or merely subduing an opponent, and will almost always give opponents a chance for reconsideration. It is only in the most extreme circumstances that Trystan would even consider killing.

Addendum
  • Due to the Heartless incident and his permanent fusing with a multitude of other versions of his Self from alternate dimensions, Trystan has lived, combined, a countless number of lifetimes, giving him mental fortitude, intuition, and experience that far outstrips that of many of his peers. As a result, his former relative innocence has faded into a jaded sort of outlook; one has to really do something extraordinary to surprise him. On the other hand, Trystan has also become much more willing to believe the absurd, leading his jaded outlook to sometimes cause him to believe even the most outrageous of lies.





. E q u i p m e n t .

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Bare EssentialsAs a long-time practitioner of Ryoushou-Ryuu Kobudo, Trystan has been trained to be able to use most anything that he can grab from around him as a weapon. However, he is still most proficient, while armed, with typical Chinese double-edged straight swords and Miao Dao, or any type of stick weapons. Thus he carries around a plain, inauspicious reinforced metal pointer rod with a neatly wrapped plastic grip, which really is just a thicker pointer like those used in presentations, with him in his pocket. This pointer can extend to an oblong-tubed rod of roughly 3.6 feet in length, and is completely dull in all respects. However, Trystan prefers to engage with opponents unarmed, as the risk of unnecessarily injuring the opponent is much less.
ApparelAside from the pointer, Trystan only has a pair of heavy duty, heat resistant, and anti-conductive gloves and boots to protect his hands and feet when needed, a battered but reliable rucksack, and a plain white headband. Apart from his school uniform and some casual wear Nina bought for him from a nearby store, his clothes all consist of typical dress from where he trained with his Laoshi. He also carries a small, almost uselessly blunt Swiss Army knife. The knife itself is barely able to cut through vegetables, and is mostly used for the fork and spoon hidden ingeniously into the design.
Vigilante Garb
Rift Fuse
Having no abilities whatsoever, the Rift Fuse alone is the only remaining physical concrete evidence that Trystan has which proves that the Heartless had invaded this dimension before. It serves as a mere regenerating costume, allowing Trystan to change his appearance. It now serves mostly to intimidate his opponents, and occasionally as Trystan’s vigilante armor. When put away, the Fuse recedes into six dot-shaped tattoos on the small of his back. As a note, the “tail” on the Fuse retains its prehensile abilities, and sometimes reflects Trsystan's current state of mind.





. S k i l l s + A b i l i t i e s .
OOC rules and knowledge pertinent to the following abilities are detailed in the next section.
Sakki-Perception
Sakki-Perception is the innate or learned ability to predict and/or determine intentions via perception of the emotions directed towards an individual within a certain range. While initially one is only able to sense malice towards oneself (hence the name), as the skill is developed, one is able to accurately sense an increasing spectrum of emotions as well. Furthermore, one also gains the ability to direct one's own malice towards any number of targets within a certain radius. Despite the utility, this ability causes extreme, debilitating nausea once the amount of malice directed towards the possessor of this skill passes a certain threshold. With training, one is able to increase one's tolerance before succumbing to the nausea. Since possession of this skill is a pre-requisite of even being considered as a potential disciple of the Ryoushou-Ryuu, Trystan is naturally extremely proficient with this ability. He is currently able to sense any living being within a 10 km distance, with diminishing results over longer distances. Those who do not possess the ability to sense sakki are not affected much by the malice which may be directed their way, and may only feel a discomforting stare.

After experiencing the inhuman amount of malice generated by the Heartless and trying to keep his own personality intact, Trystan gained the ability to also sense those who are not particularly directing malice towards himself. However, as this is achieved by recklessly directing malice at everything within a certain radius, without a strict level of self-control, it is increasingly easy for him to enter a crazed state of immense physical and mental injury, known only as "walking within the fire and becoming a demon" (走火入魔).


Ryoushou-Ryuu Kobujutsu
A martial art that was first developed in China before being brought over to Japan by visiting monks, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu is best characterized as a harmonized mixture of what is considered traditionally external and internal. This martial art encompasses all aspects of grappling, striking, and weapons usage. With this many different aspects, it naturally follows that a critical part in mastering this martial art is not to memorize forms, but to understand the purpose behind each movement. As such, there are only rough guidelines, with practitioners modifying movements to best suit their own purposes. In addition, to mitigate the inherent risks as a practitioner, this martial art also actively instructs the practitioner in many aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As a side note, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu is also perhaps one of the few, if not only, martial arts that teaches professional-grade culinary skills. This has been attributed to a popular story that says that the reason why the monks were “visiting” in the first place was because they had been excommunicated from their order for their sinful love of the pleasures of the flesh. As a result of having trained in this martial art since he was extremely young, Trystan has obtained physical abilities close to the peak of human limits.


Ryoushou-Ryuu Qi Manipulation
Ryoushou-Ryuu separates itself from other purely physical styles with the ability to cultivate and manipulate Qi; without a sufficiently large pool of Qi already cultivated, no further instruction in this ability is given. Cultivation is done via a multi-purpose, standardized breathing exercise (呼吸吐納 / hu xi tu na), during which the practitioner cycles the Qi within their body through all of their meridian channels. While the style has no way to measure exactly how large a pool an individual has cultivated, there is a surefire way to measure when a novice has cultivated a sufficient amount of Qi to begin more advanced training: the practitioner does not break out into uncontrollable hiccups after a full cycle. It is then considered common sense and practice to continue utilizing this exercise regardless of the current level of mastery, as regularly doing so not only continues to increase the size of the practitioner's pool of Qi, it also begins to decrease the rate at which this Qi is consumed. Only after a practitioner has cultivated a sufficient pool of Qi is instruction given for increasingly more advanced manipulation techniques. As the current Grandmaster of Ryoushou-Ryuu, Trystan has fully mastered the most advanced techniques. Furthermore, as he is, to his knowledge, the only remaining Master-ranked practitioner of this style, he has taken it upon himself to not only preserve and catalogue his knowledge of these techniques, but to also further develop and expand on them.
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OOC Skill Knowledge/Mechanics
When in question, rulings based on the Rules section of the forum hold priority. These rules/mechanics can be changed upon request by an Admin

General Rules
  • Any resolutions applicable to the special actions detailed below (tapping, untapping, charging, redirection, etc.) are based solely by comparing the relative abilities in martial arts styled energy (Qi, Ki, Chi, etc.) manipulation. Ability to manipulate/control other types of energies, such as mana or psychic energy, should not be considered during this process, as they are separate disciplines. The results of all resolutions are at the discretion of the targeted member.

  • All projections/auras appear as faint mirages to the discerning, untrained eye. All projected "shapes" are able to be formed by a single sheet of rectangular paper, with the maximum length of the offensive edge being equivalent to the square of Trystan's reach.

  • Resting posts of special actions do not have to be taken immediately after a special action's effect is exhausted. However, Trystan will be unable to use any special action with rest posts deferred in this manner until the resting requirement is fulfilled. Resting requirements of different special actions may be consolidated into a single post, lowering the remaining rest posts required of each respective special action by one post each. However, in choosing to do so, Trystan loses 2 offensive actions.

  • Normal action rules apply to projections unless otherwise stated.

Tapping

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DONE. Also, based on last edit date, there is no spoon~
Edited by Kyousho, Jan 16 2015, 10:49 PM.
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. E q u i p m e n t .

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Bare EssentialsAs a long-time practitioner of Ryoushou-Ryuu Kobudo, Trystan has been trained to be able to use most anything that he can grab from around him as a weapon. However, he is still most proficient, while armed, with typical Chinese double-edged straight swords and Miao Dao, or any type of stick weapons. Thus he carries around a plain, inauspicious reinforced metal pointer rod with a neatly wrapped plastic grip, which really is just a thicker pointer like those used in presentations, with him in his pocket. This pointer can extend to an oblong-tubed rod of roughly 3.6 feet in length, and is completely dull in all respects. However, Trystan prefers to engage with opponents unarmed, as the risk of unnecessarily injuring the opponent is much less.
ApparelAside from the pointer, Trystan only has a pair of heavy duty, heat resistant, and anti-conductive gloves and boots to protect his hands and feet when needed, a battered but reliable rucksack, and a plain white headband. Apart from his school uniform and some casual wear Nina bought for him from a nearby store, his clothes all consist of typical dress from where he trained with his Laoshi. He also carries a small, almost uselessly blunt Swiss Army knife. The knife itself is barely able to cut through vegetables, and is mostly used for the fork and spoon hidden ingeniously into the design.
Vigilante Garb
Rift Fuse
Having no abilities whatsoever, the Rift Fuse alone is the only remaining physical concrete evidence that Trystan has which proves that the Heartless had invaded this dimension before. It serves as a mere regenerating costume, allowing Trystan to change his appearance. It now serves mostly to intimidate his opponents, and occasionally as Trystan’s vigilante armor. When put away, the Fuse recedes into six dot-shaped tattoos on the small of his back. As a note, the “tail” on the Fuse retains its prehensile abilities, and sometimes reflects Trsystan's current state of mind.





. S k i l l s + A b i l i t i e s .
OOC rules and knowledge pertinent to the following abilities are detailed in the next section.
Sakki-Perception
Sakki-Perception is the innate or learned ability to predict and/or determine intentions via perception of the emotions directed towards an individual within a certain range. While initially one is only able to sense malice towards oneself (hence the name), as the skill is developed, one is able to accurately sense an increasing spectrum of emotions as well. Furthermore, one also gains the ability to direct one's own malice towards any number of targets within a certain radius. Despite the utility, this ability causes extreme, debilitating nausea once the amount of malice directed towards the possessor of this skill passes a certain threshold. With training, one is able to increase one's tolerance before succumbing to the nausea. Since possession of this skill is a pre-requisite of even being considered as a potential disciple of the Ryoushou-Ryuu, Trystan is naturally extremely proficient with this ability. He is currently able to sense any living being within a 10 km distance, with diminishing results over longer distances. Those who do not possess the ability to sense sakki are not affected much by the malice which may be directed their way, and may only feel a discomforting stare.

After experiencing the inhuman amount of malice generated by the Heartless and trying to keep his own personality intact, Trystan gained the ability to also sense those who are not particularly directing malice towards himself. However, as this is achieved by recklessly directing malice at everything within a certain radius, without a strict level of self-control, it is increasingly easy for him to enter a crazed state of immense physical and mental injury, known only as "walking within the fire and becoming a demon" (走火入魔).


Ryoushou-Ryuu Kobujutsu
A martial art that was first developed in China before being brought over to Japan by visiting monks, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu is best characterized as a harmonized mixture of what is considered traditionally external and internal. This martial art encompasses all aspects of grappling, striking, and weapons usage. With this many different aspects, it naturally follows that a critical part in mastering this martial art is not to memorize forms, but to understand the purpose behind each movement. As such, there are only rough guidelines, with practitioners modifying movements to best suit their own purposes. In addition, to mitigate the inherent risks as a practitioner, this martial art also actively instructs the practitioner in many aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As a side note, Ryoushou-Ryuu kobujutsu is also perhaps one of the few, if not only, martial arts that teaches professional-grade culinary skills. This has been attributed to a popular story that says that the reason why the monks were “visiting” in the first place was because they had been excommunicated from their order for their sinful love of the pleasures of the flesh. As a result of having trained in this martial art since he was extremely young, Trystan has obtained physical abilities close to the peak of human limits.


Ryoushou-Ryuu Qi Manipulation
Ryoushou-Ryuu separates itself from other purely physical styles with the ability to cultivate and manipulate Qi; without a sufficiently large pool of Qi already cultivated, no further instruction in this ability is given. Cultivation is done via a multi-purpose, standardized breathing exercise (呼吸吐納 / hu xi tu na), during which the practitioner cycles the Qi within their body through all of their meridian channels. While the style has no way to measure exactly how large a pool an individual has cultivated, there is a surefire way to measure when a novice has cultivated a sufficient amount of Qi to begin more advanced training: the practitioner does not break out into uncontrollable hiccups after a full cycle. It is then considered common sense and practice to continue utilizing this exercise regardless of the current level of mastery, as regularly doing so not only continues to increase the size of the practitioner's pool of Qi, it also begins to decrease the rate at which this Qi is consumed. Only after a practitioner has cultivated a sufficient pool of Qi is instruction given for increasingly more advanced manipulation techniques. As the current Grandmaster of Ryoushou-Ryuu, Trystan has fully mastered the most advanced techniques. Furthermore, as he is, to his knowledge, the only remaining Master-ranked practitioner of this style, he has taken it upon himself to not only preserve and catalogue his knowledge of these techniques, but to also further develop and expand on them.
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OOC Skill Knowledge/Mechanics
When in question, rulings based on the Rules section of the forum hold priority. These rules/mechanics can be changed upon request by an Admin

General Rules
  • Any resolutions applicable to the special actions detailed below (tapping, untapping, charging, redirection, etc.) are based solely by comparing the relative abilities in martial arts styled energy (Qi, Ki, Chi, etc.) manipulation. Ability to manipulate/control other types of energies, such as mana or psychic energy, should not be considered during this process, as they are separate disciplines. The results of all resolutions are at the discretion of the targeted member.

  • All projections/auras appear as faint mirages to the discerning, untrained eye. All projected "shapes" are able to be formed by a single sheet of rectangular paper, with the maximum length of the offensive edge being equivalent to the square of Trystan's reach.

  • Resting posts of special actions do not have to be taken immediately after a special action's effect is exhausted. However, Trystan will be unable to use any special action with rest posts deferred in this manner until the resting requirement is fulfilled. Resting requirements of different special actions may be consolidated into a single post, lowering the remaining rest posts required of each respective special action by one post each. However, in choosing to do so, Trystan loses 2 offensive actions.

  • Normal action rules apply to projections unless otherwise stated.

Tapping

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Offensive

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