Mesa: Character Sheet

Basic Information

Name: Mesa
Title: The Bamboo Ronin
Type: Dragon-Blooded Exalt
Age: 42
Player: Dan H.
Aspect: Wood
Concept: Grass-Spider
Motivation: Find the owner of the bamboo sanxian.
Political Affiliation: The Hallowed Order of the Grass Spiders
Anima: Mesa's motions leave glowing green trails of Essence in the air, which sprout vines with leaves and petals that shrivel up quickly after Mesa's movements take him elsewhere. At high levels, small plants, flowers, and insects spring from the ground where he steps, again dying out quickly when he leaves. At maximum power, any surrounding bamboo bends around Mesa to form a grand archway above wherever he stands.
Likes: Spicy food, impractical weaponry, hookah, coffee, flashy haori
Dislikes: Cats, opera, the Guild, perfume

Familiar: Fenrir (God-Blooded Wolf)

Mesa: Background

Loyalties

Motivation	Tell the story of the Grass-Spiders.
Intimacies	The Circle With No Name is the closest thing to a family I've got.	*sigh* Opal is the closest thing to a wife I've got.	Fenrir; man's best friend, even if he's a little rugged for the city life.	Makoto Seta; I want what this guy is smoking.

Attributes

Strength	●●●○○	Charisma	●●●●●	Perception	●●●○○
Dexterity	●●●●○	Manipulation	●●●○○	Intelligence	●●●○○
Stamina	●●●○○	Appearance	●●●○○	Wits	●●●●○

Abilities

Air		Earth		Fire
Linguistics	●●●○○	Awareness	●●●○○	Athletics	●●○○○
Lore	●●○○○	Craft	○○○○○	Dodge	●●●○○
Occult	●○○○○	Integrity	●●○○○	Melee	●●○○○
Stealth	●●●○○	Resistance	●○○○○	Presence	●●●○○
Thrown	●○○○○	War	●○○○○	Socialize	●●●○○
Water		Wood		Specialties
Bureaucracy	●○○○○	Archery	●●●●○	Martial Arts: Short Swords	●○○○○
Investigation	●●○○○	Medicine	●○○○○	Performance: Sanxian	●○○○○
Larceny	●●●○○	Performance	●●●●●
Martial Arts	●●●●○	Ride	●○○○○
Sail	○○○○○	Survival	●●○○○

Spirit and Body

Essence	●●●○○○○○○○	Virtues
Personal Pool	11 / 11	Compassion	●●○○○	Conviction	●●○○○
Peripheral Pool	27 / 27	Temperance	●●○○○	Valor	●●●●○
Willpower	●●●●●●○○○○	Anima:	*Spend 5 motes to throw pollen at your opponents.
Willpower

Health and Soak

Movement Unarmored Armored Move 4 yds. 4 yds. Dash 10 yds. 10 yds. Jump Type Unarmored Armored Vertical 5 yds. 5 yds. Horizontal 10 yds. 10 yds.

Languages Forest-Tongue (Native) Riverspeak High-Realm Guild Cant

Soak Natural 2 B 1 L 0 A Armor 3 B 5 L Total 5 B 6 L 5 A Pierced 2 B 3 L 2 A Hardness

Health Levels -0 -1 -2 -4 Incap Dying

Charms

Name	Cost	Type	Duration	Page
1st Martial Arts Excellency	1m per 2 dice	Reflexive	Instant	128
1st Performance Excellency	1m per 2 dice	Reflexive	Instant	128
1st Archery Excellency	1m per 2 dice	Reflexive	Instant	128
Observer Awareness Method	1m	Reflexive	Instant	166
Elemental Bolt Attack	1m per 2L	Simple	Instant	133
Talented Improvisation	1m	One Scene	Instant	176
Ox-Body Technique	-	Permanent	Permanent	146
Invisible Performer in the Street	3m	Simple	Until performance ends	179
Dragon-Graced Arrow	1m	Supplemental	Instant	172
Soul-Stirring Performance Method	5m, 1 wp	Supplemental	One Scene	178
Three-String Sword Prana	1m per 2lhl	Simple	Instant	179
The Spider's Web	3m	Reflexive	Until next action
The Spider's Hairs	2m per attack	Supplemental	Instant
The Spider's Fangs	3m	Supplemental	Instant
Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form	5m	Simple	One Scene

Backgrounds

Background	Rating	Description
Artifact	●●●○○	Bamboo Sanxian (2), Silken Armor (2), Bow - Undetermined (2)
Backing	●●○○○	Grass Spiders - Made Member
Breeding	●●○○○
Connections	●●○○○	Underground
Familar	●●●○○	Fenrir
Resources	●●●●●	Grass Spiders - Made Member, Famous sanxian player
Mentor	●●●○○	Makoto Seta

Attack Values

		Attacks
Base Values Join Battle 7 Dodge DV (Unarmored) 5 Dodge DV (Armored) 5 Mobility Penalty 0 Fatigue 0 Join War 7		Weapon Spd. Acc. Dmg. Def. Rate Rng. Att. Tags Punch 5 6 2B 6 3 -- 0 N, M Kick 5 5 5B 3 2 -- 0 N, M Clinch 6 5 2B 0 1 -- 0 N, M Perfect Short Sword (Chiaroscuran Glass) 4 8 6L +4 2 -- 0 P Perfect Flame Piece 5 8 8L -- -- 8 0 F

Social Combat

Base Values	Attacks
Join Debate 7 Dodge MDV 5	Weapon Speed Honesty Honesty MDV Deception Deception MDV Rate Presence 4 8 4 6 3 2 Performance 6 10 5 8 4 1 Investigation 5 7 4 5 3 2

Equipment & Holdings

Item	Value	Description
Bamboo Sanxian Perfect Chiaroscuran Glass Short Sword Perfect Flame-Piece (Custom-built, triple-barreled)

Experience

MISSIONS Mission 1: Grand Funk Railroad Mission 2: Big Trouble in Little Nexus Mission 3: Way of the Intercepting Fist Mission 4: Among the Masses Mission 5: Ransom for the Impious Mission 7: Thus Spake the Flameslinger Mission 8: Sleep with One Eye Open Mission 9: He Who Is Without Sin Mission 11: The Rat that Caught the Canary Mission 12: A Proper Introduction Mission 14: The Spider and the Slug STORIES An Average Night (Author: Dan H) The Beginning (Author: Dan H) How I Became A Grass Spider (Author: Dan H) An Average Morning (Author: Dan H) Fractured Fairy Tales (Author: Dan H) Pillow Talk (Author: Dan H) The Ten of Wands (Author: Tony K) CONFIRMED KILLS: 0 EXPERIENCE 1/204 Performance 4 (5 EXP) Artifact 2 (3 EXP) Socialize 3 (3 EXP) Presence 3 (4 EXP) War 1 (3 EXP) Linguistics 3 (6 EXP) Three-String Sword Prana (10 EXP) Soul-Stirring Performance (10 EXP) The Spider's Web (10 EXP) The Spider's Hairs (10 EXP) The Spider's Fangs (10 EXP) Eight-Legged Harvest Promenade Form (10 EXP) Resources 5 (3 EXP) Strength 3 (8 EXP) Dexterity 4 (12 EXP) Stamina 3 (8 EXP) Charisma 4 (12 EXP) Charisma 5 (16 EXP) Archery 3 (3 EXP) Archery 4 (5 EXP) Performance 5 (7 EXP) Martial Arts 4 (5 EXP) Essence 3 (20 EXP) Artifact 3 (3 EXP) Dragon-Graced Arrow (10 EXP) Mentor 3 (Makoto Seta) (9 EXP) SESSIONS PLAYED: 11