Alex's Plotnotes, Light at the end of the tunnel

[Alexander Faircroft]

Skill goals

Long term

Combat

• Bastard sword 0/76
• Heater Shield 0/76
• Longbow 25/51
• Dagger 10/51
• Dual Wield 0/51
• Great-sword 0/51
• Unarmed combat 5/26
• Throwing dagger 0/26

Mental

• Observation 0/76
• Tactics/Strategy 0/76
• Leadership 0/76
• Intelligence 0/76
• Politics 0/51
• Teaching 0/51
• Rhetoric 0/51
• Philosophy 0/51
• Deduction 0/51
• Organization 0/51
• Law 0/26
• Tracking 0/26

Useful

• Persuasion 0/76
• Endurance 0/76
• Negotiation 0/76
• Running 0/76
• Socialization 0/76
• Acrobatics 0/51
• Mathematics 0/51
• Body building 0/51
• Stealth 0/51
• Investigation 0/51
• Cryptography 0/51
• Acting 0/51
• wilderness survival 0/51
• Medicine 0/26
• Herbalism 0/26
• Anatomy 0/26

Short term

Combat

• Bastard sword 0/26
• Heater Shield 0/26
• Longbow 25/26
• Dagger 10/26
• Dual Wield 0/26
• Great-sword 0/26
• Unarmed combat 5/26
• Throwing dagger 0/26

Mental

• Observation 0/76
• Rhetoric 0/51
• Philosophy 0/51
• Tactics/Strategy 0/26
• Leadership 0/26
• Intelligence 0/26
• Teaching 0/26
• Tracking 0/26

Useful

• Persuasion 0/26
• Negotiation 0/26
• Socialization 0/51
• Mathematics 0/26
• Stealth 0/26
• Investigation 0/26
• Medicine
• Herbalism

Thread Plans

Long term

Significant

• Get a gnosis non-Sylir (Luminance, Ennervesim, Inavalti)
• Find the wooden symbols that were on Alex's mothers loop.
• Find Alex's mothers murderer
• Find out where Alex's father is.
• Find out what happened to Alex's father.
• Discover the things his father is involved in.
• Acquire a artifact and learn how to use it.
• Learn about all types of magic and how to defend against them.

Short term

Significant

• Learn how to do a field dressing.
• Learn what herbs are useful for wound treating. - Done
• Learn up on the knights history
• Meet the PC Squires in the city.
• Build up some respect within the knight hood.
• Learn about a kind of magic and how to spot it.
  

Minor

• Help save some lives in the winter collapses.
• Purchase a Greatsword
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[Alexander Faircroft]

Vana

(The Empty Way)

5 root styles from real life,

Wing Chun,
Aikido,
Tae Kwan Do,
Jeet Kun Do,
Taijutsu.

The style focuses on speed rather than power. Allowing it’s user to attack using their opponent’s force against them. With the overall style relying on its opponent’s power and experience, the style grows in effectiveness with direct proportion to the opponent’s experience.

However this does not mean it’s a cure all, or beat all. It still has its own draw backs and flaws. Meaning since the attacks aren’t innately powerful large swings, multiple blows or locking attacks are often required to disable an opponent. Or large throws which can put the user in a vulnerable state if handled incorrectly.

Because of this the requirements for this style are exceptionally taxing. Meaning a user must be physically fit enough to under go learning of the higher ranked difficulties.

It has three basic forms:
Fulgur Ictus – Lightning Strikes - Kicks
Velox Ventus – Swift Wind - Throws
Procellam Pulvia – Rain Storm - Punches

Each stance focuses on one particular area of the style. Each stance can flow easily into one another, the style primarily focuses on positioning of the arms and legs into the strikes allowing ease of movement.

There are ten ranks of the style in individual formation with varying requirements to attain.

Rank	Unarmed Required	Body Building required	Boxing required	Wrestling required	Endurance required	Acrobatics Required
Breeze	Novice	Nil	Nil	Nil	Novice	Nil
Gust	Novice	Novice	Nil	Nil	Novice	Novice
Zephyr	Competent	Novice	Novice	Novice	Competent	Novice
Squall	Competent	Competent	Competent	Novice	Competent	Competent
Gale	Competent	Competent	Competent	Competent	Expert	Competent
Tempest	Expert	Competent	Competent	Competent	Expert	Expert
Maelstrom	Expert	Expert	Competent	Competent	Expert	Expert
Cyclone	Expert	Expert	Expert	Competent	Expert	Expert
Hurricane	Master	Expert	Expert	Expert	Master	Expert
Tornado	Master	Master	Master	Master	Master	Master

As stated the main focus of this style is "incapacitation through speed" be it in close quarters or from the maximum range allowable, it is imperative that one learns to harness the full speed their body can give them to allow then the best access to all forms of strike.

Should a master of this form ever appear it is almost certain that they will be a near unstoppable force. A tornado tearing through all who stand in front of them with blinding speed.