KOU CHING- THE DOG SPIRIT
Role: Demon Leaders, Honorable Assassins
PL 16 (358)
STRENGTH 11
STAMINA 11
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 17
DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 4
PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Deception 3 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+8)
Expertise (Demon & Monster Lore) 6 (+8)
Insight 4 (+8)
Intimidation 5 (+8)
Investigation 4 (+8)
Advantages:
Assessment, Ranged Attack 17
Powers:
Senses 7 (Low-Light Vision, Vision Counters Concealment, Acute & Extended Scent) [7]
Comprehend 2 (Languages) [4]
Regeneration 6 [6]
Immunity 1 (Aging) [1]
Immortality 1 (Flaws: Side-Effect- One Year as a Feral Wolf) [1]
Immunity 80 (All Damage) (Flaws: Limited to From Man-Made Weapons, Limited to Half-Effect) [27]
Movement 2 (Dimensional Travel) [4]
Summon Lesser Demons 12 (Extras: Heroic +2, Multiple Minions +3, Horde, Variable 2- Lesser Demons) [120]
Morph 1 (Giant Dog) (Feats: Metamorph- Tracking & Perception +2) (6) -- [7]
- AE: Morph 1 (Pearl) (Feats: Metamorph- Invincible but Immobile) (6)
"Spit Cannon Ball" Blast 13 (Feats: Extended Range 2) (28) -- [31]
- AE: "Smoke Breath" Concealment 2 (Vision) (Extras: Attack, Area- 30ft. Cloud +2) (10)
- AE: "Flaming Swords" Strength-Damage +3 (Feats: Split) (4)
- AE: "Thrown Swords" Strength-Damage +3 (Extras: Ranged 14) (17)
"Magic" (Anti-Magic Cloud, Ballistic Fire, Dessicate the Supernatural, Dispel Magic Barrier, Electric Arc, Enchant Weapon, Fire Ball, Fire Blossom, Fire Gout, Lightning Arc, Mask of Deceit, Meteor, Negate Magic, Phantom Mount, See in Magic Darkness, Swords to Snakes, Teleport, Transferal, Words of Truth)
"Sword Magic" (Extinguish Fire, Fire Whip, Heal Burns, Globe of Daylight, Plasma Bolt, See Through Smoke, Wall of Flame)
"Psionics" (Mind Block Auto-Defense, Mask PPE, Object Read, See Aura, Sense Time, Telepathy)
Offense:
Unarmed +17 (+11 Damage, DC 26)
Flaming Swords +17 (+14 Damage, DC 29)
Thrown Swords +17 (+14 Ranged Damage, DC 29)
Cannon Ball +17 (+13 Ranged Damage, DC 28)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +16 (DC 26), Parry +17 (DC 27), Toughness +11, Fortitude +11, Will +8
Complications:
Weakness (Silver Weapons)- Silver weapons do +7-9 damage.
Responsibility (Honor)- Kou Ching desire only honorable battles against great opponents. They will decline fights against lesser warriors and even help a target complete a mission so they can then have their fight.
Weakness (Holy & Light Attacks)- These do double-damage.
Weakness (Water)- Being submerged even partiall in water reduces Kou Ching's accuracy & defenses by 8.
Power Loss (Healing)- Demons cannot Regenerate in places of "positive chi".
Total: Abilities: 102 / Skills: 26--13 / Advantages: 18 / Powers: 208 + Magic/Psionics / Defenses: 17 (358 + Magic)
-The dog-headed Kou Ching are incredibly powerful, but very honorable demons- their sole goal in life is to hunt down and kill heroes of the Celestial Court in honorable, fair battles. To this end, they will refuse to face weaker opponents unless attacked in great numbers, and if the hero refuses because they have a vital mission to perform, the Kou Ching will then ask to JOIN the adventuring party to help complete the goal, then do the duel afterwards. It's suggested this is a common theme in Chinese myths, and that the Kou Ching and the hero may come to admire each other and respect one another as fighters, thus leading to mixed emotions and a tragic final duel when one slays the other. However, these are still evil monsters, gleefully devouring children under 12 as a "delicacy". All in all, this is probably the first actually interesting thing in the book in terms of a unique threat- something you can really build a campaign arc around. Though the PL of the thing is ridiculous.
-Kou Ching are IMMENSELY powerful, having Adult Dragon-tier accuracy (nine attacks!) despite their lower M.D.C. They can also summon Lesser Demons, but do so mostly to have flunkies for the day, taking care of their horses and such. That of course adds like 120 points to the build, lol.