7th Sea: Cathay

Character Sheets

• Kai Bian sai Shi bing ("Armor Fortress Soldier").  Sergeant of the Empress's bodyguard, from Han Hua
• Xue jia Xue sheng Yong yuan ("Scholar Student Eternal").  Doctor and martial artist from Khimal.  Think of Wong Fei-Hung.
• Ting ho ("Cease fire").  Tremendously strong, simple-minded ex-criminal from Koryo.
• Gu Lu Yu ("Green Drum Jade").  Spy from Lanna.
• Pavan Haroon ("Breeze of Hope").  Fu sorcerer from Tashil.
• Uttam ("The Best").  Pirate from Tiakhar.
• Ge Xin zang Ku ("Iron Cauldron Heart Cave").  The ultimate horse archer, from Xian Bei.

The Summary

• Qi Zhuang Shi: The Seven Heroes – a merged compilation of the two versions of the game, indicating main differences between the two groups of players' choices

Basic Info

Geography

Here is a map of Cathay.  The main regions are:

• Khimal: Equivalent to Tibet and Nepal.
• Koryo: Equivalent to Korea.
• Han Hua: Equivalent to mainland China/Han Hua areas.
• Xian Bei: Equivalent to Mongolia.
• Lanna: Equivalent to Thailand and Southeast Asia, including Burma, Cambodia, Viet Nam, etc.
• Tashil: Equivalent to India.
• Tiakhar: Equivalent to Malaysia.

Feng Shui

Every location in Cathay (and perhaps everywhere in Théah) has a Feng Shui rating between –3 and +3, with the average being 0.  In a location with positive energies, Heroes, Scoundrels, and their Henchmen and Brutes roll one more die (+1k0) per rank of Feng Shui rating, while Villains and their Henchmen and Brutes roll one less die (–1k0) per rank of Feng Shui rating.  In negative zones, of course, it's the opposite.

These bonuses and penalties apply to any roll where the number of dice you keep is determined by one of your Traits. Therefore, it does not apply to Damage rolls because you keep a number of dice determined by the kind of attack or weapon instead of a Trait.

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