Zhihao Jin

Favor/Gift
Favor: the feeling of time passing quickly, cross-culture empathic connections, absentminded movement creating music, left-handedness, sound of cracking eggs

Gift: 20 uses of mythic power that can be used to empower abilities, or a partnership with the god

Dogma
Code: do not accept the limitations of yourself, those around you, or your world. look for things that can be improved until your passion for change drives you wild, and do not rest until you have created the change you seek. no idea is worth overlooking, for even if it may fail alone, it could become part of a larger, more successful invention, or spark something new in another mind. no field of thought is worth overlooking, for even if it may seem worthless, it may simply be underdeveloped and grow fruitful with focus. with every act you take, move yourself and the world towards the future.

Obedience: Conceive of something that does not exist, but could. This something does not need to be anything practically useful, but it should at the least not contribute to the current wrongs you see in the world. Spend an hour attempting to test the theories that would indicate such an idea could be made, either through formal logic, mathematical formulae, evidence-based hypothetical situations, or creating a direct prototype. Share the knowledge you discover while working on this project. If no people are around to hear or read your observations, or you are incapable of communicating with anyone, instead write down notes about your work to publish or otherwise share with others later. If you can share these notes with someone but choose not to, your obedience is unfulfilled; the requirement to share a set of these notes needs only be met once for that set of notes. Gain a +2 bonus on Artistry checks, and this day does not count towards your racial maximum age.

Herald/Apparition
Herald: Yinmai, a blur of air in a humanoid shape, through which visions of the future can be seen, it seeks out unsatisfied people in an attempt to inspire

Apparition: Resarcia, a collection of floating circles which can alter size and control the space within order to ensure that existing cycles continue as-is

Relationships

 * Zhihao Jin HATES Jolein Composed of Desire, whose restriction of knowledge hinders progress for all
 * Zhihao Jin finds Basang Ba and Alessandra Juntoso endless fonts of problems just waiting to be solved, and loves them for it
 * Zhihao Jin appreciates Ketar Mozog's and Dowager Empress Kyouko's creation of stability and wealth, which fuel invention and experimentation
 * Zhihao Jin finds Nothing Left of Quibatus to be amusing - he's smart enough to realize that progress is power, and he's also quite funny when angry
 * Zhihao Jin is close friends with Pahala Kadam and Petya Naumov, who both take great interest in his work and always have new ideas
 * Zhihao Jin is constantly annoyed by Masik's acceptance of failure as an end result and Agathon's holier-than-thou attitude
 * Zhihao Jin pities Fa'qamuu Twice-Heavenbound for their insistence on trying to predict the future rather than creating it themselves
 * Zhihao Jin enjoys Vicenta Salcedo's works and her domain, but finds her personal inability to differentiate between time-wasting and purposeful work tiring

Boons
Busy Hands (Sp): Jury-Rig 3/day, Gallant Inspiration 2/day, or Minor Creation 1/day

Eternity Management (Su): When creating things while adventuring, you can devote 4 hours each day to creation and take advantage of the full amount of time spent crafting instead of netting only 2 hours’ worth of work.

Ever Onwards (Su): Your body no longer physically ages (although you continue to accrue mental bonuses), and you don’t die from old age. If you were middle-aged or older, your body returns to its prime— you retain your mental bonuses but lose any penalties to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution gained from advanced age. During any day you are unable to perform your obedience, you take ability score penalties as normal for your current age. In addition, you may use Commune as a spell-like ability once per day to ask questions of Zhihao Jin regarding your projects and inventions.

Fighting Technique
Each battle is a puzzle for you to solve, and you do so by drawing on all elements and synthezising a unique solution.


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