Illustration by Vincent Lefevre
Temple
of the Platinum Pavilion,
Hidden among a large copse of bamboo trees covered with a
variety of mosses is a Zen garden and temple. There area is serenely quite with
the bamboo trees blocking out the wind, and the smell of the fresh water and
the flowers from the garden filling the site. The main structure is a two-story
Kannon Hall, it appears unfinished as only part of the structure is covered in
a platinum leaf, though this fits with the Zen view of transience and
imperfection. There is also a beautiful Japanese garden, and a sand garden,
which central feature is a carefully formed pile of sand that symbolizes the
volcanic intrusion the city of Nō rests upon.
The electronic ink image of Sota-sama, who appears haggard
if uninjured, will appear on the wall of those who enter the temple, she will
bow to them: “Good Greetings, if you came searching for a Zen master I am sorry
the Cyber-Naki, already got him and they turned him into a cyber-ninja like
some reject from Mortal Kombat, so watch out.”
Psyche: Characters
ranked higher than the Cyber-naki-ninja will sense the presence of his psychic presence
but once a character with a lesser rank reaches the bamboo forest he will mask
his psychic presence.
Perceiving the Eidolon:
The structure of eidolon here is extremely beautiful, and one can tell that
gossamer reality here has been bolstered and guided by an eidolon master the
symbolic mound of sand is almost mesmerizing in its pattern.
Perceiving the Umbra: the
flow of umbra here is one of the weakest you have seen, but its flow is quite
elegant and beautiful, like watching a thousand little tributaries after a
light rain.
Wayfinding: if the
PCs enter the temple before examining the gardens and use wayfinding to locate
the the cyber-naki-ninja Sota-sama speaks of or if they use it after noticing
his psychic presence, they will locate him meditating on the second floor, if
they spent enough time in the gardens’ he will be found sneaking up behind
them!
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The Cyber-naki-ninja was once the Zen Buddhist priest of the
Platinum Pavilion he was captured and transformed, though when not assigned a
duty by the Alpha-naki, he returns here to meditate in an attempt to override the
cybernetic programing and the indecipherable commands of the original Annunaki.
Umbra (affecting
reality): Any attempt to affect reality with Umbra Mastery here requires a
Psyche 2 ranks higher than the Cyber-Naki-Ninja, do to its continuous use of
guiding and bolstering of reality here. You
experience this as if a Eidolon Master were opposing your use of Umbra.
