villains of the RCU
THE GHOST EMPRESS 

 NAME : Wu Zhilan
 IDENTITY : Not Secret
 OPERATIONS : San Fransisco, CA, USA 
 POWER LEVEL : 12
 PLAYER : non-player character
The Ghost Empress 

 STRENGTH	 0 
 STAMINA	--
 AGILITY	 0
 DEXTERITY	 4
 FIGHTING	 4
 INTELLECT	 6
 AWARENESS	 6 
 PRESENCE	 4

 Abilities Cost: 38 

 Lifting STR 0 
50 lbs.


Flight SPD 3
16 MPH

Teleport LVL 3
250 FT.


Impervious
ignores up to 3





 DODGE (AGL)	 14 (DC 24)
 PARRY (FGT)	 14 (DC 24)
 FORTITUDE(STA)	 immune
 TOUGHNESS(STA)	 10 
 WILL (AWE)	 12

 Defense Cost: 38

Offense:




 Unarmed		+4	Close, Damage 0


INITIATIVE
+0




Acrobatics	 --	 0	--
Athletics	  0	 0	--
Unarmed Combat	  4	 4	--
Deception	  4	 4	--
Expertise			  
 Chinese History /		
  Mythology	 10	 6	 4
 Magic		 10	 6	 4
Insight		  8	 6	 2
Intimidation	 10	 4	 6


Investigation    --	 6	--
Perception	  8	 6	 2
Persuasion	  6	 4	 2
Ranged Combat	  4	 4	--
Sleight of Hand	 --	 4	--
Stealth		  4	 0	 4
Technology	 --	 6	--
Treatment	 --	 6	--
Vehicles	 --	 4	--

Skills Cost: 12

Notes:



Artificer
Assessment


Hide in Plain Sight
Language (English)
[Mandarin is native]


Ritualist
Startle
Taunt

Advantages Cost: 7



 It's A G-G-G-Ghost: Concealment 10 (All Senses, Innate), Flight 3	    63
	or Movement 2 (Dimensional, Mystic Realms) or Teleport 7, 
	Immortality 2 (1 week, Only returns to ghost state, not 
	to full life, Resurrects in Der Nacht), Immunity 30 
	(Fortitude Effects); Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal, 
	Insubstantial is default, solid is sustained)
 Ectoplasmic Body: Protection 4						     4
 Ghost Sight: Senses 5 (Counters all visual concealment, Only vs	     3
	supernatural)
 Mystical Shield: Protection 6, Impervious Toughness 6			    12
 Possession: Concentration Progressive Mind Control 12, Instant	    28	    29
	Recovery, Close, Accurate 2, Affects Corporeal, Insidious,
	Only works while inside target, Cannot access target's
	thoughts or memories
  AE Master of Ghosts: Concentration Mind Control 9, Instant	     1
	Recovery, Only vs ghosts and mystically reanimated corpses
 Ghostly Powers & Spiritual Magic: Variable 5 (25 pts.), Free Action	    45
	(Powers from this variable must either be bought with
	"effects corporeal" (flat +1 advantage) or Ghost Empress
	must become solid to use them)

Powers Cost: 156




Devices Cost: 0

Total Cost: 251

Base Points: 192
ExP Spent: 59		Experience Points Total: 6
Total Points: 251

Equipment:
Complications:
Weakness - Weapons coated in ectoplasm are also usable against Ghost Empress, making her tangable to whatever is coated in it.
Obsession - The Ghost Empress is obsessed with abtaining addtional knowledge of magic and more magical power.
Prejudice - The Ghost Empress draws negative attention due to her being... well, a ghost.
Vulnerability - Ghosts and spirits have a peculiar weakness to salt. When laid in a fully-enclosed circle, salt can trap them. Likewise, if used as a power descriptor, it adds +2 damage to the attack.

Known Background: When Zhilan was of marrying age, a mysterious man from the mountains came down to find a bride. When he came to their home, he immediately fell in love with Zhilan's younger sister. When their parents insisted that, per tradition, Zhilan must be married first, the man arranged for her to be banished instead and took the younger sister as his wife. Afraid of what would happen to their eldest daughter on her own, but unable to fight the man's influence, they sent their son to go with her. Within days, the two Wu children found themselves on a boat bound for the United States.

Once in America, Zhilan's brother made a life for himself, finding a job, a wife and building a family while she allowed the bitterness of what happened to her to fester and turned to the dark arts (which, ironically, would have made her a perfect mate for the mystery man), becoming The Ghost Empress; a sorceress and triad leader who was a frequent opponent of the Blue Falcon and Tiger back in late 1920's and early 1930's. After years of battle, she was attempting a ritual to gain more power when it was interrupted by the aforementioned heroes, and she was killed.

Her ghost was trapped in limbo for many years, but she eventually managed to manifest on the mortal plane. Recently, she attempted to get revenge on Blue Falcon and Tiger by raising them as Jiang Shi, but she was stopped by the efforts of the Frisco Freax. She ran San Francisco's triad operations with the help of her brother's grandson as their head until her battles with the Pacific Coast Paranormals came to a head. She was defeated and taken to a higher plane of existence by Enigma, avoiding her destined return to Der Nacht in the process. While her obsession was not resolved, the place she was destined for didn't care.

The Ghost Empress was created and designed by Neil Lindgren. The character is deceased (and dispatched) in the present campaign timeframe.

© Copyright 2012, 2024 - Neil R. Lindgren

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Last updated on 23 March 2024