Fantasy Core RPG
© Jerry Harris 2013
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Wong-Fei and Wong-Sim
Wong-Fei once worked for the Tongs as a teen, but had
a severe falling out with them. But he
learned well from them. It’s where he
got the idea for uniting the rural gangs.
Wong-Fei claimed to have met an Immortal upon fleeing the city,
who helped him start his gang out in the countryside. (The untold part of the story is that the
Immortal handed him the Ring of Intention, described below.)
If you’re using the sample adventure as an entry to this setting,
Wong-Fei is already dead. His passing
was unusually curious and the circumstances doubly so. (You can make up your own details.) There are many in the organization who would
like his death investigated, but propriety is forbidding them from doing
so. Wong-Fei’s last words to his gang
leaders were that, his son was now in charge and then he made them swear their
allegiance to him. “Do not trouble
yourselves with my death, rather, continue my work.” There are no end of suspects if Wong-Fei was
indeed murdered.
He’s not the Old Man.
That’s about the nicest thing that is said of Wong-Sim. He’s in way over his head and has no idea how
to run an organization as large the Brotherhood. If Wong-Fei anointing him was a test,
Wong-Sim is about to fail. (If it was
punishment from beyond the grave, events are proceeding on schedule.) Right now, Wong-Sim doesn’t trust anybody in
the organization, even the people who want to help him. He has entertained the notion of an alliance
with the hated Tongs to bolster his position, which has only further
alienated him. Wong-Sim has also turned
to hiring outside mercenaries (ahem, player characters) for personal security
and other tasks.
Ineffectual as he is at the moment, Wong-Sim’s leadership of
the Brotherhood is the only thing preventing a larger blood bath. Certainly finding the killer of Wong-Fei (or
at least framing someone) might help solidify his position, if for no other
reason than clearing Wong-Sim of the act.
Wong-Sim’s magic items are a legacy from his father. They are minor items as Wong-Fei did not rule
through personal combat. Currently
however, his most powerful item was stolen off of his dead body, the Ring of
Intention, a ring of mind reading.
(Wearer never surprised, can read minds up to 50’ away, but must be
concentrating.) The ring’s powers are
not generally known. Wong-Sim is
expending quite a bit of effort to find it.
7th Level Thief, Hp 24, AC 14 (+1 leather)
Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +2
Melee: +1 Short Sword (Slitter) +6 to hit 1d6+2
Sneak Attack: Successful attack and Stealth rolls (DC 12), 8
dam
Surprise Attack: Successful attack and Stealth rolls (DC
12), 12 dam
Ranged: +1 Short Bow (Stinger) +7 to hit 1d6
+5 Detection
+6 Stealth, Escape Artist, Acrobatics, Climb
½ or no damage from failed saves
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