Gong Fu Zi, Sage of the Golden Path

------------------------------Gong Fu Zi was once a mortal scholar in the service of the Ji Dynasty (now part of Xinjou). A man dedicated to the notion of virtue, justice, and right and thoughtful action, his thoughts and words eventually rankled the ruthless and corrupt officials of the kingdom so much that they sent him into exile. But this downfall eventually led to his triumph. In exile he finally had time to put his thought into words, creating a code of ethics not only for scholars and officials like himself, but for every level of society from peasants to princes, all the way up to the very gods themselves. With these writings he hoped to illuminate 'The Golden Path', which in it's briefest form can be summarized as: "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself".

Influencing an entire generation of scholars, sages, artists and nobles with his thoughts the philosophy of Gong Fu Zi eventually became the state religion of the unified nation of Xinjou. The spirit of this once-exiled scholar is worshiped by many as the foremost and greatest of the Immortal Sages.

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• PATH OF ORDER

Order I: When you roll an action die to boost an Alignment skill check and the number shown is less than your Wisdom modifier, it becomes equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum +1). This may not cause the action die to explode.

Order II: Your lowest attribute rises by 1 and you may cast Zone of Truth once per scene.

Order III: You may cast Devotion Hammer and Mantle of the Mundane once per scene.

Order IV: You may cast Mark of Justice and Permanency once per scene.

Order V: Your lowest attribute rises by 2 and you may cast Purge once per scene

• PATH OF GOOD

Good I: You gain a bonus when contributing to cooperative checks equal to your Good Step.

Good II: You may cast Calm Emotions and Consecrate once per scene.

Good III: You may cast Castigate I and Prayer once per scene.

Good IV: You gain the Angelic Heritage feat.

Good V: You may cast Purge and Sacred Aura once per scene.

• PATH OF KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge I: You gain a +5 bonus with Knowledge checks.

Knowledge II: You may cast Detect Emotions and Insight once per scene.

Knowledge III: Choose one Alignment skill. Your maximum rank in that skill increases to your Career Level + 8.

Knowledge IV: You may cast True Seeing and Tongues II once per scene.

Knowledge V: Your Intelligence score rises by 2 and you may cast Hindsight once per scene.