Little dilemma on chi.

[Divinegon2130]

All right, I've been trying to help someone with their PhilSys character sheet, and it seems I've hit a bad snag.

The snag in question is the concept of chi (if my Japanese is correct, that means "spirit"), which refers to spirit energy.

In order to clarify this snag a bit, I'm going to bring up two character sheets with differing views on this.

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[Mechanisto]

If one kind of Chi uses strength and the other uses magic, then they are completely different species of Chi. Sounds like how Psychic powers are handled as spells; you could perform Telekenesis any number of ways, with Psychic powers and/or magic.

Do we need a difference between Chi Magic, and innate Chi powers?

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[Skull Dragon 2]

Like somebody explained to me once for Two-Handed Weapon Fighting, I guess it depends on how they learned it. To use a D&D reference, wizards and sorcerers cast the same spells. But wizards learn theirs through research and preparation while sorcerers channel inherent magical energy. Somebody can train their chi like a fighter trains with his sword, through practice and execution, or like a mage trains with his magic, through study and preparation. It represents two different approaches to the same general idea. <p>

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[Endesu]

No. Ki and Chi are roughly the same thing, only different names in different cultures. Ki is Japanese, Chi is Chinese.

There is a separate name for it from India, if I'm not mistaken, though I don't know what that could possibly be. <p>

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[Mechanisto]

It's the same training, the same skill; but with different attributes. So why not give Chi techniques a Magic or Agility requirement, depending on their nature? Same skill... different techs. <p>---
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