The Legends of Anime: Gladiator

Wu Racial Traits

Immortality | Instant Healing | Immunities | Threshold of Pain

Trait Description

Immortality
Unaging
Doesn't need to eat or drink
The Wu are the guardian of Sanjiyan. The name "Wu" comes from the symbol which appears on the chosen one's forehead when the Sanjiyan merges his soul with the Wu's. This Wu mark cannot be removed by ANY MEANS, not even magic, and will only disappear if the Wu dies or is turned back into a normal being. It can be disguised, though: just cover it with some clothing, artificial skin or an illusion spell.
Since a Wu's soul is not in his body anymore, he becomes immortal in the VERY sense of the word and cannot be killed even if his body is turned into ashes. In game terms, a Wu will receive damage as any ordinary character, but he will not die regardless of the type and amount of damage taken and/or accumulated, even if this damage goes past the death threshold.
This immortality is not magic or "mana" dependent, it's a direct effect of one's soul not being free and inside his body anymore. A Wu is immortal even inside an area where "mana" generation is impossible, and it does not matter how far from his Sanjiyan the Wu is. Exiling a Wu (or his Sanjiyan) to another plane, reality or universe will have NO effect on the Wu's immortality.
However, a Wu will truely die if his Sanjiyan dies, his soul being freed and going to final rest along with the Sanjiyan's. This alone is enough reason for a Wu to fulfill his duties as the Sanjiyan's bodyguard, but a Sanjiyan will not usually choose someone who would protect the Sanjiyan just to avoid his own death.

Instant Regrowth
Instant Regeneration
The Wu has a VERY POWERFUL and VERY FAST regeneration. He will recover on the order of one-tenth (1/10) of his Health per second of ANY kind of damage and neutralize 0.5 gray (Gy) per hour of absorbed radiation damage. Any smashed, bruised and even clipped (but not lost) parts of the body will regenerate as the Wu's Heath restores.
Lost limbs will slow down the healing a lot, since it takes some time to regrow the flesh instead of only "flowing" it back into place. Regrowth will be needed instead of the regeneration if the body is burned to ashes, disintegrated or if it takes any other damage which leaves nothing to be regenerated. The regrowth will also be needed if, for any reason, a lost limb cannot be recovered to be "glued" to the proper location. In the manga, Yakumo "glued" his head back into place by holding it still, but needed to regrow an arm that got smashed under a fallen bridge.
Unfortunately the regrowth can't be triggered during combat, as it requires the stress level of the organism to drop a little. Note that taking a break during combat for more than 5 seconds is enough to trigger the regrowth, unless the character can avoid the fall of the adrenaline levels. Once started, it won't stop until the limb is fully recovered. It would be wise to remember that fatigue from the combat will probably choose this moment to make itself known by the body.... The regrowth is also extremely painful and usage of that limb will impose a penalty to Dexterity and Dex-related Ability uses, even with the Wu's High Pain Threshold trait.
A Wu's regeneration is truely spectacular: the lost body pieces and fluids (including all non-coagulated blood) will turn into a very fast flowing, almost black reddish smoke and flow back to its original place, reverting to flesh again. A clipped limb may be kept from flowing back with magic: locking it into a flask sealed with special magic charms is a way to accomplish this, and Yakumo was threatened to have this done to him more than once in the manga.
Anyone seeing this for the first time (and not used to this kind of experience) may pass out, freeze, or run away in absolute fear. Even demons and other magical creatures may become stunned by surprise if they are not used to have Wu around.
The head should also receive some special attention. If the head is split from the body, none of the two will disappear and flow back. The Wu will need to join his halves the hard way for enough time to let its "neck" regenerate. A badly damaged head WILL flow back to its body, though. Of course if the head is so damaged as to trigger the regrowth, the Wu will be unconscious. Note that the head still control the body, even after being severed, with no penalties other than those due to the eyesight position shift, loss of the sense of balance, and so on.

Immunity to Diseases and Posions Obviously, such a high rate of regeneration also grants a Wu almost full immunity to diseases, and a VERY strong immunity to poison. Alcohol (or other Central Nervous System depressors) and some types of toxic gas might work, but the effects are likely to be MUCH weaker than in normal beings: the Wu's resistance will attack the pathologic agent the very same moment it tries to do something harmful and will only stop when it is completely dissipated and all the damage repaired. Toxic gas effects can only last while the Wu is breathing it, and should be weaker than expected on normal beings. A Wu also has an extreme resistance against any other threat to his metabolism (even most magical ones!).
There is only one exception to the immunity to diseases, which is a special magical 'virus' capable of disrupting the Wu's capacity to control magical powers (causing backlashes). This virus only appeared very late on the manga, and the demons needed to make Yakumo eat it by treachery to contaminate him who in turn contaminated Parvati due to her own fault, but with weaker effects. It spreads through body fluids.

High Pain Threshold Taking deadly damage and then regenerating it repeated times is bound to grant a Wu with a much stronger resistance against pain, since an experienced Wu KNOWS nothing can kill him, and his body will end up knowing it too. The long term exposure to this also gives the Wu an exceptionally high resistance against passing out from intense pain.
Also, a Wu will only suffer some of the debilitating effects of injury when his Health reaches zero. He will be at half movement speed then, and will suffer normally from crippling injuries. If his Health drops below zero, a Wu will suffer the normal injury effects. Upon the threshold of normal human death, a Wu falls unconscious.

Trait	Description
Immortality Unaging Doesn't need to eat or drink	The Wu are the guardian of Sanjiyan. The name "Wu" comes from the symbol which appears on the chosen one's forehead when the Sanjiyan merges his soul with the Wu's. This Wu mark cannot be removed by ANY MEANS, not even magic, and will only disappear if the Wu dies or is turned back into a normal being. It can be disguised, though: just cover it with some clothing, artificial skin or an illusion spell. Since a Wu's soul is not in his body anymore, he becomes immortal in the VERY sense of the word and cannot be killed even if his body is turned into ashes. In game terms, a Wu will receive damage as any ordinary character, but he will not die regardless of the type and amount of damage taken and/or accumulated, even if this damage goes past the death threshold. This immortality is not magic or "mana" dependent, it's a direct effect of one's soul not being free and inside his body anymore. A Wu is immortal even inside an area where "mana" generation is impossible, and it does not matter how far from his Sanjiyan the Wu is. Exiling a Wu (or his Sanjiyan) to another plane, reality or universe will have NO effect on the Wu's immortality. However, a Wu will truely die if his Sanjiyan dies, his soul being freed and going to final rest along with the Sanjiyan's. This alone is enough reason for a Wu to fulfill his duties as the Sanjiyan's bodyguard, but a Sanjiyan will not usually choose someone who would protect the Sanjiyan just to avoid his own death.
Instant Regrowth Instant Regeneration	The Wu has a VERY POWERFUL and VERY FAST regeneration. He will recover on the order of one-tenth (1/10) of his Health per second of ANY kind of damage and neutralize 0.5 gray (Gy) per hour of absorbed radiation damage. Any smashed, bruised and even clipped (but not lost) parts of the body will regenerate as the Wu's Heath restores. Lost limbs will slow down the healing a lot, since it takes some time to regrow the flesh instead of only "flowing" it back into place. Regrowth will be needed instead of the regeneration if the body is burned to ashes, disintegrated or if it takes any other damage which leaves nothing to be regenerated. The regrowth will also be needed if, for any reason, a lost limb cannot be recovered to be "glued" to the proper location. In the manga, Yakumo "glued" his head back into place by holding it still, but needed to regrow an arm that got smashed under a fallen bridge. Unfortunately the regrowth can't be triggered during combat, as it requires the stress level of the organism to drop a little. Note that taking a break during combat for more than 5 seconds is enough to trigger the regrowth, unless the character can avoid the fall of the adrenaline levels. Once started, it won't stop until the limb is fully recovered. It would be wise to remember that fatigue from the combat will probably choose this moment to make itself known by the body.... The regrowth is also extremely painful and usage of that limb will impose a penalty to Dexterity and Dex-related Ability uses, even with the Wu's High Pain Threshold trait. A Wu's regeneration is truely spectacular: the lost body pieces and fluids (including all non-coagulated blood) will turn into a very fast flowing, almost black reddish smoke and flow back to its original place, reverting to flesh again. A clipped limb may be kept from flowing back with magic: locking it into a flask sealed with special magic charms is a way to accomplish this, and Yakumo was threatened to have this done to him more than once in the manga. Anyone seeing this for the first time (and not used to this kind of experience) may pass out, freeze, or run away in absolute fear. Even demons and other magical creatures may become stunned by surprise if they are not used to have Wu around. The head should also receive some special attention. If the head is split from the body, none of the two will disappear and flow back. The Wu will need to join his halves the hard way for enough time to let its "neck" regenerate. A badly damaged head WILL flow back to its body, though. Of course if the head is so damaged as to trigger the regrowth, the Wu will be unconscious. Note that the head still control the body, even after being severed, with no penalties other than those due to the eyesight position shift, loss of the sense of balance, and so on.
Immunity to Diseases and Posions	Obviously, such a high rate of regeneration also grants a Wu almost full immunity to diseases, and a VERY strong immunity to poison. Alcohol (or other Central Nervous System depressors) and some types of toxic gas might work, but the effects are likely to be MUCH weaker than in normal beings: the Wu's resistance will attack the pathologic agent the very same moment it tries to do something harmful and will only stop when it is completely dissipated and all the damage repaired. Toxic gas effects can only last while the Wu is breathing it, and should be weaker than expected on normal beings. A Wu also has an extreme resistance against any other threat to his metabolism (even most magical ones!). There is only one exception to the immunity to diseases, which is a special magical 'virus' capable of disrupting the Wu's capacity to control magical powers (causing backlashes). This virus only appeared very late on the manga, and the demons needed to make Yakumo eat it by treachery to contaminate him who in turn contaminated Parvati due to her own fault, but with weaker effects. It spreads through body fluids.
High Pain Threshold	Taking deadly damage and then regenerating it repeated times is bound to grant a Wu with a much stronger resistance against pain, since an experienced Wu KNOWS nothing can kill him, and his body will end up knowing it too. The long term exposure to this also gives the Wu an exceptionally high resistance against passing out from intense pain. Also, a Wu will only suffer some of the debilitating effects of injury when his Health reaches zero. He will be at half movement speed then, and will suffer normally from crippling injuries. If his Health drops below zero, a Wu will suffer the normal injury effects. Upon the threshold of normal human death, a Wu falls unconscious.