<div dir="auto"><div>Some more thoughts ...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"<span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Buddhist teachers may have arrived in the third century BC because there is evidence that the Qin Emperor ordered the destruction of the religion about 213 BC. "</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Qin Shi Huang</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> (</span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">Chinese</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">秦始皇</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">; literally: "First Emperor of Qin" </span><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:none;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qin_shi_huang_pronunciation_2.ogg" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:none;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank"><img alt="About this sound" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" width="11" height="11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:middle;background:none;max-width:100%;height:auto!important"></a> </span><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Qin_shi_huang_pronunciation_2.ogg" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:none;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">pronunciation</a></span> </span></small><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">) or </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Shihuangdi</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(</span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">Chinese</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">始皇帝</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">; literally: "First Emperor") (18 February 259 BC – 10 September 210 BC) was the founder of the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">Qin dynasty</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> (</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">秦朝</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">) and was the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">first emperor of a unified China</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. "</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Terracotta Army</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> is a collection of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">terracotta</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sculptures depicting the armies of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">Qin Shi Huang</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, the first </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">Emperor of China</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. It is a form of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funerary_art" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(90,54,150)" target="_blank">funerary art</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife".</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Perhaps a real person, responsible for persecutions of Buddhist monks during his life, formed the model for a Terracotta Warrior, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- "cursed" by a Buddha to be reborn as his own effigy and to reflect on impermenace of of the self. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">It has been hundreds of years but he has given up just enough of his stone self to move.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">S</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,"nimbus sans l",arial,"liberation sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 Feb. 2018 12:15 pm, "Lev Lafayette" <<a href="mailto:lev@rpgreview.net" target="_blank">lev@rpgreview.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_-7782575792110570867quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="m_-7782575792110570867quoted-text">On Fri, February 23, 2018 11:45 pm, Andrew Daborn wrote:<br>
><br>
> I think the stone golem could be made using the rules but you wouldn't be<br>
> a regular Solar exalted. You'd be an automaton or dragon-born or<br>
> something...<br>
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</div>Yeah, skip the entire Solar, Lunar, Sidereal etc. stuff. As good as the<br>
background is, this is mythic China.<br>
<br>
Now whilst the traditional Journey to the West series were supernatural<br>
characters who had been expelled from the heavens, I am more inclined to<br>
take the Exalted rules as humans that have been given supernatural powers.<br>
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Which can mean that they will embody part of personality of the benefactor.<br>
<br>
Now the least of potential benefactors is... rather big.<br>
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