Onmyou-Dou (Onmyou Tradition)

The origins of Onmyou-Dou are Taoism, Ying-Yang and 5 Elementals theories from china. Horoscope, calender and direction are very important in Onmyou-Dou. (Like Feng-Shui in China because they have same root. But many deference also exist.) Ancient Janapease nobles were the patrons of Onmyou-Mage and Onmyou-Dou in Japan was greatly developped. Many higher mystical things are in Onmyou, but they shall be described in higher secrets of Onmyou and Budhism magic.
Ordinaly casting spells is same as Hermetic magicians. But conjuring is different.
Onmyou-mage can conjure Watcher and 5 ways Elementals (Spirits of 5 elementals theory) or Curse spirit (Juso)

Onmyou-mages who conjure 5 ways Elementals are called Ying-Yang Docter and who conjure Juso are called Fujutu User. Fujutu User may not be played as player characters.

5 ways Elementals are below.

Wood
Flame
Soil
Metal
Aqua
They are different from Elementals conjured by mages. And both of them never recongnize as Elementals. (No annihilation happen each other.)
5 ways Elementals have two types relations. Sosyo and Sokoku. First relation is generative relation. Every 5 ways Elementals can be generated from another one. Wood generates Flame, Flame generates Soil (ash is belong to Soil), Soil produces Metal , Metal condense Aqua and Aqua grows up Woods.
So a 5 ways elemental can be used as conjuring material of another one. It needs a service. Add conjuring material 1 per 2 force points comsumed.
(Conjuring material's cost is same as Hermetic Elementals.)
Wood works for Flame.
Flame works for Soil.
Soil works for Metal.
Metal works for Aqua.
Aqua works for Wood.
Second relation Sokoku is the power relation between 5 ways Elementals.
Wood wins Soil.
Flame wins Metal.
Soil wins Aqua.
Metal wins Wood.
Aqua wins Flame.
Those relations influence spiritual combat. Only two spirit who have Sokoku relation can annihilate each other. Inferior must loose 2 force points for each force point superior lost.
Chinease Pentagram

Data of 5 ways Elementals
#Wood
Appearance: Blue eastern dragon Support: Health Spells. Powers: manifest form, regeneration, animal control, electrical projection. Weakness: Metal Attributes:Bod F Qui (F)*3 Str F Cha F Int F Wil F Ess (F)A Rea F Damage:(F)M stun Unarmed Combat(Reaction) Reach 0

#Flame
Appearance: Red bird called Suzaku
Anothers are same as fire Elemental.

#Soil
Appearance: Yellow eastern dragon
Weakness: physical attacks of living beings.
Anothers are same as earth Elemental.

#Metal
Appearance: White tiger
Support: Detection Spells.
Powers: manifest form, hardened armor, paralyzing touch, binding.
Weakness: Flame
Attributes:Bod F+1/F! Qui (F-1)*2 Str F Cha F Int F Wil F Ess (F)A Rea F
Damage:(F+3)S Unarmed Combat(Reaction) Reach 0
! at least F armor rate is against any weapon.

#Aqua
Appearance: Black turtle.
Weakness: Soil.
Anothers are same as water Elemental.

Juso

Fujutu user makes Juso from painful death. Longer the pain is continued, stronger this crooked spirit become. It costs sacrifice and force * 10 days (pity creature tortured thease days.) to summon Juso. TN is same as the force. If one misses the test to summon, the Fujutu user will attacked the Juso he want to summon and control. Because Juso bears persistent grudge against the summoner. After successful summoning, Fujutu user can devide the success number to shorten the summoning term or to give additional powers to Juso.
The most well-known method to summon Juso is Fuko. Many poisonous insects , lizards and snakes are crowded into small pot and let them to kill and eat each other for several days. Fujutu user waits till all of them but one die. And use the last one as the sacrifice to summon Juso. Any method with cruel and long pain work to summon. Aura of resentment and grudge is the material of Juso summoning. Stronger Juso bears more persistent grudge.
Recent reserchs report that Juso and Blood spirit are nearly being. Juso is toxic being and Fujutu user run the high risk to summon them. Fujutu user change their grudge against whom Fujutu user wish from him.

>Something more terrible often be summoned when trying to summon too strong Juso. But the time has not arrived to tell that is what.
>Yogensya(15:55:36/09-02-58)
>When that being appears , the sacrifice must be human or metahuman.
>Douman(22:02:11/09-02-58)


None can control Juso delicate. Summoner can misdirect them the target of their power of ruin with material same as ritual magic. Juso start to serch the target and bring doom to the target. (Juso is as clever as sacrifice. It will do anything for its purpose.)
A magician with conjuring skill can try the contorll contest to release the Juso from its summoner. Any magician mey not control Juso. Only liberation from their summoner is accepted.
(Released Juso return to its summoner to revenge.)
Juso vanished after it kill the target. It's said that Juso become toxic free spirit if the target is lost forever before killed by Juso.

#Juso
Appearance: Varoius toxic.
Powers: manifest form, fear, regeneration
Weakness: Essence loss
Attributes:Bod F+1 Qui (F+2)*3 Str F-2 Cha F Int F Wil F Ess (F+2)A Rea F+1
Damage:(F)M Unarmed Combat(Reaction) Reach 0

Additional powers list.
Infection, Essence drain, Pestilence, Confusion, Accident, Hardened armor, Alianation, Immunuty to Normal weapons, Noxious breath, Venom.

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