#Kaibutsu (怪佛, Monstrous Buddha)

Sokushinjobutsu: attaining Buddhahood in this very body. After decades of seated meditation deep in the mountains of Kumano, a human became a buddha while still human. A living mummy.

• Role: static area defense, own-zone purification, barrier support, exorcism ritual
• Core Attributes: Physique (體), Wisdom (智)
• Core Zone Entry: impossible
• Base Class: Esoteric Monk × Arahitogami
• Three Ways and Six Hearts: extreme Compassion of the Way of Emptiness: "A buddha does not move."
• Skills Eligible for Master: Exorcism, Barrier, Hardiness, Fighting Spirit, Sorcery, Bearing
• Starting Automatic Skills: Hardiness Trained, Exorcism Novice, Barrier Novice, Fighting Spirit Novice

Common to Fiend Classes: GM permission required. See Villain Play Guide.

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#Scent — The Buddha Sitting in the Mountains

Deep in the mountains of Kumano. In a place human beings cannot reach, something has been sitting since long ago. It has the form of a monk. Its robes are covered in moss, and its hair has grown long enough to reach the ground. Its eyes are closed, but it is not dead. Its lips do not move, but the sutras never stop. This is the Kaibutsu: one who achieved sokushinjobutsu.

The extreme practice of esoteric Buddhism passes through tree-eating, earth-eating, and lacquer-eating, removing all water and fat from the body, and finally entering meditative absorption while seated. Usually, the practitioner dies. But in extremely rare cases, someone does not die. The body is like a mummy, but the heart still beats, sutras still resound, and barriers are still spread. The divinity of an Arahitogami combines with esoteric practice, giving birth to a being that is "human and yet a buddha." Villagers worship it as a mountain god, and yoma go around it.

The Kaibutsu does not fight. No, it cannot fight. Decades of seated meditation have stiffened its limbs and dried its muscles. It cannot stand, cannot walk, and cannot speak. Yet even without moving, its existence itself is the battlefield. Centered on the place where the Kaibutsu sits, the light of Holy Fire spreads, yoma power weakens, and barriers unfold automatically. Its Wounds are infinite. Only exorcism techniques can reduce the Kaibutsu's Wounds. Therefore, defeating a Kaibutsu is not a "combat," but an "exorcism ritual."

• Recommended Weapons: none (cannot move, cannot attack)
• Recommended Schools: none (does not perform combat actions at all)
• Recommended Faction Traits: deep Kumano mountains (isolated holy ground), abandoned Hiei League temple (buddha remaining in a deserted temple)

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#Law — Trait List

#1st Dan: Sokushinjobutsu (卽身成佛) [aptitude]

[aptitude] Sokushinjobutsu (卽身成佛)
Effect: A living buddha. Constant effects:
 - Infinite Wounds. Ordinary attacks/techniques cannot reduce Wounds.
 - Only exorcism techniques reduce Wounds (1 exorcism hit = Wounds -1).
 - Base Wounds 20. If reduced to 0 by exorcism, it enters deathly peace (入寂): the soul attains Buddhahood and disappears.
 - **Cannot move**: Kaibutsu cannot move on its own. Ordinary forced movement is also invalid.
 - **Cannot speak**: Kaibutsu cannot speak. Language-based actions such as negotiation, intimidation, and incitement are impossible.
 - **Cannot enter the Core Zone**: Kaibutsu cannot enter the Core Zone.
 - If removed from its seat by an exorcism ritual or scenario condition, Wounds immediately decrease to 5 and the Sokushinjobutsu state is released. After that, it fights with combined ordinary Esoteric Monk+Arahitogami stats.

#3rd-Dan Class Traits (choose 1)

#5th-Dan Class Traits (choose 1)

#7th-Dan Advanced Traits (choose 1)

#9th-Dan Advanced Traits (choose 1)

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#Extreme Strengths

• Infinite Wounds: it cannot be killed by ordinary attacks. Without an exorcism specialist, defeating it is impossible.
• Holy Fire Domain: purifies the zone where the Kaibutsu sits. Yoma weaken in that zone and cannot endure there for long.
• Automatic Barrier + Austerity: turns the area around the Kaibutsu into a defensive stronghold. The barrier does not erase [Incorporeal] attacks completely; it raises the stage of Exorcism checks.
• Silent Sutra: not party-wide recovery during combat, but lull recovery and single-target recovery while maintaining stance, helping allies endure.
• Exorcism ritual narrative: an assault on a Kaibutsu is not an ordinary lord-grade defeat, but an exorcism ritual, creating a distinctive scenario.

#Extreme Weaknesses

• Cannot move: cannot move under any circumstances. The battlefield must form around the Kaibutsu.
• Cannot speak: negotiation, intimidation, surrender demands, alliance proposals: all impossible. There is no conversation with NPCs.
• Cannot enter the Core Zone: cannot participate in Core Zone combat at all. Powerless against enemies fighting in the Core Zone.
• Wounds plummet on movement: if forced to move, Wounds drop sharply to 5. It completely loses the power of buddhahood.
• Vulnerable to exorcism specialists: if Esoteric Monks and shugenja concentrate exorcism, Wounds are steadily reduced.
• PC operation limits: because it has no movement/conversation, it suits NPC lord-grade enemies or environmental obstacles better than PCs. If used as a PC, noncombat RP is extremely limited.

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#Typical Breath Pattern (5th Dan)

The Kaibutsu does not "choose" actions. Constant effects apply automatically.

Count 12 — First breath:
 Holy Fire Domain(automatic) + Automatic Barrier(automatic) + maintain Silent Sutra stance = 0
 → yoma in the zone Defense -2. Allies hit by `[Incorporeal]` attacks are treated as 1 Exorcism stage higher

Count 8 — Second breath:
 Silent Sutra recovery(2) + Protection of Kumano(3) = 5
 → 1 ally in the same zone recovers 1 Wound + allies in the zone gain Defense +3

Remaining Energy: 11 - 5 = 6 (because the Kaibutsu cannot move, Energy focuses on support inside the barrier)
Enemy response: an exorcism specialist must enter the Kaibutsu's zone.

#Zone Bonuses

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#Three Ways and Six Hearts Conflict

The Kaibutsu's core drama is the boundary between compassion and attachment.

• "Is this compassion, or attachment?" The Kaibutsu chose Buddhahood to protect sentient beings. But if it clings to the world and cannot enter nirvana, is that not a Buddhist failure?
• "Can a buddha involve itself in war?" The Kaibutsu's Holy Fire Domain helps allies and harms yoma. But what of the precept against killing? Is a buddha who takes sides still a buddha?
• Choice of Nirvanic Stillness: if the Kaibutsu voluntarily enters deathly peace, it can purify the battlefield. But that is "death." When a buddha chooses to die, is it liberation or suicide?
• Relationship with allies: the Kaibutsu cannot speak. If allies misunderstand its will and use its power as a tool of war, the Kaibutsu cannot refuse. Drama of "humans using the mountain buddha as a weapon."
• Kumano Mountains vs battlefield: if the Kaibutsu is moved from the mountain to the battlefield (Wounds plummet on movement), it loses the power of buddhahood. Ethical issue of "dragging a buddha onto the battlefield."

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"Sitting in the mountains, chanting sutras. A hundred years, a thousand years. Until all beings are saved, the buddha does not move."

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#Example Character

→ Integrated Sample for 12 Fiend Classes (1/5/10 Dan + Corruption Path Story)