#4 Bearing Training Methods

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⚠ Not a school. Presupposes Master (4 points) or above in Bearing (風格, mapped to Presence).

#§ Scent — What Bearing Cultivation Is

Bearing is not outward appearance. It is the air changing when a person enters a place. So Bearing is not an external discipline but a refinement within oneself — what one does not fear, what one stays silent about.

#§ Law — The 4 Training Methods

#20-06-01. Orthodox Tea-Ceremony Cultivation (茶道正統修行) — Personal Transmission · Japan

Cultural origin: the deep orthodoxy of Sen no Rikyu's wabi-cha. Separate from the 18-02-01 Tea-Ceremony Diplomacy school — the self-cultivation of the depth of the tea ceremony.

Approach: Bearing Master + learning from a tea-ceremony master + holding tea-ceremony tools (40-02-16) or a tea room.

Main effect [aptitude] — Stillness of the Tea Ceremony:

Bearing +3 in courteous settings (banquets · diplomacy · court).
1 time per 1 session, with a tea-ceremony rite, the mind of accompanying PCs + NPCs all +2 (1 session).
Non-courteous settings such as markets · battlefields -1 (adaptation is difficult).

Achievement narrative: the PC becomes a "master of stillness." But noisy settings are their own enemy.

#20-06-02. Orthodox Court Etiquette (宮廷禮法正統) — Oral Mind-Method · Japan · China · West

Cultural origin: the orthodoxy of imperial · royal court etiquette. Separate from the 18-02-03 Court Manners school — the deep self-cultivation of court etiquette.

Approach: Bearing Master + warrior-house · noble · court origin + main-profession dan 7 or above, or official recognition by the court · a warrior house.

Main effect [aptitude] — Bearing of the Court:

In court · diplomatic · enthronement settings, Bearing +3 · automatic identification of etiquette violations.
1 time per 1 session, a strong impression on 1 diplomatic NPC (Rapport +2).
Commoner · market settings -2 (excessively formal).

Achievement narrative: the PC becomes "Bearing of the court." But distance arises with commoner NPCs. Branching to the Renown Title "Court Master" becomes possible.

#20-06-03. Oratory Mind-Method (演說心法) — Self-Taught Cultivation · Universal

Cultural origin: the oratory of Greece's Demosthenes · Rome's Cicero · China's Han Feizi. Oratorical ability refined through self-cultivation.

Approach: Bearing Master + a scholar profession or 5 or more sessions of oratory cultivation.

Main effect [aptitude] — Weight of a Single Speech:

When giving a speech before a crowd (10 or more people), Bearing +3 · Agitation +2.
1 time per 1 session, influence 1 crowd decision with a speech (GM's discretion).
1 to 1 conversation -1 (accustomed to crowds).

Achievement narrative: the PC becomes a "master of oratory." But intimate conversation is their own enemy.

#20-06-04. Sufi Whirling (Sufi Whirling) — Foreign Training · Arab · Persia

Cultural origin: the mystical whirling dance of Persia's Mevlevi Sufis. Spiritual ecstasy + Bearing. Union with God.

Approach: Bearing Master + Arab · Persian origin or Foreign Adaptation + learning from a Sufi.

Main effect [aptitude] — Ecstasy of Whirling:

After the whirling rite, for 1 session Bearing +3 · immunity to mental effects.
1 time per 1 session, a mystical effect in a religious rite (audience's mind +2).
After the rite, Energy -3 (backlash).

Achievement narrative: the PC becomes "one who has drawn near to God." Branching to the Renown Title "Path of the Sufi" becomes possible. Though the rite's backlash is a thing to mind.

#§ Design Perspective

4 training-method types: Personal Transmission 1 + Oral Mind-Method 1 + Self-Taught Cultivation 1 + Foreign Training 1.
Diversity of ideas: tea ceremony (stillness) · court (formality) · oratory (crowds) · Sufi (mysticism) — 4 different Bearings.
Benefit + cost: all are limited to a setting · environment + a cost in other settings.

"Bearing is not clothing. How a person stands in their own place — that is Bearing."