AWACS - An American With A Chinese System
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Appendix 2
Active Skill Compendium
Skills are listed by category. Those used in this book are in bold.
Category 1: Points, all about the points
雪上加霜 add frost on top of snow (2/2)
- nice ice, receive an extra 50% to all negative karmic points
- that’s cold, if your negative point total is higher than your positive, receive an additional 50% to all negative karmic points
名胜古迹 scenic spot historic site (4/4)
- it’s so pretty, all personal karmic generation increased by double while at places of great natural beauty or historical significance, effect expires after one week or when you leave, restarts when entering a different place of great natural beauty or historical significance
- I’ll be back, can restart by leaving and returning to the same place, stacks with above
- best place ever, all karmic point generation increased again by double, stacks with above
- on this day, you are a mobile historic spot, active wherever you are, stacks with above
普天同庆 everywhere heaven together celebrate (0/4)
- party time, throw a party, during the party for every balloon used to decorate the event will generate 1% of all the karmic points generated by each party guest, attendees must receive personalized handwritten invitations, invitation must list time the party will start and end, party may not exceed 24 hours, limited to once per calendar month, points maximum of 200% per person, limited to first 200 people to attend
- a big to do, everyone invited is compelled to attempt to attend, stacks with above
- blow up, the maximum generated points increased to 400%, limit increased to first 400 people who attend, stacks with above
- PPP, invitations may be printed, no limit to attendees, can have an additional party on national holidays, stacks with above
感恩图报 be grateful to plan recompense (1/1)
- favor paid, when returning a favor gain 100 times the karmic points generated plus 100 times the points generated by the original favor, may only use once per person per day
少见多怪 seldom sees many wonders (4/4)
- that’s new, if you notice that something is different you will gain 50 negative points if it’s a nice change, 50 positive points if it’s not a nice change, only effective after the third time you’ve been somewhere, not effective on changes in living creatures
- brand new, anytime you travel somewhere new you will gain 5000 negative points if it’s a nice place, 5000 positive points if it’s not a nice place, must be farther than 10 lǐ from anywhere you have ever been before
- howdy stranger, generate 500 points every time you meet new people, positive points if they are in a good mood, negative if they are in a bad mood, must say some sort of greeting to trigger, or just nod if in Texas
- afternoon somewhere, get 10000 points every time you move into a new time zone, each time zone can generate points only once per week
鸡犬升天 chickens and dogs go to heaven (4/4)
- go team, all subordinates, employees, retainers, staff, friends, and family members each receive points equal to 10% of what karmic points you generate every day, either positive or negative, until they are balanced: both positive and negative karmic points are the same
- work life, once balanced all subordinates, employees, retainers, staff, friends, and family members stay balanced, generating equal amounts of negative and positive karma points, their points will be calculated as if they were neutral points, and counted towards your karmic balance
- who’s the boss, gain points from subordinates, employees, retainers, staff, friends, and family members, once they are balanced you will receive 1% of all points they generate
- human resources, when your personal karmic point storage banks reach full all subordinates, employees, retainers, staff, and family members take and hold your extra generated karmic points, returning them automatically when your bank balance drops below 90% full, stored points earn interest at 6%, not stackable with other skills
倾盆大雨 container pours big rain (1/1)
- refreshing mist, when earning karmic points all points are rounded up to nearest 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s or 10000’s depending on points earned, calculated last in all karmic generation calculations
贪天之功 covet heavens achievements (4/4)
- mine, get 10 times the karmic points when others claim your work as theirs
- no mine, get 10 times the karmic points again when you accuse them of the theft of credit
- I confess, get 10 times the karmic points again if they admit to the theft of credit
- 60 minutes, get 100 times if it makes the news
眼中之钉 nail in the eye (4/4)
- Willie Stokes, get paid 10% of the negative karmic points generated by people who have met you and dislike you, no distance limit
- Nelson Fox, get paid 50% of the negative karma generated by people who have met you and hate you, no distance limit
- Kate Macy, get paid 100% of the negative karma generated by people who have met you and wish you were dead, no distance limit
- Vincent Vega, get paid all of the karma points, negative and positive, of someone who actually plans to kill you, know who they are, and what the plan is, no distance limit, do not need to have met them
幸灾乐祸 lucky disaster laughing at misfortune (1/4)
- danger danger, when traveling in a disaster area all generated points double
- epic disaster, collect karmic points when people around you, within a 500 lǐ distance, suffer misfortune as a group, 1% of all they generate while the misfortune continues and they remain within your range
- here to help, collect additional karmic points when you assist the people around you, within 500 lǐ distance, who suffer misfortune as a group, all those you have helped generate an additional 4% while misfortune continues and they remain within your range
- mass grave, collect all the karmic points of the people around you, within a 500 lǐ distance, who die while suffering misfortune as a group, while that misfortune continues and they are in your range
种瓜得瓜 Plant melons get melons (4/4)
- good crop, 50% increase in either positive or negative karmic points generated when performing a karmic act, when both positive and negative points are produced by the same action, only the larger is increased
- great crop, both positive points and negative points increased equally, stacks with above
- bumper crop, get a second 50% increase, stacks with above
- nice melons, get an additional 100% boost if the interaction involves a woman
心若死灰 heart reduced to ashes (0/2)
- be happy, when you are happy negative karmic points generated increase by 25%
- be sad, when you are sad positive karmic points generated increase by 25%
蚊子再小也是肉 mosquito no matter how tiny is also meat (4/4)
- good buzz, karmic points are generated by everything you do, not just big actions, gain a constant yet small flow of karmic points every hour
- great buzz, other people that generate points in your behalf also provide a constant yet small flow, stacks with above
- killer buzz, small flows increased by double, stacks with above
- DDT, flow of karmic points comes at a faster trickle, receive same amount except every minute instead
一箭双雕 one arrow, two vultures (4/4)
- monthly double, when you spend positive or negative karmic points you get bonus points of an equal amount of the opposite aspect, applies to only the largest transaction you make in a calendar month, bonus points received at the beginning of the following month, level upgrades do not count
- weekly double, when you spend positive or negative karmic points you get bonus points of an equal amount of the opposite aspect, applies to only the largest transaction you make in a week, bonus points received at the beginning of the following week, level upgrades do not count
- daily double, when you spend positive or negative karmic points you get bonus points of an equal amount of the opposite aspect, applies to only the largest transaction you make in a day, bonus points received at the beginning of the following day, level upgrades do not count
- 200 Alex, your bonus is doubled and paid in the same karma aspect points instead
Category 2: Abilities/Super powers
狐假虎威 fake fox powerful tiger (4/4)
- bye karen, no one without actual authority will make any demand of you, criticize you, or command you to do anything
- what red tape, bureaucrats will try to do their best to please you and make your paperwork requirements painless, easing all application processes
- good day sir, all higher authorities give you unusual respect
- untouchable, for some reason you have a UN diplomatic passport and can travel anywhere with diplomatic immunity
班门弄斧 Ban’s door play with hatchet (4/4)
- let me try, borrow a single mastery ability of any expert you have met, will not be able to use ability at the experts level, but will have near journeyman ability, lasts 1 hour, can use once per day
- I’ve done this, will have senior journeyman ability, lasts 4 hours, stacks with above
- twice as good, can borrow up to two skills from one expert, stacks with above
- master debater, will operate at experts full ability level, somewhat increases your personal ability level after each use
脚踏实地 feet on solid ground (3/4)
- good grip, no matter how treacherous the footing you walk like you are on solid ground, you cannot slip and fall
- amazing grip, no matter what you are holding it cannot slip out of your grasp, must choose to let go
- gripless in Seattle, become so slippery that you can’t be held onto, or held down, you are impervious to all impacts as nothing can touch you, stick to you, or penetrate you, it all slides off you, anything attached falls off, affects you and your clothing so you don’t slide out of them, only supersedes above if you choose
- slippery slope, make something permanently frictionless, can apply once per day, object must weigh less than you do, can not be used on living things
刻舟求劍 to cut boat to seek sword (4/4)
- found it, whatever you are looking for you will usually find it in the first place you look, applies only to things you own, limited to non living things that are not affixed
- here boy, whatever you are looking for will jump from where it is into your hand instantly, must be within one li, stacks with above
- go home, if you choose, when you finish using something, it returns to where it was, fully cleaned and ready for use again, has no distance limit, stacks with above
- Lassie, no matter how far, when you call it will come, stacks with above
世外桃源 life outside peach blossoms (4/4)
- where’s the princess, there is a hidden space accessible only by you that contains one ever fruiting peach tree, you may enter and exit this space any time you wish, returning to the exact spot you left
- tree mendous, you may increase the number of trees by spending 10000 points per tree, space will grow to fit additional trees, must spend points while in the space, stacks with above
- free time, you will not age while in the space, but things you bring into the space will, stacks with above
- age appropriate, time in the space will move at 100 times faster than normal, stacks with above
一狐之腋 one foxes armpit (5/5)
- white fox, items that are extremely valuable but not noticed by others are noticed by you, lost or discarded items will noticeably flash in your vision if they are worth more than 500 yuan
- flash sale, undervalued items for sale will flash in your vision if they are worth more than double the asking price
- under where, buried valuable items or valuable items underwater will flash at the surface if they are unclaimed and worth more than 5000 yuan
- dig in, valuable minerals such as gold, silver, and gemstones in deposits that can be reached and extracted using only hand tools will flash at ground level above their location
- good prospects, look at a map, it will display a label where valuable mineral deposits are, telling you what is there, how deep, what quantity and how much it is worth
乐此不疲 happy this not wearisome (0/4)
- all work no play, you get weary slower, anytime you do work that you enjoy you will grow tired at half the rate
- play time, anytime you do a non work activity that you enjoy you will grow tired at half the rate
- playcheck, your stamina increases so that you get tired slower no matter what you are doing, grow tired at half the rate no matter what you are doing, stackable with above
- happy hour, work or play as long as you are enjoying it all generated and collected karmic points are ten times the normal amount during the activity, limited to one hour every day of work and one hour of play
熟能生巧 experience gives birth to skill (4/4)
- get better, your practice leads to rapid mastery, practice a task three times to achieve proficiency, not stackable with other experience skills
- be great, practice a task six times to become an expert, not stackable with other experience skills
- be amazing, practice a task nine times to become a master, not stackable with other experience skills
- bee busy, achieve proficiency just by watching someone else do a task for an hour, can be a recording
生米煮成熟饭 uncooked rice boiled till cooked rice (0/4)
- bottomless pot, cook rice and eat for a week, take out one portion at a time, the pot won’t empty for a week, or go bad even if unrefrigerated, must make a minimum of four cups of rice, only works if you serve from the pot
- easy bake, you never overcook food, and any recipe you’ve ever made you remember and can replicate, after you have made and eaten a dish three times intuitively know how to improve a recipe and nail the execution every time afterwards
- take out, taste something and know how to make it, any dish prepared by someone else that you taste, you will instinctively know the ingredients and methods used, including any mistakes made
- omg so good, generate points every time someone eats your food, gain 50 positive points every bite they take when eating food you make
今朝有酒今朝醉 now to have wine now intoxicated (4/4)
- bottoms up, no matter how much you drink you can not become intoxicated, and you will suffer no hangovers or other medical conditions from anything you drink
- order up, the above also applies to anything you eat
- high up, the above also applies to any substance introduced into your body
- sober up, get someone clean, instantly eliminate all drugs, alcohol, or poison from a person, they will suffer no withdrawal effects, will not crave intoxicants again, must touch them to activate, can use once per day
精打细算 meticulous plan (0/4)
- use it all, when you make something there is no waste produced, only usable goods remain, limited to hand made items
- bakers dozen, when making multiple identical items by hand, you find 13% more than expected when counting the finished products, partial items rounded up
- good planning, when making items by hand you do not run out of supplies until a second supply has also been used up
- touch point, each item you make generates points every time it is touched by someone other than you, points are calculated as .25% of the persons karmic total, works only once per day for each person touching it
Category 3: Your environment and comfort, Your Money and Expenses
价廉物美 price cheap goods beautiful (2/2)
- that’s nice, anything you purchase, goods or services, are significantly better quality than the price you pay
- good deal, anything you purchase for yourself gets a 25% discount, must pay with cash
一无所有 one nothing possess (0/3)
- so thirsty, when you travel without any money strangers will give you drinks when you are thirsty
- so hungry, when you travel without any money strangers will give you food when you are hungry
- so naked, when you travel without any money strangers will give you clothing when you are not appropriately dressed
锣开道 to beat the gong to clear the way (0/4)
- extra extra, when placing an advertisement all who come in contact with it remember it for 1 week
- what’s that, when placing an advertisement all of the target audience who come near will be drawn to look at it, expires after 1 week, must be stacked with above
- kaching, when placing an advertisement all the target audience who view it will be highly motivated to respond, expires after 1 week, must be stacked with above
- mad man, when placing an advertisement, receive a 50% discount, free premium placement and free design
穿新鞋, 走老路 to wear new shoe, but go old path (0/1)
- hot toe pic, your shoes are always clean, always comfortable, never wear, and are always trendy, your feet never smell, effects only shoes you own, shoes effected only while wearing them, effect doubles if you are walking, speed doubles if you are traveling on foot
乱七八糟 seven chaos eight bad (0/2)
- mr clean, making things clean, neat and tidy takes only one seventh the time, any messes you make are eight times easier to clean