These Disciplines originate with and are powered by the PРІР‚в„ўo.

Masters of the Chi Arts can weave the fabric of internal and external Chi the way a tailor weaves a fine garment.Р”Р„ll Kuei-jin bear the taint of the PРІР‚в„ўo, a condition reflected in their Demon Arts. The higher, more advanced, or more enlightened (take your pick) levels of the Chi Arts expand and refine a Kuei-jinРІР‚в„ўs ability to manipulate his Chi and, perhaps more importantly, ambient Chi or the Chi of others. As far as many Kuei-jin are concerned, unrestrained use of Kindred Disciplines speeds up the Great CycleРІР‚в„ўs deterioration, which is yet another reason these impudent foreigners should be ousted from the middle Kingdom - or destroyed outright - as son as possible. Although there arenРІР‚в„ўt mechanical effects as such, Kindred Disciplines produce ripples and rents in the Middle KingdomРІР‚в„ўs ambient Chi, and these disruptions are uncomfortable and disturbing to spirits and sensitive Kuei-jin alike. Kindred call on their Blood gracelessly and recklessly, with little concern for what they are trying to do as such, Kindred warp and bend Chi flows wherever they practice their arts. It should be noted that most Kindred Disciplines are considered extremely РІР‚СљunnaturalРІР‚Сњ by Kuei-jin. A botch on any Chi Discipline roll attracts hostile spirits, who are displeased with the vampireРІР‚в„ўs rude disturbance of their surroundings.

Particularly potent uses of Chi might cause reverberations that affect the spirit world for days or even leave long-lasting РІР‚СљtracksРІР‚Сњ marking the vampireРІР‚в„ўs presence in the area. Kuei-jin using Chi Arts crease mystical РІР‚СљeddiesРІР‚Сњ and other disruptions in the Mirror Lands. Many Kuei-jin scholars consider the Shintai Disciplines of Bone and Flesh to be Chi Arts of Yin and Yang, respectively. Kuei-jin commonly study four Chi Arts: Equilibrium (balancing and unbalancing Chi), Tapestry (manipulation ambient Chi), Yin Prana (manipulation of internal Yin), and Yang Prana (manipulation of internal Yang).

Most Chi Arts allow the channeling of Chi (Yin or yang) into various tangible effects or augmentations. These Disciplines allows a Kuei-jin to evoke mystical effects through redirection of his Chi (or, in some cases, othersРІР‚в„ў Chi or the ambient Chi in the environment). Knowing the Yama Kings, however, the latter is likelier. Whether this is a corruption of the god bodies or a secret gift from the Yama Kings to further their own agendas remains unknown. The Scorpion Eaters, however, possess twisted versions of these Arts. The five regular Shintais (Blood, Bone, Flesh, Ghost-Flame, and Jade) are unavailable to Scorpion Eaters: The ingestion of tainted Chi makes their use impossible. Storytellers, however, may rule otherwise. Tainted Chi interacts with the body in a fundamentally different way from pure Chi, and the techniques for one arenРІР‚в„ўt applicable to the other. In such cases, points in existing Shintai Arts donРІР‚в„ўt transfer to the equivalent Bile Shintais they are lost and the student must begin learning anew. Conversely, other Kuei-jin canРІР‚в„ўt learn Bile Shintai unless they abandon their Dharma, undergo the Eating the Scorpion Rite, and become Scorpions.

Scorpion Eaters canРІР‚в„ўt learn these normal Shintais, aside from Demon Shintai and Bile Shintai. Called the Bile Shintais, they encompass five unique Arts, each one roughly analogous to one of the five elemental Shintais practiced by other Kuei-jin. Over the decades, the Scorpion Eaters have studied the Shintai powers fueled by their unique diet. Finally, Demon Arts are special powers unique to the Kuei-jinРІР‚в„ўs dark side of the soul. Soul arts allow Kuei-jin to channel and master their Hun and PРІР‚в„ўo souls. Chi Arts allow Kuei-jin to evoke internal and ambient Chi for various purposes. Shintai Arts allow vampires to study and practice the movement of Chi through their bodies - the five Shintai (РІР‚Сљgod bodyРІР‚Сњ) forms are transformative arts based on the Kuei-jin elemental system of Blood (Water), Bone (Metal), Jade (Earth), Flesh (Wood), and Ghost-flame (Fire). The most widely known are Chi Arts, Soul Arts, Demon Arts, and Shintai Arts. Kuei-jin group their Disciplines into several categories.

Kindred of the east disciplines