Animal Styles (World of Kung-Fu)

You’re the cream in my coffee / You’re the salt in my stew / You’re eight-dragon-style / Crane cat crocodile / Drunken monkey Kung Fu.”—“You’re the Cream in my Coffee”, Roy Henderson, 1927.
==Animal Styles==
In the centuries after the Shaolin developed their Kung Fu, new Kung Fu styles spread across China and Asia in the World of Kung-Fu. Most of these styles fused Shaolin techniques with observations of animals in the wild. According to stereotype, animal stylists tend to have personalities and mannerisms like the animal their Kung Fu is based on. Animals stylists tend to be solitary and few have involved themselves in the Kung Fu war. Those who do generally volunteer to help Wing Chun and may ended up posted anywhere in the world. Alternatively, some animal stylists turn a life of crime, working independently or selling their amazing skills to the highest bidder.
While most animal stylists care little for grand politics, they do maintain longstanding feuds between different animal styles. These feuds include the Five Venoms, since the Venom styles of Centipede, Lizard, Scorpion, Snake and Toad were simply independent animal styles for centuries before they decided to rule the world of organized crime. Likewise, though Praying Mantis has always been loyal to Shaolin, and Pak Hok (Tiger-Crane) was developed independently of traditional Tiger and Crane styles, that hasn’t stopped them from being caught up in centuries of animal fights.
==Animal Styles Overview==
There are a vast number of animal styles and a wide variety of styles named after each animal, often with variant names, such as “White Tiger” or “Snake in Eagle’s Shadow”.1 The list below describes the most popular styles of the most popular animals. Weapons-based perks have not been listed. Given the relative weakness of weapons, it is suggested that characters be allowed to learn any of the weapons perks if they want them.
===Key===
* T: number of Techniques in a style
* CS: number of Cinematic Skills
* CT: number of Cinematic Techniques
* P: number of Perks
Style 	Cost	T 	CS	CT	P 	Main Feuds
Bear Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[2] 	7 	3 	2 	3 	Boar, Bull, Dragon
Boar Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[3] 	9 	5 	4 	7 	Bear, Panther, Tiger
Bull Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[3] 	7 	3 	4 	5 	Elephant, Horse, Tiger
Centipede (Five Venoms) 	[3] 	10	3 	4 	5 	Elephant, Praying Mantis, Scorpion
Crane Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[4] 	6 	6 	4 	4 	Lizard, Monkey, Toad
Crow Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[4] 	8 	3 	3 	6 	Lizard, Mantis, Toad
Dragon Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[4] 	8 	8 	6 	6 	Eagle, Elephant, Bear, Bull
Eagle Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[3] 	7 	3 	3 	4 	Dragon, Leopard, Lizard
Elephant Style (World of Kung-Fu)	[4] 	7 	4 	3 	5 	Centipede, Dragon, Horse, Leopard
Horse Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[4] 	7 	3 	3 	5 	Bull, Elephant, Scorpion, Tiger
Leopard Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[4] 	8 	3 	3 	6 	Eagle, Panther, Snake, Tiger
Lizard (Five Venoms) 	[4] 	8 	3 	3 	6 	Crane, Crow, Eagle
Monkey Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[5] 	9 	3 	5 	6 	Crane, Snake, Panther
Panther Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[3] 	5 	5 	4 	3 	Leopard, Boar, Monkey, Tiger
Praying Mantis (World of Kung-Fu)	NA 	NA	NA	NA	NA	Centipede, Crow, Scorpion
Scorpion (Five Venoms) 	[3] 	9 	3 	5 	5 	Centipede, Horse, Praying Mantis
Snake (Five Venoms) 	[4] 	11	4 	5 	6 	Leopard, Monkey, Panther, Toad
Tiger Style (World of Kung-Fu) 	[3] 	7 	3 	5 	5 	Boar, Bull, Horse, Leopard, Panther
Toad (Five Venoms) 	[2] 	8 	5 	3 	6 	Crane, Crow, Snake
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