[Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Sure. And if they come from the samurai caste, they'll have kenjutsu regardless.
Morvith, Human Wizard, The Western Lands
Ekene Orjee, Xenologist and Imperial Agent, Shadow of the Storm (Traveller MgT2e)
Ekene Orjee, Xenologist and Imperial Agent, Shadow of the Storm (Traveller MgT2e)
Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Interesting exercise, researching Sohei and then building the character. I might want to go that route, after you develop the class.
Bushido rules-wise, there's some clear places you can tweak to find the warrior-monk flavor you're looking for. Once you decide what that flavor should be, the biggest thing is to tweak the bonus skills. Bushi don't have access to monk-like skills and that has a lot of cascading ramifications. I would recommend swapping 1:1 for skills that fit your desired theme. The other items are in initial skills (Bushi choose from a fixed list, which could be adjusted to fit a temple theme, including Theology and Kenji as Enoch mentions above), Ki powers (do you want them to have straight Bushi, or do you want a warrior-monk to adopt some fusion with Budoka or Gakusho?), and honor (Gakusho swap initial On for 20 due to temple service, if you mirror something similar.)

Bushido rules-wise, there's some clear places you can tweak to find the warrior-monk flavor you're looking for. Once you decide what that flavor should be, the biggest thing is to tweak the bonus skills. Bushi don't have access to monk-like skills and that has a lot of cascading ramifications. I would recommend swapping 1:1 for skills that fit your desired theme. The other items are in initial skills (Bushi choose from a fixed list, which could be adjusted to fit a temple theme, including Theology and Kenji as Enoch mentions above), Ki powers (do you want them to have straight Bushi, or do you want a warrior-monk to adopt some fusion with Budoka or Gakusho?), and honor (Gakusho swap initial On for 20 due to temple service, if you mirror something similar.)
Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Do you still have room? I'd like to play.
Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Great. Do you need to approve me for the thread? And should I just go ahead and generate a character?
Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
I'm trying to figure out how to approve everyone for the thread. But go ahead and generate a character if you're ready.
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Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Assuming you're using the web interface...
Click on the drop down menu in the upper right by your user name.
Select User Control Panel
Click on the Usergroups tab
Click on the group in your Leaderships section
Click on Manage Group in the upper right
Click on Manage Users for the correct group
Scroll down to the Add Users box and fill in user names
Click on the drop down menu in the upper right by your user name.
Select User Control Panel
Click on the Usergroups tab
Click on the group in your Leaderships section
Click on Manage Group in the upper right
Click on Manage Users for the correct group
Scroll down to the Add Users box and fill in user names
Re: Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Inviting 1-2 new players who can post 2-3 times per week, and are interested in learning a pretty complicated OSR game. We're a friendly crew, we'll tutor as we go along.
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Re: [Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Open for 1-2 new players. We have a good crew who will tutor new players on how to get into this OSR samurai game.
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Re: [Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Open for 1-2 new players. We have a good crew who will tutor new players on how to get into this OSR samurai game.
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Re: [Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
About 10 months in and we're still going strong. Open to a couple of more players.
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Re: [Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Are there still spots open in this. I have a yen to lace on my Dou and defend the honor of my clan. (or something suitably Japanese anyway). I have Bushido Book 1, is that sufficient on the rules side?
Re: [Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Yep, we've got spots open. Good timing too, because the PCs just finished some downtime studying and training and are getting ready to hit the road again. Book 1 is sufficient, but it needs to be the Fantasy Games Unlimited edition (not the Phoenix Games one or the earlier one). Book 2 is GM stuff. Here are the game threads: viewforum.php?f=1094 Say hello in the OOC thread and we'll help you get started.
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Re: [Open] Honor or Death (FGU Bushido)
Bump. Still going and open to new characters. PM me if interested.
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