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Marullus wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:06 am Ignore the age roll. It has no mechanical effect and is messing up the story. Do you WANT to be the uncle? Then make up an age and be the uncle.

You are starting in town (stabling costs, ugh) ND didn't expect you were going to war so don't have a warhorse. Easier explanation?

• Ffilz: Satake Motoyuki, a Bushi In-Service to the Daimyo. (Sheet)
• Samwell Turleton: Continuation of Satake Taka, with plot developments!
• Samwell Turleton: Amano Daitaro, a bushi, Souta's older brother (Sheet)
• Jemmus: Kamine XXXX, A Sohei Bushi (Toshizo's older brother)
• Jemmus: A ninja (sheet?)
• Ffilz: Keiso, a Gakusho carpenter (Sheet)
• jmacatty: A bushi, Ha's brother
• jmacatty: A bushi, undefined

• Ffilz: Satake Motoyuki, a Bushi In-Service to the Daimyo. (Sheet)
• Samwell Turleton: Satake Taka, Shugenja Samurai. (Sheet)
• Samwell Turleton: Amano Daitaro, a bushi, Souta's older brother (Sheet)
• Jemmus: Kamine XXXX, A Sohei Bushi (Toshizo's older brother)
• Jemmus: Saizo, A ninja / Impoverished Budoka (Sheet)
• Ffilz: Keiso, a Gakusho carpenter (Sheet)
• jmacatty: A bushi, Ha's brother (Sheet)
• jmacatty: A bushi, undefined (Sheet)
• Enoch: New Character

Marullus wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 8:05 pm

• Samwell Turleton: Amano Daitaro, a bushi, Souta's older brother (Sheet)

Marullus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:55 pm Was looking at this one...

Marullus wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 8:05 pm

• Samwell Turleton: Amano Daitaro, a bushi, Souta's older brother (Sheet)

Dang, though... can you find 1 more point for STR? You have 20 and you need 21 to get a 2-Man Han-Kyu bow.

The Base Action Phase = current Deftness/2, round down.
Note that no action occurs in any Action Phase with a number
lower than 2, Thus, a character with a current Deftness of 3 or less is
essentially limited to movement only, when using Detailed Action
timescale. His reflexes are just too slow. Such Characters perform
their movement on Action Phase 2, moving after all other actions in
the Detailed Turn have been resolved. Any other actions allowed to
such Characters are purely at the discretion of the Gamesmaster.
Characters with high Speed scores may be allowed to perform
multiple actions in a single Detailed Turn. See "Maximum Number of
Actions," below. In this case, the Action Phases on which they may
perform these Actions are derived from the Base Action Phase.

Marullus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:09 pm I need access to be granted for Kamine no Zenrin's sheet.

Also, realizing that Keiso is losing his secondary action because it falls on Action Phase 1. He needs another point of Deftness, I think?

The Base Action Phase = current Deftness/2, round down.
Note that no action occurs in any Action Phase with a number
lower than 2, Thus, a character with a current Deftness of 3 or less is
essentially limited to movement only, when using Detailed Action
timescale. His reflexes are just too slow. Such Characters perform
their movement on Action Phase 2, moving after all other actions in
the Detailed Turn have been resolved. Any other actions allowed to
such Characters are purely at the discretion of the Gamesmaster.
Characters with high Speed scores may be allowed to perform
multiple actions in a single Detailed Turn. See "Maximum Number of
Actions," below. In this case, the Action Phases on which they may
perform these Actions are derived from the Base Action Phase.

Marullus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:25 am Glad to have you in the Ninja Bushido game!

I would also like to invite you to our other game as well. That one is a more traditional "adventure module." Jemmus and I are running them in tandem with one set of shared house rules and learning process. (I picked up running the second game mostly so Jemmus wasn't forever DM and could also play. ) Bushido is fun and crunchy, and we figure if you learn the system we might as well use it twice.

Post rate is slow and very forgiving. You can read the adventure so far.

While Jemmus' game is reformatting to try Ninja only, the other game is more "ronin adventuring against the Oni in the mountains" like a more traditional RPG. They just finished a political arc and want to go back to adventure. It also will be a little higher level - they are second level and you will join as they take a month downtime for advancement (which you also will get).

They currently have a cleric (gakusho) paladin (sohei bushi) who currently needs to stone for murder, and a Ninja. They party can use other classes (and you can try out non-ninja):
- Samurai/Ronin (fighters, particularly with katana and bow)
- Bodoka (martial artists, not historical but more fun Kung fu movie)
- Yakuza (thug/criminal/thieves)
- Shugenja (wizards/sorcerers)

I am glad to work with you and help you learn.

Rex wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:45 pm Would a female Ronin work?

Marullus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:03 pm Yep! Sounds great.

Marullus wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:16 pm As a female, you add bonus skill bugei of Naginatajutsu, Tantojutsu, and Shurikenjutsu.

In general, it may be stated that a woman in Nippon travelling
freely about the countryside as a wandering member of a Profession
has to some extent severed her connection with her family. This may
imply that she has moved into a Profession where such a division is
normal, as in the case of the female Gakusho. Or she may have no
living family. Without Clan protection, her prospects are grim. She
may be a young widow. In this case, women remained with their
husband's Clan, but were regarded as the poorest of poor relations.
A women might seek freedom by pursuing life as a wanderer rather
than accept the grudging charity of her in-laws.
The proudest tradition of the Buke is their military training.
Women in this Caste are not denied this birthright. The traditional
weapons of the female Buke are the Naginata (glaive), the Tanto
(dagger), the Yari (spear), and the Uchi-ne (light javelin).
Shurikenjutsu, using the Tanto or Aiguchi, was also taught to most
women of the military aristocracy. Training in Kenjutsu was not
uncommon and many women in the Caste sought mastery of more
esoteric weapon forms.
Based on legends and historical incidents in the saga of Nippon,
many women, their male relatives dead or captured, proved their
expertise in the Bugei of strategy (Chikujo-kutsu and Senjo-jutsu) at
the head of the Clan's armies or within its fortresses. Study in these
Bugei would therefore be a logical choice for the female Buke,
especially one who functions as a Bushi.

Marullus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:37 pm Normally you would roll 1d100 and look at the birth table on page 39.

I offered for Ffilz to pick Caste instead because he was uncomfortable rolling the highest category (in service to the Daimyo) and I don't mind if others want to pick a Caste to tell a particular story instead of rolling. Rex said he wanted a female ronin, and picking ronin is fine or rolling is fine. The story he wants to play is more important to me.

Rex wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:52 pm I am all for rolling.

Caste [1d100]=13

Member, is that high enough for a ronin?