| Perks | 1 point per level | |||
| name | cost | description | ||
| contact - authority | 1-9 | student of ryu (1), town police (2), town captain of police or head of ryu (3), town magistrate of samurai fief holder (4), samurai general (5), miner daimyo (6), major daimyo (7), imperial kuge or shogunate official (8), shogun or emporer (9) | ||
| contact - religion | 1-5 | local monk to "The Buhdah" | ||
| contact - foreigner | 1-3 | ship crewman or missionary (1), ship captain (2), trader (3) | ||
| contact - underworld | 2-7 | gambler (1), yakuza or gang or bandit leader (2), bandit leader (3), smuggler (4), ninja member (5), ninja supervisor (7) | ||
| contact - commoner | 1-3 | shop owner (1), laborer/craftsman, village elder (2), wealthy merchant (3) | ||
| debt owed | - | someone owes you a debt. Cost is 1/2 the cost of the contact (rounded down) | ||
| good kharma | 5, 10, 15 | You had a good past life. 1 point costs 5, 2 points costs 10, 3 points costs 15 | ||
| honor | 1-10 | Start with honor. One point per honor. | ||
| licence | 1-3 | sail or own merchant ship (1), travel freely (1), preach a foreign religion (2), start your own ryu (2), start your own gang (3) | ||
| membership | 1-10 | call on the membership of a group (you pick), 10 being Emporer | ||
| renown | 1-10 | at 3 most local people of your class know you. At 6 you are known far and wide in your class. At 9 most people know you everywhere. | ||
| wealth | 1-10 | At 1you are middle class, 2 = uppermiddle, 3= well-todo, 4=very well off, 5=average daimyo, 6=rich, 7=rich merchant, 8=wealthy diamyo, 9=filthy rich, 10=Emporer | ||