| PLAYER'S GUIDE | ||||||||
| Initiative: | DEX+REF+3d6 | Range Chart | ||||||
| Modifiers: | TALENT combat sense: +1 to +3 | weapon | short range | med range | long range | v. long range | ||
| surprise: +4 | short | 0 | -2 | -4 | var. -4 | |||
| wounded: -2 | medium | -2 | 0 | -2 | var. -2 | |||
| badly wounded: -4 | long | -4 | -2 | 0 | var. | |||
| weapon range penalty | Casting: prayer SKILL+PIE+3d6; difficulty base 18 | |||||||
| parry bonus: +4 | must have mystic TALENT to cast prayers | |||||||
| WIND bonus: var. | modifiers: | each time step up: -2 | ||||||
| Attack: | weapon/fighting SKILL+REF+3d6 | each time step down: +2 | ||||||
| Modifiers: | flank: +4 | wounded: -2 | ||||||
| attack from behind: +4 | badly wounded: -4 | |||||||
| FIRE bonus: var. | Prayer levels cannot be higher than the prayer SKILL | |||||||
| Dodge: | DEX+EVADE/ RANGED EVADE+3d6 | Casting Time Table: +-2 per step | Ettiquette SKILLS | |||||
| Modifiers: | Use dodge as action gives +2 | 1 action | beaurocracy | |||||
| prone: no evade/R. evade bonus | 1 round | bushido | ||||||
| WATER bonus: var. | 5 minutes | conversation | ||||||
| Guard: | Free attack when parlayed | 20 minutes | diplomacy | |||||
| Parry: | next init +4 on same enemy | 1 hour | high society | |||||
| Damage: | apply real damage to hits and stun | 6 hours | merchant | |||||
| apply stun damage to stun only | 1 day | Weapon SKILLS | ||||||
| real: | HITS-ARMOR-EARTH bonus | 3 days | archery | |||||
| stun: | HITS-ARMOR-STUN DEF-EARTH | 1 week | axes | |||||
| Uncontious when STUN = 0 or HITS = 0 | 1 month | chains | ||||||
| Dead when hits = -10 | 1 year | clubs | ||||||
| Dueling: | VOID - free action, roll perception SKILL+INT+3d6 | shinobi schools | fans | |||||
| WIND - initiative bonus | vajra | firearms | ||||||
| FIRE - attack bonus | ratna | kama | ||||||
| WATER - dodge bonus | padma | knives | ||||||
| EARTH - damage reduction | karma | nunchaku | ||||||
| After successful VOID roll, 1 enemy ring known/full round | buddha | pipe | ||||||
| Prayer Schools: | Buddhism - worships Buddha through enlightenment | polearm | ||||||
| Onmyyodo - mountain mystics with mysterious power | swords | |||||||
| Shinto - worships the Kamis through purification | throwing | |||||||
| Shinobi - the dark arts through various schools | by David Chosid | |||||||
| Shugendo - Mystics that draw from the 5 elements | ||||||||