Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu
By Kuseru
Entrance Requirements: Restricted to Honorable Alignments. No Attribute restrictions.
Skill Cost: 9 Years (5 Years as a Secondary Martial Art Style).

A Japanese school that teaches swimming and combat in the water. It was founded by Mukai Shogen originally as the naval forces in Edo era to serve the Tokugawa shogunate. Muaki Ryu is one of the twelve Japanese martial arts swimming schools which is authorized by Japan Swimming Federation.

Muakai Ryu primarily teaches suiejutsu and tantojustsu. The main style of swimming is known as Ofunate-Oyogi (Mariners' Swimming). This style came about due to the circumstances that a samurai (often in armor) might need to cross, attack, defend or signal while being partially submersed in water.

Training for Mukai Ryu can be found in Tokyo Prefecture Japan.

Costume: Typically wears splint lamellar armor.
Stance: None.
CHARACTER BONUSES
Add +2 to P.S.
Add +1 to P.P.
Add +2D6 to Spd in water only
Add +5 to S.D.C.
COMBAT SKILLS
Attacks per Melee: 2
Escape Moves: Maintain Balance, Roll with Punch/Fall/Impact.
Attack Moves: None.
Basic Defense Moves: Automatic Parry, Dodge, Parry.
Advanced Defense Moves: Circular Parry, Combination Parry/Attack.
Hand Attacks: Knife Hand, Palm Strike, Punch.
Basic Foot Attacks: Backward Sweep, Kick Attack, Snap Kick, Tripping/Leg Hook.
Jumping Foot Attacks: None.
Special Attacks: Combination Grab/Kick(1), Death Strike (New!), Drown (New!).
Holds/Locks: None.
Weapon Kata: W.P. Tanto (Knife).
Modifiers to Attacks: Critical Strike, Critical Strike from Behind, Knockout/Stun.
SKILLS INCLUDED IN TRAINING
Martial Art Powers: Automatically gains Suiren. Select a total of ONE (1) Martial Art Power from among Body Hardening or Martial Art Techniques. Except for Suiren, any number of Martial Art Powers can be traded, on a one-for-one basis, for Basic Skill Programs (excluding Physical).
Languages: Japanese
Cultural: Horsemanship: Samurai, Navigation, Seamanship.
Physical: Swimming.
Weapon Proficiencies: W.P. Tanto (Knife).
Philosophical Training: Zen Buddhism.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).
LEVEL ADVANCEMENT BONUSES
1st: + 2 to Roll with Punch/Fall/Impact, Critical Strike from Behind.
2nd: + 1 to Parry/Dodge, + 1 to Strike.
3rd: + 1 Attack per Melee, + 1 to Parry/Dodge in water.
4th: +1 to Strike in water, Knockout/Stun on a Natural 19 or 20.
5th: Select One (1) Additional Martial Art Power from Body Hardening or Martial Art Techniques.
6th: + 1 Attack per Melee.
7th: + 1 to Strike in water, +1 to Parry/Dodge in water.
8th: Death Strike on a Natural 20.
9th: + 1 Attack per Melee, + 1 to Roll with Punch/Fall/Impact, +1 to Initiative in water.
10th: + 1 to Parry/Dodge in water, + 2 to Damage with a weapon.
11th: Select One (1) Additional Martial Art Power from Body Hardening or Martial Art Techniques.
12th:+ 1 to Strike in water.
13th: +1 Attack per Melee, + 1 to Roll with Punch/Fall/Impact, Critical Strike on a Natural 19 or 20.
14th: + 1 to Parry/Dodge, +1 to Initiative in water.
15th: Select One (1) Additional Martial Art Power from Body Hardening or Martial Art Techniques.
Why Study Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu?
A practical swimming art that teaches some combat techniques.

Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Remove Horsemanship: Samurai skill. Replace Navigation and Seamanship skills with Naval Tactics skill. Replace W.P. Tanto (W.P. and Weapon Kata both) with W.P. Daito (Large Sword). Training for Iwakura Ryu can be found in Wakayama Japan.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Itto Ryu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage Ryu (3 Years), Kasumi Shinto Ryu (2 Years), Kendo (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Kurama Ryu (5 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Muso Jukiden Eishin Ryu (5 Years), Muso Shinden Ryu (5 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinmuso Hayashizaki Ryu (5 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suio Ryu (4 Years), Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-Ryu (4 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).

Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Add Weapon Kata for W.P. Daito (Large Sword). Replace Horsemanship: Samurai skill with Swimming: Advanced (Open Sea Swimming) skill. Add Naval Tactics skill. Training for Kankai Ryu can be found in Tsu Japan.
Swimming: Advanced (Open Sea Swimming): An advanced swimming technique which covers swimming in the open ocean. Skills include methods for staying afloat, resting in water, and pushing waves aside. A character can swim a distance equal to 10x his P.S. in yards/meters per melee. This pace can be maintained for a length of time equal to 4 x his P.E. in melees. Advanced Swimming provides the following abilities:
+2 to Dodge in water.
+3D4 to Spd, when swimming only.
+1D6 to S.D.C.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Itto Ryu (3 Years), Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage Ryu (3 Years), Kasumi Shinto Ryu (2 Years), Kendo (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Kurama Ryu (5 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Muso Jukiden Eishin Ryu (5 Years), Muso Shinden Ryu (5 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinmuso Hayashizaki Ryu (5 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suio Ryu (4 Years), Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-Ryu (4 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).

Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Add Weapon Kata for W.P. Daito (Large Sword).
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Itto Ryu (3 Years), Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage Ryu (3 Years), Kasumi Shinto Ryu (2 Years), Kendo (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Kurama Ryu (5 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Muso Shinden Ryu (5 Years), Muso Jukiden Eishin Ryu (5 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinmuso Hayashizaki Ryu (5 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suio Ryu (4 Years), Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-Ryu (4 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).

Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Replace Horsemanship: Samurai skill with Swimming: Advanced (Lake Swimming) skill.
Swimming: Advanced (Lake Swimming): An advanced swimming technique which covers swimming in lakes. Skills include methods for staying afloat, resting in water, and pushing waves aside. A character can swim a distance equal to 10x his P.S. in yards/meters per melee. This pace can be maintained for a length of time equal to 4 x his P.E. in melees. Advanced Swimming provides the following abilities:
+2 to Dodge in water.
+3D4 to Spd, when swimming only.
+1D6 to S.D.C.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).

Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Remove W.P. (Both as a skill and as a Weapon Kata) Tanto. Add Swimming: Advanced (Long Distance Swimming) skill. Training in Shinden Ryu can be found in Tokyo, Ichikawa, Niigata, Matsumoto, Kobe, Tsu, Okayama, Kurashiki, Hiroshima, Miyoshi, Kure, Tottori, and Ozu Japan.
Swimming: Advanced (Long Distance Swimming): An advanced swimming technique which concentrates on covering long distances. A character can swim a distance equal to 10x his P.S. in yards/meters per melee. This pace can be maintained for a length of time equal to 8 x his P.E. in melees. Advanced Swimming provides the following abilities:
+2 to Dodge in water.
+3D4 to Spd, when swimming only.
+1D6 to S.D.C.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).

Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Replace Horsemanship: Samurai skill with Swimming: Advanced (River & Stream Swimming) skill. Remove Seamanship skill. Training for Suifu Ryu can be found in Mito Japan.
Swimming: Advanced (River & Stream Swimming): An advanced swimming technique which covers swimming in the open ocean. Skills include methods for staying afloat, resting in water, and pushing waves aside. A character can swim a distance equal to 5x his P.S. in yards/meters per melee. This pace can be maintained for a length of time equal to 4 x his P.E. in melees. Advanced Swimming provides the following abilities:
+2 to Dodge in water.
+4D4 to Spd, when swimming only.
+1D6 to S.D.C.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).

Yamauchi Ryu Suiejutsu Variant
Replace Horsemanship: Samurai skill with Flag Signaling. Replace W.P. Tanto (W.P. and Weapon Kata both) with W.P. Matchlock and W.P. Bow. Training for Yamauchi Ryu can be found in Oita Japan.
If this is your Primary Martial Art then the following other styles can be learned in a shorter time: Heki Ryu (4 Years), Iwakura Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kankai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobo Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Kobori-ryu To-suijutsu (2 Years), Mukai Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Sasanuma Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Shinden Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years), Suifu Ryu Suiejutsu (3 Years).