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Was answered in Discord, but reposting for everyone's benefit:

Returning characters from previous games that had a Daisho (or just wakizashi) in their starting gear still have those?


EDIT: Does this mean every school's starting equipment, even the new ones added for this campaign, don't get those two weapons now? It seems clans had access to them in the previous game, and Advances Schools like the Mirumoto Duelist has had a focus on the daisho since the end of the first game.
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Otomo Akutou, Stag Clan Hunter
Status 1.0, Glory 4.0, Honor as Expected
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Commonly with jade finger, daisho, standard clothes, pack; hat and cloak as weather appropriate
In peril, jade finger, daisho, yumi, quiver, arrows, ashigaru armor, rations, cash (the pack will wait)
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Togashi Satsuki wrote:
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:02 am
Was answered in Discord, but reposting for everyone's benefit:

Returning characters from previous games that had a Daisho (or just wakizashi) in their starting gear still have those?


EDIT: Does this mean every school's starting equipment, even the new ones added for this campaign, don't get those two weapons now? It seems clans had access to them in the previous game, and Advances Schools like the Mirumoto Duelist has had a focus on the daisho since the end of the first game.
Yeah, that was because I wasn't really thinking all that well last game, so I should have adjusted it. People who had it before can still have them. It wouldn't be fair to take them away at this point. I may add a caveat to allow the Mirumoto Bushi specifically daisho for their techniques.

Anyone new can replace them with any two weapons.
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Subject: Human Character Creation
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Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:29 pm

Rules on what Advantages, Disadvantages, and Skills are allowed are located in this forum under their own topics. Advantages are capped at 15 points, Disadvantages are capped at 10.
Does this apply to returning characters too? :?
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Togashi Satsuki wrote:
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:41 am
Subject: Human Character Creation
Canary wrote:
Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:29 pm

Rules on what Advantages, Disadvantages, and Skills are allowed are located in this forum under their own topics. Advantages are capped at 15 points, Disadvantages are capped at 10.
Does this apply to returning characters too? :?
No.
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Pure Blood Magic does not use scrolls, as they are making offerings instead of prayers. Instead, they are functionally using blood to "fast importune" them. As such, they have access to spells of any level they can cast, provided they offer the requisite blood.
Does this apply to Ishiken and Void spells as well?
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Ryoshun Nao wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:18 am
Pure Blood Magic does not use scrolls, as they are making offerings instead of prayers. Instead, they are functionally using blood to "fast importune" them. As such, they have access to spells of any level they can cast, provided they offer the requisite blood.
Does this apply to Ishiken and Void spells as well?
As long as they're Ishiken, yes. With the exception of any banned spells, obvs
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Just wanted to doublecheck - are we using the rules that say Shugenja can have Kiho from the core rule sidebar (costing double the xp to buy and only using ring rather than ring/school rank to determine the kiho you can have)?
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Reiko wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:36 am
Just wanted to doublecheck - are we using the rules that say Shugenja can have Kiho from the core rule sidebar (costing double the xp to buy and only using ring rather than ring/school rank to determine the kiho you can have)?
Yup
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Do the following advantages apply in some way vs. Yume-Jigoku corruption?

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Touch of Tengoku: You gain a bonus of +2k0 on Earth Ring Rolls made to resist the Shadowlands Taint.
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Akodo Kawauso wrote:
Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:17 am
Do the following advantages apply in some way vs. Yume-Jigoku corruption?

Jurojin's Blessing (Scorpion): The Fortune of Longevity favors you, and as a result you can expect a long and healthy life. Whenever you are rolling to resist the effects of a disease or poison, you gain a bonus of +2k0 to the total of the roll.

Touch of Tengoku: You gain a bonus of +2k0 on Earth Ring Rolls made to resist the Shadowlands Taint.
Tengoku does, Jurojin does not
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Should new characters post about their dreams yet? Or just returning ones?
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Ryoshun Yukara wrote:
Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:20 am
Should new characters post about their dreams yet? Or just returning ones?
You can.
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Just a little thing from me to you: viewtopic.php?f=54&t=91
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What glory should new characters/ returning characters that didn't do much in part 3 have?
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For returning characters, do they get any update to their stipends?
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Akodo Moshi wrote:
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:16 pm
What glory should new characters/ returning characters that didn't do much in part 3 have?
Stays the same - they're assumed to have done enough to keep 'er steady.
Togashi Satsuki wrote:
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For returning characters, do they get any update to their stipends?
Returning characters get their stipend in addition to whatever they ended with last game.

Various expenditures have been assumed to come up, so they won't get the full 5 years worth.
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I assume those using the same ronin schools but in different clans would have the same honor?
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