Character Creation & Experience

Character Creation & Experience

Character Creation:

Choose a Clan/Family or Ronin:

First you need to choose a Clan/Family or if you will be Ronin.  Legal Clans are:

• Crab
• Hida (+1 Strength)
• Hiruma (+1 Stamina)
• Kaiu (+1 Perception)
• Kuni (+1 Intelligence)
• Yasuki (+1 Awareness)
• Crane
• Asahina (+1 Perception)
• Daidoji (+1 Strength)
• Doji (+1 Awareness)
• Kakita (+1 Agility)
• Dragon
• Agasha (+1 Awareness)
• Kitsuki (+1 Perception)
• Mirumoto (+1 any Trait)
• Togashi (+1 Agility)
• Lion
• Akodo (+1 Perception)
• Ikoma (+1 Intelligence)
• Kitsu (+1 Intelligence)
• Matsu  (+1 Strength)
• Phoenix
• Asako (+1 Perception)
• Isawa (+1 Awareness)
• Shiba (+1 Intelligence)
• Scorpion
• Bayushi (+1 Agility)
• Shosuro (+1 Awareness)
• Soshi (+1 Perception)
• Yogo  (+1 Willpower, Gain Yogo Curse for no CP)
• Unicorn
• Ide (+1 Perception)
• Iuchi (+1 Awareness)
• Moto (+1 Void, Gain Moto Curse for no CP)
• Otaku (+1 Agility)
• Shinjo (+1 Reflexes)
• Minor Clans
• Kitsune (+1 Willpower) - Fox Clan
• No Family (No Benefit) - Mantis Clan  
• Usagi (+1 Reflex) - Hare Clan
• No Family (No Benefit) - Wasp Clan
• Suzume (+1 Awareness) - Sparrow Clan
• Tonbo (+1 Perception) - Dragonfly Clan
• Moshi (+1 Intelligence) - Centipede Clan
• Ichiro (+1 Strength) - Badger Clan

 

Choose a School 

You must choose a school of your Clan unless you take the Different School Advantage.  This also includes the Minor Clans
 

• Crab
• Hida War College
• +1 Stamina, Honor 1.5
• 20 arrows of any type, bow, katana, wakizashi, 2 any weapons, heavy armor, helm, kimono, traveling pack (all Average Quality)
• Money: 5 koku
• Skills: Archery, Battle, Defense, Kenjutsu, Lore: Shadowlands, 1 Weapon Skill 
• Technique Rank 1: Add Earth to the total of all ToHit and Damage rolls.  No penalty for wearing heavy armor
• Hiruma Berserker
• Hiruma Scout School
• Kaiu Engineering School
• Kuni Shugenja School 
• Kuni Witch Hunting School
• Yasuki Merchant School 
• Yasuki Taskmaster School
• Crane
• Add Schools
• Dragon
• Add Schools
• Lion
• Add Schools
• Phoenix
• Add Schools
• Scorpion
• Add Schools
• Unicorn
• Add Schools
• Minor Clans
• Kitsune Shugenja School - Fox Clan
• Mantis Bushi School - Mantis Clan  
• Usagi Bushi School - Hare Clan
• +1 Agility, Honor 2.0
• katana, wakizashi, light armor, helm, traveling pack, kimono, 1 weapon of any type or bow with 20 arrows (all average, 1 fine (if you do not take a bow with arrows))
• Money: 2 koku
• Skills: Athletics, Defense, Kenjutsu, Jiujutsu, Hunting, Lore: Maho, 1 High/Bugei Skill
• Technique Rank 1: All Athletic Rolls for Leaps or Jumps has its TN reduced by 10.  Your first attack you can lower the TN to hit an enemy by 10 if you go Full Attack (as you leap into the combat and strike).  If you go Full Defense you gain +5 to you TN to be Hit (as you leap around avoiding attacks)
• Wasp Bounty Hunters - Wasp Clan
• Suzume Bushi School - Sparrow Clan
• Tonbo Shugenja School - Dragonfly Clan
• Moshi Shugenja School - Centipede Clan
• Ichiro Bushi School - Badger Clan 

Character Points Expenditure

You now have 25 Character Points (CP) to spend.  Spend your character points to (You can not raise any trait or skill more then 2 times with CPs in Character Generation):

• Raise a Trait  - cost 8 CP per trait raised
• Raise Void - cost 12 CP per raise
• Learn a Skill - cost 1 CP per new skill
• Raise a Skill - cost 1 CP per skill raise
• Raise Honor Rank - cost 3 CP and can only be raised 1 time
• Lower Honor Rank - gain 2 CP and can only be lowered 1 time
• Raise Glory - cost 5 CP per raise
• Buy Advantages/Disadvantages - Some Advantages and Disadvantages can only be purchased during Character Creation
• Buy Ancestor (can only be bought at character creation) - Ancestors can only be bought that belongs to your clan 
 

Wounds

You now calculate your wounds.  This is 2 times your Earth Ring.  Most characters will have 4 wounds per wound level

Insight and School Rank

Add up all your Rings and multiply by 10.  Then add up all your skill levels.  This will be your insight.  This represents how well skilled and talented your are while School Rank shows how well you are respected by your clan.  The table below shows how much insight is required to make a school level:

Rank	Insight
1	0-150
2	151-175
3	176-200
4	201-225
5	226-250

Glory

Glory is how well you are respected and treated throughout Rokugan.  Also in order to learn the next level in a school you have to have the Glory Rank of that number to learn the next school rank.  Otherwise you are not respected enough to learn a new technique.  Example if you are going for a Level 2 School Technique you need 2 Glory.  Once you learn the Technique your Glory could drop to below 2 but if you do not have Glory of 3 when you have enough Insight to get your next School Rank you will not be taught the technique until you get the right Glory Level.  All PC Characters start at Glory of 1

Experience:

Experience Points (XP) can be used to increase your character.  Here are the ways you can use Experience Points:

• 1 xp to gain a new Skill at Rank 1
• To Raise a Skill you have to spend the amount of XP in the new Rank Level ( Rank 2 would cost 2 xp, Rank 5 would cost 5)
• To Raise a Trait or Void you need to spend 5 times the new Rank Level (Rank 4 of Void would cost 20xp)
• Gain an Advantage or pay off a Disadvantage - The GM can add/remove Advantages and Disadvantages during gameplay but you can use your XP to gain other Advantages or Payoff a Disadvantage (if the GM allows).  Like if you started with the Disadvantage Dependent but you don't want it any more you can RP a scene and buy off that Disadvantage.  Your shugenja feels like they mastered a spell and want it as an Innate Ability.  You can buy that.