Ronin

Created on: July 30, 2006
Modified on: March 31, 2010

Body Points: (3) 1 / 3

Skill	Build	Prerequisites
Advanced Literacy	1	Literacy
Small Weapon	1	None
One Handed Edged/Blunt	2	None
Bastard Edged/Blunt	3	None
Bow	3	None
Martial Arts	3	None
Florentine	2	Small Weapon
Weapon Proficiency +1	10	Any Weapon Skill
Blind Fighting	4	None
Intercept	2	None
Strength of the Samurai	5	Weapon Proficiency +1, Courage
Iaijutsu	5	Weapon Proficiency +2, Strength of the Samurai
Sever Limb	7	Weapon Proficiency +2, Strength of the Samurai
Parry	5	Weapon Proficiency +1
Yado	2	Blind Fighting
Courage	4	None
Willpower	10	Courage
Brilliant Deflect	5	Promotional Skill

Ronin are an extremely honor bound group of fighters. These focused individuals know how to fight not only with weapons, but also with their hands. The samurai are a caste of warriors that have sworn an oath to follow out the sacred way of Bushido. This clan of oath-sworn warriors was originally assembled in 731 by the King’s chancellor, in attempt to put an end to the rising threat of the ninja, an organized assassin cult whose primary methods of murder were martial arts. After the ninja threats were calmed, the samurai continued to exist as an elite group of honorable martial warriors. Some stayed behind to serve the king, while some left to teach the way of the honorable warrior to other cultures.