>Where in the timeline are we?

There is a Hantei on the throne, technically. Or rather, two Hantei claimants, on the verge of civil war. However this is currently very far away from where you are, the Empire is a big place and your duties are local. I'm deliberately ignoring the metaplot, but the one event that hasn't changed is the Ki-Rin Clan returning fairly recently as the Unicorn Clan. They are the one Clan your protagonist cannot be from (at least the first protagonist, so watch out for those pink-clad devils to try to vote you into an early grave). The sun and moon are Lord Moon and Lady Sun, the way it should be, not dragons or uplifted mortals.

>So, what next?

First a vote on the Great Clan your character is associated with. One change I'm making is that the Families in those Great Clans refer only to those of that specific bloodline, with a much more realistic number of lesser families associated with those Families. So for example, you might have a Toshiro Mifune who is sworn to the Akodo Family of the Lion Clan. The Toshiros are vassals of the Akodo, but not related to them. This is how we avoid big inbreeding. That's why I say “associated with”. I'm putting this out there now just so it's floating around as easly as possible. Now, here is my infuriatingly short and incomplete summary of the Great Clans, full of technical inaccuracies because I deliberately didn't look anything up. Keep in mind, everything I am about to say is a stereotype that is less than completely true in reality. There are polite Crabs. merciless Crane warlords, straightforward Dragons, and even honest Scorpions.

The Crab: The Crab guard the big, beautiful Wall that stands between Rokugan and the Shadowlands, a place so dishonorable it taints and twists everything within. Consequently, they tend to be huge, martial, and blunt, carrying little for subtlety and proper manners in the face of their grim and terrible duty. This rubs everyone the wrong way and gives them a reputation for being rude, because there is no time for pleasantries when you live next to what can sometimes be Junji Ito land. They have two bushi schools, one focuses on heavy armor, iron-strong defenses, and big weapons like the tetsubo or the axe. The other focuses on scouting and surviving in the wilds a bit more than regular combat.

The Crane: The Crane are the Emperor's Left Arm. The Crane were founded to create and propagate the culture and customs of Rokugan, and came up with its fashions, its art, and its legal systems. This includes the formal system of iaijutsu legal dueling. They are the antithesis of the Crab, as they invented manners. The antithesis of the Lion, as they really love diplomacy and political solutions. The anthesis of the Scorpion, because at least in theory they invented the concept of Rokugani honor. The Crane also have two bushi schools, one focuses entirely on iaijutsu dueling, sacrificing prowess in regular combat for supremacy in the art of the quick draw and single stroke, while the other school is based around being tough and unyielding bodyguards. As an interesting aside, back in the day this was the faction the writers wanked the hardest, because they tend to be pretty, and sociable, and artsy. This changed when politics shifted, and suddenly the fact that the Crane had invented enough of the culture to be noted as staunch traditionalists made them unpopular with your typical Californian tabletop fiction writer, who came to prefer the foreign, iconoclastic Unicorn they could project their pro-immigrant feelings onto.

The Dragon: Enigmatic, cryptic mountain-dwellers. The Dragon are unique in that rather than being ruled by a family descended from one of the Kami that founded Rokugan, they are ruled by a monastic order started by the Kami Togashi. They're big on following their own paths to enlightenment. Dragon warriors are halfway to being monks, and Dragon monks are halfway to being warriors. They frequently sport a lot of tattoos, since their monks use magic tattoos to focus their powers. The Dragon's bushi school is a thinly-veiled Miyamoto Musashi reference, fighting with the katana in one hand and a wakizashi in the other.

The Lion: If the Crane rule the courts, the Lion rule the battlefield. The Emperor's right arm and the greatest military power (unless a particular writer is Worfing the fuck out of them) they were charged at the Empire's founding with its defense, a role they take to with relish. Loud, brash, and focused on battling the Empire's enemies within and without, the Lion differ from the Crab in that while the Crab's discipline blinds them to manners, the Lion see it as a matter of protocol and not abiding by it as insubordination. The Lion value honor incredibly highly, and the only chink in this is the tactical pragmatism their military bent affords them. The Lion have two bushi schools. One is incredibly powerful and traditionalist, focusing on never missing a swing (and scales in power with how honorable the wielder is), while the other is a high-damage berserker.

The Mantis: The Mantis are by far the newest of the Great Clans, unless you count the Unicorn as separate from the original Ki-Rin Clan (some do). They rule the islands off the Empire's coast, patrol the seas with their vast fleet, occasionally trade with foreigners, and totally, absolutely, 100% do not raid other Clans' ships. The Mantis are not pirates. They are cracking down on pirates. They are keeping everyone safe from pirates. You know this because the Mantis said so, and why would they lie? There is definitely NO piracy going on among the Mantis. None whatsoever. They tend to have sweet tattoos too, but more yakuza than monk. The Mantis are ambitious, and being raised up from being a Minor Clan has given them a lot of energy even if some of the other Clans still view them as not quite a REAL Great Clan. The two Mantis bushi schools consist of dedicated archers who never really touch a sword (which is cool but a prestige hit in such a hidebound setting) and dual-wielders who do a great deal of damage and usually wield a katana in their main hand and a peasant weapon like a sai or tonfa in their left hand (arguably as close as the typical samurai comes to using a shield, since both are good for parrying).

The Phoenix: The Phoenix are a clan of brilliant scholars and peaceful priests. They have by far the most emphasis on spellcasting (which is done by communing with the spirits) of all the Clans (although each Clan has at least one shugenja school). They're really into the Tao. And books. They're ruled by their scholars, unlike pretty much every other Clan, and generally preach pacifism when they can. That's pretty much it. They love magic, they love books, they love peace. Simple as. At least, when they're being sincere about it. A lot of the other Clans think they're arrogant, and when a Lion or a Crane calls you arrogant you know you've done something special. Their one bushi school focuses on bodyguarding and the use of polearms, as well as the manipulation of Void Points for big bonuses to rolls (Void Points are this system's Luck Point or Fate Point equivalent), and they make surprisingly decent duelists even if that one Crane school focuses on it harder than they do.

The Scorpion: The Scorpion are sometimes called the Emperor's Underhand, and that's not inaccurate. They are the Empire's designated heels. The stereotypical villains. Stealth, deception, lying, misdirection, the Scorpion are the one Clan that isn't quite shy about applauding skill in all of these. Reflexively honest Scorpion are rare enough that they are worth mentioning individually, supposedly. Their view on the point and meaning of bushido is very different from the other Clans, which makes them a lot of fun, frankly. Although unflinchingly loyal, they're sneaky, and if they have to they will probably poison you in your sleep. They have two bushi schools. One of these is all about feinting and taking advantage of gaps in the opponents' defenses via inflicting debuffs. The other...is a shinobi school, which is seemingly unremarkable in combat (and thus lacks open prestige) but has underhanded skills of stealth, assassination, and an alternate school technique we might use that lets them throw tons of shuriken. Keep in mind, being a ninja is illegal and one of the most dishonorable things you can do, and yes, Honor is a stat, and yes, people can roll to try to detect your Honor.

>>4596211
>The Crab: The Crab guard the big, beautiful Wall that stands between Rokugan and the Shadowlands, a place so dishonorable it taints and twists everything within. Consequently, they tend to be huge, martial, and blunt, carrying little for subtlety and proper manners in the face of their grim and terrible duty. This rubs everyone the wrong way and gives them a reputation for being rude, because there is no time for pleasantries when you live next to what can sometimes be Junji Ito land. They have two bushi schools, one focuses on heavy armor, iron-strong defenses, and big weapons like the tetsubo or the axe. The other focuses on scouting and surviving in the wilds a bit more than regular combat.

>>4596211
>The Mantis
Totally Not Pirate Yakuza clan? Sign me up.

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Please respond to this post and this post specifically with one of the following.

>Crab
>Crane
>Dragon
>Lion
>Mantis
>Phoenix
>Scorpion

In addition to this, post a Japanese name. This could be randomly generated, it could be stolen from your favorite anime. Obviously there will be the temptation to be silly, but be forewarned I will play it absolutely straight even if your character's name is Naruto. Feel free to, rather than proffering your own suggestion, support someone else's. I'll either go with the one that gets the most support, or if there is no winner I'll just go with the one I like best.

Those of you who noticed another clan missing besides the Unicorn...don't worry about it now. There may be time to worry about it later.

Also, today is a work day for me, so you'll have several hours to vote on this

>>4596231
>Dragon
Name Kei

>>4596231
Scorpion. If only cause of that one loyalty test one of them did in lore once. It was cool

>>4596231
>Mantis

>>4596231
>Crab
Name: Ōkī otoko

>>4596231
>>Lion

Foe unvanquished,
I won't perish in the field;
I will be born again,
to take up the halberd seven more times!

>>4596231
>Lion
Don't care about names

>>4596231
>Scorpion
I want to be a ninja even if we'll probably end up committing sudoku.
Name: Daichi

>You will be rolling lots of dice
Wong makes another quest to feed to his severe dice addiction.
>>4596231
>Crab
Shota, the mightiest manlet

>>4596231
>>Crab

Song.

>>4596231
>Lion
whatever name is fine

>>4596231
>Crab
Akusei Kyō

If you want to flip it I'm fine with that as well.

>>4596288
Simba or Kinba, the White Lion

I couldn't help myself.

>>4596231
>Dragon
Arinaga Daisuke(Daisuke Arinaga in western order. )

Never played legend of the five rings before but one of my first quests here was about a female Scorpion samurai

>>4596346

Wong at work here. If you've got a name or an archive on that I'd enjoy taking a peek.

>>4596231
Scorpion

Kodo Amashiro

>>4596231
>Mantis

Naming suggestion, Yuudai

Interesting, votes are still within striking distance although Crab appears to be ahead by one. I'll keep the vote open.

>>4596350
L5R: Pursuit of Greatness, http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Pursuit%20of%20Greatness the qm flaked on it on though so it's unfinished

>>4596364
I'm fine with either Crab or Lion,
I just want >Chivalry (Bushido) Intensifying.<
Leave the subterfuge for lesser (wo)men, we are men of sterner stuff.

I'll push for Crab, to solidify the vote and help decide things.

>>4596231
>Crab

Votes aren't really closed until I get home in a bit over four hours, but the next question is whether you're a Hida Bushi or Hiruma Bushi. Assume most of the game does not take place in the Shadowlands, so while I'm still leaving it to a vote I'm assuming Hida will take it for big armor big weapon memes.

>>4596455

Hida Bushi, def.

>>4596455
>Hiruma Bushi

Rip High seas shenanigans

>>4596231

>Lion

Too many mages and subversives, not enough honorabru warriors.

>Arinaga Daisuke

Dunno any moon-runes, but this one seems alright.

>>4596455
>Hiruma
I have no idea what these mean, but hey

>>4596455
A Gut-type character sounds rad.

>>4596455
>Hiruma
Because I want to throw people for loops.

Hang on. If you don't know what those names mean don't vote before I post the techniques. I said I will open it up to a vote, not that it's open yet, while I'm at work and can't do screenshots.

Also going to add that Hiruma Bushi, from what I remember, is really not good outside the Shadowlands.

>>4596455
Hiruma.
>>4596528
It boils down to this:
>Hida
Big, heavily armored warriors who follow the fighting style of the clan's founder. They are living mountains, unyielding and unstoppable when they bring their might to bear.
>Hiruma
The ultimate survivalists. They have been trained to survive in a land which literally Hell on Earth and are true pragmatist who always finish the job, no matter what it takes.

>>4596573
A man who's spent more time in the shadowlands than out, a master of survival and stealth, who jumps at every noise, every shadow that casts its dark upon his door. He who sleeps with one eye open, always.
A man who can hardly function in society, and is out of his element when not under constant threat of violent death?

That being said, I'm waiting until I see the techniques before properly voting.

>>4596455

If we're going Crab mode, I'm more partial to the Hida style. Being a survivalist with potential PTSD and paranoia seems fun, but I'm more interested in being the big guy who's good at flattening the foe without a sweat, but is a complete mess who keeps accidentally crushing chopsticks and glasses in his gigantic mitts while trying to navigate the small-talk.

>>4596610
>seppuku start

Really want that Unicorn, huh.

>>4596622
I don't know if true or want quick seppuku, so I got my eye on you...

Either way I'm hyped, as I like both of them.

>>4596645

Think what you will. At least going into the clan of giant oafs will prevent people from trying to diplomancer every NPC interaction and the endless magic circle-jerking any magician MC goes with. I just want to be a big man who hits things with a big ironstudded stick.

>>4596455
Hiruma. Big guy, big sword has always seemed a little overused to me.
We might not have much use for it until we actually hit the Shadowlands, but I'd sure as shit rather would excel there and be at a disadvantage elsewhere.

>>4596677
>Assume most of the game does not take place in the Shadowlands

Unicorn fag then.

Due to a minor emergency I'll be home a few hours late, but I am making a quick detour to screenshot the techniques and post them so people can vote.

Good news, I found them on a wiki. Better news, no I was thinking of Hiruma SCOUT and Hiruma Bushi is all about dodging. http://lasthaiku.wikidot.com/sccrab

>>4596455
>Hida Bushi

>>4596710

>Hiruma bushi is a filthy DEX-fag

Well, there is worse things to be I suppose if we wind up going down that route.

>>4596702
Hope the situation turns for the better, Wong.

>>4596702

>minor emergency

Hope it's easy enough to clear up, and not too expensive there Wong.

>>4596367
A good fucking quest. F
>>4596710
Voting Hiruma Bushi

>>4596715

Everyone in L5R ends up as a quality build, and not being tied to a katana gives you a lot of options.

>>4596710

Also just to clarify, respond to this post here, the one above this text, with your vote.

>>4596717
>>4596722

Just have to babysit my niece for a couple hours, no big deal. Nobody is hurt.

>>4596710

>Hida Bushi

Big hits to solve big problems.

>>4596736

Ignore me, you might be tied to the katana after all since your Rank 4 gives you Simple Action Attacks with weapons with the Samurai tag.

>>4596710
>Being able to make attacks on weakened enemies as a simple action and not a major action
What's not to love?

>>4596748
Although I cant help but see that Unarmed Crab school...

>>4596748

Every Bushi school gets some version of that eventually. Either at Rank 3, which in my opinion usually makes up for it with a worse 2, or at Rank 4 with a good 3. Ignore what I said earlier, now that I see a potential +25 Armor TN technique I can wholeheartedly endorse both Hida and Hiruma Bushi.

>>4596744

Weird how it doesn't count Yumi bows as Samurai weapons. Pretty sure that it was one of the main weapons of samurai on the battlefield. Archery was one of those things they were supposed to know well besides how to cut up scrubs.

>>4596762

That's true and the book even talks about how common archery is, but the Samurai tag is melee only.

>>4596767

Ah, that makes more sense. Not super familiar with L5R, so missed that bit. A bit hard to nock and loose an arrow from a greatbow quickly in a melee after all.

>>4596770

There is one school that does get Single Action Attacks with bows, but it's the school all about bows.

>>4596710
When in doubt, chose the one with higher honor.

>Hiruma Bushi

Though I wouldn't mind a Hida play-through.

>>4596710
Not familiar with the mechanics of this, or really with L5R as a setting, beyond a brief story I read a while ago, and some youtube RPG tales from the setting.

That being said, I'm still liking
>Hiruma Bushi
although strength builds are cool also.

>>4596748

I mean, looking at the Hida Bushi school, it's Rank 3 (Two Pincers, One Mind) is making attacks as Simple Actions whenever you want, so long as it's a Samurai or Heavy Weapon. They don't have to be weakened to take advantage of it, and it extends to Tetsubos and the like.

>>4596788

The weakened part is flavor text.

>>4596820

Blech, I can't into reading comprehension tonight. Thanks again Wong.

Alright, I am home. The votes seem to be leaning towards Hiruma Bushi, so I'll be proceeding under that assumption.

Because of the late start tonight, we'll be starting things properly then. There will be a few more votes, as things go on, and your character sheet will be filled out over the course of them, but I have enough to go on for now.

>>4596917

Starting things tomorrow, that is.

So firstly, a bit about the dice system. This game uses pools of d10s. You roll a certain number, and you keep a certain number. So for example, 3k2 means that you roll 3d10, and keep two of those dice, adding their result together to get the total and trying to beat the target number, or TN. Many, but not all of these pools are formed by adding a Trait to a Skill, rolling that many dice, and keeping a number equal to the Trait, which is written as Skill/Trait. So for example, to attack someone with a katana, you would roll your Agility trait + your Kenjutsu skill, keeping a number of dice equal to your Agility (written as Kenjutsu/Agility). So if your Agility is 3, and your Kenjutsu is 3 for a total of 6k3, you roll 6 dice. Let's say you get a 7, 8, 8, 6, 3, 4. You keep three dice, presumably the three best, for a total of 23.

>>4596455
>Hida Bushi.
A big guy for you

>>4596997

You responded to the wrong post, though. You've got to reply to the one where I actually call for the vote, so I can tally it accurately.

I did a quick tally, and Hiruma Bushi is still ahead, so we'll be going with that. Now we'll be starting when I get off work (again) but there are a couple more things to vote on in the meantime.

Respond to this post ONCE with your votes to each of the following.

First, armor. To make up for not being able to start yesterday, I generated most of your character sheet, since starting L5R characters take about five minutes to do if you aren't diving deep into Advantages and Disadvantages (we'll add those later). Your Armor TN (that is, five times your Reflexes score, plus five, plus the bonus from whatever armor you're wearing) is 20 without armor (because I spent some of your starting exp boosting your Reflexes from its base amount of 2 up to 3. The Hiruma Bushi starts out with two armor options. The first is Ashigaru Armor, which grants +3 Armor TN, 1 Reduction (which reduces damage taken by 1). The second is Light Armor, which grants +5 Armor TN, 3 Reduction, but increases the Target Number of any Athletics or Stealth rolls you make by 5.

>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]
>[Start with Light Armor]

>>4597119

>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]

If we're going the DEX-fag route, may as well go all in. A little less Reduction and a slightly lower TN is annoying, but not having our Athletics and Stealth get gimped by a solid 5 when we're rolling d10s and probably keeping only 3 or 4 of them depending on our stat layout is worth more I feel.

>>4597119
>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]
I want to be agile too

>>4597123

Every physical weapon type uses Agility for its attack rolls and Strength for its damage rolls. It's more accurate to say you're a fastrollfag.

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Here are your current stats. Kyujutsu is a fancy weeb word for archery. Iaijutsu is the specific autistic skill used to draw a sword really quickly, Kenjutsu is your skill for using a sword normally. The (Katana) after Kenjutsu indicates you start with an Emphasis, which is like a specialization in a particular aspect of that skill. For weapon skills, this is usually a specific weapon within that subtype. Mechanically, it lets you reroll any 1s once per roll. These stats may improve if we add any Disadvantages during the prologue.

Arinaga Daisuke

Unspent Exp: 0
Total Exp: 40

TRAITS:
Air 2: Reflexes 3, Awareness 2
Earth 3: Stamina 3, Willpower 3
Fire 2: Agility 3, Intelligence 2
Water 2: Strength 2, Perception 2
Void 2

Skills: Athletics 1, Horsemanship 1, Hunting 1, Iaijutsu 2, Investigation 2, Kenjutsu (Katana) 3, Kyujutsu 3, Lore: Shadowlands 1, Stealth 1,

>>4597129

I know, I was mainly shit-posting for the sake of it. Even being a hurricane of blades and nimbly dodging instead of being a mountain of meat is still better than being a donut steel Unicornfag or dishonorabu wannabe shinobi. Not dropping this just because I didn't get my preferrred choice like some kind of spineless commie after all.

>>4597136
Every good character has flaws, so I'm all for disadvantages.

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I took the liberty of finding a fillable character sheet, to present this in something of a more palatable format. The only thing not listed is your equipment (and I went with the assumption of Ashigaru Armor, so if the votes roll in for Light Armor, I can change it) along with your Rank 1 School Technique, which gives you +1k0 to attack rolls while in the Attack Stance (more on that later, the long and short of it is that Attack Stance is your combat default) and doubles the amount of time you can make food, water, and jade rations last for a number of people equal to your Hunting skill.

>>4597119
>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]

>>4597119
>>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]

>>4597119
>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]

>>4597119
>[Start with Light Armor]

I'll be the sole dissenting voice here then.

>>4597119
>>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]

>>4597193
What's a jade ration anyway?

>>4597119
>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]
Who needs armour anyways?

>>4597281
I believe Jade is used in this setting as a sort of anti-evil material that burns demons and the like. However, it gets used up when doing so. Anyone with better setting knowledge wanna correct me?
>>4597119
>[Start with Ashigaru Armor]
All in on dodge.

>>4597281

Being in the Shadowlands is like...being in a radioactive zone, only it affects your spirit. Jade, as a sacred and pure material, will wick away this ambient corruption and slowly degrade in the process. So you carry a few fingers of jade with you to protect you from growing tentacles or a second mouth in your stomach. Beyond the Wall is Bad Shit. Goblins, Oni, Ogres, walking dead men, and samurai so lost they are no longer human. Without jade, you'll be one of them too. Deep into it is the spot where supposedly a god fell THROUGH the world into Jigoku, a reality boiling with infinite demons, some of whom slither through into the world of men to feed and reproduce.

>>4597295

This is also correct, but jade prepared a different way or temporarily conjured through magic.

>>4597298

Oh right. The worst part of all this is that because of how morbid and distressing this is, the Shadowlands are generally a taboo topic of conversation in the rest of the Empire. It's impolite to bring up how many Crab samurai per year die defending the border when the courtiers are discussing whose kimono is a season out of fashion. A sad consequence of this is that the rest of the Empire doesn't spend very much time thinking about the Shadowlands, and thus the threat it poses. Some even accuse the Crab of exaggerating the problem. As a result, the money and supplies they are supposed to contribute don't always arrive on time, in sufficient amounts, or at all. Meanwhile your Clan bears that burden, because if they just stop defending the Wall their families will get eaten first. It's why the Crab's own courtier school focuses on mercantile activities.

>>4597330
>Blue flower print? Really? That is so pa-
>SEVEN HUNDRED SAMURAI LOST THEIR LIVES LAST MONTH OVER THE WALL
Monumental charisma.

>>4597343
>BOY WE USED TO STACK GOBLINS SIX FEET HIGH AND USE THEM FOR SANDBAGS

Just booming through Winter Court. This is a Disadvantage you, too, can possess.

>>4597343
>I REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME BEYOND THE WALL THERE WERE GOBLINS EVERYWHERE I COULDN'T SCRATCH MY ASS WITHOUT MURDERING A GOBLIN AND IT'S ENTIRE FAMILY THE WAY A GOBLIN SCREAMS AS YOU CRUSH ITS HEAD'LL MAKE YOU LAUGH EVERYTIME.

curmudgeon veteran time

>>4597396
>"LAST TIME I HAD TO PATROL THE WALL, I ENCOUNTERED A GOBLIN WHEN I HAD TO TAKE A PISS. HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO FEND OFF A GOBLIN WITH YOUR BALLS HANGING LOOSE? BECAUSE I HAVE."

The fact that a starting L5R character is normally sixteen or seventeen makes this way funnier than it should be. Only in the Crab!

>Pick Disadvantages based on this conversation
>NO WONG PLEASE WE DIDN'T MEAN IT NOOOO!

COMMENCE VOTING!

>>4597486
>>Pick Disadvantages based on this conversation

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MAN GET HIS TOES BITTEN OFF BY A GOBLIN?!

>>4597486
The idea of a 16 year old Cotton Hill is hilarious.

>I killed fiddy Oni with one hand behind my back after the bastards bit my knees off!

>>4597507
>16
>the stress makes him look like he's in his thirties

>>4597510
Given Crab gempuku ceremonies, looking thirty is probably pretty good

>>4597486
>Pick Disadvantages based on this conversation
This is so much greatness.

>>4597516
>Looking thirty. price: being a Crab
>living to thirty in the Crab: priceless

>>4597486
>>Pick Disadvantages based on this conversation
Our inside voice needs to be about 5 octaves higher than the average mans
And our whispering on the job hunt voice needs to be nearly undetectable by anyone whose ears aren't being tickled by our lips

I see we're going with a different type of social inaptitude this time around. Maximum bumpkin time

>>4597568
So Country and Crab we are basically a Pumpkin

>>4597568

Not quite. I have seen bumpkinry before. True bumpkinry. The kind of bumpkinry I had to Lion at as hard as I could.

>>4597597
So we need such a hard country accent, drawl and odd slag that even though we are speaking the common tongue we are nigh understandable?

>>4597615
Only if we have the most off-the-cuff insults that no one understands yet are still offended by.

>>4597626
Just compare people's honour to that of of the local crab clan fertilizer they just don't know its made out of Goblin shit

>>4597486
I guess I can get on board with seppuku.
>Fried crab it is

>>4597632
Nah. You gotta go full Scotsman.

Unless you want to be brainy. But brainy weird insults are hard and tend to fall flat. Like "You smell like dew on the uncut grass of a prestigious farm.". More words than you need to convey a simple insult.

>>4597658
Pretty sure calling people Posh Cunts is going to get us gutted pretty quick

>>4597667
Nah not Scottish. Scotsman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-LyFMCIpok

>>4597671
I dunno, is "basket head, Milk drinking, onions face" really such an insult in such a weeby setting?

>>4597680
>Onions
Autocorrect how did you turn Onions into onions?
And how did I fail to notice...

>>4597681
Wait what...

>>4597684

Oh gentle innocence. You fell prey to one of the most classic filters of all.

>>4597684
Did they add S.o.y to the word filter?

>>4597688
Somehow with over 12 years of chan bs I've missed this filter
Wow

>>4597691

Jannies got upset that it described them so well.

>>4597707
>Jannies ButtHurt about being referred to as Bean based Dairy alternative Milk boys
I'm not even surprised

>>4597493
+1

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“I am a samurai.”

You repeat these words to yourself as you make your way down the dusty road that wends its way into the Koumugi valley. Scant comfort though they are, the meaning behind them is as sharp and unyielding as a blade. You were born with certain privileges in life, and as a consequence, bound to certain purpose. There is no avoiding this. Even if you would rather be anywhere else than here, and for a samurai of the Crab that says something in particular. Walking towards your uncle's home, towards the manor that used to be your grandfather's, in fulfillment of familial duty.

There is bad blood there. Your grandfather, Arinaga Juro, had three sons. To most wealthy men of the samurai caste, this would be a blessing. Unfortunately he was a harsh perfectionist and took that blessing for granted. Your father, Yudai, was the eldest, but he was an epileptic and so he was passed over. The second son, your beloved uncle Mitsuaki, had a pronounced stutter that infuriated your grandfather, and so he was also passed over. Both sons, as soon as they could, moved away to build their own lives away from the terrible old man. Although the Arinaga family proper is a Yasuki vassal, non-inheriting children of the Crab can take the dangerous but honorable road of swearing themselves to the dispossessed Hiruma, who lost much of their lands and their ancestral keep to the Oni Lord known as the Maw. You chose to do the same, bringing pride to your father and lending your sword-arm to the defense of your homeland just as he and Uncle Mitsuaki did.

It was to the third son, Toshiaki, that everything of Juro was left. Toshiaki the spoiled, according to the things you overheard your father and Uncle Mitsuaki say to each other. Toshiaki the cruel. Toshiaki the fearless athlete, the great hunter, the skilled warrior, the renowned poet. Toshiaki whose single tour on the Wall left him broken. The Wall is a grinder, and it cares not for the quality of the meat it minces. You have heard the rumors that it was seeing her maimed and disfigured husband that caused his first wife to throw herself from a window. You have also heard the rumors that he threw her off himself when he saw the disgust in her eyes and felt her shudder at his touch. This is not a good place.

If the man wasn't gradually dying, and his child wasn't being born, you never would have been summoned here. To witness, ostensibly, but the real reason is so that others can hear you acknowledge the child and not contest the infant's right to inherit.

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Many men would have balked at making this journey by foot through wild lands. Despite the Wall, despite constant vigilance, and despite the spent lives of countless of the bravest and strongest Crab warriors things do get through. Twisted things. Inhuman things. Things that an excess of politeness in the other Clans' lands forbids them from discussing openly and thus taking as seriously as they should. However, for you making the trip alone and on foot is practically a vacation. Training and patrols, even for a whelp like you, make this trek look like a joke. Your sturdy traveling clothes are a greyish blue, optimum camouflage at night, and over them plain grey armor that covers your torso and thighs while leaving your limbs free to move, topped with an unadorned helm. After all, there is no point making the mass-produced gear a low-ranking scout like you wears any more fancy than necessary, for it has good odds of ending up in an oni's belly.

The road you have chosen is more like a path, a back road winding its way along a shallow ravine, thick with fluffy-topped grasses and lined by gnarled trees on either side. Farther down into the ravine, you can hear the sound of a creek burbling merrily across the stones. You also hear the splashing of water, and curses as someone gets their feet wet. Just around the bend of the road, you spot a couple of men in filthy, ragged clothes, trying to corral a horse out of the stream. The horse itself looks healthy, its saddle and bridle new and vividly crimson. It clearly does not belong to them. One of them is armed only with a cheap parangu, a brittle machete mass-produced by peasants for cutting foliage. The other has a yari, and has about as much armor as you do, although in his case it's probably because it's all he could find, rather than a deliberate choice for the sake of mobility.

>[Yeah, one SAMURAI with a Great Clan School technique and everything versus two upjumped peasants, walk out and tell them to make peace with your ancestors, then send them to meet them at swordpoint]
>[Sneak around them and be on your way, you can come back later with more backup]
>[Sneak around them and find a spot to get out your bow and shoot them like a couple of red deer, it's not particularly honorable...but neither are they]

>>4597742
>>[Yeah, one SAMURAI with a Great Clan School technique and everything versus two upjumped peasants, walk out and tell them to make peace with your ancestors, then send them to meet them at swordpoint]

>>4597742
>>[Yeah, one SAMURAI with a Great Clan School technique and everything versus two upjumped peasants, walk out and tell them to make peace with your ancestors, then send them to meet them at swordpoint]
It smell like bitch in here.

>>4597742
>[Yeah, one SAMURAI with a Great Clan School technique and everything versus two upjumped peasants, walk out and tell them to make peace with your ancestors, then send them to meet them at swordpoint]
Free mount, nice

>>4597742
>[Yeah, one SAMURAI with a Great Clan School technique and everything versus two upjumped peasants, walk out and tell them to make peace with your ancestors, then send them to meet them at swordpoint]
Normally I'd be the pragmatist, advocating for just shooting them in the back, but these aren't demons. Just peasants. Extreme caution isn't ALWAYS needed.
Unless there's 6 more in the trees with bows

Commence rolling dice, 1d10 per post. Remember, you can roll multiple times!

>>4597761
> Unless there's 6 more in the trees with bows
We just need to go full dexfag ÜberWeeb and master cutting arrows out of the sky with out sword, or bare handed catching them.

>>4597742
>[Yeah, one SAMURAI with a Great Clan School technique and everything versus two upjumped peasants, walk out and tell them to make peace with your ancestors, then send them to meet them at swordpoint]

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4597767
Let the Dice Flow!

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4597767
Damn this'll take at least twelve seconds. But definitely not seventeen million seconds.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4597767
Rolly polly Diceolly

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>4597767
Another die

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4597767
I already forgot how many of these we need.

Six hundred? Gotchu chief.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4597767
If no one else is gonna roll, more dice for Wong from me then!

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4597767
Die, die, die!

>>4597779
6 I believe
3 from the reflex stat
3 from the Kenjutsu skill

Rolled 6, 6, 9, 8 = 29 (4d10)

>>4597772
>>4597773
>>4597775
>>4597778

Your initiative is 19. Let's see what theirs is. They both roll and keep 2k2.

>>4597783

Your Reflexes is higher, I...believe that resolves ties. So it goes you, Parangu Bandit, Yari Bandit.

>>4597779
>>4597780
>>4597781

Keep rolling dice. 10s, by the way, explode. If you roll a 10, you get to roll another die and add the result to the 10. If you roll a 10 on that, you roll yet again, and so on and so forth.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4597767

>>4597789
damn bro okay. Six hunned it is then

>>4597767

>>4597789
Which post should I be linking anyway? Are we rolling for murder now instead of SPEED?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4597789
Okay!

>>4597799

For dice it doesn't matter.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>4597799
Okay I don't know what the fuck is going on lately with the dice but half the time it won't roll. I'm not fucking up the capitalization of syntax or having any extraneous spaces in there or nothing. This is some bullshit.

Let's try this again.

>>4597789

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4597789
Damn, that's pretty epic!

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4597789
Surely the dice won't let us be bullied by the first 2 random Peasants we come across right?

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4597789
So, how many dice do we roll then?

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4597789

>>4597807
Maybe the horse will kick us and give us that sweet speedrun strat any% life run.

>>4597778
>>4597779
>>4597780
>>4597781
>>4597796
>>4597800
>>4597804
>>4597805

Let's see what this adds up to before rolling further dice. You're starting off in Attack Stance, so you roll 7k3. The eighth one is what's being added to that 10 exploding. Now, you may notice that this number is way, way higher than the armor TN of these bandits, once that's revealed. Yeah, that happens. Before rolling, you can call Raises, which are so named because they raise the stakes, by raising the TN. Calling Raises lets you do something special, like increase the damage you do on a hit by 1k0, or perform knockdowns, or do called shots, etc.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>4597789
Death to bandits! Or dodging for our life.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>4597807
The Dice Gods be fickle, but very generous and rewarding at times.

>>4597812

So you keep the 9, 18 (10 plus the 8 rolled at the end added to it gives you a result of 18), and 8. This gives you a total of 35.

Next, roll me 6d10. First one gets it, and tell me if you're hitting the armored one with the yari, or the unarmored one with the parangu.

Rolled 4, 1, 1, 4, 10, 1 = 21 (6d10)

>>4597812
Cutting down the more alert one, the parangu

Rolled 3, 9, 6, 10, 5, 7 = 40 (6d10)

>>4597818
Yeowch. Poor bandidos. I'd personally go for the yari guy.

>>4597821
>three ones
Anon are you okay?

>>4597823
He has one ten, so he isn't dead.

>>4597821

You got it, king. Mind rolling me another 1d10 since one of yours exploded? That will be standard procedure from now on, I think I'll have people roll the full pool instead of individually.

>>4597821
You're roll has WIDTH lol
Unfortunately wrong Wong quest for Wide rolls

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4597821
I will give my last roll, then request a second with a katana for seppuku

>>4597823

On an attack roll he'd be fine because of the Katana emphasis letting him reroll them.

>>4597825
I was trying to brainstorm a way for people to roll blocks of die based on the number of keep die in relation to rolled die so more anons can interact but it just comes out convoluted in my head so I gave up on that idea.

Rolled 1, 1, 6 = 8 (3d10)

>>4597827

He's not dead, per se, just crippled. He has +20 TN to all actions, like trying to attack you. He needs to beat a 43 with this roll to do so.

Rolled 2, 7, 5, 5 = 19 (4d10)

>>4597832

Oof. Now for the spearman.

I'll take the first 7d10 tossed my way.

Rolled 5, 3, 6, 5, 4, 8, 3 = 34 (7d10)

>>4597847
Wew

Rolled 3, 2, 1, 3, 7, 8, 2 = 26 (7d10)

>>4597847

>>4597849

I should have asked if this was at the parangu bandit or the yari bandit.

>>4597851

If you get a 1 on an attack roll by the way, reroll it.

>>4597822

I'll use your roll here, mind rolling another die since you got that 10?

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>4597852
Let's let the dice decide.

1. Parangu
2. Yari

>>4597853
You want me to reroll, or are we using the other lads rolls?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4597853
Wut? aight

>>4597855
Never mind, the color had be confused.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4597853
>>4597857
Do we reroll exploding die?

>>4597859
Me*

Like in kill me. No seppuku 4 U.

27 damage on the Yari Man. 26 after his Reduction. He's also crippled.

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“HOY!” You bellow loudly enough to shake the trees as you stride boldly down the path towards the bandits, “MY NAME IS ARINAGA DAISUKE! MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR ANCESTORS, AND MEET THEM HERE!” You don't give them another option. Bandits don't give mercy to their victims, after all. Even if they realized their peril and fled, they would find someone weaker to vent their frustrations on. A farmer coming home from his paddy, perhaps. Or a woman coming back to the village with a bundle of wood for burning. Or a child at play. Your upbringing has not permitted you to look away from the world's ugliness. Fighting evil blind is a mistake.

There is a faint rasp of metal against lacquer as you draw your sword. Even the most plain katana makes the parangu the one carries look like a child's toy. Your chisel-tipped blade is a precision instrument, made for cutting long wounds into flesh and putting an end to the enemies of the crab. Just as a hammer is made to beat down nails.

The two men stare at you, “This boy is a halfwit.” The spearman opines, tilting back his conical, metal-plated helmet. He has a bit more stance to him, he might actually be a former ashigaru, a deserter.

The other one has the look of a swaggering village boy turned to crime, he licks his lips, “This thing was getting nicked anyway.” He remarks, looking at the ragged blade of his machete, “His armor is nicer than yours, I want it!”

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The two of them saunter towards you. The spearman lowers his weapon in preparation to stab, as they spread out on either side of you, the pampas grass rustling as they wade waist-deep into it. You take your stance, neither so rooted as to be immobile, nor so light as to be easily blown off course. For a moment, nothing speaks but the wind...and then, as naturally as the flickering of a flame, your silver blade catches the light. It's a textbook monk's robe slash, but fast, and practiced. “I have stacked dead goblins higher than you.” You note as your blade bites deep into the wannabe swordsman's shoulder and nearly drops him to the ground. Blood gushes, staining the grass red.

He flails at you, a desperation cut that you easily avoid. You circle, keeping them in a line in front of you rather than letting one have your back, putting the wounded one between you and the spearman to avoid exposing your spine to an attack. Some samurai, in fact many samurai, attribute this kind of disparity to destiny or bloodlines, but you know better. You have seen enough well-bred gentlemen die. The difference between you and these bandits is training, and skill. Your station in life is to fight, and so from the time you could walk, you have had instruction in the martial arts. The age difference is irrelevant, you have been a fighter longer than they have.

The spearman overextends, trying to hit you at the zenith of his reach, but it takes the strength and precision out of his stroke, and you duck so that the narrow tip of the spear crosses right above your shoulder, running in under it with a wide slash between his ribs. More blood waters the pampas, and you turn once more to face your foes. The parangu-man at reach, the spearman in close. Right where you want them, with your weapon that is so neatly between theirs in length.

>[Roll another 7d10]

Rolled 9, 3, 9, 7, 10, 6, 2 = 46 (7d10)

>>4597870

Parangu, I choose you!

Rolled 6, 5, 5 = 16 (3d10)

Rolled 5, 7, 8, 2 = 22 (4d10)

>>4597874

There we go, almost forgot they get to attack too.

>>4597871

Don't forget to roll another die when you get a 10!

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4597878
Got ya cap!

>>4597881

Cool 33, toss me a 6d10 for damage.

Rolled 8, 9, 5, 2, 10, 5 = 39 (6d10)

>>4597883
Yosh!

Rolled 4, 4, 4 = 12 (3d10)

>>4597886

And reroll that 10 although, spoilers, he's fucking dead bro.

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>>4597886
I think you just hit him so hard his ancestors felt it.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4597886
EXPlOSION!

>>4597889

Parangu boy misses. Let's end this with another 7d10, first-come first-serve. Kill two men in two strokes.

>>4597889
>trips of death right after a man just got his bloodline ended
Spooky

Rolled 4, 6, 8, 6, 2, 6, 1 = 33 (7d10)

>>4597893

That Yari is calamari!

>>4597890

The way wounds work is like this. The first category (Healthy, no penalties) has Earthx5 wounds in it. So for you, 15. For them, 10. Then each category after that (Nicked, Grazed, Hurt, Injured, Crippled, Down, Out with the increasing penalties associated) has Earthx2. So for you, 6, for them it's 4. There is a reason why when I saw the Hiruma Bushi School gave you +1 Willpower, I immediately spent some of your starting exp on a point of Stamina to get Earth to 3 (each Ring, the ones named after elements, is made up of a physical and a mental Trait, and the Ring is equal to whichever is lower).

>>4597895

Reroll that 1.

Also someone give me a 6d10 because regardless of what that 1 rolls, 6+8+6=20, and the Yari Bandit's Armor TN is 18. Apparently I'm supposed to announce TNs, so I'll add that the Parangu Bandit had TN 15.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4597903
Yosh!

Rolled 5, 2, 4, 4, 9, 9, 7 = 40 (7d10)

>>4597893
Watering the grass, finally these two have done something Honourable.

>>4597905
I'll let this one slide. Go, Anons!

Rolled 10, 3, 2, 9, 7, 3 = 34 (6d10)

>>4597903
The rerolls only apply to 1's rolled when attacking with a katana specifically right? That applies to damage rolls as well? But not defensive rolls when armed with a katana? I.E. it won't help you dodge if you're holding a katana?

>>4597905

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4597905
>>4597909
And the exploding die. Damn post timer.

>>4597910
Reroll, Megumin.

Rolled 6, 4, 6, 8, 6, 8 = 38 (6d10)

>>4597905

>>4597911
GG, 2gud4me

>>4597910

Specifically, rolls made with the Kenjutsu skill. So not a roll to defend made in the Full Defense stance while holding a katana, nor for damage, because that never adds your Kenjutsu skill but rather comes from the innate 3k2 of a katana, plus your two Strength, plus the 1k0 damage bonus with a katana you get for having Kenjutsu 3. Pretty much every skill gives you some perk at various ranks.

>>4597921
Gotcha.

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Their attacks are desperate now. There are two of them, and one of you. By rights they should be able to crowd away your movement, pin you in place, and bleed you...but you simply do not permit them to do so. The parangu-wielder cries out in pain as he runs forward, weapon held high for a feral slash. He knocks into the spearman, sending his already weak thrust off to the side as his own slash falls short, you barely have to move to avoid them now. Shock, pain, and blood loss are doing your work for you.

The way of the Hiruma Bushi is mobility, in darting in and out, striking and circling, fighting like a wolf. Taking a bite and evading the deer's frantic kick, until it collapses before you. Dashing in on the other side of the unarmored one., where he can't dodge backwards without running into his comrade, you cut out his throat, severing the vertebrae and removing his head from his shoulders.

Then, with you and the spearman back to back as the other man falls lifeless, you reverse your blade and slice across his upper, inner thigh. Blood fountains, and he falls. You don't know what a 'femoral artery' is, you aren't a Kuni Witch Hunter, but you do know that when you pierce a man there his blood pours out and he dies. For good measure, though, you finish him off with a swift swab to the throat, and wipe your blade off on some nice, clean leaves rather than clothes, which are filthy enough to offend even a pragmatic Crab.

“Easy, easy...” You click your tongue as you approach the horse, which eyes you skeptically as you take it by the bridle and lead it out of the water, but it doesn't seem as afraid of you as it did of the bandits. It seems healthy and well-kept, a rich black with a white blaze on the forehead. Rokugani horses are small and sturdy, with shaggy manes and an admirable ability to handle rough terrain.

>[Look for the rider]
>[Mount the horse]

>>4597926
>[Look for the rider]

For our honor!

>>4597926
>[Look for the rider]

>>4597926
>>[Look for the rider]
I guess we could ride it if we can't find it's owner. Or their corpse. But you should always pick your own horse and not just collect strays.

>>4597932
>>4597935
>>4597937

Because this is a smaller pool and I'm still experimenting with how I want to do dice (and this is out of combat), start rolling 1d10s. This is an Investigation/Perception roll, so I'll take the first 4 and keep the best 2.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4597942
Yes boss

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4597942
Yosh!

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4597942
What do your completely normal average human eyes see?

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4597942
Dice for the addict

>>4597949
Megumin!

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4597949
Nice, this explode too? Or is that just combat dice?

>>4597951

All 10s explode, as far as I can tell, unless you have no training (0 ranks) in the skill in question.

>>4597943
>>4597947
>>4597948
>>4597949
>>4597951

TN was 20, you got a 24

>>4597961
HONOR!

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I'm getting Orochi vibes from For Honor, at least with our fighting style. Dodge, dodge, going for joints and weak points.
We ARE the light attack spammer.

>>4597961
>TN20 on a 4k2
>Get a 24
HONOURABLE DISPLAY!

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>>4597961

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You quickly ascertain that not only is the rider nowhere around, you doubt they ever were. You can see the trampled path through the pampas left by the horse, tell where it jumped the creek, and from where the snapped twigs and crushed grass are you can easily piece together that it was running, riderless, from those two bandits. Of course, that might not be good news for the rider. A closer look at the dead bandit with the parangu reveals he had a shortbow with him. Your yumi is better, but his arrows are perfectly serviceable. Five armor-piercing bodkin points, not a lot, but it's possible he had six before, shot the rider, and then tried to get his horse. There is no fresh blood on his cheap blade, or on his comrade's yari, but it's always possible they had allies who stayed behind to loot the body.

You take the arrows. Waste not, want not. They are perfectly good arrows, after all. Besides, you have more use for armor-piercers to go with your standard-issue willow-leaf arrows than he ever did.

The horse...a mare, you quickly deduce...crops grass while you examine the direction of the path she came from, calculating that it was from the same direction your road travels in. That would make sense if the rider was assaulted on the road ahead. Well, even if the rider is alive, and you return her, there is no sense in wasting energy walking. You get your foot in the stirrup, throw your other leg over, and...

The horse promptly sits down with a snort. What ASSHOLE trained this animal!? You can feel the tension in her muscles as she shifts,around, and instinct tells you she's about to roll.

>[Get off the horse]
>[Make a TN 20 Horsemanship/Agility roll to control the horse]

>>4597974
>[Make a TN 20 Horsemanship/Agility roll to control the horse]

Let's give it a shot!

>>4597974
The amount of kept dice is based in the associated skill right?
So with Agility 3 and Horsemanship 1
We'd get 4 dice and keep 1 if I'm understanding the system correctly.

>>4597976

Other way around, but otherwise just right. The number of kept dice is based on the associated Trait. Right now most of your Skills are at a pretty low level, but Skills are cheap and Traits are expensive.

>>4597980
So 4k3?

>>4597981

Yes.

>>4597980
Ah so this would be roll 4 keep 3 then?
>>4597974
>[Make a TN 20 Horsemanship/Agility roll to control the horse]

>>4597983
Thanks for clarifying

No worries. I'm gonna say enough time has elapsed that trying to control the horse won, please resume rolling 1d10s.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>4597991
Yes Sir!

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4597991
I guess the real question is, do we go for skills or traits?

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4597991
Dice gods give us Honour!

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4597991
Yoshi!

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4597991
fuckin' horses.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>4597999
FOR HONOR!

>>4597999
>>4598004
Jove damn glorious Anon

>>4597995
>>4597997
>>4597999
>>4598004
HONOR!

>>4598004

I hear Queen playing softly somewhere.

Well, that certainly succeeded. Horse successfully mounted.

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Rolled 10, 8, 10, 1, 1, 8 = 38 (6d10)

You're no cavalryman, but the samurai path has been called the Way of the Horse and Bow enough times for your teachers to give you the proper instruction. You shift your weight against the way the horse is trying to roll, make soothing noises, and stroke her mane. The horse seems to decide against rolling. She puffs hot air out of her nose at you, and you blow into her nose in response. The black mare whinnies, and stands up as you grip the bridle, and begin to trot.

With the corpses of the bandits resting peacefully in the pampas grass, it's a rather lovely day. The Koumugi Valley is shallow in most places, and from what you recall full of light woodlands until you reach the next village and your uncle's manor sitting commandingly where the end of the valley becomes more steep, giving it a grand view over everything. That said, you can't be blamed for taking it a little personally that there are bandits in lands overseen by your family, no matter how estranged.

At least they aren't goblins. Goblins wouldn't have tried to steal the horse, for one thing, they would have pinned it down and carved off chunks of it to eat while it was still alive. You have seen them do it. It's distressing enough when they do it to a horse, but when they do it to men? Your sensei once shot a man in that situation, to end it quickly. His family thanked him. They were right to.

Time passes, but not too much of it, it's less than an hour before you hear the black mare whicker and see in the distance the familiar spread-eagled shape of a corpse in the road, resting in a pool of red.

>[Roll dice again, you don't know why]

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4598029
Yoshi!

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4598029

Pretty sure we found the horse's owner.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4598029
Honor?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4598035
HONOR!

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4598029

For honour and glory!

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4598029
I guess, glory as well?

Rolled 3, 1 = 4 (2d10)

>>4598029

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>4598029

Can't have glory without honour, otherwise it's just vainglory. 's truth it is.

A few more dice, please. Since you'll have to roll to keep control of the horse after this.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4598049
Glory then!

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4598049
Ain't no horse tellin' me what's how no sir.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4598049

Horse please, it's just a body after all.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4598049
Glory is never great without HONOR!

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4598049
Poor horse
Poor dead former horse owner

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>4598054
HONOR!

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>4598049
Damn, we are on fire tonight lads!

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4598049
>>4598053

Oh shit, didn't notice I got a 10. Here goes!

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>4598049
The dice have been very honourable tonight

Rolled 3, 7, 4, 8, 8, 3 = 33 (6d10)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>4598049
For Pony!

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4598049
We'll name our son Honor!

Rolled 3, 10 = 13 (2d10)

That's a hit, the surprise virtually canceling out your raises.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

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>>4598069
jesus.

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>>4598069
Hot damn, did we just piss off an oni?

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Looks like there may have been a few more hanging around.

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>>4598069
Rip DexCrab

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Nixed or grazed, Wong?

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Too true

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Getting strong vibes of Sworn to Valour, where the first MC died in the first thread session right after char-gen. Seems like kniggas and samurguys might be in the same cursed boat.