Bayushi Bushi School: Bayushi Bushi

Reprinted w/out permission from L5R RPG

Benefit: +1 Intelligence

Beginning Honor: 1 + 5 boxes

Outfit

  

(All items are of average quality)

arrows (20 any type), bow, katana, wakizashi, any 1 weapon, helm, light armor, kimono, traveling pack, 2 koku

Skills

Archery, Defense, Iaijutsu, Kenjutsu, Poison, Sincerity, Stealth

Techniques

Rank 1

  

The Bayushi's motto is "strike first, strike last." The bushi rolls two dice for initiative, keeping both.

Rank 2

  

The bushi has learned the infamous Scorpion feint. The bushi makes a Simple Agility+Kenjutsu roll against his opponent's Reflexes x5. If he is successful, the TN to hit his opponent the next turn is 5.

Rank 3

  

Scorpion bushi know that there's more than one way to defeat an opponent. Instead of making a normal attack, this bushi can make a Simple Agility+Kenjutsu roll against his opponent's weapon skill x5. If successful, he has disarmed his opponent. If he raises the TN twice, he can end up with the weapon in his own hands.

Rank 4

  

The bushi has gained enough skill in the art of distraction that he may make 2 attacks per turn.

Rank 5

  

Finally, the Scorpion learns how to use his distractive techniques to spend a precious moment before the strike to make it as deadly as possible. The bushi may declare raises after his strike roll.