Tortoise Bushi School: Tortoise Bushi

Reprinted w/out permission from Way of the Minor Clans

Benefit: +1 Perception

Beginning Honor: 1 + 5 boxes

Outfit

  

None given

Skills

Athletics, Defense, Hand-to-Hand, Nofujutsu, any 3 Merchant/Low skills

Note

There are a few things to remember when making a Tortoise bushi (paraphrased from the Way of the Minor Clans)
The Tortoise may purchase Merchant and Low skills without normal restrictions. The Tortoise are not liked; their Glory is considered one full Rank lower for all purposes. They gain the Bad Reputation Disadvantage for the purpose of interaction with all non-Tortoise. This stigma may be overcome through time and diligent role-play, but will never be completely forgotten, even in the eyes of one's traveling companions.

Techniques

Rank 1

  

All Tortoise have learned from their heimin and hinin allies. At the time of their creation, all Tortoise characters choose one peasant weapon as their primary armament. When attacking with this weapon, they roll and keep an additional number of dice equal to their school Rank.

Rank 2

  

Tortoise samurai understand that honor must sometimes be sacrificed along the path to enlightenment. As of this Rank, the Tortoise may give up a number of Honor boxes equal to their school Rank. For each Honor point sacrificed, he gains one die (rolled, not kept) for one action with any single non-High Skill. These extra dice must be used immediately.

Rank 3

  

Though most other samurai resent it, all know that the Tortoise have the Emperor's blessing, and are careful about attacking them. Their own devotion to the Emperor (their Honor) prevents them from raising their blade against a Tortoise without the consent of their lord (the Emperor). When the Tortoise is attacked by a non-Tortoise without the express permission of the Emperor, his opponent must add his own Honor x5 to the Tortoise's TN to be hit. This modifier can be overcome if the opponent sacrifices an action and succeeds in an Honor tst vs. a TN of the Tortoise's Glory x5. The roll to overcome the modifier may only be made once per attack on the Tortoise. Success with such an Honor test removes the modifier to the Tortoise's TN to be hit for the remainder of the combat.