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Currency
Unless otherwise specified by your class, you begin the role-play with one hundred coppers, six bronzes, and three irons.

The terms copper, bronze, iron, silver and gold also refer to coins of said material.

One copper is equal to one US dollar.
One bronze is equal to five US dollars.
One iron is equal to twenty US dollars.
A hundred coppers, or twenty bronzes, or five irons, are equal to one silver, so one silver equals a hundred US dollars.
A hundred silvers are equal to one gold, so one gold is worth ten thousand US dollars.

Whenever you buy items, we use the real world's value of replica weapons and armour to assess prices.

Be warned: some merchants may try to trick you. Oppositely, you may be able to trick merchants.





Feats
Each player character starts with up to ten Feats. Up to three Feats can be active at once, but Feats that 'last turns' are temporary, and once reach the end of their duration, become unusable until the next chapter.

Some Feats consist of using a bomb, throwing weapon, trap, special arrow, or casting dangerous magic. These Feats can only be used once per chapter, or until you find appropriate items that allow you to reuse them.

To use Feats, simply mention which Feats are active at the start of your post, or describe which Feats are utilized during your writing to be more specific. Feats can be used in conjunction with tactics or combos to increase your character's effectiveness.

Sometimes, opposing heroes will have active Feats that interfere or contradict each other. If this happens, they may cancel each other out. Feats can be stacked, and if this occurs, whoever has the higher tier of a quality will be more likely to succeed.

Feats and quotes that work against enemies may also be used to intimidate or help non-combatants and NPCs for a variety of purposes.

Magic-based Classes can use their default type of magic as often as they like.

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Combat
When you enter a violent confrontation, you follow a simple three-point/1-2-3 combat system. Describe what you are immediately doing, then what you intend to do, then what you plan to do afterwards. This way, you can utilize tactics, strategy, and combos, or be defensive or elusive, or mix up your plans.

Since other users can counter your plan simply be reading what you post, then countering everything you do, whoever posts or attacks first get an offense bonus for the first turn of combat.

The Soul empowers the individual. Heroes have powerful souls, and capable of withstanding horrific injuries that would normally kill ordinary men, and possess superhuman or even supernatural abilities.

Whenever you sustain a mortal wound, or an injury that would normally maim or cripple you, or are affected by poison or bloodloss, you become Enervated : your character can only limp or weakly jog, and your combative abilities are greatly reduced. Character Feats may still override this state.

While Enervated, upon receiving another mortal wound or are affected by more poison or more bloodloss, you become Devitalized : your character loses all strength and can't move or fight, barely standing. Nevertheless, some Feats may allow you to overcome even this phase.

While Devitalized, upon suffering more lethality, your attacker can then power-play you to death creatively, and you become
Executed
.

Execution examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFCrGJbDME

Taking the head of your foe increases your renown and increases the power of your Soul, and allows you to absorb some of the fallen's powers.

If you are spared or saved, you fall down and can only weakly crawl, barely staying alive until you find help, or use an ability or Feat or item, that at least temporarily revitalizes you.

If you survive to the end of the chapter, you will be healed.

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Legends

Long ago, long before history remembers...
https://youtu.be/g6GGoTxvGzk?t=7s

War, natural disasters, division, and the appearance of sorcery nearly destroyed all of humanity...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNRk9CsV_A8

But, extinction did not come. The Ancestors fought and died seeking a new home when Japan was rammed into China, Korea, and Vietnam. When the wars finally ended, humanity could begin again. Some Knights and Vikings even settled in this ancestral homeland, sometimes even marrying locals, and producing Eurasian offspring. At long last, peace came, and for the next thousand years, the geological changes began to revert. Japan ripped out of the continent, going back into the ocean...

Doom had brought seeds of sorcery, which continued growing. Over the course of a thousand years, humanity learned to harness sorceries, and create new magics with them. Gradually, myths and folklore became real, and as the weave of magic grew, other realms and dimensions connected with the real world...

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The World
The role-play takes place in a fantasy version of Japan and its surrounding locales. It consists of five diverse regions, represented below.



Kyoto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2OjHvZO83Q



This megalopolis is actually a series of interconnected cities and castles towns, taking up the southern half of Honshu, and surrounded by rice fields and farmland. Guided by Amaterasu, Kyoto is the organized, civilized hub of the nation and the seat of the Shogun and Emperor. Most major military, trade, business, religious, scientific, administrative, and political issues and enterprise take place in this vast cityscape. As such, strangers from far-off lands sometimes appear here, bringing with them new technologies and ideas...

The streets are watched by guards, samurai-police, metsuke, ninja and shinobi loyal to the Shogun and his daimyo.

Just about anything imaginable can be bought, sold, or traded here, though merchants are considered the lowest class in Japanese society. Due to the influx of wealth, many wako and nanban perform piracy off the coasts of Kyoto, while bandits and raiders target the outskirts.





Shikogabana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHxfIKFZHPI


Okuninushi has taken over the northern half of Honshu. He caused it to overgrow into horrific proportions, creating vast swampy wilderness home for the majestic and magical, contrasting Kyoto. The barbarians build their humble homes along mountainous trees and in the canopy. They are known for their naturalistic nation-building, business, farming, and the strongest medicines and remedies.

A peaceful place hiding ancient ruins and unseen forces, those unused to swampy conditions often fall victim to the many diseases, insects, poisonous fungi, murky waters, snakes, and giant carnivorous plants that abound the region.

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Kyushu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXh0sLLt9c



Takemikazuchi tests the mountainous, volcanic, south-western main island of Japan. The islanders are also hardy highlanders used to raging thunderstorms and sword fighting, but are also master miners and sword smiths. Many of the best swords and swordsmen came from Kyushu, alluding to the island's violent samurai.

Volcanoes resulted in many ruins, often reclaimed by mountain bandits, tsuchigomori, and ronin, making the highlands a dangerous place. Many have fallen, and have been long forgotten, in these mountains...







Shikoku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XACmptyxjGY


The smallest of the main islands. Its eastern side faces the Pacific Ocean, and the islanders are notable for high-quality ships, sailors, fishermen, archers, timber, fruit, and wood-based crafts. Shikoku is like a tiny Kyoto, but with much more natural wonders. It is a peaceful place, with transport ships sailing abroad. Beyond the coasts, Ryujin lives at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Although war often remains beyond its shores, the island has problems with mighty monsters.












Hokkaido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwl31vh-3Gs

The northernmost main island of Japan, Kuraokami made it a frozen realm two thousand years ago. The rather isolated mountaineers are used to chilling temperatures, earthquakes, and volcanoes, and since suitable farmland and growing season are quite limited, they can only survive with long-term preparation. They live in mountainside citadels, being master builders and miners, though are also a fierce warrior people.

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Interesting galleries:
https://imgur.com/gallery/LbghFVX
https://imgur.com/gallery/JRPdB
https://imgur.com/gallery/bN1yX
https://imgur.com/gallery/ShfbMDf





Note: Users can create their own Classes (such as magic-based characters), and can intertwine with backstories of any existing NPCs.
If creating a character with a new class, you must have at least two posts, one that uses the prompt, and a second that lists ten Feats in case you need the room. You can select Feats of any preexisting class or create your own. Feats should relate to your character and not overpower them.
If you plan to have a full backstory, make at least three posts just in case you need extra room.
Overly anime-looking characters are assumed to be at least partly oni.






Users must use the prompt accordingly, or your bio will be rejected

Shujinko Prompt

Name: (in Japanese custom, individuals can have several different names or aliases; if you are a member of your daimyo's family, you will have the same first name of your entire family-clan then a different second name, but your other names or titles still refer to you)
Gender:
Age:
Class: (may determine your starting equipment, abilities, and species)
Subclass: (see next post)
Spirituality: (see next post)

Appearance: (facial structure, skin tone, height, weight, hairstyle, scars, tattoos, etc.; if you are an oni, you may have to describe unnatural or animalistic features such as horns, claws, fangs, tails, wings, feathers, fur, scales, etc.)

Panoply: (if applicable, your armour and weaponry, gadgetry, tools, garb, etc.)

Psychology: (mindset, traits, mien, demeanor, etc.)

Backstory: (your origins and history; may supersede any default description in GM's thread)

Destiny: (what you wish to achieve)

anything else can go below the prompt

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Subclass Users can create their own Class and Subclass.


Ashigaru
You came from the lower classes, but that didn't stop you. You can form good communication and relations with commoners. Samurai may look down on you or admire your achievements.


Sou
You were once a simple monk. This peace of mind stayed with you, and increases your resistance to yokai and curses.


Ronin
You are a leaderless samurai. Some samurai will shun or distrust you. This creates an aura of uncertainty and mystery around you.
If a commoner insults your honour, kiri-sute gomen allows you to kill them.


Bushi
You are a warrior of the Old Ways, increasing your skills at archery, horsemanship, and dueling, but you disregard modern military tactics and fighting as a cohesive unit.
If a commoner insults your honour, kiri-sute gomen allows you to kill them.


Ji-samurai
You are a farmer-samurai, who lives humbly and poorly, though you may be richer than you look. Your simple ways do not induce fear or hatred into the lower classes.
If a commoner insults your honour, kiri-sute gomen allows you to kill them.


Samurai
Born into a loyal samurai family, you are part of a minor daimyo's clan.
Lower classes fear and hate you due to the risk of tsujigiri, and kiri-sute gomen allows you to kill them if they insult your honour.


Retainer
You have skills and equipment similar to samurai, but you are not them. Retainers usually serve as bodyguards or soldiers for samurai, nobles, governors, and family members of the daimyo. Rarely, retainers could be Chinese, Korean, Indian, European, or African.


Sohei
You are a relentless war monk, increasing your bravery, and are resistant to yokai and curses.


Nanban
This term refers to European adventurers.


Yokai/Oni/Demon
You are not fully human. Your demonic background gives you an animalistic or inhuman appearance, and may grant you additional physiological abilities. The more monstrous you look, the more caution humans will have of you.

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Spirituality Users can add their own positions on Spirituality.


Shinto
The traditional Japanese religion. Curiously enough, belief in the deities is not required to be a Shintoist.
Fervently praying to shrines of the Old Gods provides protection or boosts depending on the nature of the deity prayed to, though some are tricksters.


Confucianism
This philosophy represents social and ethical values of law and statecraft. It is the individual's ritual duty to be good to oneself, family, friends, and citizenry, while conforming to one's role in life and viewing religion as cultural activity.
Following such an ideology makes one appear friendly and civilized.


Zen
A form of Buddhism, which teaches that one must meditate to discover one's true self and reach enlightenment.
While meditating, increases resistance against curses and yokai.


Shin Buddhism
A form of Buddhism based on the teachings of Amitabha, and so essentially Japanese Amidism. The monk Shinren founded Shin Buddhism. He taught that people must reject selfishness and ignorance, and put total trust in Amitabha, because we will never live in a world without corruption, and so must look forward to the afterlife.
This stoicism increases resolve.


Ikko-shu
A militant offshoot of Shin Buddhism. The ikko-ikki oppose government and the daimyo, building fortified temples and fighting as sohei to achieve their religious ambitions.
Increases effectiveness of rebellious actions.


Christianity
The Society of Jesus Christ was founded by the Catholic Church, and spread via Jesuits. Many Japanese converted to this foreign religion, and many were persecuted. Christian daimyo and samurai of the Date clan were known for their ferocity and military skills, and fondness of odachi.
Christians co-operate, regardless of ethnicity.


Secularism
Lack of religion and belief in deities.
Become resistant to superstitions and curses, but oni and traditional folk are more likely to distrust you.

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Quotes
Choose what you say wisely!


Hai: Yes

Iie: No

_____ wa doko desu ka?: Where is _____?

Arigatou gozaimasu: Thanks

Gomen nasai: Sorry

Jinjyo ni shoubu: Let’s have an honorable showdown

Daishiken: (A) great test

Oshite mairu: Here we go

Tatakau!: Fight!

Osoi: Too slow

Uzai: Annoying

Munen: Regretful

Hissatsu!: Critical hit!

Kurae!: Eat this/it!

Shisu: It was a trick

Sonata ni shi wo: I give you death

O kakugo: Get ready

Kakugo!: Ready!?

Isagiyoku shi’ne!: Accept it and die!

Temee no nouten buchinuiteyaru: I’ll punch your head in

Nigashi wa senu: There is no escape

Sonata ni shi wo: I give you death

Nurui/Kantan: Easy

Doke! (doh-key): Outta my way!

Nuruiwa: Weak/Pathetic

Usotsuki: Liar

Baka/Aho: Stupid

Kono kasu: This worthless-idiot

Kowai?: Afraid?

Bukiyoo na: Unskillful

Maji de?: Seriously?

Kawaii: Cute

Ritorai?: Retry?

Shuryo: Quit

Yatta: Hurray

Okotta?: Angry?

Warugaki: Brat

Busu: Ugly woman

Kawai soo na!: Pitiful!

Korede shimaida: This will be the end

Yatsu: Guy (Kid)

Shi’ne/Shinee: Please die (Go to hell)

Mada mada: Not good enough

Hazukashii: Embarrassing

Nan da, konna koto mo wakannee no ka?: What, you didn’t know that?

Isagiyoku shi’ne: Accept it and die please

Waga shuchuu ni ari: It's in my hands

Baka jya naino?: Do you know how stupid you look?

Uwakimono: Playboy

Tsuchigumo: Dirt-spider (Backstabber)

Chikushou: Despicable-person (Son of a b*tch)

Kasu: Worthless-idiot

Nuruiwa: Weak

Yarou: Jerk

Amai: Naive

Kokomadeka: Seems this is my undoing

Anta saa!: I’m so! (angry/annoyed)

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Abazure: B*tch

Huzaken na: Don't (f*ck) around

Kane wo yokose, kono abazure!: Give me my money, you b*tch!

Kichigai: Crazy-retard

Shinjimae!: Go to hell!

Kono kichigai: You're retarded

Bakayarou: Idiot-bastard

Abaremono: Crazy-idiot

Tsumaran!: (F*cking) useless!

Tsutsushinde moushiagemasu kutabare: I would like to respectfully request that you (f*cking) die

Kuso!/Chikushô!: Oh, sh*t!

Kuso kurae: Eat sh*t

Damare konoyarou!: Shut up you bastard! (Shut the f*ck up!)

Kutabare!: Drop dead! (F*ck you!)

Fuzakeru na!: F*ck off!

Ketsumedo yarou: A*shole-bastard

Do’inpo: Impotent

Yarichin: Limp-dick

Boke (bo-key): Sh*thead

Yariman: Sl*t/C*nt-giver

Manko: C*nt

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