Yoritomo Yuki [Chrysanthemum Petals in Rain]

kmmarsh

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This is Shiori's twin sister. For obvious reasons, they don't get along. I plan to use her as an alt or if anything bad should happen to Shiori.


Name: Yoritomo Yuki


Clan: Mantis


School: Yoritomo Bushi 1, Yoritomo Kobune Pilot 1


Insight Rank: 2 (158)


Earth 2


Stamina 2


Willpower 2


Water 3


Strength 3


Perception 3


Fire 4


Agility 4


Intelligence 4


Air 2


Reflexes 2


Awareness 2


Void 3


Skills


[X]Athletics 3


[X]Battle 1


[X]Commerce 1


[X]Craft: Sailing 4


[X]Defense 2


[X]Kenjutsu 2


[X]Peasant Weapons (Kama) 5


[ ]Lore: Bushido 2


[ ]Lore: Law 1


[ ] Meditation 2


[ ]Etiquette 1


Honor: 1.5


Glory: 2.0


Status: 1.0


Infamy: 0.0


Taint: 0.0


Dojo: Storm’s Shelter Dojo


Students of Storm's Shelter Dojo may select any one School Skill. When


increasing the rank of this Skill, the cost is reduced by 1 point. (Peasant Weapons: Kama)


School Techniques:


RANK 1: Mantis bushi learn to use weapons that can be replaced easily and readied at a moment's notice. You suffer no penalties for off-hand fighting or two-weapon fighting when wielding a peasant weapon in


your off-hand. nor for uneven terrain penalties less than your School Rank x 5. Opponents gain no advantage when flanking you or attacking you from higher ground. You may add your water Ring to


damage rolls.


Kobune Pilot: In combat, ignore penalties for adverse conditions, such as attacking from lower ground or uneven terrain. When opponents flank you or attack you from higher ground, gain a bonus to your TN equal to 2xInsight.


While you are aboard a ship, once per round, you may gain a bonus to any skill roll equal to 2xWater.


Mastery Abilities


Peasant Weapons Rank 5: do an additional 1k0 damage.


Advantages:


Dangerous Beauty 2


Voice 3


Death Trance 3


Luck (1) 3


Disadvantages:


Can’t Lie 3


Idealistic 2


Soft-hearted 2


Fascination: Boats 1


Bad Reputation: doesn’t get along with sister and/or is frequently mistaken for sister (Yoritomo Shiori) 2


Equipment


Katana


Wakizashi


Tanto


2 Kama


Light armor


Kimono and sandals


Traveling Pack


1. Blanket


2. Bottle of water


3. Lantern


4. Week’s supply of rations


5. Small tent


6. Rope


7. Fishing net


8. Pillow book about bushido


9. Grapple hook


10. Small statue of Suitengo


Koku: 3


Primary Weapon: Kama


attack: 9k4


damage: 6k2+3


Secondary Weapon: Katana


Attack: 6k4


Damage: 6k2


TN to be hit: 19 (14 without armor)


Initiative: 4k2


Wounds:


Wound Level:


Healthy (+0): 4


Nicked (+3): 8


Grazed (+5): 12


Hurt (+10): 16


Injured (+15): 20


Crippled (+20): 24


Down (+40): 28


Out (N/A): 38


Experience: 0
 
Yoritomo Yuki, 4th ed version


Clan: Mantis


School: Yoritomo Bushi 3


Insight Rank: 3 (186)


Earth 3


Stamina 3


Willpower 3


Water 3


Strength 3


Perception 3


Fire 4


Agility 4


Intelligence 4


Air 3


Reflexes 3


Awareness 3


Void 3


Skills


[X]Commerce 1


[X]Defense 3


[X]Jiujutsu (Improvised Weapons) 4


[X]Kenjutsu2


[X]Knives (Kama) 4


[X]Sailing 2


[X]Athletics 3


[ ]Lore: Bushido 2


[ ]Lore: Law 1


[ ]Meditation 1


[ ]Etiquette 2


[ ]Lore: Heraldry 1


Honor: 4.9


Glory: 4.0


Status: 2.0


Infamy: 0.1


Taint: 0.0


School Techniques:


Rank 1: Way of the Mantis


No uneven terrain penalty; No glory or honor loss for using peasant/improvised weapons; No penalty for using peasant weapons in the offhand; add 1k0 to attack rolls.


Rank 2: Voice of the Storm


Every time you hit an opponent in melee, his/her armor TN is reduced against you for two rounds.


Rank 3: Strike of the Mantis


Attacks with samurai/peasant weapons are now simple actions. (aka 2 attacks)


Advantages:


Dangerous Beauty 3


Blood of Osano-Wo 3


Luck (2) 6


Virtuous 3


Favor: Otomo Family


Disadvantages:


Can't Lie 2


Idealistic 2


Fascination: Boats 1


Doubt: Kenjutsu 4


Driven: Follow Bushido 2


Sworn Enemy: Sugo the Ronin


Sworn Enemy: Isawa Family


Equipment


Light Armor


Sturdy Clothing


Daisho


Pair of Kama


Dragon Ya arrow (fire)


A nice dice cup with an emblazoned "I donated to Hotei Seido and all I got was this dice cup."


Small charm shaped like a boat; gives a bonus equal to insight rank divided by 2 to etiquette and deceit rolls


Traveling Pack


Blanket


Bottle of water


Lantern


Week's supply of rations


small tent


rope


fishing net


Pillow book about bushido


grapple hook


small statue of osano-wo


Koku: 10


Primary Weapon: Kama


attack: 9k4


damage: 3k2


Secondary Weapon: Katana


Attack: 7k4


Damage: 6k2


TN to be hit: 25


Initiative: 6k3


Wounds:


Wound Level:


Healthy (+0): 15


Nicked (+3): 21


Grazed (+5): 27


Hurt (+10): 33


Injured (+15): 39


Crippled (+20): 45


Down (+40): 51


Out (N/A): 57


Experience: 0
 
'Follow Bushido' isn't really a Driven. Driven is normally a goal (Become Mantis Clan Champion, Bring down sworn enemy x, etc).


Follow Bushido is probably more of a Compulsion if you want to go that route. (And I'll be honest, Driven-Bushido would be really dangerous in game play terms, because there's no roll to avoid it. Hunger Oni? Sounds like charge-time!)


Also, obligatory generic statement about Mantis being honorless pirates.
 
It's funny you should mention that, because I actually had a bit of a debate with Rob about this...I was originally going to give her Driven: Become Mantis Clan Champion. Rob said that Driven was usually something lesser and more achievable than that, so that's why I switched it to the bushido thing. I'll probably end up switching it back unless other people have opinions they want to offer.
 
kmmarsh said:
It's funny you should mention that, because I actually had a bit of a debate with Rob about this...I was originally going to give her Driven: Become Mantis Clan Champion. Rob said that Driven was usually something lesser and more achievable than that, so that's why I switched it to the bushido thing. I'll probably end up switching it back unless other people have opinions they want to offer.
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Driven can be as 'big' or 'small' as you want. It just represents a cut-throat style desire for an end goal. As the book puts it 'something you'll sacrifice honor or family for'. It could be Driven (Have a sandwich for lunch today), though maybe the GM might veto that. >.>


If you want a status-related goal, you might go for family daimyo, or provincial damiyo. Or maybe a sensei of your dojo. (Though I think Become Mantis Clan Champion is an awesome driven, and far more achievable for Mantis than most, since they select clan champions from the Storm Legion whenever there's not a clear succession. So all you have to do is enter the Storm Legion, then assassinate the heir-apparent and current clan champ. >.>)
 
I did think champion of the mantis was a poor choice given "Can't Lie, Idealistic, and Doubt: Kenjutsu" :P
 
rcuhljr said:
I did think champion of the mantis was a poor choice given "Can't Lie, Idealistic, and Doubt: Kenjutsu" :P
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I agree with that reasoning. I was thinking about that when I wrote the little assassination scheme to become clan champion and chuckling. :-P


I just meant it was a good example of Driven.


In general, Driven is a bad pairing with Idealistic. Driven respresents a failing to the Sin of Desire, and per the book description you'll 'sacrifice anything, including your Honor to achieve goal X', so idealistic just gets self-contradictory in that situation.


Compulsion is probably a more solid disad.
 
But that's what makes it funny...I mean really, she's a terrible Mantis. I'm still thinking about what I want to do with that though.
 
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