Crab Territory Expansion & Courtiers- End Game Goals
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:56 pm
As per one of Xia's goals, soon after the expedition returns to Rokugan the Crab Clan moves to secure the Nezumi Empire's northern provinces and begins establishing human strongholds in the region. The pragmatic Rokugani know the Nezumi are suffering severe ratpower and ratinfrastructure shortages so now seems a good time to move in.
What this means for the future of Nezumi-Empire relations is uncertain.
Unrelated to the above, a new Crab Courtier school is soon to be founded by Xia (thank you to those who donated to this cause). The Xia chroniclers aim to be a bridge between their own increasingly insular people and the rest of Rokugan, and even beyond. The school's mechanics are currently written up but I'll continue fine-tuning it for a few more days before editing it in below.
The Xia Chronicler School
Benefit: +1 Intelligence
Skills: Courtier, Etiquette (Courtesy), Lore: History, Heavy Weapons, Meditation, Sincerity, Medicine.
Honor: 6.5
Outfit: Sensible Clothing, Wakizashi, Calligraphy Set, Traveling Pack, 5 koku, One Heavy Weapon
Xia’s followers are an important link from the increasingly insular Crab Clan to the rest of Rokugan. With strong connections in the Imperial City and other centres of learning it is the Chroniclers who speak for Hida’s people in the courts and who lead projects focused on knowledge and and understanding.
Members of this school are renowned for using their head rather than the nearest blunt instrument to solve problems. Although they retain some of their founder’s awkwardness in social encounters a clever Chronicler more than makes up for it with keen insights.
Techniques
Rank 1: Clever Solution
A number of times per day equal to 2+their insight rank, a Xia Chronicler may use Intelligence as their Skill Trait when making a social roll. Xia chronicles also gain +1k0 on all Intelligence based rolls.
Rank 2: Do Little Harm
Xia was a skilled healer and her school reflects that. Chroniclers gain a free raise on medicine rolls to heal wounds and cure disease or poison. However, while the Xia are trained for diplomacy, unlike other courtiers they do not wholly neglect the ways of the warrior. In a skirmish, you add your Intelligence Trait Rank to your Armor TN.
Rank 3: Brilliant Solution
Increase the bonus from the Chronicler’s Rank 1 to +2k0 to intelligence based rolls. Your IR 1 technique may now be used for all non-bugei skill rolls instead of just social skill rolls.
Rank 4: Near Total Recall
At this level the Chronicler is entrusted with the true history of the empire as detailed by Chroniclers stretching all the way back to Xia herself. The character gains the Forbidden Lore: True History of the Empire advantage for free. This secret insight is extremely useful to a cunning Chronicler, you gain +1k0 on all rolls targeting Samurai, Nezumi, Ogres, Trolls and Kitsu of higher status or equivalently higher status.
Rank 5: Chronicler Has An Outstanding Solution
Treat the Xia Chronicler’s intelligence trait as one higher for all purposes. The Clever Solution tech may now be used four times per day + insight rank.
What this means for the future of Nezumi-Empire relations is uncertain.
Unrelated to the above, a new Crab Courtier school is soon to be founded by Xia (thank you to those who donated to this cause). The Xia chroniclers aim to be a bridge between their own increasingly insular people and the rest of Rokugan, and even beyond. The school's mechanics are currently written up but I'll continue fine-tuning it for a few more days before editing it in below.
The Xia Chronicler School
Benefit: +1 Intelligence
Skills: Courtier, Etiquette (Courtesy), Lore: History, Heavy Weapons, Meditation, Sincerity, Medicine.
Honor: 6.5
Outfit: Sensible Clothing, Wakizashi, Calligraphy Set, Traveling Pack, 5 koku, One Heavy Weapon
Xia’s followers are an important link from the increasingly insular Crab Clan to the rest of Rokugan. With strong connections in the Imperial City and other centres of learning it is the Chroniclers who speak for Hida’s people in the courts and who lead projects focused on knowledge and and understanding.
Members of this school are renowned for using their head rather than the nearest blunt instrument to solve problems. Although they retain some of their founder’s awkwardness in social encounters a clever Chronicler more than makes up for it with keen insights.
Techniques
Rank 1: Clever Solution
A number of times per day equal to 2+their insight rank, a Xia Chronicler may use Intelligence as their Skill Trait when making a social roll. Xia chronicles also gain +1k0 on all Intelligence based rolls.
Rank 2: Do Little Harm
Xia was a skilled healer and her school reflects that. Chroniclers gain a free raise on medicine rolls to heal wounds and cure disease or poison. However, while the Xia are trained for diplomacy, unlike other courtiers they do not wholly neglect the ways of the warrior. In a skirmish, you add your Intelligence Trait Rank to your Armor TN.
Rank 3: Brilliant Solution
Increase the bonus from the Chronicler’s Rank 1 to +2k0 to intelligence based rolls. Your IR 1 technique may now be used for all non-bugei skill rolls instead of just social skill rolls.
Rank 4: Near Total Recall
At this level the Chronicler is entrusted with the true history of the empire as detailed by Chroniclers stretching all the way back to Xia herself. The character gains the Forbidden Lore: True History of the Empire advantage for free. This secret insight is extremely useful to a cunning Chronicler, you gain +1k0 on all rolls targeting Samurai, Nezumi, Ogres, Trolls and Kitsu of higher status or equivalently higher status.
Rank 5: Chronicler Has An Outstanding Solution
Treat the Xia Chronicler’s intelligence trait as one higher for all purposes. The Clever Solution tech may now be used four times per day + insight rank.
