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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1812425" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Hi and thanks for the feedback <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was my idea to be Samurai/Shugenja, but reading Oriental Adventures I always find passages where it says that basically this multiclass combination is "almost unheard of", and the book keeps saying how samurais think shugenjas are lame and how shugenjas think samurai are lame <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> And also it says that all samurais are trained since childhood in the family samurai school, while all shugenjas are trained since childhood in the family shugenja school, so they almost never multiclass!</p><p></p><p>I thought I understood that a Shugenja which has some combat training always takes the fighter class instead (or otherwise barbarian if belongs to the Unicorn clan, or ranger if belongs to the Crab clan).</p><p></p><p>It's just the same for me to play either of them, in any case my character concept can be represented well enough. So if you think I should switch to Samurai levels, just let me know (it only takes some extra time to recalculate all skills...).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I see, but currently I only hold a copy of Oriental Adventures, and I haven't seen Rokugan books in the local FLGS, or at least I don't remember. Is that very different? OA seems to always make it clear what is available in Rokugan and what is not.</p><p></p><p>BTW, the feats I have chosen are all from the PHB except one, are you actually saying that we should not use PHB feats? The only feat from OA is Iaijutsu Master, but if that's not part of Rokugan I can change it.</p><p></p><p>Mmm... that's weird however, it makes me wonder... <strong>is there any Iaijutsu Focus skill AT ALL in Rokugan???</strong> From Oriental Adventure it looks like it's one core concept of Rokugan campaign setting...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ok, this is probably my mistake, that I am not familiar with the setting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Do I have to choose one of those families? I thought it was only an option, so I went with "Fudo" as an hypothetical lesser family. But maybe a "family" in Rokugan means more like a sub-clan rather than family in the western meaning. Those that you mention are included in OA so I can easily pick one of them, only that IIRC it says that ALL Cranes have Diplomacy as extra class skill, it doesn't differentiate between Crane families! Can you tell me which are those skills for each?</p><p></p><p>Also, would you mind helping me with the following question as well? I thought I read from your links that when two people marry in Rokugan, the wife becomes part of the husband's family. However the wife could be from a higher family than the husband, what happens in that case? I ask you this because I though my character has one parent from a samurai family and another from a shugenja family, only I have to figure out which is which... the idea is that she was mainly trained in the combat arts by the parent of higher family, and privately (and somewhat secretly) trained by the other parent in the magic arts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 1812425, member: 1465"] Hi and thanks for the feedback :) It was my idea to be Samurai/Shugenja, but reading Oriental Adventures I always find passages where it says that basically this multiclass combination is "almost unheard of", and the book keeps saying how samurais think shugenjas are lame and how shugenjas think samurai are lame :p And also it says that all samurais are trained since childhood in the family samurai school, while all shugenjas are trained since childhood in the family shugenja school, so they almost never multiclass! I thought I understood that a Shugenja which has some combat training always takes the fighter class instead (or otherwise barbarian if belongs to the Unicorn clan, or ranger if belongs to the Crab clan). It's just the same for me to play either of them, in any case my character concept can be represented well enough. So if you think I should switch to Samurai levels, just let me know (it only takes some extra time to recalculate all skills...). I see, but currently I only hold a copy of Oriental Adventures, and I haven't seen Rokugan books in the local FLGS, or at least I don't remember. Is that very different? OA seems to always make it clear what is available in Rokugan and what is not. BTW, the feats I have chosen are all from the PHB except one, are you actually saying that we should not use PHB feats? The only feat from OA is Iaijutsu Master, but if that's not part of Rokugan I can change it. Mmm... that's weird however, it makes me wonder... [B]is there any Iaijutsu Focus skill AT ALL in Rokugan???[/B] From Oriental Adventure it looks like it's one core concept of Rokugan campaign setting... Ok, this is probably my mistake, that I am not familiar with the setting ;) Do I have to choose one of those families? I thought it was only an option, so I went with "Fudo" as an hypothetical lesser family. But maybe a "family" in Rokugan means more like a sub-clan rather than family in the western meaning. Those that you mention are included in OA so I can easily pick one of them, only that IIRC it says that ALL Cranes have Diplomacy as extra class skill, it doesn't differentiate between Crane families! Can you tell me which are those skills for each? Also, would you mind helping me with the following question as well? I thought I read from your links that when two people marry in Rokugan, the wife becomes part of the husband's family. However the wife could be from a higher family than the husband, what happens in that case? I ask you this because I though my character has one parent from a samurai family and another from a shugenja family, only I have to figure out which is which... the idea is that she was mainly trained in the combat arts by the parent of higher family, and privately (and somewhat secretly) trained by the other parent in the magic arts. [/QUOTE]
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