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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostknight" data-source="post: 1608572" data-attributes="member: 15338">Yep, 3.5 DR, the Iajutsu ficus I already OKed (rapidly bringing it into combay readiness rsather than strictly frawing it - this is a fantasy game after all!).Mithral I am also OK with - what on earth do you think those mastersmiths work with, taking a year to produce a katana? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  BUt - on that note it is also 30% more expensive due to the fact that it is only done by mastersmiths (I see that as a level 10 Expert- it is the rare smith who knows these secrets and mithral weapons tend to be named and buld up histories!)As for wizards - nope, Wu Jen is the OA version, so go Sohei or sorcerer.In terms of Ninja- no one states up front they are one - you would need to have a cover identity- I mean do you really think members of a secret society go around saying what they are?As for the setting - I am using the basic Rokugan clans and their current affiliations/specialities (so the clan specific prestige classes) and political machinations - since I wasn't plannoing to run an OA campaign any time soon I did not have more set-up.  BUT I am not going to use the geography and the restrictions on races etc that Rokugan has, nor the pantheon stated in there- going for a more animist based kami approach - with a bit of budhism thrown in.  The celestial bureaucracy generally is more concerned with the ephemerals of life - kami cover most earth bound issues. In terms of honor/dishonor - a character is not going to face an issue uless in an area they are well known or with people theat know them well.  BUT, blatant issues where honor is being sacrificed is likely to create a social problem (in the middle of nowhere it is unlikely to be a problem unless there are witnesses left to tell tales...yep- OA is aa far more brutal setting in my mind in that life is far less valued/family/clan/nation are genreally seen as more important than self (the COnfuscian ethic).GFA - correct in your assumptions re the setting!Paxus - looks good, but as I said above, decide on a cover identity- unlikely he blatantly goes around saying he is a ninja!  Traditionally ninja were used for doing the dirty work the samurai would not touch - it is considered inherently a dishonourable profession.As for spell casters- yep, in oriental legelnds spellcasters are fewer than in western l;egends, but Kami and shapechangers more frequent (thus why I like Hengeyokai and don;t understand taking them out of any OA setting!)</blockquote>

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