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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostknight" data-source="post: 1609435" data-attributes="member: 15338">Paxus- just be warned that if the family is viewed in such a manner they would be skirting very close to being exiled - the dishonor of a single family can affect the standing of the entire clan, so if they are continuously being caught out, they will eventually override their tactical usefuleness by being strategically bad in the battle for standing (a battle played in politics and subtelty, rather than with any actual weapons.)  A faked sepuku would probably result in a branch of the family being wiped out if it were ever revealed, so even a less than honourable family would NEVER stoop so low.You want to go this route- fine by me, but it could have in game consequences (bth known and unknown).Bro- Agreed.  Even in the book of five rings it is emphasised how stealth and revealing ones true position is important in battle, so possessing the actual skills is not in itself dishonourable - using them in some manners though would be (so hiding, jumping out and stabbing an enemy Samurai in the back is out - doing it to a few peasants is just fine - they aren't creatures of honor anyway!)As for your parts about alignment - like many others I have seen on this board most people are not strognly aligned enough to really radiate a specific alignment (clerics/Sohei/Shukenja would differ).  Others is on a case by case basis.  Also, in my interpretation of alibnment for OA it is going to be very different to the western ideal on the good/evil axis.  Good is according tot he greatest benefit fot the greatest number - the ideal society is one in harmony with itself, towards this end much can be forgiven.  On the other hand selfish, self serving goals are the anatheamia of society and create disharmony and thus sit in the "evil" camp.  As fr the Samurai's ancestral weapon ability - DM fiat on this- it is CLASS level - it makes zero sense for it to be by character level  (I meanthen a level 1 Samurai with 19 levels of Wu Jen ends up with boosting his ancestral weapon the same as a 20th level Smaurai - just doesn't feel right to me.)</blockquote>

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