I know timing sucks, but before the forums shuts down I will like you guys to take a look on my alternate Monkey Clan design and my Fuzake Shugenja School

The Monkey Minor Clan

Ring Increase: +1 Earth

Skill Increase: +1 Composition

Status: 26

In 913 the Emperor visited the Crab lands with no escorts but his elite unit of Seppun Palace Guards. When they left the Scorpion lands his entourage suffered an encounter at the independent Sacred Stone Village. An anonymous rōnin saved his life, but the journey was delayed by five days, after which the rōnin disappeared without a trace. The Emperor informed the Crab that the delay was due to Sacred Stone Village had been consumed utterly by wildfire. After departing from the Crab lands he tasked the Scorpion to find him and bring him to his presence to reward him for his bravery. After a few weeks a Scorpion agent brought the rōnin Toku to the Emperor Toku confessed that he was a just peasant who took arms to defend and protect his Emperor. To the surprise of many the Emperor not only forgave Toku for his transgressions, as peasants are forbidden to use the sacred weapons of the samurai, but he rewarded him with the honor of creating a Minor Clan of his own, and thus the Monkey Clan was born.

Monkey samurai kept personal journals which they passed on to their children upon retirement. The Monkey were famous for their uniquely upbeat attitude toward life, full of cheerfulness and humor even in the face of the darkest times.

The Fuzake Family

Ring Increase: +1 Fire or +1 Void

Skill Increases: +1 Medicine, +1 Theology

Glory: 36

Starting Wealth: 5 koku

The Fuzake were given their family name as a reward for continued service to the Imperial line. The Fuzake are a shugenja family of great intelligence and curiosity about life. Outsiders believe the members of the small family are whimsical and flighty, but the Fuzake have proven themselves stalwart and reliable.

The Toku Family

Ring Increase: +1 Air or +1 Earth

Skill Increases: +1 Government, +1 Sentiment

Glory: 36

Starting Wealth: 5 koku

The founder of the Toku family, once a mere ronin or less, a hero of the Empire, and ultimately ascended to Tengoku as the Fortune of Virtue. His descendants share that great man’s zest for life and compassion for all the people of Rokugan. Toku samurai often become Imperial Magistrates to spread justice and peace across the land. The Toku are known for their cheerful disposition and their strange humor, both of which become apparent within minutes of encountering them.

Fuzake Healer School [Shugenja]

The Fuzake originated as a small order of ronin shugenja within Toturi’s Army, led by a young man named Yasuki Garou (later Fuzake Garou) who was a close friend to Toku. When the Monkey Clan was formed he immediately swore fealty to it. The Fuzake dedicate themselves to healing and to an intense but rather eccentric veneration of the Fortunes.

Rings: +1 Earth, +1 Water

Starting Skills (choose three): +1 Composition, +1 Culture, +1 Government, +1 Martial Arts [Melee], +1 Medicine, +1 Performance, +1 Theology

Honor: 40

Techniques Available: Earth and Water Invocations, Rituals, Shūji

Starting Techniques:

• Invocation: Path to Inner Peace
• Invocations (choose 2): Bō of Water, Jurojin’s Balm,
• <> Sympathetic Energies
• Ritual: Cleansing Rite

The Sideways Path (School Ability): When you make a check for an action that uses the Augment or Mend keyword, you may choose a number of your rolled dice up to your school rank containing symbols and reroll them.

Starting Outfit: Travelers Clothes, Sanctified robes, bō, wakizashi, scroll satchel, traveling pack.

Fuzake Healer School Rank 1

Fuzake Healer School Rank 2

Fuzake Healer School Rank 3

Fuzake Healer School Rank 4

Fuzake Healer School Rank 5

Fortune’s Shroud (Mastery Ability): When you defend against damage, you may treat your physical resistance and supernatural resistance as equal to your ranks in Theology.

Toku Bushi - I am currently happy using the Wandering Blade from Path of Waves

Edited yesterday at 01:37 AM by FelixFenix

Regarding the Mastery Ability, some armor (even supernatural ones) can currently offer more than 5 resistance points, so the Mastery Ability is a little bit on the weak side but I find it in theme.

I would also give the Toku Family slightly more Glory or give the Fuzake slightly less, considering the Toku would be more "famous" than them.

8 hours ago, DSalazar said:

Regarding the Mastery Ability, some armor (even supernatural ones) can currently offer more than 5 resistance points, so the Mastery Ability is a little bit on the weak side but I find it in theme.

I would also give the Toku Family slightly more Glory or give the Fuzake slightly less, considering the Toku would be more "famous" than them.

That’s a good idea, thinking about a starting 32 glory for the Fuzake.