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Empire; [Ot he)' he)' spenr spenr th se deca deca es in ~'1lc1tesh~rcrrit rcrritoti otial. al. dis th p ow em es nu wi puies hOlh among ow e ShaJ-owla_nds, 'h p[Hellti
arul th
p e op op l
o f h e s .h .h ad ad ow ow J an an d finally sreod .IS one. ar Illdl Illdlib ibal' al'll - al?p~'ared ~'lldslTllCk dOWIl1 th
Whe-l
lHweii-r amang
"h_(.
Lord Lord
Losr
Wltile Illil Il Lost o o h e o a h s to D a ig ig Q h ea ea r ana fellowed (heiT 1113S1Cr 1r1l0 awed bv JUt'hi JUt'hibnl bnl'1' '1' power power 3nd'lckm':l.wledged him ,IS their
BI~TH
Birth jJl~le .sh'ldQwi:UHls Is oj d;lng~r"-tl,
in titu titute te
stri stri
la
),oU ),oUIh Ih ar tomo tomorr rrow ow
gl'eady :±ng~e,d ro has lirtle lirtlerc rcgar gar fo otsus laws, an ha Tbo~lgh th Lo YOlI, YOlI,r1g r1g
'10{. '10{.I11 I11
and rrcasured D],lting
evwt, a s h i
Oaj-go.tsu's rergn,
urla urlawi wi ng viol violen encc cccg cg
al an
inst inst cb ildre ildreu. u. Th
n gw gw l be ti 'rt,bbEJ of his £ 1 : \ 1 ure servants, IU i ba ba n Fu Leng, but he S\'l('5 h ew ew i d c 11 Da gmain mainta tain ined ed thes rule rule an ar prot protec ecri ri vI ci t~e ro be thes Wiudor~, af[('r
h '< " be be a
h,
di
E"I
In th
sa
cart cart of ,! sa ura orseve orsevera ra lyel lyelll-tr trai aine ne hukl hukl'm 'mo' o'l1 l1:; :;J' J' tbey tbey have have L:e~r:hcJ gemp gempuk ukku ku .lg: .lg:ca care re h e a no no w~ w~ l e n h e nri' watched cureftJL}:. GU d e a n e ve ve u
oncet()'
venture
S.1i\ 7111,(I(U Festival in Roku Rokuga gan, n, rh" City-ofrhe Lost 1101dsagn;Bt celebrntion I;;'llhl Dlew y6U,th~ ho have' ccach<.:_dge-mpll kk II agl' in th .... ....ptryia l\S yt'-ur uaisho an [{ thei thei nl;, nl;,St Ster er Afte After. r. the ensue in dl'' dl''br br t.iG t.iGn, n, th ne sa ur i' b,~g b, ~gin in with with first care career er _gliin-pSe ll t h t ' blasted \...u,~tehnd that is thl'iLhmnt;!. Gn\ups of yqUJrg ~mnLlnl.1~r(>takel' \l inIt inIt th Shu:do\v1tlnd~ [[1 thecompany
a]]1,J,uht,
or.a
large
band
of older older
warriors.
-Whar follows
ro humi:n.g-trip Krt>~S tbt bkak Sbdowhnds. rat tFack ~ml w 1 T J bak~mQno,w~ I1llel'ing ~'Jlt,
or linU linUs, s,
From eachlmnting hand. t h e - three yomhs,wilo'PHlW rbetnsc ve~ th '(mi '(misl sl l< [ _ e t i l · " , d an courageous an'! ,elected foin ('hie b q l l d Fo m Q r ~ aange.totll> b t t n l S , Th~,-se. a n : :i:i ;:; : m ; nrigh, b.~ ,en i_ 10 , k i l l Crah SC01.lts, an:ld >l Nczu Nczumf mf pack pack,. ,. 1 ' . 1 , even even vent ventur ur imo Rok1.lg,;n-((lp~hge:l pe:tsanrviJllge,This banciIs na ne th Ilnd iiss{ea Ol {earc rc!d !d ,hmugh ,hmughtYm tYm rht' Shadbw# l:inJs [i:>r [i:>rlt lt') ')'Ol 'Ollt ltbfu bfu zl~ ~Il m.ld [crocil.j(
courtsh
MfLtriag.l' TI
D!1i,gotSu
paTe. sti'i:cdy n'gifill'.llh·d_
d.ru:k jill pulses-a
Z~
I'l-J in wl
tU11;)11
tha somet. somet.mes messte stern rn from. ~CluJ:dlauSt' pi"ablC'Ils \"hCr!!ljllt!sILaos that matt matter er onov onovo, o, rQ1Tl~IKC:, fidclity are. c.oncI'l'ned. Fearful. that cf u II\' J;J.d emotion could bring a b o u t rh wn is e n r cf bila bilall llc, c, city city h" insr insr u~te u~te strie; ntic invo involv lv nren nren outs outsid id of it ~Es·sl' ~Es·sl'.nt .ntial ially, ly,childb c hildbmli mli or om ntic one's lord is c a p trtr a c m n e \1 is h'lt~tt marria marriage ge ~P:~1r ~P:~1r()v ()vt~d t~dhJ' hJ'
:rp.p.emes
t~w1 t~w1 bu
[TlI",
dll!
COV;tTSHI?
it
prevented
sometimes hloo\hhjmy~ntllthp:tilsiv~ D~_!gQt$il'S, laws, IlJclu1-,an has seen main mainta ta nedi nedi duri during ng his own M.!_I{~.
Lost
ii
JJ
m~ h1 iJ~
tbis CiI,!,"'\~ 'wisdom
l1nd
vary til ostentation 311d complexity, Marr Marria iage ge cere ceremo monie nie Daig Daig is samu samu nd tC)h tC)ha" a"li li large, prol prolon onge ge cele celebu buui uion ons, s, ,hI.? b . l t ; , S ' i n g s if Fu Ut,ng t;jr a. long happy eallingupon marr marria iage ge Iu ib n' ioll ioll we su ta mo ptng ptngma matl tlC, C, ll_c ll_c P,lo0Q P,lo0Qspr sprake ake ackncw ackncwlec leclge lge th marring- is officiTIJ, thecereeveryo.ne da <, rnorry 1" a!):oul h e busi busi ness ness
SU?£~S,TITlon
believe have litdt' in t.hl~waywo [he alread alread ernbodytha; which most ofrhe ofsupe ofsupers rsti titl tl n, Empi Empire re drea dread: d:s,Th s,Th Lest Lest know know th~ <3 lway~ some-pd\Vli'rf-u1 to f-eat. Dea,11y oni, vt!l,lgeful '$"pirits, arid prow 1th ~and ~and b~yp b~ypnJ nJ the City City ofth ofth Dark Dark tad~ tad~H' H' prow npredi dicr cr bl 10SI, and 1'0 ofl'end their IInpre Fore Foremo most st amon amon Lcsrsuperstirions is, the b.:l'i_c: netghbors, rerial uo rlia uncorrupted jade is . in in cz cz e di di bl bl y u nl nl w ;k ;k Y .B .B u cb cb _ ilia rerial only numbs (11c w e oauses pain
8 - : : l 1 I l C might
WA;{
bdicf~ f~ -wh'e.)"e>Wfl~iS';
r0~l r0~low ow~r ~r have have slIghtly diffen~nrheliefs;
thougb th result is t he he - s am am e , l nc nc h ib ib a n sarnurai believetha: pawer ls ju~t ju~tjf jfkQ kQri rion on fa iLll)' rime ornornany rime by .hlr .hlri. i.ng ng wa to justifted mitted yi\:;nJIj-'. Forthese reasons borh Dnigorsu's tQllowcl's will n'SGH n ea ea r t'l~{~mie> an Wnilillt U:llSPl'ak~ble acts 10to. s"lll;)[ni~s iO:11,
~.5:T ~.5:TI;t5m: I;t5m:£1\ £1\ R e l'l' irir eJ eJ ne ne llll ]
is
not
Lost Lost Some Some olde olde
they rn:ight
: \ ' 1 1 alwgcrher w l .k.k ! O w n
Dai,"iotstl
become
1118.Sl\'I_
ml'lDhg Ih I h~ h~ J AU101'lgluchi-ban's
p : < i c de de e
monhoJ
.5 ; t\ L e g .5
[ollo: [ollo:wer wers, s, rer 1'\:m l " n r is!J he:l:t'd of. uch ba nn TO je he hilS a l e ~ d ym Ciryof'rhc lQstanty brle£iy-. bU hilS ym ad ad e q u u . dCl1\ h o d s :1 low opinion hOlil" ho ~etite tt life of t o n · lny-st-el'ies. pl~riOll, 1 1 1 ; I I e s ' s rhey i n T l " 1 1 d _ to conte mpla te te oFhlpoG mafJ-ic.The'I'ewllw.nksofFu L e : g " "h "h o lwve nu f l e L l)t t b b Jm to D:Jlgotru'SDlJl1purdid D:Jlgotru'SDlJl1purdid Jm J 'S ' !.lr13loous_i)I~~kers,kcep a:1 extremely 10\'••proJlle.
with ruaho,
'1
101'1<'vas 101'1<'vassal sal
f'Un~il.AJ..5.1"5AT,H
e- a io sirnpl fnner::ds in. t h ~ h at at l'l' D ' Ia ds, f o J eWhen Shaduwbnds. o f n o . c o ns ns eq eq u en en ce ce . me e i b o d is disea rued surnewlrere wh"re it '(vLl! hot hr ~1 anne anneya yanc nc ro-o ro-oth ther er There, it l~ eith either er ·t;k ·t;kv( v(ju jure re r.he local in g , returried ro life w i ld ld lili fe fe - o r rf Jfgo.kt\ i s w i llll in life as.und as.undead ead Bodies al never eremared Shadowlands ~5 rhev ·are in .deceased l(, Ii Is. eaves I:he [0 ar
fonn.
HISTO;tll OTTH£ SHADOWLAn"S fall of
eu
ie .inr .inrru ru rt
Pr -his -histo to ~'
of
aIter
Amaterasu
am
(_'li1fiC'·tanllll, I'll Leng,
bau. bau.l. l.ew ewit it hi f;lebe ber' r' freed Irom beir f;le Hilled. ft L~ng alls alls [~ awayjrorn his brothers an ~ili ~ilil'e l'ers rs,bn ,bn L n g ' iTI.~ egio egio domi domi ed by nonnon-hu huma ma iv lnduJl"llg d1C' Ne<;ul:l nd trol trol m p Ilizations, Ne<;ul:l1i, 1i, ngre Th sudd sudden en coll collls lsio io 0fN.ingen-doand;.t l ul ul d deep deep hole hole in th esrr esrr and Open Open a.port~ to jigob,!h
Th Wa.rwit Wa.rwit
th Shadowlands: Year Unknown tl le vast army army ,t vast Fend creatures, creatures, elrher benr ttac wiII or crea eel by his power, n a
hi His rile 3sSSJ,11t,
until th prop prophe he SHin SHinse se Of!'i\H that ho Hantei that given to1"hl," Empi Empire re Wi.t Wi.t th Seve Seve Thun Thunde ders rs acco accorn rnpa pany nyin in hi P1,.s hinsei n n d s illlU \:Ol1 en g T h Thllnd"r~1 \:Ol1fro fro.i .il. l.to to l' L en Isawa, weaken combat at anri ,hell bim] hi gall in comb immortalsou insi inside de twel twelve ve po erfu erfu sp ll created Isawa. PQW~Tftlr ftlrcv cver er"m "mrr rrup upts ts an ai nts lb." ~pdls-; ~pdls-; pervertpervertin th tr o r i g l l 1 . E L \ func functl tl.o .on. n. Only Only Shin Shinse se ntl ShO'lLI'D survive L~l1gis : e
Year
1:0.0
er scho schola la akan akan snul snulic ic the "ffcct!; (if Shadewlands ur p s! s! : s ; d i sc sc ov ov er e r in in g m u c o fh fh o Tain Tain on c ur II lIne lIneeL eL bothrhe
ea~ 1~ fEr
Rd
~lso establishes [tinny fundame.ntal maho· bi ,1'5, ba ,mel whc~n hi [ 'c 'c se se aann : J el el ve ve s tod fat
and' he is ()v~rwbelmed Th
lAll'llbies
]J
lus
OWll
hDlne_
Sa ke Clan corrupted: Ye I' 40
Weakened to tb ChmtaTamiheiaccc'pts powe powe Dffe Dffere re by th promise aojl.l~he Snu,k cbn, alte:ld)r,eet.ering_ corrupt ~piri[, :lshl,}tcn aojl.l~he io ir ~ILlJyj~g 1n~hC), 'brink Ijf COD ul wl is oV(:t' oV(:t't~l t~l,e ,e Ih spir spirll ll ;m it km and Thls·con.d irion l a S l S : only cmILIptioIi ew mon( mon('l 'lls ls he .Phm .Phmml ml di!i di!i.c .cov over er riJ@ [rllth an desc.end ill h5 Or 2 , w fp f p < jn jn g dy wi:lller the 1110 lit ill ass! VI' ~ ss ss a u l that hi IOn;) ns c;tll h.e Fh to. ts
in se
blood. m8gic
he
the Battl
J1.e
sc er
[0 . r who,gI)es 91 "O leach rliem '[0 he w i o n e s b) ish il~g h e s ec ec re re t 511 ak line fi;l-r C(' turtcs
so IIJ (1)]11(:.
of
rc e , 1 n J largega largegaii ii+n +n massive bnnle between m p e a l o rc [~c[i,orl J i t he around OI:OS?TI rkhf beneflrs Ihe Shadowhe se se o che g a ,i,i j i n . s IalTJ~ in m~n1 ways. Whe (l~ ptuin he b a w i srna srna IpS. th"y escapes Se of sbad..,ws. Severa] lo t, corrup upte te nd bS irbc irbc by the se~ Tb~):' Tb~):' return H~ two. ar corr n 9 .~ .~ a d r a ve ve n an an r s thar tu d!~Shadows fu centuries.
lb
I"
Battle
Sto len Grav Graves es Year Year 51
Th Empc Empcro ro '~ f: un br iher Ororno jarna, no Iucl Iuclub ub n, is discovered bya Lion an Scorpion m a
undead f'rom
nr.lsing ;l,Sl ;l,SlTIaU TIaU army
mperlal
to
gn.lvliy~rd to
semi against the mperlal troops, Again, r.he~e.IJom MiIJdb MiIJdb!~and !~and Soshi Soshi Takesh Takesh f Q i l his er[Orl~S, desr desrro ro mg hr
rm
1'he 1'he enor enormi mity ty of luch luchib iban an's 's rrea rreach cher er an• tll_e at [h io powers require . s lu Empire cons constr truc ucts ts mysu mysuca ca tomh tomh to oont oontui ui Iuch Iuchfb fban an lock lockln ln hi away
disr disran an bo de
an
ftJfiuwc wc [So hi ftJfiu
xecu xecuti ti
Year? 50 moving-as
instructs hts followers m) Hi
1:0
ar \I,Iot' \I,Iot'fu fu 11 un prepared fo pre~~~d ti1rther an f3~t f3~t~h ~herb erbac ac
lh~ Natur Natur ofIainr explored:
Y<'2t·Spwcllcing
l;,captS
~"lwun unil il1g 1g spends hi ~"lw
bidi
.-
111s Dd
pi
I I 1 . mass iI vast i:(u\1 :1til)'
discovered
p I1I 1 1 1 1 . a r
incredibly
of corpse corpse to 8,)1 is!" .l.U I, " m . ! is le Hi
.tuigl11 of al th
Crea Crea irit j·simp j·simpri riso sone ne III Je~tn1Y i! 111r41bal1'~ sp irit agaIn, " [ 6 1 s time with prec precau auuo uons ns to prev prev.e .eil il hi escape, of
le only l'ajindtnescap~s'l
rh~cni
Maw, havi havi.n .n rava ravage ge th southern lord Is11o\vl1 as rh Maw, Crib Pl'O'Vill Pl'O'VillQCS QCS lIu land land s. IU1Chcs 'Llf of1-H{ H{ land lands, s, Its\iUS[ lL! be OVerp-li p-lith ther er 0l1g 0l1g of1lone S h U g e 1 1 f n , KuruOsaku, the C r C tltl H" H" O S ow rful rful sp ll he hold hold rh Shadowlends at bay il
Cr
l y consrruct rhe
Grea,t Grea,t Carpenter Carpenter \ X !; !; 11 11 w 1 J w n [ h s p d e nd nd s i hi hi S' S' M g -w -w ' s . to to rc rc e sLt.F t.Ffllr fllr ! e: e: rr rr ib ib l l os os se se ~ , Aflanking canno~ take lh(!' W a L l aud sL attack by the Cr
th .'Em .'Empr pres ess: s: Year Year 1111
ptur ptur
unc
fa
tho· last to J ~ g ( J ' k L I ' ~po ~powe wer. r. 1'0a 1'0a.n .nf[uciacious strike,
tnpcriul 1 0 1 r y ho ho m
pb.oe:nix
l'~nds. Her
gll:1 rds
o m dw
murde red: red: lht' Bl0Qd~pt"Jk:ers are murde
'i!11 p er Sotari; 00 tha( III~ e r ia ia l h e EroperN w i b eecc om om e named Yot,u happens pon he scene ~n esca escape pe.s .s id 50ro 50rori ril, l, e~v' e~v' ng his' his' ow th hdr's plilC~'.Yots.u; plilC~'.Yots.u; son defhll1dy reveal, h e ! 31 31 Qo Qo d ~pe
ph
5,
the
'i.j
j,:2
Whell
rh
ri nl I, th
1 3J 3J oo oo dB dB p ee~~ ke ke [
r ea ea l z e
that rh
Empress
15
whh
bo h l d ' sou] is m~"r-g.ed wi t 1 1 . that of an 1.I111]-~rned o n i . T h e c 1 1i 1i I I ls there a f t b a 11 s h th he will will grow grow st on in rh powe powers rs of dark darkne ness ss beyolld th.. Emp,i're'sability to resc rescue ue him. him.
th [arn [arnls ls occu occupi pied ed th Crip Crippl pled ed warr warrio iors rs The. The. Crip Crippl pled ed Bene ov no th to rd th Crah
survive.
lIl]
112;}
the Ei[Slot The Tw lv Bl 5",w110 th2[ ttS'ep rhe next (o-u years, years,
en
poss posses es es the 1.2.7 th BI d, Sc;'olls ar open opened ed the. in_lpri~oned once mor~('-Im'lrge m p e o r H an a n t X X XU X U \ w ho h o s b . o d Y as been we:rkenedby th oiso oiso ofli ofli wi B1Jj'll,.'lhi Kachiko, 1~ tlie pl:'rf\lctve!i.sdWhen C r n b his strike 01 with an nppe nppear aran ance ce!n !n he I:hfinn' r00111 to Otosa Uchi with r np np e rjrj a L' deiunnu L h power, III gr le ou lv un n b , vthose SOil ya must b a u I him ."Httery
Af
th Th
tribe ~[Nezumi
creared.Year 1126 they sens th sens .apP .apPl' l'O~ O~dl dljn jng, g, Th rk ra le unit unit to re te the Blerne Blernenta nta Terro Terrors, rs, ani infused lb el ment ment Ea _Omdt! creat creates es a'Ierr a'Ierror or of \vitb th po th thei thei elem elemen ent, t, a~1d a~1drh crea cr eatu ture re from fr om l'ertibl~ l d_ d_ T razes
Se
nd Oa
cl
fThu fThunde ndet: t: Year 112S ut L~ power. The
IT L e . l l - g S
'r throne room to conr conrrp rp is £ 1 . 1 Le:ng_
Leng, Leng, Tw T h
pi
banished
!Tram th
is armi armies es
th
Shau Shauaw awbn bnds ds
enac enacts ts
is
ar rhe SI),f SI),f of ug's ug's de th Karn Karn to Tlmg Tlmgok oku. u. the eles elesti tia] a] Heav Heaven ens. s.
F:lll( l( to return the F:ll [le
rlfRokugall,
Empero Empero
,1
Ih~( lasts to
al
Th,~ Bloodspeakers
Empr Empres es Hoch Hochiihis instru instrurti rtiun un 111.the ,vays 11ave passed, He is time seems
o f m ah a h o T, give give
th
112mI'
Daigotsu. i33
to
rhar rhar ar marching on Vclturru rrurm. rm. 1 ' J 1 t : armies city of Vcltu despit it heav heav o ss ss es es , a n r h Cate ls opened 50 reach th GQte desp EOnSLJme th ig nc stor stor Rc ug n, that ir IQ emerges the- Sl1;\dowdt:fear. r.ed. ed. Th~ Darkness. fi~rc{l$of e vi vi l ~ ri ri ' dt:fea S ha ha do do w n nd nd s H l m $ victory ~jlrway, as th ranks of [pSI" ahd. rh 11lf' barrie, Additl0,uwe wi Cr Darkne ness ss LS its n;11l11811f pu\. pu\.ve ve an wly, th Dark inca
the
Es pe
L .5 .5 0
he Ci yo
th Bl odsp odspea eake ke scou scou th Em ir [o rheir he clev clever er arul arul capa capabl bl Da\g;t't..'iu elud eludes es them them desriny.
th TSWl.b: Year 1151 DaigotStl fi Daigotsu uses ;1 powerful the waived Re:1LITIof'Slaughter. There, he lll 0, and twis descen enda dant nt wh Cil)' twist~ t~ Kirs Kirs desc thdllS~j1tl years years previo previousl usly. y. Dalgotsu alerts th ol (gil nearly h a p a ss ss e in Ningcn-do an whar auce aucesr sror ors. s.Th Th
Isun Isun
[0 wor
agree
alongs alongside ide Daigotsu
loog loog ((
which he read readil il mp or hile hile
otur otur
trav travel elin in
agre agrees es
is killllcl: Year Year 11 Ryolm Ow~tl meei
tt
Toruri
SOli
wit
is attack attacked ed
Ch
larg larg
is slain by
Luch Luchib iban an rebo reborn rn Year Year 1.16 1.16 Sh!!hai marripulatr-sn group luch luchib iban an:s :s Tomh Tomh an reac reache he tlw Bl
dspe dspe
ill
exch exchan ange ge
fp-rfi: fp-rfi: cJ() cJ()
ji deu' deu' him fwm
id he his ·prison.
an
r ak ak e
!..1Vn
er remain k W a
Betrayal
rh
"bandon KU(;1D aSS.LJID~S aSS.LJID~S
bu on it
whole
In
pF Wa Iighurrg. H i b ro ro th th e
retakes
towe towe,r ,r is fore foreve verc rcor orn. n.lp lple lecl cl
;J
Iew
RUOD
Daigots\!I
lhe: con_fll~if)n
r0
wi
!:l)KeS
Enact
ag
ing
by
Suuu,
sacrifice the Ki-Rin, lts 1 1 [ ( ! face of Roku Rokuga gan. n. force, 10 unleash ,1 terrible srorm -al across across th face he clouds churn lind > p i T f or or t r a (In,lood that corrupt, f(lr to 1who g, Th Li ,Man it:~touch f(lr rmie rmie ne rh part part icul icular ariy iy hard hil FlOg and rh (i th se have the Ciry have deIUE!'11tS, UII j" prorecl i(/lt from ( ~
m.£CHAnICS preserved the Lcg~llI[ lilt' I-'Ive R m g s . R f 'C 'C ; 1 1 11 11 1E d r t m n System (presented PIt'l-yCl'~ GIII-d,: and GClI11r Ma'ler'~ Clude) J20 to SYST R o l w g : 1 T f I , ' " he official s u p p l e me lrWH ~1 Adli('IIIIII-':S"'), W h , r : esc 'tw svsterns
rb
en
is rIll'
L1
presented
it
llsefuJ
no matrer
il both
to
whid1
of Thes Thes
of the g a m e
'veJ:sirms presem
sourcebook
yo
,ysr ,ysrem em
):"ul" OJ: methanic will presenr eqluvalem
1l.t1W
conceal.h-is.
~e.jeHs~
16
~lld llllc@1Tllpred.
nves nves
uses
u's
Daigcr
choos"
ewh
his l]rlTIies to th capi capira ra ~boaTd the ghost sbi,ps undead .gaijin Garen. be deva'muioni~ mnslderahlt-, rtlinS. to sFnolJenng reduce ce a·nd enTire ci ty quarters aT redu ~[go ~[gots tscl cl
resroring
Daigotsu,
Daigorsu
ate is 10s1
samural
After After he-esc he-escape apes, s, be depo depose se Daig Daigor orsu su Cirv If h e L os os t M a n Datgot~u's Datgot~u's fe-llowfe-llowrhmLg[,5il,ll11e Iuch iban's leatil'rsj,ill,
him, him,
Shadowlarids
mont months hs
11
is
see"\dJlg
Iuch Iuch iban iban
Shad Shadow owla land nd
t5
E - d , Kuroda
he n n f aacc t
br
known Doji's terrible toll aneko wreak not { J l l l y a- Th Lest, and Hantci Na5er1J cunningly d e l ' t : D I Dalgotsu, f 1 . 1 L e J l g a, well, casring [rull.Ten" goku Da gtltsa. IS Daigotsus vengeance 'Ioturl'Tsudno-sacrificcs he se k i h im im , ending hi threat a n u ni n i t n g l'h~'three surviving Winds. onlyremporary His boyhood fdl'riJ nntI Daig Daigot otsu su's 's JeMh JeMh.i .i a l l y oj Ky de his acri acrifi fice ce bargain f'revlOlisly made with rh Shad Shadow ow Dragon ,That cr,l!!atunl returns Vor1ot Q,ji.gots lj II fO ~a[~kccping, retained life, nllitj weaker dUl11 before.
occu occupi pies es Fush Fushin in h o u y during r lrl r e b a trtr ieie , d·ell.ghting In kI11il1g Hanrei ei XXXI XXXIX. X. h e m an a n . w h murdered h i e ld ld e b ro ro t he Hanr
C h am a m p io io n
rh Lust Lust prnrected
)'C3r,
hi}; hi}; Ille Illegi giri rima mate te
defe-llci.efs,Canlllll prot protec ec
Scorpion and Toturi
T ad ad a k
Jm1Y
th
·'l11on! srul
mast
den, Th ug y{ den, missing srudent, nd se ks OIU
to
11
Tears. Toruri
a l l y with th Lying Dark-
Daig Daigot otsu su
Daigotsu- falls
~nJ begib
Jigoku
nearly
pUl:-pose:
R1, de an
11..1I1es
mis.
opt on
l5
the t120 Sysll:m'" lopk
rn
presenred,
d;w Sysrem'·
ke
hi
5R RPC; RPC; 2£ Svsrem look like
Occasionall
exte extens nsiv iv Is
ew
fJ
lorramlen
b(,'exclus us iv mal" b(,'excl
.1
rn
case,
will will nd the LS d 2 S y [TTIl"M material will materia] blue. occa ion ly, charact character er is arne J1 channel'S, occa charac acte te clas clas in w i b e [0 o w e d b y , a s h o r expla nation is char lieu ~f [1111 ~[at ~[atis isti tir: r:al al into intorr rr ntto ntton. n. Such Such example lllight look like th is:
Th
Ch
are loyal
Blcudspe
al~dacknowleJge
muho-tsukul
d~ infQ infQrm rm~t ~tio io
Ru dres dresse se land land
pr ,.doin d oin thei thei
ar
Th esrt esrt
·brea
ulrured, 51 erect yp~ or
well shad shadow ow
mudr mudrna nan. n.
.Y Favored St rting rting
TO~ITr.ULA TA1"SVn.;:
Class
Hrda :Sush :Sush
!Hid !Hid
Aveng Avenger er
rcrcclon 11:. Syslem.
{RP tna
nt
~{
other. 1,[1~L\Ch cases,
SYSll:1TI
ccntai aine ne t h i s rext w i l l be ccnt
ee
tilt'
re
JS an
ns
rk
10 fasreL fasreL greare arte artern rn greare-r -r un iry in tlw sense sense oibrot oibrother herlio lioocl ocl similar 1'0 that that foun foun ra Far, dw rrad rradln lncn cn has Thll$ Far, av Lost Lost famili~s famili~s m ' l Y ad ,RolUlgan'i nonetheless extremely loya! 10 ne
another; 8hadowlands he e d to NPCs rs s, th"
I7AI I7AI
However, if th GM wishes 01' I'
nguages:
to allow mD1'P
TS
Bene Benefi fit: t:
+1 Will Willpo powe wer. r.
THE GO GOJ"' J"' FA1i\I FA1i\IL.Y L.Y Co
Family
wer
u nc nc e ~ l Y i 1 1; 1; :
Lying nih .I
th Shad Shad wlan wlan s. With With Th~y nQW obey myst myster erio ious us crea crea hicll harnessed rk strange strange f n i 1 1 i l y : T h c y F o llll o t h whims o f h e
Th Coj
freque ue tl ac as pies pies an assa assa sm carr carr in ou the Tlw' C O J u freq will will ofrrr ofrrror or powerful e a e s an fr em cu re rv the Daigot~u il exile" but ml b e luch iban, )'e.i decl Shadow Dt:jgOll declar ared ed it f e r y o n
famuv's favor.
derailed
TH=:
GOJ' GO J'
f'AJ f'AJi\ i\I. I.L. L.
Fa ored ored Glas Glas St tip. tip.
Ninj Ninj
no
Class Skill: Hide St rting rting Outfi Outfit: t: (Choose one) 1. Disguise one:' vial of c-01.n8 venom.
fel-vendy d~:dica1"('d to F u L e ng firmly ly em race race Daig Daigot otsu su ng , an firm hido, Me mber ew mber malice. coward nlel~1hen; be i n R D ku ku ga ga u s am am u a i pe
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cIa s s
in
f'
is
fa ·t
Ma wo me a rm rm o SO koku, Bonus Languages: Bake Bake ono, ono, OU 2.
Benefit:
StteI1gj·h.
TH
'A Benefit:
tj
an
as ig ru ar or
.Y
AgiU[y.
5H ADO\!} ADO\!} J..AnD
no
[7AI [7AI~O ~OT5 T5
rs
stgurh:
1. Masterwork Masterwork
lJ.' lJ.'
Class skill: Knowle Knowledge dge (Shado (Shadowla wlands nds Starting Ou fi house one) 1.Masterwork ti, 50 1 1 O l ) . t I ,
1H
au
.Y
dw
h e h ea ea r
[he-Shadow D r
fA i\IJ i\IJ .Y
B'looc ocis ispe peak ake[ e[s, s, the B'lo ilnd ~lifficll1tto accept
1-
Onl, Onl, Yoba Yobanj njin in
these
crea creari rion on ar alifol alifollo lows ws
sc
Tlf~ CHV[ CHV[7A 7A f' A1i\ A1i\I. I.L. L.
Lying Darkness'
rc
level drvine
with with srar srarti ting ng ourf ourfir ir), ), Bonus Bonus
in
wirh T~ h ea ea de de r f o these boxes w i l c lc lc a l v l a be which Intormation is fo r h( h( ' d 2! 2! 1~ 1~ ')') ys ys t't' el el 1 : J l 1 J which information is For .l'C .l'C 2n Edit Edit jo ("l5RRI'C 1£"1.
introduced he Los
[Mal [MallO lO 2n
The in(ot)]1a11(1]) th char charac acre rerr- clas clas an le el in I'hed 2(] Syst System em "Tbe "Tbe info inform rmat atio io
Surn Surnet et irne irne
tl Know Knowle ledg dg
onor onor
skill:
seem urio urious us It ma seem th Datg Datget etsu su family starting
at first
outfits.
Shadowlands
rg ntz rt un erpa erpa s.
fami ie th closely mirrors is no unusual City of tile
heir heir ug ni thriving shop
dludJL'
II ~Ii' LIar!: l , . n n l
gll.'lng
Ilfmlh
~11111 em
y thth m g
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in
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theil' f n l l w l " ! ! h i ( '
jusl
brrt:IIl"tlllllllted
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m o l ! ' e [ lvlwl
dm k/
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Illten
lh Clly Clly offhe Ius!'''
DAI~OTSU Th~ Dar:kl Dar:kl.ot .otd~s d~s loJlo, loJlo,v", v",xs xs OI1C~> r~H1.ked more highly dlan any s~mui' i' i, bu si nee ludl iban's return that tIme i~ other .t sl s~mu ig mona owlands In are;rs are;rs wht~re wht~re t'tlle.ng~ in lu nc u-po u-po ,h mona reJa(iv~ly safe safe fm lllc lllchi hiba ban' n' \Vond is gr at Thele IJow IJowet et here here th lo to reta retake ke h~ l1as beeJl stoJ stoJen en om [he,tn,
i.heRi i.heRi er one,ol one,ol~1r ~1r kin rulu or Nezurnl IhC'.~
lo ud ud sp sp ea ea k re nr his B lo congllen:d lhr City o( [h .Los .Losr, r, th Daig Daigot otsu su f 3 1 Y iiii lyly - s lll l ,1,1 1 considers it horn horne. e. Tht' Tht' !m H y ' e ag ag e rn rn e s Daigotsu f ',', !m todefeat th Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er an 'e o I y reta retake ke thei thei ciry is { 'e rhe long CI.:nt'UfWS he th hado hadowl wl nd Hord Hord oc upie upie th ir ance ancest st Iamis,
'TEJ 'TEJil il'i 'i'L 'L.i .i Of
ru
'city an enor enormo mous us
temple l o w e r s
above
U1C
is hough
urin urin
1..1 ;V.IS
th
primaril YW[el11pJe ttl be rriod riod he Eu L"e;'g m\'~ m\'~ge ge rh henv henvcn cns, s, [his vusr power.
that
C i 'c'c y o r mu w n Datgorsu, This-temple, the fqcal p o o[ ," [ ' y , Is also rt living re inde inde [h Daig Daig ts fiimllys greatest ;1iture:;. thecity, Afrer Afrer conque conquerin rin 1 1 b . ...,. ut d('$tTOyillg 01. rernai rernai nin
Ii'l
.!nlhe s~lildowlL1rrd" tV 1 F c d J 1 ilil 1 1 m 0 5 f ,I,I n m o r e l tV
Ri
an
Ill!'
pOWi~r
Fi
city, till' only
til",
. hm hm . ; w a n
\.IIC ho
Bl
db,oI'ILtt I Ltt 6h,:t!I, 6h,:t!I,:W:i' :W:i' \li[IS IltlI ebl1 ebl11' 1' SIHl SIHlI: I:l! l!m, m, p r r / J ' " I l r , l t / - i t '
ILpOIl
Dlllg(l g(lts tsl; l;'S 'S p l ilil e r ~ \I\ I ,,ll lrl r r Jr'li welcome. Dlll I tltl 'C d s r n backs, a)j,J tnit-H}lSf ItwiJll,{ q r l l c k l y aside md lll'l'SSl'rJ IheH 1ordh'ari .0 I h e ' , ' , 1 . n ! - rP rP l tliey apPT(nrr/wd," Ii HS wl Iwvc I ' w n r a , " HlltnTI ~.,h'rl."Hllti
lJolIgolsl.i'IIH.l1lUl"IU
TH~ CITY OF TH~ J..OST
11I~
1,1'
InYllltfe~
W/Wll
alii
Ltil"d~ W~Hl"1,
IlteiTI
no
info
Regardless, JUany residentsot
the
city ' i t 1 1 1 enco encour urag ages es rhis rhis furlw t!nj t!njoy oy th ir ny that that Ful.cng's'grear:eot temple is ~l1y re [erenee to
AI7V::"TV~~
~ooli
encounters
a b a n d ofTain te peasa nts '::::.(01"1 In H r s r Sight lihhe player c h a r a c r e r s bu de
a ~g ~g e c o ve v e re re d w a go g o n Ar they ilel', [ea'vLllg [heir eg g j r i for behi behind nd Ca tu ed pe sant sant'S 'S recotl in terr terror or b eg
a lu lu aabb l admits tlie.hefound so et in xt er el rhe rubb rubble le cu tsid tsid tb City hp'Pin in til bring to lOSf ~n js hp'P D i g 'O 'O ls ls U f o g re re a W~Ol d. Focus: ubs:idi.:P1; ubs:idi.:P1; nppnxl!nll nppnxl!nll crafted '1 'piect' is an extraQrdinary
enOIlllOUS
broken
ff .af
stone ,:olossal
head Statl'Lf'"
it~ (ac:~
is gn fe.arsome. Anyon~' knQwlec.gcnble in Rokuganl reli religi gion on n,al n,aliz izes es r.hal thiS 5tallle depicts th inth inth K 3 m l , at te te r trO)D. th City of PrJJ; PrJJ;cn cng. g. If.t If.the he part part ar\. ar\.'T 'Tai ai·n ·n t e ~ ~ h < irir at l~e :Lost, :Lost, th~y recognize il ~s Ih head of ru statue. th::txonce ip Strike: Tht!'varty O1US[ it this O1US[ noW bLil r.hcu uri.' ornel" :o t:t: )l)l d : : J f COli artU::lCL T l,l, e < :o WY r u t > broken o p titi on on s D : .t.t ig ig o T SU SU ' S f o Jl Jl ow ow e r s \'die \'die fthe ftheit it tentplc an Itlchiba,l w(Juld go TO greal lengths l{)' l{)'se se flul flul tbeyd bead could be pUWeI'fHL weap weapOI OI 1: bolster or destroy nWl,"a]e on !;,-if-her side of the S h ~d ~d o w la la m l c o n. n. ilil lc lc ::- , if the dIaracre b eecc { m e part dIaracrerswis rswis bwken of ir. Then ag:dhl it ba is ly slat!le eJ nd
~III~~
moon
t7A;U( U.OCA:Tlon
I..J",J..
broad, pe ks
OF TH~
~OiLu~A.n,:
LOCATIOn.
THS ~AIi\S m.ASTS;t"S GVIO'ilTlII) it in t h S h ad geT'Rive ve spli splits ts th Bl ck ingeT'Ri ad o w la la n d La~1 La~1 Stan Stand, d, Even Even Iurrher 'i;nlillbe wast wastes es rh Rive Rive Black £f'nger:rhe land ll th most powe powerf rful ully ly corr corrup upte ted. d. inall the Shadow la nds, (or ris h e r e rliut rh uaik Rami fill A ny pl wh the ny w h b ey ey on on d rive rive spli spli radi radi te xt em lvhl lvhl leve levels ls of .~in .~inl, l, [ade [ade de ay
000
De
"dee "dee
sf sr
normal
in t h
a te te a
he at rs of d)'e d)'esc sc ri er Bi-C extr extrem emel el uncorrupted. .the wate wate Drinking .the MpO-J] ex..poses the 'bin I ' , 1 if he b a d s Pe Pe n rj l d . l.y in th Shadow,\11 u rj
lands" ,10J Jade
dang danger erou ou
IJ"
[he
cr
wor
f o L 1 " w ~rs
hetl hetl Daig Daigor orsu su or one
more moredb db k,
th
mm
Ha
On
brid brid e. ow ver, ver, this this se vi cernes Da mm m u offer it U V p _ sacrifice. Usually this comes in Dr peas peasan an kidn kidnap appe pe beyond th w ~ L L w, H~ he barg;)ilc it ba made, it eyes eyesig ight ht is poor poorar aru] u] I' has rrouhle distingufshing on human troID'ano[her murky river, in th If a h l .offered w Q u l d _ g T a d . L y serve as. bridg~. f ic ic e H a bridg~. Serving Daig Daigor or h11:5 ernon' ernon' once-v once-vici icious ous natu nature re howe howeve ver, r, an it is no loti lotige ge illi illi meals. ro fight 1£ mm diat diat !y of er sacr sacrif ific ic or ares ares ware wa re as to th swifily A.1111=:n TU~:: ll ha ct rs have have an With Dalgorsu Sa seck to
Cf
effe.cL
HOOIt. J.!I-ay:er
nc unte unte urai, th rake one
Any 'imprisoned play player er char charac ac u ff ff l< l< T n o
Illeffecrs this
wi
rCH
st
th wise ar still wary near h e v e ,OJ1 ud beasts LO
1113.ke
C;Ql.IfSi!;
m e within th
de ths. ths. Ev Daig Daigot otsu su's 's samuraiand Iuch.iban's Hio ca ntious when ctos~ing rhe th ow
fealty
hour's
trave]
li E!'he.r
B;tlC'G:: ~Ii)ulh
h ' re
b,'i b,'idg dg
llLlempl ll
,~t;r.rod~ ,~t;r.rod~ le ding ding deep deep
01
ce
ve nr character m:ly realtze hi', m e
samu samura ra
COD-
hridg", SQ [hat th ey might easily CTO$~ pl]gri rim. m.ll llge ges. s. to th river on pl]g th Fes· Fes·te teri ring ng PiT, Daig sn nd hi fQllowers.fled rh escaped acro across ss this this brirl,.ge an desr desrro roye ye in d h e to dissuade h e r u n e d [OUrI, i 1 ' b eehh in dari darion on stil stil stan stand, d, df course, Dsig Dsigot otsu su .kri .kriew ew diar h~ could nor h.ide in rhe 'Shadowlands Cnde£iriJte1y. though his ll1~gic wa suffic sufficknt knt to bear hi new wo do/er~ S ~ f e l Y T required if he Intended face face-Iuc -Iuchi hiba ba once once mote mote rhis end, one of rhel river' r' il ~dligem on d;'1f d;'1f dwell within th rive rhelll llor or l/I"bthu is
tire
even
prisoners less likely nl.Hf nl.Hf-l1 -l1:: :: if liley bdie~eil,e~
o , A f te te rr- a w h ilil e I;h p l v e u nn nn ia ia g n t P e h ap ap s ver brid brid
Shadowlands, D~ig D~igo[ o[;; ;;
Ut,,1
so ha th hara hara te does DOl become eu raged an atte attern rn .esca pe.inc.)' eve.n provide. Jade k e e p th character safe [rOl11 Taint. as ll~sL.i prefer,,- th unco rupt rupted ed H~sb. H~sb. taste 9£ unco The .Focus: t h cbey ar keep keepin in the plnyer ch acte acte live live to preseIi
to 0.0
of en
UlITiOSI
Uluing his through journey [he S h d ow ow la la n un es he '0 escape. artemprs Th Da 0$ weapons,
hospitatlty:
head head
Daigotsu
inti intimi mida date te thei thei
ahead, Strike:.lf
pris pris ne
wit
10
th tr
f~t('
that that li
hara hara te es pes, pes, eith eith bts own rest oJ thapar thaparrys rys aid, aid, he m,llY ~sc~lpe t.he rest rh .Has .Hashi hi Bridge. It then tills cJ'l11"-
rel' I"Iw pl rel'
~\iith knowledge
acrer
hy telling hi
decidewhar
to do.withthis Information,
rell
il
SCOld: deeper
t6e Sbarl!.lw['lnds? [orciu iu S1 pi LO -des[ L " D y ~ t . , rh us [orc D:>igotsu's ['Wops to flnd.a new he me el pu q)jitkly andIlee h e S h d ow h e u a o n b eh eh in in d ow l n d as possib possible? le? LIllO
me is filr filr e, wher wher buill Inro mort' powerful an
me
i' sculpts appealiag
ereere-th that at th o b 1i m:1I1 [be fIE's fIE'sll ll or erher crearnres
forms. Chn()nji,. [ust :1t'ld
cowardly, p O crea crea urcs urcs.T .The hese se
stro stro ger, ger,
wore wore
stro strong nger er
re re ufbakemono mote \ yi n e b re re e ofbakt'mOl1ll yi llll fu fu l a n d Jifi1cuJr 10 conr conrro ro rlra rlra thei thei re eces ecesso sors rs lhey have nlso pInY-I'll fa or ea lv population
lnnds
l.£nG In ~OKUGAn:"
U.
J..OCATIOn
~,A. ~,A.Ii Ii\; \; m.A5 m.A5T: T:'~ '~·S ·S
UII7 UII7~" ~"') ') 'iilllJ
thnt Fu Leng's body his wa OL ogres, soul In the-Twelve lllacl: Scrolls, a riri d t ha ha t al varieties n1 .style
archirecture fe t or or s. s. lili v
rh its. envirhty ax devo devoid id 01 tbl" ShadllwlanJ~ in that rhty
th Em ire. ire.
'1(' '1(' Forgotten
1 '1 '1 0 st st ' In
T om om b
.t
wh
into
tl
fi Tw
ceut ceutur urie ie
ago,
o f C ra r a b sa
ra
I{~J I{~J'by leg"
ru he om inte intent nt of secu securi riug ug it rr gh l. Twel Twel sarn sarntr trra ra ente entere re the to ino a s dlspMched twelve ve bu ther sign ther were were no remains, nr sign find th twel combat at Th Klmi Klmi.s .shu huge genj nj;' ;' of comb with tb > i:) OVeTwhelt11in·g s e n s e of e v i l lomb) ! L I . 1 d advised th h;10 'it 11 ce attempted 10 lise lise th Forg Forgot otte te Tomb. Daig is hits hits learnedthe Wi aid c'>fbisT,ru.nl' alltes, Daig
truth h aU aU l h e F or or g! g! -! -! r1 r1 ~ T o m b . was cn:at cn:at(' (' t J 1 [ ' iv Llac Llac ""
been
zvms
(V4, (V 4,:t :tn; n;
(J,..
In
1..0CATIOn
of In home
to
mighty
[DrtTt'S~
~ak(' bock Haikyo
S~1J1tl
Kap;
.In re
To the'
rdy ll;]d
r.
OIl1QIli;
true
rs
rs c eerr ra ra i
l.£nG il.OKU KUGt Gttn tn;" ;" In il.O
linle tilt, as never truly lh:1:1
ononrs ~O~4S tn,' gobUns thal thi\!eH comrade,
lu
fe
srru srrucr crur ur
ft'Llllh1g trIbes of th once-
firH place, lmporrsru t h ( :1 :1 1. 1. 1In 1In [h firH in[I slfl slfl io ir is just just heap m o n o in[I d rs rs jo jo in in re re d u bb bb l Cr Ru unpleasant noth nothin in more more
1l1~.u'S
Inro Inro
\IVf~ relied mockery
countless
in
pass passag ag
quI Blooilspeaker prisoners inside. such such
In
H ai a i ky ky o s an an u K " 'P 'P P I , tra [if useli, It lias lias beco become me
re
filr oo long are dispatched w h o 1 in in g el el 'w 'w i t ilil llll ' filr Hlmgry Chests, to be d e v o u r e d by g aakk i n r -th
JilA JilA5TSl 5TSlit it~5 ~5 GVII7~''' GVII7~'''
expa nsio nsio ,hwJ expa
rg re
C a l c i-i- d o T h o s i nr nr o t h R C < 1 l
long
I nn nn dn dn es es s
t()[ th
D:1rgruin ruin
Ti esre esre can Shad Shadcw cwla laru ruls ls Th grea grea sf-ething w i t b l~ l~ .c .c k mists an bubbling re 3.nd biit, th pit, wl Shadowlands,
.a.. .a...O .OCA CATI TIOn On
called 0>'" heart the In [he earth swirls sludge. he sk overhead is ancl blood, grease, W 1 upon il Horrible m o w n from Jep8 Jep81~ 1~ Into Into h e e r These creatures .feed al't al't~ea ~ea len oUI oft'he pit. that ,Fl."s,terittg Pi !lOI go lesi lesi even even hi l e g J " . l 1 d n r y cnntro] of h i . , I\'OllLU]
:-;h~dowI8~lds Taint £alreL IiV~n Daigcrsu 1S cauttous Jl~e, to beasts ts that that th beas w e 110 [e:olry to (he: D a i s h er er ! tbB! tbB! Fu Leri Lerig' g' power is 5'( mugesl, fu it is-here Ih~l Fe lJ to th, eart and pierced hole I"l to he J J j i ; 1, rlre pi and ~wil1"i ]ig.olnL to ould ente ente if ould Jigo Jigolm lm ph ysically. the Festering Pil 1, ~i"~ ~i"~on onge ge tha here ls U1 the ShaJowb nds. Rokugani hour oJ expo expo ny here is equa equa SL 120 minutes IJ 1).' to corr corrup upte te envir envircn cnme meru ru hr . l an an ds ds ca ca p e constantly In addrelon t hr Th wh '.;1_t';' 11eli]" to the Fe~a'r811iflS, ar unlikely to esca escape pe b"fo b"foT, T, thl:!.ir jaderunsthin or ne of he b( 1)1['0 mea] that dwells here m a
D a ig ig or or s
r em em a in in e
pe
wit
hi
mu
YOLI(h, leal"llLng leal"llLng
their
found their disdain
m ag a g ic ic a
p ro r o w es es s Leng was. was. 1 1 g . P H Leng Cllt Clltil il
wor. wor.dl dl
Daigotsu
th
an
w o rs rs h p , As
rhey
lrav lrav
"";111
wi
de~rt!cl.
Ii Al()l')g )g the oasiglu, Al()l'
Je~t Je~tr: r:Qy Qyet et1l 1lhc hccm cm
pPdru;
F o m in in g
on
Ll an C" wi
Ky
pire, llvoiding
tattooed pl
able,
~O·l'U
BIQO;lSpl.~~k~rs,
I i T I llll ;
rh 131t)¢dspeaker, Hunt Hunter ersw swho ho woul woul
rrLe rrLeng ng disg disgus ustt-
powc]:il.rl
of resp respec ec
es ap
or
City of
for building
t.l1'~ m y Onisu
Q ; Daigorsu
Ts
crea create te th 'i1i 'i1igh ghu( u(la lari rish sh Lust for many demon, n, Fushin, Daig Daigot otsu su slew slew Emper Emperor or rear rears. s. Poss Posses essi sing ng [h demo Icturi and 1.11[('w Rokugan into into chao chaos. s. rim!:! of rh Four Winds,
c am am e h i i tltl e
Da.igm:stl
R o ku k u ga g a n earning
mo
feBn~J ~1111h a H ; : c l man
Dark Lord,
With l1-IScollabo-
l . HCJ.~ .c .c .a .a p .e .e bu d Mned, e id id, d .{ .{ .nnH n t .m
r:a.t.jOI1 I,.n Heavens,, F l 1 . : : . .I,.n
"AIGOTSU T\7CS 17A.IGOTSU. Da gG u\
".AJ,..L~n J , . . o a l 7 s ro ro r
Hani Haniet et XXXV XXXVll lll. l. ers 01..\
is rl n g s rr rr a r ig ig e one. Hl mother was lddnap lddnapped ped
rh B.lllod.<;p~akwipe 1 1 . i st hn p i a l ' l l 1 . E ' J to wipe
1 1 11 11 ,~ ,~ S
ante Ii rr An ru Fill II n n a b ) U r h doom ill<' nared :i nthe -51'raml "OrJYof ·111Ul1Jcr),
1 11 11 (
I 'n :i:i n
Whe.n
hei"l' hei"l'lie lie
~:Ql:l.iJl
Bloocl clsp sp ak til!' Bloo
plot plot
as foil foil d. Th cultists spared spared .Empre .Empress ss 1:'1 nch iah ru 8~ a ba ba r a i ! l.l. g chip s h ( 1 1 1 1 , 1 caught. When th!?y Jist;OYI.·"ed with child, thel rplam grt'W ulster; Bloo Blood' d'.; .;
the Blood-
comm comman ands ds
woul co bine bl!}j:il experimcn tt rh a[ woul Luna hild hild with with siJHliQwb nds spirh. ThL'ir fin;[ fin;[ artenr artenrpr: pr: random pe~.~~nt chlh chlhl, l, resu resulte lte ln th gobh called ed gobhn" n"mr mrl. l.1l 1l no call
spe
l ee ee r
Orno Orno rn
d,
xper.inrem
i,'ll il corrupted
KymicD, WhtolJ the
tTol aver
spirt:
rh wn
they bound dS
re~ult
an
so
ufN"othing,
rhe
chrnques, lllJ narne-d on
un YUt-s11'Sawn YUt-s11'Sawn
"I((;eS,S
Daigorsu's, mOI ~1 ma
with
t1.n1J1ut
wr
pawerr~l!
of
cuno uP
D1'aho,
J O c isi s p e ak a k c t 1 l w t "" " " J" J " epleased ,wh lilC n k JO b L l [ th OradI' of B l u o d C:tud,onc.d Ihat.Ehey
\Te~redj
mi hide o l long. r! he child oJ I'he Hacnl'Ci Jiom rhe· u p m ' e y rcmoVl.,q fitllll RoblHant Hant¢i ¢i Ilyn Ilynas asr) r) fell, Daigc)tsll w o gml. Powl':rft.J magic bal1lsil.eu D~igo(su, Kyoden, unci unci IJ!1 IJ!1lo loni ni to Jigoh! t" over twO d<,ca(h~$, ThuLigh Dalgntou's sr~y in he R e U e Lu pas~ 11 F u L en en , se I " ) s e d rhe boy'~ presehc{> g [(j~vlng power. T h D a K1 mire wdl as hi.<:;g[(j~vlng am fium dre~rns WiU1Ul the chl.ld~ head. hi pris prisun un Ih Meido, planring wl gran1jl'lg ·would l'l\~ed o) Li.lJ.lte re5CI;le from rhi' Fllt'ttme ufDeatb"
hel.ped
le~." le~."n' n'l. l.
corrupted ted Tb;,· L.\,JSI were IInfll:jl· [h enlpin" pl.'[ishl'd 01 wer corrup i.ngll:' IO)la110 IO)la110 Dlligols Dlligolsll, ll, an il as o·nl o·nl when when th Winds him wn Ell Leng wavered (hUT th nd 1·\1 L < . : n g back 10 Hgokcl. Man dlS" d.e~rh \'1115 rW rh en t1 ( i D~ 1\111 ev before, Dark Dark Orac Oracle le he Dark spoken Void. who h a ve ig o ts ts u Ihl.' derails . o D a ig lmpcnding demi~". Daigorsu accordingly yidded hip soul led.hts IOy-ll!" .s.h. .s.h.atl atlow ow Dragonfor Dragonfor safekecpmg, A ft ft e D a lg lg ot ot s y.ojirtl bo Ky{!cien sJGrmced h ilil ' o el el f SO h a h u rd of Daigotsu's rerumed.The l : U - ~ essence D :1: 1 I " L o r liv,~d OTIC.'.; W:I.< gr·~'adi' more TlulLlgJ, s t i l l SITOl1g, his power U!1tll Iuchiba 1 1 ' " rerum, o n l y Dalgotsu's most trusted 11e1.1renanrs new hal rh IJa rk nr as powertul as even lhev Jid once h e f u truth. w·hen OaigOrnJ 'rerurned tL! li·f(·, fi1UnJ himsclfclcnnseil rit, Ia rit, corr corrup upti tion on an u p o n maho, 51r an an ge g e ly ly , [ h I ia ia s Inno
h e Lost
no longer
ay a f E e r re
hi devo devoti tion on to horrible !_:.IJ!"H'. Dnig h; ! d i Dnigot otsu su susp suspec ects ts I h; ho l[b'ly p.t.ls.~e~s .s thr resr of Daig_otStl'S
ble to call is I O y J ry
Fo un
it as
D e~ e~ i 1 .
perished 50111,
hilS
alle alle :n:k :n:k Lord lives He modi modify fyin in el,'mt'111ai his magic SO rh~1: will.appear as corrup corrupted ted maho w1;1;> cannot ~ H Q ~ d to lose th lili!h Llfhi~ F C i l l o w him. He erna erna ning ning foll follow ower er and He l1l1"SI mainruin (hi: dlil,) dlil,)"ad "ad appe appear ar Tain Tainte te hi sperul ul ha l \ 1 T I ~ ' [irnr- to sper ;1 powerfu nf re re n ; Fortu t I C , Iu Plann 1 1 . ) 1 : 1 0 c o nf ba ant! hl now- h u ,. and 011. Bloodspenkers impl ie rh i g r SJ SJ . ri~~'~ Fnl.l llCC~SlO were
ll
lall's, Whu
(~
tIl
trm" <;
11
is
Jestroyed yed i. hHI.l.Idlib~cn b~ Jestro command of tJ1C like himin !nIlSI shacio\!',ianJs, the jl1evh~bleresult destfl),n'rOn of i:~peop le th~ los In, .Even any Di He l1:mS".( ballJ~11 them 10 sw.:.h 1 1 0 ' <;:~.!l !lot do so by iT mself. l1eSIr0Y the nd pe wi [set'k QUi n l heIV Iwrever ex1 i l T ) . ; l t .e.e r i a i-i- a l l l h < ] 1 Wirh
it
Ue
mat:!'erR
TI
bel{ond till' K~i1.!WillI.
ma
ai bur Daigcrsu may not 11~n.IT~J alxli
(wi th
ue
I!S~
rheexceprio
\1
,111
of
IS
ev his own wi tb ill
while
one)
0\.'11.1, if atta attack ck bonu bonus. s. rather Daigorsu's h es es t.t. i k ilil le le d ar es ra T h a b i l i t y also also allo allows ws Daig Daigct ctsu su bodi bodies es rece recent ntly ly poss posses esse se or Yajlnto possess an by Iuchlban den, den, lend lendin in Duig Duigor orsu su ti:l ni !.;:bod[ magic heritage. o n i, at will. attempt a lw lw a y " a u to to m a riri ca ca llll v boundarie riesof sof rh Shadowlanris, s u cc cc e ss ss f u w i th th i lhe bounda outsider: Dargorsu is nati 's dil'1l1i!i 1i!iSd. Sd. bmli,hed hut nOI dil'1l Spell Resistance 15 Taint ReslstaJlce-Sl11(~('his fr [ h d er er ul ul , D;riglonger bear SU bear th Shad Shadow owla land nd Talnr cc
Lise r h
h o st st '
wishes.
IJAJ IJAJGO GOTS TSV. V. f'A1.l f'A1.l-S -S a:
.D
LO~t7 .L
humanoid (human); \00; hp 20 Inir +8i Spd 30 I t : ; AC 2'~ meleee-Hra Hraig igot otsu su Blad Blade: e: (touch [9, Bar-romed 20); rk 24fTl~} mele possib ible le deca decapi pira ratl tlou ou lJ.l lJ.l0+ 0+l1 l1 dafl daflli litg tg phis wounding mi poss '1 ualiries t5~d)elQlV); onoe Ii AL !.Ii;, !.Ii;,::; ::; FoTI' 1'L, S Q D a ig ig or or s D e X ' 1 < 1 , COIl zo Ir 21 \'Vfi~ 17, will Ch t, 10 in, s/lilil' Illld _F~rll,:Speak Language (RokuganI, High Rolwgi1l1\, ani, ani, Nezu Nezuml ml Ogre Ogre Buke Bukemo mono no), ), llat llattl tle+ e+ 7, Conc Concen entr trat atio io +2 Diplomacy t-15,lmimidate ·.15, Knowledge (a na er
en
.:CR
"1-,('5,
+28, Know Knowle ledg dg (Mei (Meido do +15, +15, KJ1o KJ1owl wl'e 'edg dg n ah ah o +28, Royalty) til), Knowledge No +21l, (Shintuo) ·1 '1.11\ Kn0''ivledge (Yume-do) Knowledge Knuwle Knuwledge dge (Toshl (Toshlgok goku) u) +1$. Sens Sens Moti Motive ve +1B,S:pdkrafi: 25 Item Item Cren Crenre re C r af af t W o n d O l Elem Elemen en Focu Focu (Wat (Water er;, ;, Impr Improv oved ed Initis itisti tive ve Ritu Ritual al Magi Magic, c, Skil Skil FUCllS (KnQ\.llledge: maho maho), ), Versa Versati tile le (Battle, Sense Motive), POOH; (kata na), "'vVeapon OJI)~Tem ple tlf Th Ni 1 ' 1 , KaDl i. K no no w d g
s p e l l s er ludn sdwal
DI1)';
(5ac
1 7! 7 ! 7! 7! 1 o /6 /6 ! > !r ! r oo!! 6/ 6/ 6) 6) ; sitich.:u·);
spell,
$pdllifwl, I! n e t ~) ~) !_ !_ t h
b a, a, ,
KlIul~m:'
i'I~1I1r.lllj,l:n.'al" 1 , , 1 1 1 I e r , ~deci-l1l1lgic,jlmh oj l i T S J g / H ,
ro 11 knuw directioll.
1 ' 1 ( t 1 1 4 , rtwl·lding, IIM ri.fy j!w,llll1d t l l · i n k , read rtll\gfc, Stlff'~ng1\'s IIghL WlJ!HHh.ddrd d drd hHni, ,'nJu HI" g!~ lS[-f tlre ,'nJure re element elements, s, ?)(l'e~lltlQHS rdt,),1t.pforecJ1Gtl from l.ill1lt,,.eme ei'!at!yQ1TCt'. mr!gt'
re)/ re)/or orr. r.11 11 Wll, IIJ[[rl~. o b l r , ~ I ; , 1I'l'()letii.nrr
I~sl I~sll'l'
rw d ' l " e < l r e J rw
WI$dOI11 1 1 1 1 , . 1 da:rrlYi Wi)l!llQ\,
di)pd
<;:rywg,
kami IV. imIlt'oLI"r!
n( mi waLl ICI~i 6th -Ilfil -Ilfili. i.
wo
iowle
l"fe, l"fe,at. at.Uf Uf
ng
Igli Igli (,
Cl
w r p a L kClt,mi.l
+5
as
nons
oll'wtarai
t:l)"l1'!or +5
w t llll ln ln ,j,j j ng ng )
InlP ,?cin,g;
VlI, 5 p e l l tUYj!l1'lg" Ipdl illnw1g, ,n.nll1IOIl al HI'''') ,Illy VJIi re ella b i n d l 1 l g , l i d e > of brdllr. d-IQHgillg, w~rd 1 '.[/I'Il1il11, w u I 1 i i n , l ! 'j vunll.j9i:h- dUnlmtnl )'I\'~nll,1'.[/I'Il1il11, / / l e WIt\', w l w ' t ' / o { j O l t a n r . Qtltl/rtic rtics:' s:'rhC rhC Fal1el Fal1el Lor posses possesses ses I)(llgoisu Qtltl/ uniq uniq abll abllit itle les, s, incl includ udin in th foll foll wing wing (thl'lMl abilities have changed greally Rok!tgiUi,'M denori ng D : a i g o t s u ' o curr curren en rela relati tive ve weakness poss posses es an on he ca see, ar will, as standard action, This is rhe equivalent "l'l "l'lagl agl l!lf ~p~l, cxci'-pl [o 1'11 1'11(> (> .a ed Daigotsu peed" no receptacle (he may transfer his soul irec irectl tl im th ni). ni). Th ni soul soul Is.s Is.sup uppr pres esse se awareof
,111
lils Own hod)'
wi
Onn'li liW1 W1il il to another Onn'
Sig. Sig.~! ~!
4,4-,
DAI~OT5U. fALl-an
us thel theln. n.
l .J .J ai ai go go t:t: lH lH ' S M a s l , (func-
nt
l-O~IJ
ig nc
Awareness: Void: oj Scbo Scbo.o .o1/ 1/Ra Rank nk Honor:
Iuch Iuch
Shugen]u \s~fll(hbLlI'l Kami
1.0
o,
Glory:
la u d s in t h e S l 1 'l'l d o w la j.
il Isra Isranc nc {I,), "tn>n~
Bles Blessi sing ng Clear Lr-adersh rship, ip, Ml.lgk Ml.lgk lJny, Lr-ade
Beur Beuren en's 's
re
ef'rhe Emil (tit clnban an Enemy (t clnb
os Rnkugan, Emrna-O'l Spel Spells ls Dslg Dslgot otsu su ha exreusive ~nQwl"llgt' of magi magic, c, D d cast cast 1lny 1lny spell oV!lllable to ~bll ~bllge gell llJa Ja oJ hi rank. HI r a n long longer er se an ha \llo \llodi diU" U" mosr rnaho, thuugh th they they rese resemb mb he cast cast pe wh them LnlhgUlph, ~,(~ourrier 'I. l)",(cnse ;, D i p l o skills: macv
ma
4,
Ig, [nrimLda _ I,
HU
7, Lore r(;aki-do) Lore (MeiJl'!"", wl (shu (shuge genj nja) a) 3, Lore Lore l'Io l'Iosl slHg Hgok oku) u) 4, Lore eradon 7, sh 111'30 'i, Tanto 5. rh Fullen Daigotsu's Spec Specia ia Abil Abilit itie ies: s:
C 1 Lore
Katana
numb number er ol uniq uniq
ebil ebilit itle les: s:
see, see, at will, T b ruaric ruaricall all suppre suppresse sse
i:llay possess to reslsr;
an
Da go u'
action.
ma
tfunc-
I"C~ 1,(taIIC~
tI
'to
Dmglllsu's B j a d e
nTId';I i'ing r _ 1 f pJiJtectlPlI. 5) l"ll l"ll
p r nl nl 1l 1l '
1M,) vti,
Impor/tll'lt' h a m l
LJaigo[' urnay rerum range, OT fr ru ;Jbilil ;Jbilil'le, 'le, of hlS.Jl0S1 an
f'om:s5wm: ,wIule!
!'''''!Q '!QYtlt YtltrJ)r rJ)rl; l;
/ 1 1 1 1 : saeillg,
al save save vs rnah rnah
spells,
lennll~:
deMl1
th
1IIIII.Sjbli
Idl<1rlml,
CHf~
II'il1e1-,
Slly Sl ly ~Igl ~Igll( l(
Il1JlglC,Yt'nlDll glC,Yt'nlDll mrSf,
~tQnh, Importune.
,1]"Yo\.\li,sriwn',
,lny
r. nor
+6 bOll bOll
o r g in in a
ny uni hI." carr
aur hodv becomes ts
m'l)" m'l)" TCli TCli'l 'lim im
caster er leve leve of any he cast
\0
hIS ow
body
:r wilt,
tegltrdJess
ma
'ihlfl
'cml DalgN1\\J
m,
will. ware Is ware Da
of
3r 11may
ll bili biliti til' l' no
C;lST hr
wn
pe
se
bl
one) whil whil thi~ one)
\1\
Delgotsu's
host
I~
DQigOTBll'S
body ability aLq\) allows Daigotsu [( p o s fi fi r" r" . a n y b o di di e recently pu.~I:I pu.~I:I~seJ ~seJ bv ji ing do .l Ti IQ luchiban's enl IWTltllge. ma Ont Daig Daigor orsu su ma VICW t h l oc oc a titi o of lands. s. Daig Daig will, )u{ side rh Sh do land ts Percep epti tion on roll , T ffillh· Perc view view th"r th"r unl gain gain fc Dill' d4!~ Spel Spells ls an cffpClS which affecl OIU also ~ff,·c!Dalgctsu, Resisr sran ance ce-> -> Sino Sino is e t Tain! Resi om 'de Da g'hBJi:"W!:al'd. Ta 111 nJ <:3111101 onge onge he rs accumulare nr draw draw upcn upcnIh Ihln ln hi r~~<;! in maho II thar rargers hun n v m ah ah o p e FtUTbC:l, an hJ it~T it~T ili,trl;'3Sl'd hy tlw penulry from Daigotsus t \ [ . 3 , g i c : Rl'~istaI1Cf Advantage). hts
IG
[7
OB ;tATSJ.,T.l.Y£~
vi
farher Akodo
born
£111011
scout wandered 100 fa from (h \ Y i a l J an rOll nd t h s ha to ha do do w he liki liki Whei1 notable in their previous.lives, they became honored heroes th rr
s a m u ra ra i I n st st ru ru c te te d
[1\
wa
wo
th ough ough th sini sinist ster er ~'ellcf c f th Shad Shadow owla land nd m r H e is we vi L uY uY 3 10 Dalgnrsn, an merciless to ll en mies mies He is·p is·par arti ti ular ularly ly hate hate ul towa toward rd th Nezu Nezumi mi-a -a Bo io Ia hisp severa ra year year nts seve ago, othe othe lost lost to refer 10 is pp la y e I'I' . [ari [arion on that that do not. not.se seem em to botherhirn. rher Lost, Manobu dnes nOI regard Nezurni as pil.t:heric, pil.t:heric,.lal .lalrghable~ rghable~ ur unworaref areful ully ly
llte lltere re
about T h e s e s l 'r an an g J; J; ' c r ea ea t ur ur e ezum ezum
rich cu an last lastin in
that.
SQm~-
ha ea
rheEmptre's.
knows
ar
shug shugen enja ja powe powerf rful ul
know know
rhsr rhsr
pfre
He wi Manobu
tr them al desrroved, never underesrimares
ez mi
real realiz izes es what what
armie-s -s an ride summon, hi armie rides. s.ou ou [( can. unite recogn gniz iz NeZU111 1'1,lW reco trad trader er ar ate
Mano Manobu bu's 's
the M'arch-tek'ch, or r or o r no no rr r r ow o w ' i s s yn yn o ny ny m o u th 'deall,' in th Nezu Nezuml ml language). Even t h S ta Ratling ings, s, fellbw ta in in e d Pa Ratl
Tomorrow's
se va ts of Daigotsu, void void Mano Mano u. Crip Crippl pled ed Bone Bone hief hiefta taln ln p'rr p'rr he ha romi romise se tw seasons of cooked mea ti fine fine delive vers rs M'at M'atch ch-t -tek ek'c 'chs hs seve severe re lbtling who deli heN ezurni, knows and it pleases lriru.
neau
W~el W~el
Iuch Iuchib iban an dcl" dcl"ea ea[e [e Daig Daigot otsu su an
uy of th In
IDl:illY
ho f o o w e
h im im .
yuun yuun samu samura rai' i' mind, rrue choi choice ce other rrue founde de thl:1 city. H e Lost their Daigorsu ha foun greatest virtories. H i m o rh rh e Lord wlrh 110 ChIlly one that revere. f{€ followed Daigotsu into began girding is ng forc forc eye 11 tnaj counre rartack. galls rely ~D heavily upon hi as the
!:!uined lord's plans.
ha prov proven en frui fruitf tful ul·, ·, 'WhCll Mano Manobu bu's 'sag agen ents ts disc discov over ered ed NCZ1.Illli i~ exte in deep deep extens nsiv iv know knowle ledg dg e( :o :o gn gn i ; e d o of urnl urnl c u llll , u r e ,I to r e( ,I rh Empi~· Empi~··e. ·e. Accor Accordin din to city would cO!1T3in powerful magic lais [orces to an wisd wisdom om IDS{ to eter eterni nity ty Mano Manobu bumo mobi bill llze ze bu vexed [~l~t' th~ Lord, was Dark to discever
"AIGOTSU 1i\£CIi 1i\£CIi nl AnC£STO;{S (YOI{All
th Fo
rh
ez mi
splh ,e':lu~
uins uins
Bone,
relics already disc discov ov have have nvin nvin greater treasures _ j_ j_ M th o t (he D a t he he r n th th ~ mille L oy o y d an destro to destro And if in ,;0 Nezumi, all th bette better; r;
with
Mano Manohu hu ha even ak dty. He w i
with [hem Da/gotSLl Iurhib Iurhibarr arr
Use, I S a m U l " C 1 . i reclrniques
Lion
emulate
raining),
U n ea ea rtrt h
Regener~Li(nl
o{ROJWga.ll ll'" '" fon.Jd fon.Jdr! r!ll lll) l) Cil'frtllw o{ROJWga.
Temple le of th f \ J J ( ) - : Temp Poms~i.QIH: '111111!~1 !I l'l, l' l,
II.,
j'
l.ords l.ords jealous jealous of this this 1I11 1I11~, ~,an an,S ,Som om
were were draw draw
orsa orsake ken, n,
+~ J!1~HiaJ !!J'IIIOtj + 3 k r llll -a -a fifi < i (~uces+r
1 llll flfl uf uf a
honor to
to
they would
thei thei
their accorrrplishments:
A.ftet
U1C11IUS
se_r·vants. -when
th
Daigorsu
cest cestor ors. s. im
Family was formed,
prop proper er nc stor stor
ottl ottlie ie
mily mily
Ji lZ\JSt AI
[7AIG-OT5V The spirit
even IU those it 'rhua~e~
Fln~S~ T-SA T-SA1" 1":[ :[1A 1AIG IGOT OT5U 5U
Fire:
Prerequisite: Taint Bene Benefi fit: t: Youga Yougain in ~.+'4 tl al Sear Search ch Spot Spot ness ness chec chec hile hile in th hado hadowl wl nd s, 'allY lo tion tion in the sh~dow_j_andsthat vo ven. ven.tl tl [b lo atio atio as ch:;mgtld $,ih $,ihc~ c~ th there,
/D ig ls
Elit Elit
ua
ne
.0
Glory: .0 (4. in th Shad Shadow owla land nds) s) Shadowl Shadowlands ands Tatrrr Tatrrr:5.0 :5.0 Adva Advant ntag ages es Hear Hear 9f Vecn Vecnge gean ance{N ce{Nez eztn tn Disa Disadv nt ges: ges:
Fasc Fascin in ti
Heartless
(Nez (Nezum um I,{-)vp,rc.onfjJecnJ
shadowlands n ea ea rtrt h I )')' "Regeneration Powers: Blood ns skills: Battle .s.HexSEm2.l1ship 4. Hunting 4. .Inrlmidarion 4. Jiuju['iu 2', Kenjutsus, KYI1JLttsLj - 1 - , Lore (Nf'llimi, b.•Lpre (Shadowlands\ 4,Nezumi LanguIlge 3.
[7 AIGOTSV
InI: InI:ZU ZUSH SHAl Al ~llrrOl'l1lr.Jjng~.
aw~y,Cne_sS
when when fn th Sh dowl dowl nds
DOJo:
[U
he Uta.:k Finger ef or or e it serve rh '03 igotsu [,1 ;1)' hi River, F a b ef izuslmt is lle,ther nale nalevo vole le host host Ir unred place. e. lle,ther unred th plac or maTe maTe er ly in isti istinc nc doud that: eccasinn eccasinnallv allv lakes tr th it would 1,~ad w3'nciel'ing S;:ntl; te their dooms, COlJfusiug them ;lld leading rhem rhem deep deeper er Inro Inro ,the ,the Shad Shadow owla land nd with it eeri eeri moan moans, s, Sinc Sinc comi coming ng lO St.'1"Vo;! Daig Daigot otsu su th spir spirit it .has .has bt'coIDe more Iucitl Iucitl When When it choo choose sess-to to spea speak, k, it reve reveal al volu volume me abou abou tile terr terr nJ stor stor/, /, th Shac!'lwlaml'l. It k n o w s plac places es no on .else has- ,(0,"1\, re ture ture that that 110 on as surv survre re d. ig spillt is of n d d r a r h a b eeee n ,ht,t(> n c h e f a "'Pi £ 1 . 1 Leng,
Wa:ter::4
Ail·;
some of
:ll:d lw·cal'l1e
Da1"k
.supernarural
Earth:
i' oT,u oT,u's 's Legi Legion on
spir spirir ir
['he lOSI lOSI Some Daigorsus Daig Daigol olsl sl Il) Lqstro hrin hrin we hui' hui'lt lt ()f rhe vengeful
Fu
rJ\nc::sro~
ClAI ClAI.G .GOr OrSV SV InAn InAn.. ..OB OB
Schuol/Rank:
[1 nd in
latiorish
discip iple le ~ng;e ~ng;e ge to serv serv hi disc setllied he arri arriva va ofth ofthes es .spi .spiri rits ts 'aml.I,;'Ommanded
ShlldQwhnds), Sarnurui Medhl])] Medhl])]~~jz[' ~~jz[' humanoid 1\ 1I man J; l-rn l.od ';l 30 hp [lll: Irri Irri +2 Sp 2.0 F t _ : Iiouch 1(;, Ilat-toored lS)'; Ark -r2a/ltS d ' i Q ~ ' H - d am am a g e ; S'QAl'lcesld D a s ho ho , c la la s S k {KnQYlI~~ge S h H . o w bn bn ds ds l S hr hr ou ou d o f Death (,gJU1S undead p e lt unmu unmuni niri ries es exce except pt rm unit unit 7. Wi LE; I~I~, R e {12) {12) Dcx 1.:;. t-tl!; 1 r 'Ccm (I. 91n. nr 11,.Wi? 1 4 : , ella 1 - 0 , Taiar r,Rokugani:, High RaJ'_ll@!tli, < : ) ! l H , !lnd FerlIs: S p e a k Langu Nezurn i\ Hor ld 14 Knowle Knmv Knmvle ledg dg.; .; (Nez (Nezum umi) i) Knowledge dge (Shado (Shadowla wlan,i n,isl! sl!14. 14. l\lwtll:l's 'Iechniqu 'Iechnique, e, Armo Spol lS l\lwtll:l's Armo Fo us (pnrrtnl arrrtor), ("jetil'l''. Dais Daisho ho Sper Sperin in1i 1i~3 ~3ti tion on (:bt (:btan anu) u) Powe Powe Attack, Versatile
SJwtlmi!/al1d1 fulvers: Blood S en en se se ,
rk or ih t ; _ ; i 1 y
D aL a L go go ·
conncerion
Male Male um an (humanosd, Daigotsus $lite Guard 1:
W~<1pjjnFOCLIS (ht~na),
family ynkai, asce ascens nsio io rh lo ck ck e dthe 'Iainred dead have f lo
Th
Listen, ari Wilder Wilder ca uner unerri ri n : g l fi nJ have have isiw isiw b!lf b!lf re lasr lasr tlml tlml;' ;' y o . l 1 were"
JilI~V5H AI
?O nTS) nTS) YllU have
,I
su erna ernatu tu
Shadowla ruls ruls the Shadowla
r o l s w h ilil e l(f,-.utilltl even if then',
in dl 1'
Y()U
re bess ol ou
£tlH £tlHQ1 Q1.1 .1ndlrrgs In
g:n" g:n" rw Free Free R~ises
UI
ng
sh~tl(lwhtnds. Y o n c a n u l1 l1 l'l' rr rr in in g l f i n d an fc'r(' fc'r(' rhat YOll havt' vjS.jtl'"D ~n we L _ I S I ume
the 5haJ"wiaIlJs
HlIOTA;'lU
I7AICjOTSV Iife Iife .l ch
rh
ra
.rev .rev le
adma adma
lIE, betrayed.
Blocdspeaker'sseccnd jlsi;~ull upon upon the. the. Empi Empire re he highest eleVated ted hib] hib] betrayal eleVa 8 1 M L s :p:p e ilil k : + s a n he became jama SU~;ll:S per-
rhe' ci ty o f R Y 9k 9k o Owari' 11 {[,oin the. }jl[],)d.~peakets· grllsp in _lar _large ge parr b~cil·11~e!:-lyo]:~ru refus refused ed to reco recogni gnize ze the ronin, RdchiD Iegitu Iegituna nate te tl]~e tl]~e I. th<:., J.rtrw J.rtrw Sun punished Hym{\nl left left bind bindin in bTge. stone 1t luchi luchi": ": rormen rormenrcd rcd viSO.I. Unfori unarel
DAIGOTSV
HOCHIAHtli\~
(5 s..
irt
~1CI
hi fnmily. when when fighrin"g within th D~igD D~igDts! ts!Jfam Jfamily ily
Ihe 11am!! of D:l1g D:l1gol olSu Su or
,at,at-ra ra:c :c roll roll
nu mb
another
thirty feel
TAinT::" IT::1i\S
I\YOkOOWBrl. ifll,~rrO!;P te ,Afrer le rill rill re nd of Hy od sp sp ea e a ke ke r p . s 1 n c D a ig ig o s n f re re J~ J~ d h e spiri III o od spirit, t, Heprom Hepromise ise Hyotanl is veJi.g~i veJi.g~i net' tl pon the B lo retu IT! Jpt lo od od sp sp e ak ak e !' al eg ance ance form former er oo ca er an bedenmged~d
unpredlcrableatumes, D;~jgpr$:u.'S'
ur
FC:H:(.~~S-_
Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er
char charac acte ters rs
fillil}'
nor sel
character wlll wlllin ingl gl
join join
an thai:
th BI69 BI69ds dsp( p(~k ~kef ef.l .ll. l.
riru riru 1i~nk dd yonr am modifier to aL dafI)agc Bloodspeaker, ro llsagaius: llsagaius: Yougaina 10 bonu bonu 10 >l SPQt ,theoc:ks ag'8h.~[ Bloodspeaker DisJ,;wlse checks, it
17AI 17AIGO GOT5 T5
H,YO H,YOTA TA;t ;t
pe wh
Y' pt sg u i se se , biding or in i sg
ac rolls ;t rolls 3gain.<;t
IJAIG IJAIGOT OT5V 5V HO HIAHIIi HIAHIIi\S \S t\lon t\lon know know .fot cert certai air: r:
ar
kJ'QWn ts thar slle as p n years, '\J'd. caused Daigcts t( become what ~ritlshe n6\j;, in rs in Ji.gD.k~1 .B lO(ltis pea
ke
at 'bef 'bef ll 't
IilOTHE;tDY'
re ch i!dlthllr_h
Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er lo During[h~ process that h e i s she became col'tuped, Though consumecl. atch atches es ev Hochlnhimc
.;IJ nr er l1 !Y ri he immed immediat iately ely abandorrs 'i\i1lIngly jolns th Blcodspeakers,
with t h
r" lr .i em'!i ~J
ti
d ue ue l w i t vw
Clan
pta
apa
ar rh Crab Crab elan
W3 te III ;:rredinto Y" As by th villainous R u ad 's gtri gtri is "i'u:kamo.1lc{'rpre:o law ro TPpbr.p rI,P hflfl,d t'h~T- h" Ill"n rl :1 beknownsr to Y;1keuna, this 1 ' h ' 1 I ! everirual] toolt ill{'
S ha h a dn dn w le le nd nd s
,.iesrrt.yed
wJrh
p ow ow e
be
ll
nd
wO\IH
DOl
so e~ lt
yll.t
DA;tI{n~SS
Juchlbnn ,MI;)WS no .Bl:oodspeakers riot [9 it rhatYakamo HQ (111111~ al ,illy orFuleng an fears th c!aw c!awv. v.ro roul ul make make pawnof.its user user ..Bl ..Bluc ucds dspe peak aker er.s .sen enri rine nels ls guar guar th cave cave ar al time. watchf l l . ! for a n y s e r v a n t for hun hunsel sel '['hL, Is,of.co urs ...( 'x 'x a~ a ~ t w h a w o u l happl'n_ The. On Lnrd
claw's.
to ea s, nd re rt tect tect la w o r fu the. clay rhat some Bloodspea1;el' fGolishly dons the c la when SQ'n1C loyal servant Leng fin,ally recovers the weapon, he used an me ivid ua I SB SB ilil l_ l_ £ ; , \ Y9.l5:il.lJ19'~Cia IV ca hil: hil:nd nd wr.o wr.o pres presse se srunrp rp tc rh srun the (Though .t OT"i'giI131Iy rned rned am ef rm la ca
be w o r e n e i h e arrn.) '0 loag lis thee laws o w n e r wears th d B \ V , II(> ~CCI.iD.lU ! a l e s nt.asi he were in he Shadow I~.lld.'l. oETail1! normally JIJ(je JIJ(je clI,n clI,n protect against hisaccumularion Y,fl Y,fl hi.o hi.o': ':
Ci
v' i:
,I
pon th
wh hono hono [jlfl :Var arc er :Var Lord Lord's 's uame. Prer Prereq equi uisi site te aigb aigbts tsil il f::Lil1ily only Toint unkl di,honor di,honor B'en B'enef efit it 'You 'You lose lose !lP HLJl10r whencQmmi:r;rlng 11 ou gain 3. +1 pr b om om lS lS ' to ;ttt ;tttac ac toll toll wh~n wh~n figh fighti tin1 n1fw fwit ithi hi rh.irty fem of il,mher em be of tbe DaigOt~ fainily.
'1 crs J.d.1 OriS-20,
IArtC;:SiO~ f'£A f'£ATi Ti 17AI 17AIGO GOiS iSli li HOCHUlHIm.~' VlJll
i,
an 'i ilutexl. When When ¥ai: ¥ai::a :amo mo late late asce ascend nded ed to eles eles ia aven aven .a he new Vi['ti Strn 1 1 1 1 . 0 commlssione d' heEur t.I ne Lto, np io io n -; '. r np create po.wcrfLd. swords [('it each each of the .chm did Yakaillo 119 On j, reforge ttii~:dilW to b e , gJ gJ ve ve , - r t h m6tt'I.1S. by nri ar [lar [lar ra le ~)btsll retreated from u m a n t ry Ea h. wJ he ry ! ~)btsll .)1bW .r¢~id .r¢~idt.c t.c i.n ~hr:: sbd(·,wY·".lve "h e c la la w 6ehilld. Ir .)1bW left ( "h he Cl
ng
an
e q ~ n . ! to Y O l l t Bl
[he"
alliance
and
"AI
Dunng
Oni,
"O~ '8),,00[7
THI;tST
)fAI{AmO~S C)"AW
!I
p~oncieiley if r n ( : f H g : h it rcqul ·i~ atr.tJ:cJH'd, \V~apon Focus and We~pon Sp(>ti·ali!'.ubon :feu5 .may th claw .normally:lt nt +6 vOlpal tllhilliGe~ n en en r a : d . g no no rc rc s 1 1d 1d am am ag a g e .red Uction. 'the WM p an a n : u ls ls o damagt" ,tg~ ,tg~ill illll ll,[ ,[ all ltlel ltlellt ltbll bll uJiJ
Thunder'" To dr
fal1] Li (Hida, DOji, n rm rm o . o , t H a l w a Sno.lIro, HaYllsbl, or UlakLlj.
i,
!SlI,
em be wiel Yabmo's claw is wielde de (butifrh'e only wid, t s speetallzed ifhe ha :1 skill ....>ielder' >ielder' skill skill L~l es es s t ha ha n is w i 5\. The Cl intlk intlkts ts 4k4 nd in unless it is.a is.att ttac ache hed, d, Th weap weapon on igno ignore re ,all carapaces andinvulnerabilities, The
mage
aTh ts
Miru mnto, Bayushi,.or Uraku),
fumll/, .HiJ .HiJ I. 00)1 00)1 TOHU"i, Isawa, Shosuro.
Potnts, he po:r R~ise made, WbeI WbeI th wi lder lder I 'l l L 1 O U acu 41 hours, Whel1 he awakens, hi Earth. ,aIld~Vo;.d are perm'illilel1l1y reduced by fh~Iea Cter be pJ(I~Ied widl hurri.bIt area rns of v i l e n e an torm tormen en mayor 3Y[] 3Y[] -i In 'por 'porte tend nd di.~ di.~eeve eevent nt m p a g n I.
b e g in in s
o se se - Barth ~t rate.
tlf
BJ..A"~S
Of" T~VTH S£C;t~TS
AnD
'The st.o st.ory ry oJ., oJ.,he he$e $e tw blades L~ .hOW .reraernbered Dilly 3. Iiandfu of Cr3 pea~ pea~an ants ts Slio Sliort rt aIter th Ma conq conque uere re Crab vill Hiru Hirurn rn Cast Castle le th surr surrou ound ndin in villag ages es bega bega to fall [0 th On Lo d' adv ncin ncinga garr rr tes. tes. On ofLh ofLh se Vill Villag ag Kotaru Mura Mura wa .bcs .bcsie ieg· g·ed ed by th M;l' M;l';V ;V'S 'Slieu lieute tena nant nt Chiz Chiz re As th sl ldow ldowla land nd bord bord ·xll ·xllmd md an eng\ eng\Jl Jl£e £e th vill villag age, e,jm jmle le ie in it
"fhe governor governor of th .vil .villa lage ge swor swords ds nn], nn], name name Kaiu Kaiu Hatu Hatu unde undert rtoo oo on fina fina desp desp rate rate gamblt, He I.hr I.hr hi body and ,wq perf perfec ec swor swords ds tQ be used used agai agains ns temper ered ed wirh wirh powd powd ja,1e blade w a s . temp to protec protec fro. fro.m: m:rh rh Tain Tain rhar rhar 110W fill filled ed tlre tlre.v .vill illag age, e, bu 'eve 'eve fbcrlis·h C' wo w a born W i Wielder to d e u c o n Ha di dusi dusing ng rh ;;ll ;;ll ds to destroy Chiz Chizar aro, o, bu hi sa rifi rifi le Lhe villag villager er escape escape ince ince Haru Haru death, the Blades ~
TH~ BJ..AD;: Of'S~C;';:TS twin
more
-a
ppeared
several d ec R:'yl;lko lkoOW3T\, :l,nJ ec ad ad e a g in R:'yl; sp wn carn carn unti unting ng it, Tb esul esulti ting ng 6.lp 6.lpoJ oJ6a 6ath th rein reinfo fotc tc (l Lies Th of Lies it~ ur nt here here abouts ;1(' unknown. '1,3
l P c e d Iwlu Iwlull llIl Il,T ,The he blad blad
over over
a .d.d - damage resisrance. blade als 'h~ dang danger erou ou curs curse, e, W h e .i.i = e ve ve r h e wielder rolls eirh eirher er crit critic ical al fa!J fa!Jur ure' e'or or \l Ifths wielder ha no wi Void Void Poin Points ts r~ll r~ll)a )ain inin in (o nol'l(> (l il deals poinrs.of rernpornry Wisqo,1;n ma the hours, Upon Upon awak awaken enin ing, g, he loses erie Cons Consti titu tuti tion on petm petmn. n.i1 i1en enti ti abiliTY TY scor scor t.f], i , s - is 1101 abili d aam m a ge ge " b "I "I T - p en en nn nn ne ne J reduction of rh characters abil ability ity scor scor tota totals ls). ).
COTJleS~Ucrysra] a n
w"ield ldr. r. ofrhis sw rd de la When,e,~r. th w"ie
attack t:
RaIse (the
,1 should
ie
i~
keep track
Rais Rais s, th
he makes ti thi's ,~ct're ,~ct'rerly rly III fi'rsr of thi's
This This swor sworel el lli
T~UTHS its. to
gain
It Hidn ~tim;iJ.rai
ho foundtd.asl.
olTr
k e~l Iwlnn Iwlnn r !,!, T b.fad,! overh s is Q,4·ke~l Jade Jade dama damage ge resistance, The bl~de curs ..t'l..HY m e wielder deliv a ls ls o c ar ar r e s p o w er er fu fu l curs threat range of all ti atta attack ck dire direct cted ed
cbmes al cryst~l ~d
unti] ir as returned !'o hy tlD.l,'each da I he he w re re lJ lJ ;e ;e r s e s . \ El El d t h J 3 J a d e ofIruths {lod
normal, Oe
11~\[u 11~\[u
or
e r i e
we k,
bonu bonuse se ~gai ~gains ns himc himcau ause ser] r] at"ly"ne!.
he
il s, il!)' wearer (l makea Slte'nglh hour i"1rlh~armor ..,eiz~phr~i,al 1 " ; 1 ) 1 1 il wearer an fon:es h.rn to draw his w n in bo ~HT10[ and weaponsfound some some manner manner .!::h" h"dt dt)w )wtl tl.o .ods ds ur l,l~lJQlly t-hir t-hir,t ,t)' )' Livin Livinggll", .!::
b(jn~ iI.I'ITlC)F forces
ru
crlt crlt leal leal hrca Fang th'~SWOI{tscurseirnmed-
bOIJ~
Li
wleIJ~.:r to r < ' w U 9; on s- i la d . . ignOl'e~ dl ,d~mage r o l s a swe I L T:1e: b la liw\,dilt liw\,dilt'r 'r.~b, .~b,ill illIY IY ol ::ih"d(w.!
carrie carrie
An
power powerful fulcur curse. se.
pn
GJ1(X"
nlJiiHC&
r h e S h ~ : Jo Jo w l i llll 1 d ~Taint
BI-ACKST5SEL
dice dice ar lL~" all dam-agO! rots
Blacksteei is ow ra
[I
sword's
{1
~nd I. t- ':'p ;Inl' lr~di T~i,; r.r:t('rl W l f J ~ oil grnJllilll" d('rtl~a~itlg by nne dl(A-rer q0'1' u~)ld d :;:; ~ h l .J .J 'O 'O u , i s g o n e 1[ ih ~l nd nd c o f er sets sets asrde t1.. l ~l dots 1 1 0 1 use it ~-'1 1'LJ!;e ~g :1ins h i c au or d U . S C tmmediau se se d tb s w or utely end,
-flp;Ain' -flp;Ain'11 11
SH A"OWLAnJ'S Ji\AT::~IALS
Ro ga
eel, eel,
st
it corr corr
ed us eIJQ eIJQug ug dJig dJigl. l.h, h,'i 'i;: ;: corr corr upri uprion on fu thei thei woun wounds ds rube slightly rnore pall1ful than. normal. rl:ough the Tl)i:nt th~ blades carry
IS
ofrirul! ofrirul! succumbrrr succumbrrrore ore e;l\sily to s ha ha do do \ l a ru ru i Taint. As blflt:lc.s't!icJischeap, E > a s V t o p ro r o d u ce ce , an P'9w P'9wc' c';J ;Jul ul it has: beco popular wiih rouin, become me parr parric icul ulnr nrly ly an ng an ther ther Unsavory grou groups ps .. Il n! lr,e lr,e unre unrers rs loathe. ac reel reel or tr adia adiate te Any b1ackslecJw~ap.ons rheydtscoveraze no ebvio ebviousT usTain aint, t, CO n f s c e d a n destroyed, A n y n d v i u a they f in in d f or or gi gi n blscksreel are a rr rr es es te te d a n exec
Blac_ksTEelw e p on on s g a
a ~ - d :u :u n~ n~ g b o
US
o n a II II c r
en
hits hits An indi indi vidu vidual al carr carryi ying ng blaC'kstEC Th
lot, W e ap ap P rna d,~ th nk
'Sh"dow iul1ds
(Jf r1
ftsmen
an
WC1Js
horn In
IIIflll! ials ials
th
un
Ulin Ulin
e'
ar
'-cl'euti\!l.",if gI"Ueso"'e,
S ha ha d9 d9 w la la .n .n d
nd po es
a r p£tt'n
STrange
es
ig s,
.maho-ts -tsuk uk necro necroma manc ncers ers ha made made ing .maho more more effe effecr criv ive, e, magic, so ar unde undead ad.a .are re give give .a bon I" wl"apons resilie nc gr,em.CF gr,em.CF than price, lrowever.ns th:_ellving orrn orrnal al.T .T sees sees liea lieacy cyco come me bone bone hasa hasa thir thirst stIo Iorb rblo locd cd
rmor
we
+2' n:i'I~4,al
that srack srackswi switl: tl: an)" an)" otherother-enh enhanc anceeLlvlng bo·nt:. !illg used mi er day, with fresh bl()oJ mo
elder to
weapon
save _(1)C
h e w e ap ap o n on himself teed ir: Tliirsryliving bone armor force~ its wearer tn make ,(1 D C 20 once er Dour co th armor e lz lz e p hy hy s ro control control of it, wearer n d o n hi it' w n iv:illg. b on me ma on e m o we po ml ShaJ ShaJow owl~ l~nd nd ~~ 20
tu rri
l "i"i C
liljnl,
ha _per in
of
dn
an
25
hi!' poinrs
ness
-,,[ten,
If
p~m; p~m;tJ tJ
w ~ e k , this p e na n a ltlt y
[hough
io,r
rmo ha>s ha>s
the
w e a p on on s impose b .l.l ac ac ks ks te te e
uses uses
n c e as as c f a . t i e
the penalt penalties.a ies.are
sree sreelw lwea eapo pous us
" < l> l> gu gu la la rlrl y
by 1. The peh;lh!<,s no usin usin bent'.fidal
same.
thifr;dcter~ suffer fiG Uieffects
fbI' fbI' lIsi lIsiRg Rg black-
Mosr Mosrsa san: n: ural ural oh.b.e Daigo Daigots ts
fntnil fntnil yw[eld
b la la cc,, k r ee ee l w e a p on on s
naroness of H1 and:30 hir points
Blacksteel has l31acksrr.d ru 1'.1:1)'
Indi Indi
er
f iv iv e . ex ex t r W"unJ.~ ma 10, tin" re-rollec (onl (onl~, ~, tmc: tmc: p<.H" d~'m"g" roJIj,
weapmiS
wher wher
idud idud
IOTI.gN than.
l:>l~ck~ (·elllr!
r~ll)'in
our
.5 TN
penalty
If
-f't,·t pe Earth, t; all Earth,
pers person on uses
blacksteclragularly increases f m w ee ee k h i fJenrur increases another ~5 T h ~ p e na na lrlr ie ie s .Imposed by ll!ar'[Q;rl".. [ad ... nor usIng usIng bl cksr cksrcc cc
,afr ,afr",r ",r on -wcck -wcck
ha nn bent bent''-fl flda da prop proper erti ties es same.
_Bia~k'ucel. armor-
thou though gh [h
rO~l
steel steel weapon weapon
M.Q~1 sa
ra
Dalgots-u
l n hlaekfamily widd
b la la ck ck s e e w e ap ap o n
oru
With th
CHITin ?owernd
rrrariy onl possess, It a~ lnvulnerablliries 8rITrorsruj!h of lime hefQ hefQre re am ln en ve anemptl·d create resilient ar or fr their hide.-l'he crab experimented time, bu.t loul'l,dth "pro~e'5'¢s wirh this e d L O deanse ('hi1'l11 of ~h T~lihr-aL<;o 'te.moved al its et hlca SD;U p r o te te ct ct :J :J v a b d t t y . SOtu ved' tIm problem by s'imply le\1v-ing ~he' derr:lDlllc r r . - a l 1 1 5 Tai:med_ Tb mb OS and 11UrilOwear wearin in fe~r fe~r50 50n: n:te te a·nn a·nnor or tmkm tat'! o'cC~$.i()iHlly be rOll mfHes
Uving 6on~ WtJp,:1ns roll un 1'.~ttJ die :mu iv in in g h on on e annor gt~n Jamngi' mlh, L iv gt~nt5 t5 +4bl'I1 +4bl'I1U: U:>! >! rl,e weaH'r's rn "lll:B~ Hit. llv!ng bone,,,,enpono nl"USl be used Q' Hv larg~t o . p e dlly,-antllJvin,g bQ a rm rm o 111usi bloud th~y s o k e~ e~ 1 v \ f re re s nc ~. oy I.hi nily ivhlg bone WC;lJ.lon fo~ct's: in; b ec ec o m e 'til irsfY,' ::l'(l Q!1(;: P~T bOl:r make lp er ro V5 ill' [Ur .lh,~ .lh,~ Wea?OIlOn him~dfto J : e e u
b la la ck ck ~ te te e
s av av es es . M n l.l. titi p l
}~b(;~ }~b(;~tec tec
peurc h o c e o f m a Though bone geners ily 'makes peurc fo a l h u h e j11OS-r u d n d p r m i v e w e aapp on o n s smlle enrerpris-
bo
F o: o: rr- titi tu tu d
~l;.rrerS
hl>o
cumulative
fl~:r
-Bon -Bon:: ::
l.iving bone enhancement men!
1.:)I)gl'Ythun
i s p e rs rs o for: pro[uPl" :p~-n~Lty .t.m (lll
an
Da
n s f u L ow ow l ar are grea greatl tl offe offend nded ed
(')111
preclatorv allies.
bo
of this Daig Daigor orsu su ofbestial and
by it. Th
01'\1.
c_ (I Is easil d i u n u t h a Tr from normal Rokug aa aa i a r u o te nd 1_culm US"lI<1 1_culm lnaddition, some varieties chit chitin in stil stil n-rain his; 3CCOI:<1, U1E' armor might"
Dahl\g Dahl\g-lm -lmlJI lJI(l(l-(, (, IITIIl IITIIlIsomet Isometime ime forge «'m;; p cw cw e rhcugh ii is quir quir dang danger erou ou In ma on ra form form Th f{,~\-II samples that have and ccrruptiou. the' Inqu Inquis isit itor or 11 \ler \lerhu hu [a neut neut aliz aliz an estr estroy oyed ed ev ry item item
of P'it~f~lrg P'it~f~lrged ed obsidlankno obsidlanknown wn have cros crosse se Kaiu wall, to have vl mo piece (Jf-pi(·.f~lrged obsidian radiates corr corrup upte te envi enviro ronnin Lhiny-foo! rndlus. If pit-fnrgeJ corr corrup upte te envi enviro ronm nmen ent, t, ih exhausted. exhausted. rwicea swiftly by th esul esulti ting ng Tain Taint; t; 'Tho 'Those se ho i di di a prot protec ecte te fi:m fi:m th Tair Tair naturallv by Ql1Y means immune. like ,I th e
NezUIhi
Dr
ag
Any a rg rg e
ck
by
\-VJ'lI \-VJ'lIpCIll pCIll made of pit,-fprgd ohfliJ-
20") or su fe
Fort
J2
d4 oi nt of hado hadowl wlan antl tl Tain Tainr' r' Losr Losr hara haract ct rs an natn natnra ra arlo arlowl wlan an be st io accr accrue ue Ta 1 1 1 1 hi mann mann r) Armo Armo mnth,' frpm pi Lorge orge obsi obsidi dian an rote rote ts lI wear wearer er From From alle alleff ffer errs rs rlHH specificall targ target et crea creatu ture re With t h su xcep fo e ffff ec detect Taint. Taint. Pir-fo Pir-forge rged.o d.obsi bsiddtyPC', xcep ec r t ha ha t detect 111W:J
dl'tcd spells, w h C h ange ange On.l
c. 'On
w,
3FITIOr
ma
'Uucl'-ion
of
/+
vade) 011 ts wearer, 11'5 1l1SD if h _ i ' were .in c o r r u p t e d cnvlrcnrneru person who wears llli en In merit ad e p r or or ec ec uu uu n he W e a L S twice as q'uickly. exhausts a n j ad pers person on wear wearin in oni Chl[LI1 armo armo is vuln vulner erab able le La spells nd ff a s if h e h u h e S b T Q w n d subtype, an 2. ChiLLIl has'] h a r d it points er
r nc nc h o f r h c kn kn zs zs s On
hlti hlti
ign re
by jade w e
Taint exhausts
!llly
we ed t').1" corr corrup upte te .envir .environ on me r, pers person on corrup upte te envt envtrn rnnm nmem em ;I corr
jude
ha
vuln rabl rabl IS vuln th Shad Shadow owla land nd Tair Tairu, u,
7IT~f'01l.G£D OBSIDIAn
quicklyto sp ll
This mate-rial is the celestial Blessed Jnde, th ar nd powe powerf rful ul t G l 1 l l ofja ofjade de crea create te in. the Realm Rarely seerv outside th Shadowlands, hB le le ss ss e A n ce ce st st or or s thlll fo ge nbsi nbsiW: W:mi mi '; perh perh clOSt'SI. rh Empi Empire re 11.15 with corr corrup up steeped with wi rh ord ll rl corrup upte te ad pi [-forged [-forged .1 an an corr tu he Festering Pit.This jagged black found ( 1 1 1 1 oh~i.dl dUlkuLt ro harnlle \ v i t : ! 1 o u l T h s to to n absorbs :lillight ;mJ heat heat caus causin in it to appear 3S ma blac blac mass mass su roun roun ed by i nt nt o with pir.-(9rg pir.-(9rged ed ubsidian ubsidian is iimu iimued edla latl' tl'1y 1y redu reduce ce TO blac blac slud sludge ge bless-ed jau(' described in iNtl !1f.S ,1 li Willds) touches
f Le L e c v e a t d ou ou b
ia poin points ts pel" pel" i.nch of thickn thickness ess An)' An)' targ target et struck
LJf
h e normal ~t and L5 11it
IJbsid+2 rN Dr suBer ha d flenalt;, ~n llll rolls [or "no: Jay.ma accrue points o f S ha I,)wl.!flus Taint equal to half rhe number \\I'r' un ds Inllicred accrue ue Tai rio no accr obsi obsidi dian an prot protec ects ts !l~ Wearer A rm rm o m a pi .:£fc(:!~ !~ Lh-ar spctific~lIy a rg with 1);1" from all .:£fc(: rg e c re re a u re re s Shadowlands: ubrype, exc( exc(,p ,ptf tfor or effe effect ct rhar rhar detecrIaint, over overwh whel elmt mtng ng
leve levels ls
we po
made made of pitpit- orge orge
rrnpriu
11,
CHUDA l-ATlDS
",wl'l)' m l W ' "TIII':Sill1ke nr \lrctl5IMJIClilt) f w J m g , G r f lsls i uh uh a H I ' " , p i m f w d . "You w o u l d ofily€xpose t h . o s e 1 1 1 1 1 0 wmhllllh~m." H M o r F r o w e d " Ve Ve ry ry w d! d! , W h a h a l 1 p e l l e d IK~lt' "T~:ril~ItZH
t'mbrau Iu j 0 1" 1" @ , O f
1 1 SO SO j l A ~ .J.. 1 w M i sh sh ilil ilil e
hel"dage, so ttwch
A j lili fl fl iiii ~l ~l ~ I ( ) ~ . g e d III fIJi.ly eJ!el1i'U/lli
$I!
l~efon' castmg castmg ( !\!\ 'I'I d e h i s f a f ( l d ( ; h15 m~} 11liow ni, l~efon'
,itlllW ,itlllW Da'!gofs!{, o f s P l i!i! f
hl
P / 'r' r o e n i x , i'w e n g ! n e e n; n; d l ' I u ! l T e r l j a r r e d b lal a ikik i h e b lal a d u s e d :n bll dHrlng fl1i rt. t'/'Il l i f o , I!I~! b e e ? 1 giW~ll Ihe Sled ChrY,'lilihemum Prtnemx tll t!t Prtnemx t/te SepplH1." "I wotlld hllnilv G a l l m cl cl 1 blitde ll,cyed;' I a i v . Y ! nnlitr.reci.
r r.r. e l ch ch ~ ry ry , . . WiH rerl' he rerl'll1 ll1yli yli .ilue: .ilue: d r y l y . "MislriftH' Y I ' ( 1 1 J 7 1 t l d the hlll!'/e 10 Dalgotm pdilrol1!'li J a h e ;'l,gilt t( tIS!' It '0 o f f e r r e , , ! ! y tn oHm" I'cbuilding t h i ? C~l1Idli..Thc D a 1 ' I < . L o 1 ' , 1 rearll/.v (lgre~ii." " Mt Mt lrlr d
e g n . i (/(/ ,
clwda," 1118 P i l k i d l '
Db5CIVe.d
"l'rle Clli~da," f{n/orl y ai ai d I \J \J IU IU 'I'I I dl~'gIHle.d. ,twessrnl1, "Tlri? I : 1 I 1 p r r e ' ' i deF!I1d~r, h a l , ' e b e e n l ' l 1 l J ' I l i n g d U l I ' l I , ~ ' l l h Irkr I h , ~ m f olo l ' O l { : 1 1 t ho ho l ilil an an d y e ar ar ,.,. " "No U k e e t h r m . " G e m a i h n ' ~ 1I01n" wa, . d a r k , "Tlicv (.I~ org,m,fud. m ' rnt1hD-!iIJRnJ ~mjld hopp '1 il'ltdljg'fnt, ~n.d h~lv,'yeS6il)US lnatcl1. T h e y T(~ml I,j C : ' l I j]j] ( j ! 'L , IWlll~W n o ! " c . ~ ; t Ilsidc Ml1a~. se th." a r ' c 1 a ng dwiom." Icr~ shoo/l n g c H H l s U}lpndldal'!e, CH1HI.H.lg rs llll m s tlwm. M ! y a H a to h i h ea ea d D o n o i d rs to r i.i. l;l; fy fy o U l '.'. E m p ir ir c d o t that. t h e } ' will r i s e ip !PHi C,rl.ll')t ytJI~ heft,l heft,l Y()lI Y()lIl"~ l"~IlJ IlJlzc lzc th~.l'e x i s t . " " D o l / lele Y s l J . 5el1/eDaJgt!15I.I~" IlatmTluk,fd. to in rorznec/!nll Gert,llfhefl frowned "1 do 1 1 O ! , b w w . M y slra.1~wland5 ~):o'kell h e f o r r Dt1igotsu ·WIl.l d~r(lled, M r , l , l I m e ! . V a , . 101,alt 111111, v -p - p p o r·r· llll m . mi 15 p o w e r 1 l . 1 1 d P l ' i ~ s f t g e . i l l ' 1tI1,ly d! t l ,,bb , m d O i I Llmgot,u.'· ,!UlSrhllnge~~ H l I~ s f/f/ m " Y @ u datlll the S h o r i a w l ( t1t1 1 . J ; i n cc.. t.t. I n· y js a u l , "bll! H e a r IltJ I v f l e m r n e ( { n i l m o r d C lrlr .l.l gc gc ra ra l.l. ! f lIlI P ' ' !;!; ' H f ! I n· jrendlery r i r 1 1 1 b e t m y t ! l . , " G~fI.l.alken .Imd~d, l r g i ' l i y , "W i'll1f' h rlrl Ll L l c , M i 15 lila! ~11I1duwm o r J ! l,illC th E m p m ! , 00 yo h O " l ' l C l l l y [ rH r H l r i f u .l. l 5 b e c o m e S<1m~ rhlllgs? If SQ then betkw i,hil~Rokuga'1I15" 1161 f!lIed w i scholar ar ' rnrn y - U l iei e r t'cll~l!rs y o i r t o b e. e. " p e d w p s Y(JU a r t m th schol 5m)1(~!lllIJ lIJ.gso .gso lwTw. ~ a l d 5m)1(~!ll 101-111 WilS acwstonwd the s h a r l o w l r ' J ) 1 r i s ~s l ' I o l h m g rrWf"C mg , 1 1 1 litl~ I V , U le ._ )fln!! t1 !Iiolen !Iiolent'y t'ytll tllllf llf"l "l a( sl,n r i l l l.l. ' hfMt5, "l'lca$0, ld i " roro l · i l i /WfJ" hi. " T e l l n . J I VOLI Itbmli /WfJ" Blltl Blltlm' m' rolll:aled," l1 "l"l ~ l ' ! 1 l m Il'le C ; h l l r i o 1 . T h e E m p l1 H nh nh i
ow cd
er-nbllrra.smt
to
bU gr~aT in po er As powe l. powe the Sliadowlands, the is Chud Chud cont contro ro {lS mainta tain, in, they can seize an main Perh Perhap ap beca becaus us their me ge need needs, s, or perhaps because th COl1fljct i s very Iitrl territory With theirincteasfng Tole Tole as Iuch Iuchib iban an an lheyadministrators. lldvisors c ur ur re re n control. fa beyond h e borders.
HOJ."lnGS 1h(l 1h(l Chud Chud value things that 'anel
mi
Ce
POW{,"T.
master er .. rhetr mast
1{.Yu"~n
CH U. OD
skirts ot
powe powe
an
tl,e
Ci
Lost, he ShilJowhnJs' nominal an his miruotrs. FrO.1l1 M i h i I'll ls rsci rscipl ples es cond conduc uc gamed ng ins: he Empire i n T h ei ei r WH ag ins: t hi hi s place, for it powers Shadowlar larids ids of the Shadow
by Iuch bo
i.nt i.ntor orrn rnai ai.i .iol olil il
s.
spirits,
hfj.t1e
gola golan, n, nd all ci clin clin th blac blac
Kans Kans n, ga i, penn penn g-
spir spires es even te ose' ose' ny thre threat at to st l athersw [',0 find themselves alone within t h c a st
g ro ro un un d
sa
reform rh
pr
these
er even on
beasts' S L ! p e matt!
this quit quit am sing sing ch cl in this
bung bunger ers, s, Th Kyuden
er mes Ia
ch 1.10,1IVa. constructed.
less less than than leu y e c a r a g o , Daig Daigor orsu su to
Chuda family, Mishrrne gathereda small
h:llljfllj
hose hose l.oy l.oy 1lyhe 1lyhe ad usur usurpe pe an maho ritu ritu to summon the ca til' undocumented maho earrh. Those fe te t h fh obsi obsidi dian an cast castle le as if it ll ejecre re Th cast castle le's 's exis existe tenc nc 10 be ejec to many.tlun despite is pr demeanor; C h ud ll lh,!' L(lSr'S ud a M is is h f l1 l1 c is among most most desp despic icab able le inhabitants, of ow rful rful Bloo Bloods dspe pe ke
TH::
fl~J.,[7
OT BLOOD th
(he
.hor .horro ro
Lost avoid. arren, n, field of bl sr d, arre eart eart line line with m e to ·pede.stahr scattered across the field. 'rhe
hard hard pack pack StOJ)(,
S{;Ol1t~.
virt virtim im from from Ro tiga tiga have have be om
weak weak
1.)[
even mern mern bers of th nd even
unsu unsuit itab able le to serv serv
they
ir kidnap
LOSl
who
ar stra strapp pped ed
1\1
th pede pedest st
sp
nd gi en rerr rerrib ib e, painf painful ul norr norr-l -let etha ha .w unds unds
Their bload g ar ar he he .r.r l th J~ collecrcd by th Chud Chud lo Lise il lheir fU~ll ritu ritual als, s, Th Piel Pields ds ·exquisill:ly skil skille le care carera rakc kcrs rske keep ep vict victim im a lili v r o days days slow slowly ly blee bleedi ding ng rhcr rhcr un til· til·th they ey ar d6.io·cd6.io·c-'t 'ttc; tc; usks. usks. TheIr dried cm:ps.;;s· i. ed!a ed!a -j·-j·- ~e'a ~e'a·s ·s gr tcsq tcsq leil leil beas beas ha serv serv the F a m i l y fOl""IDCint6s.
C H U C I A T5I1iUI{O! BL.OOD'1i\A.5T::~ rShugenjil12; Clauda Shugenja 3] 1'ht~ ud hu n] ss ed ma ar the .Fie .Field ld of Bloo Bloo was p,er~t)l'L311y s,ej s,ej({ ({ct cte: e: fOi: fOi: he ras. ras. .; Chud Chud ~fi. ~fi.sh shim ime. e. Tsirrri.ko [s I\1.Ull wh fill fillly ly personal ~xtr!l.mdy' beau beau ful. ful. even even ,he" ,he" most most cons conser erva vari rive ve st~' st~'nd nd;n ;n:( :(Lg Lg,rese ,resemmbling.a riny p,b1cdahldQlJ.~he is gen.le IUi{l ed ct th he U I L l nt nt ll l l _g _g , h e : v i cr cr irir n s witb sweet words tid. ll he premises. Sh deitg'h.ts ,sHU ,sHUer er we Ml me thel blee blee m i d,aimil'lg chat it rrrakcs thel Chuda tole tolera rate te he b : f z a r r e ~mp!y supplied wirh sh exce excels ls wh
Misbime
fe~'lry,lI'hich ad mo duo Im ul vely vely aceepred, :-:l.anOShl now rambling, .inanc disserrarlon« W.hi:le.. ..most on t h e . Tain Taint' t' natu nature re hi rema rema:k :k'i 'ilb lble leab abiH iHri ries es ar s:,I.f[Jcien [01; tq kec.11l hi Jvtisliirtte
A:tJvs::n TU~~ Challenge: 1 th th . .
T ''ii :: :: ..II i ' ?L ?L 5 : O F [h
Dcmlnadng
v = :n :n 0 1i 1i \
larg larges es cham cham be
w! th n«Yll de
uda is [he fOr ibe
Templ Templ ofVe ofVeno notn; tn; ra pdm ry d",jO"~11dlr"inil),gfaciJity
C l n L d ' [ ) f . , i i 1 i l y . "Temple" I s . ; j some.lViHi i sls l e a d ilig,i!~ ch uda do no reve revere re th{, th{, spis spisir ir '01rht, Fort Fortun unes es They They beli believ ev
of
Will,
bend
E n h at at al al l s hl hl lg lg en en j th sheer force
he
elements
k in in g
t hr hr eu eu g
ni'~ho i's :li('
'b
tr
oFrh oFrh w e O l ! t . T o th Ch a, ag ismo ismo ea philo~tlphy j g U n .d~llJb!less "ell'(>cting Their Th.l¢'s coeperation wlrh wlrh th Blco Blcods dspe peak aker er ovlt ovltr1 r1ne ne renr renrur urie ies, s, rh!'CIF
place
th 'Iem 'Iempl pl rifV rifVen enot ot is l1nl l1nlik ikNb Nb.f .frm rm"f "f~l ~l.n .n worl world, d, even even snch snch biza bizarr rr an sini sinist ster erpl plac aces es
Soul Soultw twrs rste te
Students ar
temp temp es
bera berate
O~hlfr:
tllJnple
the Tsunu
nd hastis stised ed
even
eate eate to foster ~Iiger ~Iiger,le ,leseh sehtmc tmcnt nt H'ndl H'ndlrl! rl!5t 5trat ration ion.T .TiTe iTe.se .se l1eg at iv ernctions, th tlSel tlSel fh~ ppwe ppwe malr malr spel spells ls.t .the here refo fore re maki making ng it casi casier er.i .ior or the. the. stud studen enrs rs method
hosnlnyas It enge engend nder er O n e a lw lw d -H -H ' rheir reachets;
succ succes essf sful ul
perfeerly
_p.l _p.la, a,ns ns He wishes
Mtsh Mtshim ime' e' ar
co
pe
ve
n sH sH I " ;
tt
keeping
his underlings
ha I: t h e y :wi:1:becn ug tel
OWl'!
petr petr
am:Ol1g h i
Insu Insult lts. s.
1'.!l1S
ht pri,'feTs
up 1n their ave. ave.rw rw
thei thei
unable
'of cour course se Mish Mishim im
f at at nu nu y
with Chuda
tobe arnbirions
dO
be·certato.
CHUO CHUO'.Q '.Q KA.n. KA.n.OS OSHI HI [Inkyo 12; an ou rl rl i~ i~ r l llll ag ag W t n[ n[ tc tc , many To.Ies;Hanoshl ha oceIl c ou It wa ho until he fcHlll battle and. monk II hisllfetlme. ~gai ~gaimi mi tb Sh~dawla.nds: ar Obli Oblivi vion on's 's Cate Cate thaj. h.e l),eG1nH~ stlDlqTung dse: dse:;. ;. runc runcim iman an i\ftt:r C G CQJ:ntptcd, TaLi'll ke ~o
eyes
Wellt Il~W
'l'lCpel"1endng.
Despite
his obvtous
H31~osb:i :i d~sCQvd~sCQvi:nsarliry, H31~osb
srud sruden enrs rs
rh Chud Chuda; a; peTh peTh!l !lps psrh rhl' l'ya yare re_I _Inq nqll lll~ l~ft ftor or or WrtcD. r·Jl:ImeTS.:gAJ;.6e.1'ing form formar ar el~e s'?tllerhing alto altoge geth ther er hate hatev. v.©. ©. thethe-re reas ason on th char charac acre rers rsar ar stud studen ents ts at th em en ,I seni senior or se.r se.ris ise' e' is brut brutal al visc viscer eral al fashioj1. .Focqs: - \ S ' mi ex ec ed th Chuda are inter intere.~ e.~ted ted not fo (h reas reasen en on woul wouldn dncr crsn snal ally ly that rhe.sensel expe expect ct Magi Magica ca inve invest sttg tgar arlo lon. n.de dete terr rrnl nlne ne wass wass!r !rii iinb nbya ya s:pi s:pir. r. df el)' el)'-c -c~p ~pli li[j [jna nal· l·si size ze an powe power, r, Th Chud Chud wi ow e nd uno caprure duo spiriT fpr i~ a n p ow npor
Stri Strike ke ;' ;p ri at rder rder th en ei ,lie no ~.pp ~.pp!" !"nt nt by bappensr:Hl.ce. AI1l!J:n ofer ofer birr birrer ered ed B r : d abused sens sensei ei comb combin ined ed Their stud stud nts, nts, desp despis isin in ei nnic nnic we enact p a u c nrual
TH;: Bj..OO[7\!JO~ItS,
OT N eenn Hl Hl n n a" a" i a r created rhro1lgb extreme circumstances 'floe 'floe annals annals RGkugan~Te full.ofroles wherein
e~peJ:iences. sp lrlrs wrr
esse essenc nc
th char charac acre rers rs.a .are re
:c,ntrpnCI!!trim
va-riery va-riery
TH~
HOOK Thi:dlGQk assu assume me
to
{11iWU1S. l"lu ilcting
crea create te w\,qpa w\,qpans ns o f p ow ow e
he:roes
onrh is, he Chuda
MV
$i.histO'r
Wlly:
in t!1CirQWn
OU
e r e · e.e . sts t a.a . bh b h s h m l . ye,~.c The BI0crdwbrJ~$. ye,~.csag sag folJmv folJmvi:n i:n th atto atto ed ad an ok in re ti th ar es rd ac f
Cl-t Cl-tV[ V[7A 7A AI{O AI{O:; :;tO tO [Shugenja 10; Chuda Shugenja 31 ngry an
ishi ishime me ea lies lies pu Is, ;1 ronl ronl shuge shugenj nj Frlls FrllsU;l U;li'e i'eci ci at ih ol reception he consta nd
Empire,
Taw ~ J l b i lion
!m 'pro 'promi mise se
hi
an
p,reStigC'
wi
AkQrOll or regr<'.l, and no
hes itarron he com he neve neve irna irnagi gine ne whitt> ot P
ea
an ge
AIJIISJ\.TV:;t5
Llimll E!lluog unncccpr unncccprab] ab] ...risk ...risks: s:
HOOK. ,I courrier
;l~wnJl11g Ih
o ss ss es es s c m s [0
do
th ir
deign
r es es ou ou rc rc e
lord'S
ch da.do
no
consider directly lrnporta
rI
rr ntio ntio hose hose I . a l bel' tYP,cally' uecj uecjJ~ J~sa sary ry Io "0111<' shugenja. Q r ~ I 1 QL Q L he he T ,a m i arc o ve ve r c e by ertd ertd ar
rely rely
lIor lIorde de.J .J
;:~i'£ ;:~i'£
gre;ll ourc te it ourc op ng of ysta ysta rh secluded ed vullev rese resern rnbl bles es serp serpen ents ts rangs,T[wTee.1:h i n seclud else rhey ke J. Jc.! Jc.!it itro roye ye k!ng k!ng ago, ago, given th ysta ysta te ds ro have il pamlul dfe' dfe'!: !::t :t an COITllP I.cd I.cd crea crea I'll res, he eh ucla discovered l'ht: shor shor 'whi 'while le been stLldying the crystal
inlo
characters'
( 11 11 m t h
Dragon
i t eili:ctSt blll he deep deeply ly mist mistru rust st nd its J.e\7iom
rh
Sharlow h3
115.
used Many are
Igh,
SlJ
b.;-t:uni,~ subject terrible I';tu Is qu
<· lands,
th
fami family ly'$ '$ is, afler 1 l . 1 1 ,
ft1T
locare
w-
II
rner rner
to .Mls .Mlshi hime me's 's over overwh whel elrm rmng ng
testa-
paranoia ((lr
least anticipate), rlll)st'
if they d n y , ar
ttac ttac
closely supervised
rh then then
by
other
rhcr rhcr shfluowl;i
im
Aa pie!'y, w a rilly C\-1l " s i I1g' h e f a p : h e a c q ;u ;u e he co became determined
me
A[JLI~ A[JLI~rt rt TV~=: TV~=:
10[ of crys crysra ral. l. Perhaps
Heeds
unJ~e daimyo daimyo superstition, unJ~e surveillance by th mini minion on or ,,:cou.redthe-a the-archiv rchives fo anyany-tr trac ac
of
Coju Coju
cr ta
utcr utcr
ss ssin ssin is
in
an
fqlUld
rc se ecte ecte
rerrieve [hiS exquisit exquisit
lord
marion on Iheir enem t:b~\Shadowlands, The trip enemie ie amon amon t:b~\Shadowlands, th Teeth of Lhr Serpent is fraught
to
battling
~t
o un un d h i uutil wa wa of evil evil ;)ri ;)ri desr desrro roye ye of corruption, ;HI 's 'l perhaps the diffic difficult ult tas aIlY Inquisitor City .H discover O1O);e informat [011 Mi ir rega regard rded ed is :IS Iiun Iiunre re
loyalty to Daigo Daigotsu tsu il dy be an rh rtle rtle tolose, lose, Daigo Daigotsu tsu
seems
deadly opponents. prinl(Jry tr lce: lce: journey Upon lmiving
hi best ( i f F b r t : ; - t~ a-b:mdoJl de Inquisitor,
hU cis dece deceir ir an the. ells ells r,dlt'a. Cnnfronre wid1.. certaln dea th Mishirrre l:9Uiiren;d
Shadowlands. hara ters ters
find
1.
,)fpu.reand Fo us Th
desp despit it to
'm
HOOK. Of
suddenly
Inquisitor
to
th
th
an aurr of could could penetr penetrate ate
th
ee
l' Se pent pent the characin the
most most viol violen en tnea tnea ns poss possib ible le I . F Y 0 1 1 pref prefer er come, the characters' lord I,
more more in te
Out-
only also to and. and. disc discou oura rage ge anyI anyIro rom. m. ~eek ~eeki1 i11grhe 1grhern rn
erpen erpents ts exist existenc enc OUt
in th furu furure re
Im?O;tTAJtT
as
huda huda
[0
openly
CUt10US
agreed,
sh me th self-declared
heir
th
ro
111. 's Mish Mishim ime, e, quie quie Inqu Inquis isit itor or star starre re wi nessei] th Shad Shadow owla land nds, s, Mish Mishtm tme' e' cont contin inue ue pres presen ence ce in Roku Rokuga ga Oil Otosan bad 11 eh is i.me i.me as here here tQ eake advn advnnt ntag ag cfu, cfu, ,;on ,;onri ring ngen en Phoenlx lx or th ciry to present riemuranai to Phoen
rnor rnorra ra Ilfe Ilfe of Ha nte: XVl, th Stee Stee Chry Chrysa sant nthe he urn, urn, Mish Mishlm lm ar acke acke ru ki le em in spit spit of hi ~ffu ~ffurt rts. s. il wl'e wl'esi siin in.g .g rh blaue th thef thef with Reik Reikad ad rh tIiRI1 whu ad ague ague is fa er ears ears ag cr riou riou slri slrime me brought 11 be the. the. blad blad an pres presen ente te it to D~igorsl1, ~lsbl1g01~Y to ;VCe31.' others to' allowed to V\~O,ll'J Mi;;h Mi;;hhne hne's 's direc directi tion, on, Daigcrsu readily agreed, him, Mish Mishim im fina finall ll abandoned ehe
in Rbkl Rbkllg lgan an.H .H
him .ellfu .ellfullv llv
commirred
to
aiding
zeal lo
In
is ju 'g llen llen
11)'IIHl-rwlwi were
nass nass mi ak Mishirne ~tag ~taggi gi.' .'r. r.in in hlas hlaspl pl1e 1emy my rhat rhat h , 1 5
as extr extr me to
worthy
Family
he hars O~llYaccepted M i s hi hi 1 l'l' le le .'.' s a g eenn d a
dul"ing afte afte hi gern gernpu pu.k .kku ku ls imes imes fa er-t er-t im secret: ey ereere- ue Ch
sele select ct
bear
yeats since [h
Mishirne was isala isalated ted
f;lt f;lthe he Shor Shortl tl
ever ever
reru rerum, m, Desp Despit it
ha no fa
as chan chan ed
me mt with Iucli ibans
hi perceived loyalty
to spirit. Like Like Iuch Iuchib ib
in Ell I.e11g. HI' places his f a
lid Iuch Iuchtb tban an cont contro rols ls
family's spiritual
i~ me
11
Mishfrne
c nl nl v in what what p o w e r
ans,
tshrme was shucked, bu al fath father er wa overwhelming, ha n y s i~ first kSSOIl in [ r u c r u c e .
is loyalty to bi
fa ci ar d. :S
cautiously, Te kazu kazu would [h,1 orr
CHVUA
Ii\
Ii\£J
'A
Mare human
.Y
IIi\ IIi\ Mediu1lHI:«'
"c1r.
-t- 12 an
Sd
(hP 'BI~In] t:
+h
~tt •..'
-+
f.13 melee
At
Dcx; Dcx;
ocus ocus
ns
tar1t!!
SQ
Bl od Conv Conver ersi sion on pell pell leve levels ls b< [,0) [,0) Maim Meramagic; Honor Oi"LLE: SVFono;-12. will. +14~ Str12, De L5,Co L5,Co Irrt: 1.9, Wis 20, Gh 16 Tain Taint. t. 4"'7, l~ ItA;
leme leme rs Taim Taim
splill-,l
J.£n(j
up rcss rcssic ic
ll
in.
Fr.a!> !>;S ;Spe peak ak Lang Langua uage ge (Rok (Rokug ugan ani, i, High High Rokugani, Sl:flh ~f1,j Fr.a _ B a k e m O I 1 O . Orii), Alchemy + 2 1 , C o r r ce ce n trtr at at tc tc n ah b (tanto) -'13, Diplomacy +12. Knowledge m ah
19 Craf Craf
+ -2 -2 1 Knowl+ 2 S iT iT Y edg~ (Bhoi;mi. (Bhoi;mi. Clan)+1(" Clan)+1(" Knowle.d Knowle.dge\S ge\Shadow hadowlaods laods +21 Spellcr:aft +1~,
Youngost chilJ
(S/S/4/4/4/3/2);
spclilewl,
Ell'jllt:lllaJF()CH.f-
ClrlJ.dClrlJ.d- Srho,ol: Srho,ol:
Sh wa
(ltr! U g h !
cllftehl~'ment; infl,d 1 IG IG ~e ~e ml ml ' SUlrlm0f1
such-a striking ul r~fu:;e.J1er m:rrhi ng W J 5 n o long
inve invest stlg lgat at
rnah rnaho, o, il
smal smal
COP$C
1\
1I1'lnll'I!lC
hiro hiro luch luch
nown nown as [hal
th!" Dreamers
The it
was no diffituh f o S h h a to g ~ i n e n trtr y Once Once ithi ithin, n, sh marv marvel eled ed .rhl' twisted' treest treesthat hat fiupP9 fiupP9sed sedly~ ly~erv erv(~ (~ ;)S, horne to evil evil drea drea spirits, and wondered h e d ea ea th th s caused And hose hose spir spirit it entu enturi ries es berorl~.And sn:a sn:ang ng whit whit is ill h e t,
B1l5l'
E(])1h, mds
ne of tt rh Fore Forest st
Sh-ahai's lLfe changed forever;
('
clllrlmcs;, d t't' ui ui h k llll el el l
W O Il Il 1 ! c 1 :1 :1 1 o . Ih load" 't}lj'/H(lJ~ dead, Wlllffst\! st\!
g u m , !Ioison,
touch;
I'a,in!, I'a,in!, 'inflie! 'inflie! crlticill f I I o u t U ! s . phnlllmmal
;0 Shaha! attempted curiosity, u n ea ea r r b on stone, e, but huma lt \ : \ ' 3 1 > ' no ston huma skul skulll- nd not )t\);[ skull, lh;1I spoke ~( hear. ~ 1 < u 1 1 t h a i called ilsclfHgrandbrher:,"
s e 5 t - 11 IllIIer, p o y m o r p 11 10 10 01 01 1 In'~,d o w l k i t L 'lighrllil1te, ; / l 1 . y lll i n g ; rh ~'d('o f e a h , m ''aa i 1 / , I 1 . . I I ! 1 H l , w)ilm1 t l ] 1 ; d . l w d , lIanrr; f i g r o f J~'llk
strange
s. Shali.~i
CHVD'A CHVD'A JilISHll JilISHlln£. n£.
descent
f'AIi\IL.Y
C HV HV t
irnvo, uchi Shahai Iuch Iuch fan,il fan,il da irnvo, Daiyus onlv-daughter, an bore
II'W!, mbn1'~
st
1 1 r i ; ' l J l t , doM-n.
th
wa
Ance Ancest st Chud Chud enka enkazu zu], ], impr improv ov Initiative, Maho .Foc .Focns ns Scri Scribe be Scro Scroll ll Teug Teughc hces ess. s. t D n n g , n tlt l 1 1 'r' r irir i P { ' Pr»Sc5.lll!m o f N u j - r x 1"3 tallto ~flell ~ tD n r fifi u )1)1 1 1 < 1 · Y ItI t !O !O Y : I -1-1 .hao!'! o f e m m c 2. Spd.ld(ri6Wn
DAV
nt
that would
darkness
f,nher, bm her
17AIIi\.YO Earth:
eh yearsembroiled .11
spen
f a _ l 1 1 l l y , galniJlg among- he Blco Blcods dspe peak aker er with "gra "grand ndfa fath th r' he1p he1p venru venru a l l y , her plots bec.all1(, too g(~lldi,ose 1'0 conceal, al)d she WiIS reve reve le sa malm malm-l -lm/ m/m, m, an
Intelligence:
allies
Watelt:
Perc Percep epti tion on
Air:
Tarnt:.4.2
Sc.hool/Rank: eh uda
escaped
Shugenja
Obll Obllvi vion on
Honor: 0.1
Th
dv nt ges; ges;
Ance Ancest stor or
nk
C~Jl C~Jl ig ph
Etiquette
C:hjsllij\lr~11
ea
f(}l~owing the Darkness's
defe defeat at were were rela relari rive vely ly
Chtl Chtl
1,
Heraldry 4, . E : l : i s l ' l ) : r y 5, Inves-
Spell Research 6, Steal~b 4. Tanrojutsu 4, T h o lo lo g 3 ,T ,T o u r Spells: A s h e a o f a rn rn ah ah oo- w re re ld ld ln ln g f am am i y , Mishime h a s a c ccee s s blood ruagic spells in to ia ib (;;i f' b" h~~l.. has Vlrtll Vlrtllull ullytml ytmlimjted. imjted. eldsh eldshm(' m(' .... .... (;;i supp supply ly of o o Mish Mishim im an st an maho maho sp ll in lu in many previously unkn unknow ow spel spells ls rhat simulate elementnl spells. parucular parucularly ly effects. Mishirne may also cas. elemental spells. Earth spells, d e em em s a p p r op op t ia ia te te .
'I-lIie! 'Ones. Shahai
to disapbut it tt peat in[0 Braplr lree-wi wide de netw networ or in [0 th Brap of Bloc Blocds dspe peuk uker er cell cells. s. er considerable power made it simple simple matter fsr
is dv ta es Benr Benren en Curs Curse, e, Driv Driven en Obll Obllga gado don, n, Swor Swor Enem Enem (Rei (Reika kado do skil skil s:
11
Gate Gate
her :<.1goil) influence
culr.and
$OOIi
~h wa give give
and presdgc
an'()llg
rh
-~CC -~CCMS MS vlrt vlrtu, u,rl rll) l) unli unlimi mite te by very very el sh ...vi ...visi site te
tt
Slra Slrahu hui' i'sp spow ower er grew grew by inte inte stin stin disc disc veri veri ma-nca ma-ncall ll igor igorsu su um re to bf rh pr du exrr exrrao aord rdln lnar aril il powe powerf rful ul nmho-tsl·llmf. Tbe 'twa were were insr insran ani. i. bcforc rc rhci rhci ~tI1 ~tI1:a :acr cred ed ro on another; bu Dlii DliigQ gQtS tS'l 'l di~' di~'lPFC l PFC;J ;JJ' J'cd cd bcfo relanonship ut'velo';)ed_ .Mor .Morir irhs hs atre atre UaitgotS1.!'S disappearamon th Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er r eq ance.Jeaclers amon eq ue u e s e d b a sbab"i a n t . ! him. him. Curi Curiou ou [or ee ow re sons sons sh ea il om lied lied
t.er powerful spells a n ~ll£e ro mara mara in
pres presen ence ce ~1f" ~1f"gr gral alld ldfa fath ther er keep keepin in he ea rs ere, ere, sh en ou ered ered H11' arrogant gant crea creatu ture re call callel el e . D a D a g h ofFu Ieng, w h City. Shahai W,(i5 her tel dis
hi
b ee ee n c on on st st ru ru ct ct e Daigotsu, Daigorsu
o f L os o s t s am am u a i I('A jo-in hi 1 1 1 ; she accepted
a1 ar
wi til a' powerful ing he place nt hl: Shadowlands Shadowlands hlerarc hy a r D3;:Jghr e a c titi ve ve l aideJ D a g o u s ch Grea She assisted in Grea Carp Carpen ente te
rUusJ ~I"lJ
a,SIIDl
sh
Shinor orne ne I su su d ao ao , i ' r h depths of Shin
Mori Mori Shah Shahai ai
Mlrumoro juunosuke,
wa or Wa an Toturi
d he he r p "w "w n ,
were supposedly
h a confrontation, E mp mp i soonlearned llfF Leng Leng b u m J o ss ss ib ib l k L th Dad, Daughter llfF Da
Ts
it iN al wo
l1(,1
real realiz ized ed what what wa happ happen enin ing, g, in
ye 11('1"hearr srill side-and aid him In recover-
advisors,
:J.lW
y ea ea rn rn s f u he
Daigotsus
tl
be licves tU-_igh tt
rn
of affect affectio io that Jefr al lu or ambi ambi and er thep thepre rece ce rs " S h e .has ea rs rs . Is It pos.~j,~lt·, sh wonders, revere revered. d. above above al ,e:se f 9 y ea () [h ar au hter hter ro no ve
ja
she ha
Alth Alth ug
never
Chuda, her
that
ha sh
ften ften
OIl
ss
ia
wi
this in this
fo be inclusion
he Chud Chud
with the fact reason
hapter pter
-SHA.HAI. Fema Fema ehum ehum
'Uni 'Unico co
-S iz iz e Shu7 Shu7/l /l"' "'su su11 11 C R 1 8 M e d u m -S
HI 7d 2i plus 8d8 ma (h man) man) tk +9/+4 Init +2 Spd 30 fL l'._C 22 (tou (touch ch 1:3. tlat·fomecl19); melee ud.4-t-1,-+L ran to of w o u n d m g ) ; :QCl :QClas as ski1 ski1LL-Sp Spel elllcraf craf (fam (famil il b on leme lement nt up ress ress aint aint Bl on us us ) S en en s
Co
(Rokuganl,
pe
High R.okugani,
,I'L",
Stjr.-:eL~-t Craft WonJwu!;T'rem. Extend Spell, lllTI;n:eA\:>illty(spctl1, w i is p e m a gi gi c sby d ea ea d d is Me Ri Ma Jiving Jiving), ), 1Y1.abo 1Y1.aboFocus, MaximIze S p sp.r.1I1rvel; S p ei ei r K n ot ot -V -V I ( 0 1 8 / 13(7-/7!717/6/6/4);"Ba~c DC W't1tel~ ft.r.hi SelIOQ1.; ,,11 s p e l l s _ E L ~ m w ! 1 l 1 :0(115wnml~ted mIT/I": no r u ro ro w u s , d t H G , dded c : o n l l C , '-rtatr w a t e r l WI',' m i no rue. mllgICc,_Pllri.f.1' foud l T n d d Y l l 1 k r ~ < H LttH!_g!CI_ltmH1lOn.j lst-[,!o"d nll"~ l ig ig h w o u nd nd s d e t e r t tti-t11/'. )1l1110-1'i!- fear. rise ,Jgatn!, 5 1 1 f ' l l i il'l"
,1ryOHiS, r e r rlrl -O -O l l
t-~IG1-lghrs,
detefit
wowHl),
p a r a lY lY S I S (
pnitfctiMl f r o m
i lO lO l L H 1 J Wtll~r"dISrd
mlltl:
)r!l'lgIC,
deali, wamJnfld nY"rgLHIl.!{l.mshir:rj .u'I.'lnC (',0, jlQIVIJl.OYf,11other:: nprel'; /J-r"n.rt nwgtt _i~n; G I D l U I ( l flfl w . ,1, 1 1 . g, lill,iwllowj < r re Ilrgi1t--11-11n:~f.da)' I1!11lg, b I a , p l w I I 1 Y , wntl"j]ll~r!d~ad, J . l 1 ! a f w d , forbldda1H:(:, IHfrm; dmHI,il'HflllitY;8thj'i,ngt'I' m:al,r gr~r:ltnIlm!wd, pla'1li1r Sllmthol1 lrlomta 1 . - ' 1 . hwau1g, syt>lbo/,; POHcs,itl'lS .Nnte .Nnte rin llfwWH"dry fl braaJds ~fanno)' ·6, +2 fllIj fllIjto to rvql4lli.{hlg, maule! Df1utltlmll1t1.]'IOI'+2, nn ( ) f p y o t c ' t i O I l +2
~pfak
([rnlli of/,tl'll. rl(il'mied l'f"ntedrrmfi"IH11ill-rmV$,
JTII'f,/r JTII'f,/rLlt/ Llt/(): (): mll:\'HII mll:\'HII1,,' 1,,''-/ ' -/
wn"_lnrdcmtel.IWUnds. extmdcd d . c u : c .
INflX/1111Zerl
SHI-\HAI,
1JT.l:j{J{
"Il..UGHT~~
Earth: Willpower. ;-
Ai,;
Taint: int:
similar
it foc,uscs
considered
Perception;
SCHOOJ.S
Shahai
ar
mp we
He,ll Knowledge (b..1adowbncls) ;.-11, Knowletlge
IIinuenciaH,
Wate.r:
scho scho
ah
his, (l,l ing«
J:U1S
as
s~,ills m,IJ Feflts: Speak UhgU.lg"
2 n
ir le~s le~sly ly re or is fu wer. wer. l1.: l1.: IVa;; pers person onal ally ly resp respon on ,ibk [o loca locati ting ng th;e Tomb of Iuchfban an putting into rtio rtioti tion on th seri series es lf thar to his: release, hoping w ou ou l lg or or su su ' beable maid i n D a lg rest restor orar aric icn. n. Iuch Iuchib iban an proved. fill: less gHltefl.d lmagined. arid her l o r d
aho p e
M()/'w M()/'w Folil Folil Ity:
h av av e been Empowered.
Sp
pe
(J t'-:O, to Mahn), Refi'7, will St C0 17 n! 1 , 5 , is ' 1 1 , Cha fr in in +6 Heighr D i n k D < 1 1 l g l 1 Ic Qlud.lti~s: S h _t po fbnowing supernatural abillries, A l w ~ el el " [ ; S h a b~ b~ i is consid to av considere ere ll th ab li ie OTJimt~t Gonferretl by rhe exception ion ofshap ofshapesh eshifi ifi Advm!ures;" \>.iith rh except
.Drt_rkP r e s e n c , ; ; Any
po ng he S h d ow ow ofSofS-hi hil: l::l :low owla lan( n(L~ L~la laim im rnus rnus ccee ccee ar 'i ll ~v("( ~v("( C3 ef re ey ca at ac haha hahai, i, attack ck against her, Those, ho fail
.S
ue -h -h i S h u ge ge n j School/Rank: r ue Honor: O,~ Glory: 6,,,"
Chuda ShLtge.nJJ 'i
3,
Advantages: D , IrIr .k .k - D e u.\I"hrer ~el' IlI'oprr!w5 bf ll1w), In na re Ahjllty (nrmlt':Ii'>llS' Di~nd vantages: ohl ig tion chib chib an th Bloodspeak'r's)1 Sworn E n e m y (Kunl Kl},oshlj, True love :DB[gOt~lI.) slriIls: Calllgraphv -, D e f n s < .H . H e b ah ah s ~ , Horsemanshtp 4. rShadowunting 3.lJlrlm 3.lJlrlm~da ~datio tioll ll n, 7 . .M .M a p u Me Sed,Ktian Shin Shin ta 3,Since 3,Sinceri rity ty Spel Spel Rese Resear arch ch 7,Tant 7,Tantoj ojut utsu su la h ;) ;) i h a s access 10 large plus Spells: ! 'i'i la nu be fhc[ fhc[ evis evis ng sbt'" also also ha access accessto to al! Water th e e le le me me n a l spells. he knows o th Spec Specia ial: l: Shah Shahai ai poss posses esse se [h to llow llowin in qu li bl>] ng
urre.nt O~ rk Dallgh h o t · urre.nt
Le
Akutenshi:
80
Leng Leng is cons consid ider ered ed
TO
-.Jll -.Jllgd gd orFu possess allY six: six: i'lf i'lflh lh aktl aktltr trnl nlhf hf Bearer er found L"L Bear Jade ·3t ;m.y thes thes ab ties by perfO'rniing rworwo-ho hour ur riru rirual al Carapace: Shahai POSSC5$eS C a r a p a c e f.
l1bll!ti~<:-
amo.unt
D a m a g e l\(})ls1aJlff.:
Sh ll
posse possesse sse
DR25/+3_
sh
bab:1I
commands
specifically
Ma
oten otency cy ai
\1 rr ah
F re re e Raises,
them
el
to
do so
Cast
by Shah Shahai ai aute autema manc ncal ally ly
TH~ CHV"A he
.Bl~)()(lspeakers Y V i t w h o m
ph mo
ha
have often (ound
nJ
barely
R ok ok u
unde unde st nd heir heir itua itual. l. ca infa infase se 1iJ. 1iJ. ous, ous, re tion tion with with vitality, cre;lLing .~lrnl1g( .~lrnl1g( new mons -hal' sacrif sacrifice ice monsrr rr hies hies -hal' thebe short, false. lives fl'lrther th·" Chmla'l'·sinb.t<':lllllt;J.ests, Although many sucb ~11!i.[ies rlrual 1 . ( \ riruol smaILJ1~nJt'trl of servitors have proved tiles'
to mCIT.crr mCIT.crry, y,
..BO~n
1i\AH 1i\AH
Amon
t h m o sr sr in in s d io io u s
napp nappin in
ildr ildr
1:0
Snake Clan prac practi tice ce wa [h kidperform their expe expe im ts il nt
assa assass ssin in rang ranged ed hund hundre reds ds
Ste3.1 inja injant nt
bf
Piling to conceal
doomed youths were. subjected.
a.OWll
ha cann cannot ot
[mIl [mIl ritu ritual als. s. \'.;'hatr=ver g ' Q a l
do en vi
of ge er ions ions 3Jl
Further
Ch
Mi
hi
is unknown, for their
workin in of m'''!'T!F(Ht!lil1 work se xp ri ri ts tho
ha
p r e d ec ec e ss ss o rs rs :
threat, lit, estr estric icte te hi unreers Ot os eg rd th
arrirude tend birr at
fruit,
me in secre; to If live
drJIllJrlcallv impr improv oved ed ·upo ·upo process through
whic whic ;;~u ;; ~ubj bj~t ~t.t .t ca be perm perman anen entl tl infp infp~{ ~{'d 'd \>tifl, rIle rIle power power ofrn ofrnah aho. o.Th They ey rece receiv iv sini sinist ster er m y st st ic ic a a bi b i lili t e s e ve v e n [ ho ho u gh gh . lh<\y rn vnev karm vnev mman mman he mosr potent :i6iliri~sPQ;;sessed by th-c maho-botn Ia l1 l1 t " a l1 l1 q l> l> l 'i'i n g requirethat rh ntua ntuals ls be cond conduc ucte te upon i n Ia rhe power ~0 grow an blos Individua dua matures. blosso so ,15 the Indivi im nd devotion, 110 yiHdeJ II harvest nd hl uda exper experime iments nts ha
of aduh.rnah aduh.rnaho-bo o-born rn
fi.ve mi te ye rsof rsof a g e w h o - dw dw e l l within the innerrnost cliambers o f K y ud ud e isr potent potent maim-born, Mishimesperi!1110ng
hold th rh children ahead>, poss posses es powe powe Lost hold h e m o potent ll'lIIh~-I;lj"~"
ke
ha
the of
tt mpts mpts ho bo ri wirh.s
inspire d i u s a n rime their mystical
of trepid trepidati ation on arid rypic,llly elitist amorrg'TI1a:1Y, 'TI 1a:1Y, hostility amorrg 1111X
int- npow npow re dowl dowl ul mi s, C3 u~t' 'Ia intthem to bt regardedalmosras h ol ol y w a rr rr io io rs rs , maho-born ure k n o w n The eX:ICL only TO h .a .a nd nd f c fC fC h ud u d a b u he invclvehcavy 11 Ltl3J scarbjecr' r' livi living ng bi.ndlng [-'hl' su bjec blood, uniring th tw ntlr ntlrie ie trndl on ies, ies, om~' om~' rnah rnahoobQi"J nll1J\ nll1J\i. i.fesl fesl liries e ce ce iv iv in in g thf'it' ru w h ile others 1O fuLly develop potential.
BO:;'{ BO:;'{ "0.]"
houses
rime rimes. s. These
thei thei
h or o r ro ro r
ch ie ie v Snak shugenja shugenja hoped t o a ch clan as destroyed before thetr p r nturie ie sine tht' T1t, ntur he
pOSO"
mile mile (rom (rom Shrr Shrr 'Chu 'Chudu du 10
in t h o : fami fami ie
\X7bil \X7bil rhe true marurhv, true maho-b ho-bor or reached a v e u n de de rg rg o n ua a n no m~nY':l(:1111[s h av tht'..Ch~daJs er lb mily mily it terrible powers, Mishime ondu onducr cr is afte! an irclbu afte!
Themaho-born se in "['h "['h be efit efit of sequ sequ st ri heir heir inic inic fr ourskle rh"l with Jo,i in uenc uences es \' prtw prtwid id"d "d Jo,i un f~ ilil ilil'i 'ies es .m KY11l!Cl1 Ch da th ursk urskir ir th ma c-bo c-born rn ra ti 11 p-rivate, \LD martial urts pi Inde Indeed ed rh maho maho-o -oor orri ri aresimilar to marr marr samu samura ra faml famlbs bs hi he v e consist exclusiwly ofmarrial e xe x e rc rc is is e a n service rothetr lord lords, s, th Chuda,
TH
mAImAI-fO fO"' "''f 'f O~
Current
sworn
to
St rtin rtin
re universally Darmyo: Nunc The maho-born e ad ad e o f lheil" o w n ,
on r: [;
Clas Clas Skill Skill Innr Innrni nida dati tion on oan
TH~
Ii\AttO-Bo~n
Benefit:
Strength.
TH-~ 17£5ICCAT£'" Th
desL desLct ct:H :H
Ttic la
type _llb!ndead rha: carne
Chud bloo bloodd-ga gath ther erin in b YY - T T O uu uu c o f Chud mf mc £' h e F :d :d d C hu hu d J3]0(.) d . drain, vr!;.tiUlS of their :i period
"hCllltpllrely
ritu ritual al
:IS
wl [traci-
~ati.s .sfy fy rh.e rh.e benefits alone would enough to ~ati sadi sadist stic ic Clru Clrucl cla, a, it wa disc discov over ered ed shor shortl tl aftenvads >f exceplined, [uinell u sk sk s u f nonal quality pal. pal. nd agony. The. Desiccate Desiccated, d, 25 t he he s u nd n d ea e a d became k no no wn w n , a r d U If If ;
farms l,f
ShildbW1anJs because POE-
fann fanner er life life andand-ca ca understand 10
wh
pe
to
them,
return (all
spee speech ch prod produc uc dry, rasping sounds that orren ausnmd: dead fles sult sult in lends fles burs burst] t] ng forth frotn th ruin ruined ed thre threat at). ).
Aithmlgh ccated ed ar no SFt] piJ. crude ad hostile, th es ccat rhe)' have e't; e't;~b! ~b!i. i.~b~d· ~b~d· I'Qugh p¢ttmg o rd rd e a n wh11t' they ange ange towa toward rd th Chuda ~ a me me hei hosts hosts [arenr memo memori ries es they they S(tl"VC the family of rheir wa ow t're t're will) knowing that he er ic ll In 'ver exis exisre renc ncea eali liow ow th m an a n , W : a S ; h es es e warped beings' 'ver occupy them t h e · QFPOmmity to experience life ansc ansc : 1 l I l t ' ! 1 g tlie p 1 1 y s 1 r . 1 1 1 real
In
in
w a y -n -n e ve ve r
with Ll!ffiwLlicsa$socill:ted Ll!ffiwLlicsa$socill:ted ,.li,d fru~na fru~natin ting-p g-pal' al'tia tia memori memories. es.
TH
HOllSS Of AS
previously.hnagined. bodYi "long rollable en:x.oli(lL1~
crcared fo th j·
BLOOD f'AIilILIA~S
The hasit: prec precep ep of 111:iliO is th,tJ: blood can power iC
UL)
leash leash terrib terrible le
Itis rumore rumore
(hat I'h~
Trib Trib ofIs ofIscw cw kn~ thes thes secr secret ets; s; and tbes tbesll llit itdow dowla lands nds spir spirit it know know as k,ms k,mseI eI will glcefull ywhtsper thcmi ar wbel petition
them,
bu
the true. powt"r locked 'wit 'withi hi
livi living ng
ca on upon wlrh 'com 'commo mo maho maho Tilt> TO Chud Chud do )lOI. practice practice commonrnaho, commonrnaho, Clmd Clmd M.i~ M.i~hi hime me's 's absolute devctien to research ha I.~dhlm enab enable le hh to avoi avoi rhecorruprion ~Q to
ma 'I mal1o-lsuJw Te Be als re isco iscovc vcre re [org [org(~ (~'t 'tte ri ua that that ave. ave. ai ed is fl~, fl~,dg dg in family in consol consolida idati ting ng their powe.r. ne fs ime: ime: !l rs successes W3S In develo developin pin rua] rua] [1
uS.C uS.C'S 'S
J1W. J1W.j' j'i0i 0- twl~(l1',
0.0.
to
bilul
cteatu res.
[6i hasproven i l.l. s lTlT C E " e 5 . s .f.f u J with more powerful lnrelhgent crearures, ih use. it to L h e i r advantage 'employing smaller smaller creaturesas creaturesas scouts, spies, an Although
even even rnenr bird, most most
assa assass ssin in
ss ble. ble. ritu ritual al in ol es rh re aceacemino mino Crea Creatu ture re usually ,1 rat, rat, larg larg inse insect ct ~)l' Hood. SU.dl ~1 with the 111~~)n-!>MI;'li'~ Rakt Raktlg lgan anL, L, prov provi' i'de de$' $'.a .a peI' peI'ma mane nell llt· t· i n b < :1 :1 :w :w e :e :e n h e SQT-
"fblond
erer erer
thro throug ug
Wh(~A
ill
nd be st
rhe. rhe.cr crea eatu ture re
wing wing th
ch
el
d: po
rea iures iures that undergo this ritu ritual al refe referr rred ed to lood lood Invari riab ably ly tran transf sfor orme me by a m J ia ia ts ts , a r Inva Birch appear hav "crims "crimson on flec flecks ks lik spla splatt tter erin in of bloo blood, d, acro across ss thei thei feat feathe hers rs .. Rats crimso so stai stains ns large, crim their fu ns larger, darker, an some someho ho pret preter erna natu tura ra awar awaren enes ess' s'tb tbat at beli belies es thei thei harm harmle less ss appe appear aran ance ce TJli.S: sam urai ta r a re re l y n o titi c e The nJa,].,o·tsuimi th fami famili li an LIse it LO perform minor rituals, The most see
mwU'gh th
even
Kuni
im
th
AnC£STO~S (.YOI{AI)
ritual
amil amilia iar' r' :l.1~JAsako
ee m ln ln gJ gJ \-\- , ye 'i.Th 'i.This is ~ ee
1 l1 l1 Jl Jl O c. c. uO uO U S Rokugun, for
cu
effect
ie
CI+U"A 1i\aCI+AnICS
sinist ster er more sini witl:
Th maho-15t,kal'S
blood
his compan anio iou, u, Thes Thes cornrna cornrnand nd 1D.:iylicit he partic particula ulatly tly loyal comp
e.1:10rmOOS
1b Chud Chuda. a.pa pa
"put the
the wate water" r" re poss possib ible le to thos thos skil skille le lJ malro-tstilmi creatures, mm mu pl which rna)' ha th ir mund mundan an rf brothers.Rumors persist thattrue mssters ef this this wr tc ed ll minds rhey riding their io is IS true, then the rf 1:11is distances. coul pene penetr trat at Chuda have access perfect assassins that coul v!~tually an
ne
to
have
DOtIDa]
to
"kno "knock ck oveove-rthe rthe cand candle le." ." and even
loya tty,
The prod UCt another jf
homa homage ge-t -t
rnosewho
th
gO'n\' befo befo in hope hope of Lbal accnrn accnrnpanie panie it 1w
have
1O
jlgoku.
Barakun was
[our!h [our!h·.g ·.gene enemti mtion on
['011ln
Chuda,
descendant
hi li e, Ba akun akun as not hitter or indtct wa conter conterir ir indtctiv ive. e. to conter conternpl nplsre sre th depr depr an comp comple lexi xity ty ~)fblood magic in Il'I-aillHsuiwi, to mn mo meditrrtive m a an acad academ emic ic Interest. ll to have exis existe te in Roku Rokuga ga si perthe-most st acti active ve I) nnred, naps the-mo Baraku ku Perhaps philosophies, Bara sc hu te magist st te ht hole hole W()LLkl prove to e. He by magi tI th committed iII wh atta attack cked ed him. Everitua lly, he ho ,HId pure purely ly beca becaus us he feared hal' th insi insigb gbts tshe he apprenrice ha discovered urtn urtn hi life lifeti time me would shed he •l although his chosen chosen studen studen veng veng is de th
?OT£nT SJ.OOO ~AnC£STO~
,.£A ,.£AT: T:
HUD' HUD'
BA \I(U \I(Un7 n7
maho ('[r ('[red edS. S. pewerfu! maho add. y ou m o d I fifi e to all spell ou r I n r el el l g en en c dama damage ge roll rolls. s.Th This is only only ppli ppli he USll1g ou ow bloo bloo to IJ Benefit: Y o m a
CHVDA
BA~AI{Vn
(G l'om l'om.r .rS) S)
all m a your ou ad your Ra This effect only only appl applie ie jf Y " ' U ma pe po\ !..'(~r (~rthe spell. bloedio po\!..' this this bonu bonus, s,
resu]; [10[
confer
C h ud u d a S m Ju Ju k af er he
He no long longer er
I{
en -s enth enth
C l ad ad o a s generution,
birr birr
ty
sh wa ussi ussidu duou ousl sl
rcur rcurte te
by an Phoe Phoeni ni dans. Sinsh neve neve marr marrie ied. d. After
juke juke pass passio io wa duty duty howe howeve ver, r, an her n du du c o n n r
Sn
With Tain Tain ed
.early b en en u y , and
e xc xc ep ep t o na na l 11
b~!GUn!UIunique
ug h He a ug
an
be;]
Jlge.
as
a n d a ng ng e ro ro u s a s a s rherr dark ways,
er alre alread ad ow rs in uk
o f a l w h o h re re aatt en en e
ld sseluce thos thos
thre threat aten ened ed
edu cree creetl tl
mp re
il ]1ti ]1ti g,rh g,rhcm cm
the Snake' Snake'
ex s-
AT
C HV HV 1
very near nearly ly come come
to
pass:
HIDD~n TH;t£AT Ts:rutAZVl s 'A 'A T C HU HU 1 gifted ar concea conceali ling ng YOllT dark talents
rAnC::5TO~
Yo ar part partic icul ular arly ly Irorn Irorn ethers ethers
C HV HV O (8
Az
ln.T ln.T
Y o u a rt rt : P ,l,l rL rL i L' L' 1I 1I I: I: ~l ~l y adept
iudisc iudiscret retlon lons, s,
ill
conceallng
corrup up ion, ion, fon/' Y01.lr corr
t.argcttng rOll thai speei Icilly dere derecr cr rh Taint has Its TN incr increa ease se by effects that su ceed n,tlw require conthat woul woul auto autorn rnar aric ica] a] r es es te te d A w a r en en es es s roll n' q, ef[I;'Cl
"A~J( S5:AUT.Y rAnC£STO~
h e C h ud ud a e ch ch n q ue ue s Te Ll ,a
In to
Must PQSoSeso die Slradowlands 'luiru. Ie ef ouga.m ouga.mS· S· :l~,'bur 'bur only only agai agains nst. t. spells that that spec specif if .. Ically attempt to dete detecr cr the 5hadll 5hadllwia wiandsTa ndsTaini. ini.
P~SSIQl1
spent; 011 roug roug he ing r ra ra re re s a W 8 Y fr fr o \V3S
h i son M is i s hj hj m succeed w h
an
Prereqtristte:
by he wh
fu
pl
li Asak Asak
m . U KD KD l
:co
find
other
resist, rmposslble ~1\l1U5t posse possess ss the' the' Shado Shadowla wlands nds Taint,
almost
Prerequisite:
a n C h a ri ri sm sm a
01"
Charisma-based
are family, Th Ch Chutla Mishimeand h i o r hl n.
deceive
sedu seduce ce othe others rs
TH
rpanif rpanifl'S l'Stl tl in \I . 1 : 1 1 ' 1 - : 1 ) ,allucing w:1)', draw drawin in ethe ethers rs \fOll ltr pOIlU to ai.n I'n ai.n Free Free R o lili s o n allY Awar Awaren enes es rr-I rr-I mten mtende de Olll,y e- ai nl mi }' Ihi, bt spen spen in 1 6 . . i 5 im in your g ~ l )1 )1 l1 l1 1 g a dernngernent sec ar t i sl'.,lIiIJLvlflwJs'" I. Taint
m an an y w a y
birth,
th
Snak Snak
Clan Clan's 's
the em
ru al
tenfold,
r nb nb e
(8 701l 701l\T \TS) S)
heirsince
to serve wo ma l b u h,nily iss ma
51'111
CHVt CHVt7A 7A 5InJ 5InJ'" '"VI VI{O {O Y(Itn
Th
s uc uc ccee ss ss fu fu l C h u d a c eenn ru ru c e s h ef ef o h i
!nOSL
simple merchant,
appeared to be mm FL way. 11 as reache untilTenkam reache
C HV HV 1
Current
aimy aimy
A1
.Y
Ch
Mj~h Mj~him imt> t> (See filiptnir),nt Nrc.;~Jnr Nrc.;~Jnr ta-
Iisl i C i )
Favored
Starting
'"
Class skill: Lore Lore (rna (rnali lior or or Lore Lore (Sha (Shado dowl wlan ands ds Starting Outfit: (C oo om znd level divi divine ne spel spells ls (n Ai.r Ai.r spdls)
ne 2n
2..
TI
level divine ~1.,dl an
C HU HU 1
Benefit:
,,-1
A1
si,~ s r e ve ve l divine spells
.Y
Willppwcr
that h~
gempuk gempukkn kn.ag .ag
into th
Chuda
to
i1fieen. ,tel u 1
Ma is merc merc an la n prior tel t h c la arts arts and -bec -becam am
ra elin elin
d < , ~a ~a dp r ed ed ec e c es es so so rs rs , F r
al acro acro
nell'
clan clan dais daisho ho la de de s he 1111:r);o-lllIkfl.l rook t h b la There he enacted
rheE rheEmp mp re
es i,th
rile years
with is dark
moll]
i:laulo,
l an an d s w h e r r I , e Spirit realmswas thin, ritual that p e po wi [0
th
11,1
wrought horror upon rhe
Reikadc and' battle.
currently practiced lands. As in
past fivt· cenrurles,
only the past,
ancestors J:e~ull~ in it will
however,
thai rh his students rhe anci ancien en it ng sh m~'s m~'s will have always .predicte that such such aban abando donm nmen en .predicte that hn sworn that C lm lm d em ise, b u M I s in
s-
ha band
cemurtes
there is
Falcon
world an
evil 'pirit5
have have surv surviv ived ed 'p erably colored be rc hni. hni.qu ques es
,0
The eh uda maglca Chuda. At has s11ifteo to embr embrac ac both both most most simi simi
water
hy
f.'[
sryl
the
earth,
.Isawa
T~Am.lnG- B~I'l::f'lT
against it Natufo maho.
to
SHVG£nJ"A (~L~Ii\::n. TA
l,
V c no n o m a r h n c ou ou s and, cr
to naho naho nd mosr mosr effe effe nv
rally, rally, al
nsrruct
to
rainin inin
91'.1
srud ents at eiIectfvl'.
You may choose
enef enefit it
[Q
19nme anyone
fea prereq prerequis uisite ite for prestige das515e~ Onen[L1J A{jLl~nlt(1Ts).
Itla)1lJ-t-slllcm
rain rainin in Bene Benefi fit: t: \l l. re (Mah ,! >ilia! is considered to bt one rank hlghl:T purposes determining spell'S e e C fH f H T jJjJ ieie r S,X: fo m O T l 1 wh I n _l_ l ~ f1f1 ' 1 1 M l iJi J r . 1 1 1 l irir e tll~lill!i(II J1lillin Ipl%).
SCHOOl.
OCVS OCVS aA;t aA;tTH TH
Cal Earth. Earth. Creates 2-5 small stones, stones, '1-1
ontr ontrol ol
edge edge
ut cnl. Melee atta attack ck
Earth.
damage;
eals eals rd lO+ljtwo levels
T£1i\
an
to \1
th
stud
I1U v id id u
S!'OI1.1"~). Crll,U'LU'eS
am ge ma
011e
L,[-Venoru, Thes Thes
J-ID/1 J-ID/1e.v e.vel el exrrap exrraplan lanar ar re tu
or obje obje
against th
St
creat creature ures, s,
vanM vanM
a ro ro un un d C h u c
monk monks, s, k n O W i n g
in
no
Qf Han()sh i's strariae abilities.
()
skills: AtbletlcS,
Beginning
ISha IShado dowl wl nd
Me lt rion rion
jiujutsu,
hinr hinrao ao
Mino Mino hado hado land land we
volcan anic ic su-r su-rge ge enrp enrprs rs near nearby by -A volc
Stamina
Dr
th
t\VO
fal·
th
spell, K im im on on o
l ilil y
Si'~J.J..S
('Maho). L O T e (Shadtw skil skill~ l~ 3m
t S i!i! :
i'
k k o i
1.F
ifilit!)' Shr.ul-
ti
0],(0),111111"').
Beginning skills: owland owlands), s), Sincer Sincerity ity Tanrojutsu, and an
on skli sklil. l.
completely.
TH~ CHV"A
tart tartin in ut it pack.wakizashl.
ecce eccent ntri ri sensei a. rh~ rhe fq
5n
Hand. Rots ncnlivingrnarrer Barth,
empl empl
removed,
'2
lowing: 'and W a t
c on on g e ga ga t
slow slowed ed
ll of Ston hp(four levels, can be shaped. Stone. e. 10 hp(four
Benefit;
['ra1n ['ra1nlng lng
scroll ll satc satche hel. l. trav travel elin in _ i n g s a scro
in 110 1I111il 1I111ilo-t o-t5Uf1al 5Uf1al has ever lcus spells
TH£ T~1i\i'j..£
frllits
tharthey
of heir heir
to gre
Empire.
OC
Of
BJ OO
Transmutation.
Level:
The
could. temp temple les, s, pr disp dispos osed ed as they areagainst religion. that
described
Range: Self .Effect: Transforms Duration:
Savi Saving ng Thro Throw: w: pe Re
B;n,~f'IT
lesser lesser creatu creatures res
L ' tess)
Ye
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of smal smal crea creatu ture res, s,
tW
t a hit points points The.. The..~ec ~ecre reaa-
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turesaretdentical
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ster ster into into sw
hour/level
to their norma]
un
they only ringle hi puirrt, .hav .hav some some identifying mark, s u c h lo 011 the
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yo
pa
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ha
.
pe l creature lost. Yow' total hit points i.ll h ( s pe
f u e ac ac r
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recove recovery, ry, Magic Magic
nn
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en
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Effect: Personal
Rang Range: e: Touc Touc of smal smal rrea rreart rtrr rres es elrh elrher er rars, creatures IS equal L'; rdentl~u ma lm im.l im.l er FW md ac re tu others oiit 0.11..- Wound. W h e n cal oiit kind kind bu poss posses esse seso sonl nl The spell expi expire res, s, Y:JO Y:JOrefo reform rm at h e un crea creatu ture re oEyour reat reat re di ap ar that are kille c ho ho os os tn tn g a n al rh kille reform rm miss missin in :,1 humber yo refo ofWc ofWcHm Hmds ds equa equa !O the total .mal .mals, s, Thes Thes miss missin in Woun Wounds ds ay only b e e co co ve ve re re d h ro ro ug ug h m a [lot e- healed mag'dilly YDU
mJ
tran transf sfor or
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mo
crea create te some some crud crud
in
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Ar
CHU[7A
l"tonnal raJe of
(01"
Mastery
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twist~~wn5tl::ucl'S
our t: fulfi fulfiH.lh H.lhbr br
corn corner erst st
he
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these entities in
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\VmJ,ini",,,. 'rho life In. thei thei dark dark ritu ritual als; s;
fami fami 's re ea ch er
lain lain
wi)I,' w a ex erim erimcn cn atlo atlo hree ea lier lier in tu Ch,lP' 10 include
camp campai aign gn
Ii\l Ii\l -IA.. -IA..
od >l YOLl YOLl OWI1 OWI1 f am am i lili a your tl1divjdtl~1essence. Family: Chuda leas leas (inc (inc spel spel with tht mahu Prerequisites: or necm necmml mlln lncy cy desc descri ript ptor ors. s. if vo were <1.50(Yo ml Every ti gain cercr cercr of£rsr of£rsrle leveJ veJ leve leve afte afte taki taking ng his ffill, the abili abiliri ries es ,;if your familiar n c e as as e a s if yo had gained ou pOSEeS~
attuned
to
o ne ne : l ev ev e o f h e o rc rc e e r c la la s
,t
comBAT
flEW flEW ,[ I1 TAGE TAGE BLOO[7 BLOO[7 f'A ILIA;t ILIA;t [8
YQl ga
bird, 1 " ( 1 \ , snake, or al~ hy nah lth n tu tu s h e u rn rn a 'with ,,(rUT blood, Yo .mav; concer er rati ration on "1.'1" tllr, ug tnt" .lnilTI:ll~~ after (IDI:' iOLLnJ of conc shor oneone-se sent nt nc omma ommand nd ma Iht' animal S SU SU t : 1 shor will will Ioll Iollow ow to rh be!' be!' 1")[ it abrliries, smal smal anim animal al
have been been slIbjecJ:!;:t! ou have slIbjecJ:!;:t! to excruciating Chu.la nruals rhnr h av av e n fu f u se se d YOlI with p ow ow e ma M u p os o s s s s h e S h d ow ow l n d T a n t Prerequisites: t. ouga as sing single lema maho ho spel spell. l. jf shug shugen enja ja qqal qqal to yourcharacter we [evel, Tb.is spell higher er than 3.rd level, an is dete dete mine mine ma no be high by the jf yo Example: th character YOLI t a leve le ve ma gain ga in on M a B o feat .firsr selects at [i st-l st-l ve spel spell, l, as rhis rhis is ih level casr this this spel spel II TIlay casr er da equal, to yotrr Chanama.rnodifiet,
1i\AHO-BO~n T"~V~
701n.T5 Yo ma
elec elec anv
OnJ:•.Yl of Mastery .'It'I"I:';l
vour
tut:1.l f11~ig
Medi Medium um-s -siz iz
Rank.
11llgr>r\in "rlrl';lgb.l ef d~ e q L L 8 1
Unde Undead ad
+0
ft. (6 s qu q u ar a r es es ; w m ' rurf Ac: 12 (j·2 na "ural "ural At ck S la la m + 3' 3' m e e e (luG"Z) Face/Reach: Sft. by Sft)5ft_ pe
ia ta th Special, Qualities~ Dama Damage ge Re ucno ucno 8!si 8!sim; m;hi hing ng dark darkvi visi sion on unde tr it ft., unde I\ef Saves: o r Ab:ilities,: 50''14, De:o:: D-, 0, ha Skil Skills ls None None Feats.Toughness Cltmate/Terrain: An Organization: ny
Challenge
Treasure: None Honor: wi Alignment: Chsoric evil Advancement: mete leve leve By ch mete
T h e e sk sk ca ca te te d
a p pe pe a
d e u lc lc a m ty t y p ic ic a
he
in
an stra strate tegi gies es ca catc catc
unsu unsusp spec ecti ting ng
z om o m b le le s a v f o their be en mi
oft: oft:gu guar ard. d.
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h a a b so so r
wide
31
mo
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every d6 s, 3d dehy dehydr drat atlo lo dama damage ge
[7~SICCATE[1 Eire: 1. \'¢atec:
Strength:
f.
Airt2
Rolls
to Attack:
<;~J unarrned,
TN 10 arapace:
,+
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at tack
attack
J;
Wounds:
+J.U,6U +1.5 +1.5 ;.,: ;.,: lJ~srroyed
A.'BILtTI~S o.::lpU
.,
:1
evasra ti us Ihal Th ar ac
r an an ge ge d a t a ck ck , spewing 1~)lTh .l! cloud my li'flO] everything. rh~( it o uc uc h and lscone lscone-sh -shapc apcd, d, 1 1 . 1 U g h l y tl h'l'n'o'id 1ha ;1 range ~r r nn nn x in in ru ru r ability rs considered fuJI
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ih Luij.iatfve:
list p a
nr
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ge
they touch. Thi~ cloud tr widest point. This av
from from ever everyt ythi hing ng
s?aCIAL
p e l as 1'0\1
my
ru
fe
n£l!I f'::ttT: mAHO-BO;tn
(1
lone lone desi desicc ccat ated ed tend to a vo obvious us that v o i c om o m b a unless if is obvio thei thei pote potent ntia ia oppo oppone nent nt is obvi obviou ousl sl weak weaker er WOll WOllnd nded ed oppo oppo ingroups, wanderkg desiccated. they they tend tend 1:0 io ik le slure lure oppo oppone nent nt Iaro rhen tt,ing ambush an fein.ting to catch guard 1) nd Jes ro them. spew fbrUl ea eapo Su): Su):
Attack.
Gem·.'nkeil nodded
j oow w /) /) "
T W I !\!\ 1, 1, " l iE iE ' 5 11 11 Ed Ed , lrlr ~p ~p r in in g I,vas. "They ~tl(,e w ~ r le,IIic"I'
Illi;j; i n s p e d r n g
Illlrlly
k :I:I tS tS ljlj ,
Ihcn' ]TI,cl1ld
brim.slit'lf {rom
1111(1
Th~y m:eJt1lfIIH1>j i,n~crecthm.l. i,n~crecthm.l. tile
t o 1 /1 /1 1 d Ol Ol lrlr w a
I/W!1'
II /?fOllj_l
of Ihelr arnliltltlf] h o m e , No Ho .lust
Spirit it Reah Reahrs rs Imanchlll'rcl. s e n t U lll l cc c c 3 fO walld~r f h l t Spir T i l l ' T G l m b e l i f w d tI Ill' W l m d h o m e , t h e y l V D ! l d e v e1e 1 : ilil llll 1 1 U y ip J 'h e m Q a l l J . w i r mer l1 eX8wfuig ol lIIl lIIlli libu bu mI1lF mI1lFI'0 I'011 111J 1J~1 ~1!Ig !Ig li1cl'YI," DdltaJel)" Gel1,£lIJun 'I r e ~ c I ' l e d 0111aild U P e d smgic hl.\ iMilll; I n T l I / u u k e ( f 1 1 ' 1 Hato)"! 1 1 1 l U l f1f1 g fufu llll y Bu ': W I l I t(t( ) II b~. lILa c h a o s -,'III' T:iHIOQ !m I'J'II'll, Hillari. T~UY 1 ~ a m e d ti >lirl.lit'(~ h e / , w e e l ! i l 1 < ' Splril f f i m f m s an r ~ a ; - t ' i ' Y t / 1 e i lyly ' n:JJI!HIg bdwt'fll l" . R e al al m ~ fS fS J H i q h e r lit1'1d,,,,,,,". HII,'nl Fill' gt'n~j1TJlmi5'lh(>ym a d t l" tm i) D l l . r d " y . " r a lH l H i 'O } Y Jo J o r d lsl s , 1 1 1 1 1 J J 1 I l i ' n g C l i ' H l w h J e 1'0<'tiki h 1 R ra "I1aigoLILL" Halni'i !/ud ~~ttl)', h(Wlllg 1l-1I1i~d'bilrh '0 Iii, ttJr1.tIl'ig
b,llIlslw!
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an ,l
t\"m t\"m -J.o -J.o tome base of opera-
S ha ha do do w l an an d with greaterease, A.~til... Tcrmn rnn~idl>l' ih,·ms,.l ih,·ms,.lvJ:'S vJ:'S far superior superior 1'0jJl'~ other rest of those fl;jfLt1ei1.t~d
ac eess , t he he y r ar ar el el y Tainted r ac E J L en en g
_E .H we
Daig Daigot ot
Ts no
0"
as ad vi or t!:w
rest a c v ie ie w s h e Bloodspeakslnce lear learne ne 'long slnce
o f R o ku ku ga ga n n ec ec e s a y . Thetwisred ..1:5
~o quietly
po
ri their
'lCc 'lCc mp n.
un early d e
nv
On
arte artenr nrio io from from th
suno suno ..l.e.d group"
if d,.e:y qOll'1 wish
an
og es corn corn
Tstmo,a~
an
Sell'!
rh form former er w,'tc w,'tc on of thcJ thcJOt Otln lnd~ d~
1:11111i(("
v a s s a l & 1 < / II)
IflIl,trr Iwd
,I)
of'T of'Tos oshi higo go u, Jigo Jigo iv
1'1'11(:' 11(:'
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"lim "lim." ." :fKQ :fKQth thp' p' H T C ! 1 t refit (fli, bni.shtng th p d a l o f!f ! l f iO iO l V t ' l t.t. h he ,S ,S lu lu ld ld ow ow la la nd nd s b ml ml {g {g H thC'l,j her~to , { m ! e : IllS ~I~md, 'iTh.: [ m · d o j t he
him, ! l o t
rrom rrom he fa [cac [cache he morral realm. This
COI"I"11J1 "'g
ffq~!.II1s.
hI On1fl'
r~ .ld1IW< I'helr
rha; damage OIte-OWOI1C to -wake if impossible Jb resurrecred the Soulrwtsr Soulrwtsrers ers
\1
ro
oe
IO'Llch o[l.Ire o[l.Ire s/.,adQwla~\. s/.,adQwla~\.1., 1., 1;0 T,lilli
lhdl 5Ilu 5Ilubb- thim thimW! W!,i ,i m r t d a i s hIHiC' them, bill' h o l d Dn lhdl y('w·j(el. w h e n t / 1 . , C}npil'e;h',! C I 1c l1 h e y k n ~ w 1c ,J,J l(l( llll ie ie llll ' ! fw fw m , 1 I ! l1 IIILts IlIal n 1 n eH eH i !mclI I1f1ilh!k.lI'110Yl5ter hIll O H n : 1l1 l .t.t s w a y "III H I t ' S h a t 'i'i O [ v !I! I H U k hL\te~ld pme 1 ls ls k in in g w fw fw r Ih~v nlj' s e t t l e d t~te!I'aqgill Iii th ~yej wh the m i l U e r t'he. .Emr'II'~:' 011
"BlJi why
I\;liltTO,
,.md
hy tl,cnJ"
Gm,aihn ,j!cllllilllll)1VCr fo i' Tsuno
w llll la la C ;
m o n e, e, ! !Hili
h,lJ
/1 o , rl mom'Crll. "Why DlIigotsu e /1
1til111!lQt\I. PeY~laps it wa t i l . . Js w m H n t!Jci,r " x r>r > f e T l(l ( t~t~ , o r } ' n h t l p s h e w i Js
il Ilral ir\tltYlc'trt,1
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ue
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t.
sh'nlliug hi temple III thought ,,,... ,,,... I,mc of tlw ~r'~li'" elL] Ih~x,l!1l
. s c lil i d ' l e i !)!) '
5,1111Ihe Ihe "Yor~ 5,1111 1 11 11 11 11 . Ilttlc?'
"The ' JIJ I l 1 J Iff" ~(lidymg, IlntM:L Tlrty t r a i l , , 1 betwecn I'he I'he SpiJil SpiJil jt"aIl11" 'h'caS.ri)' rlS'we WillI, [rom 011[' y o a n l In ( I 1 1 ( J t h e r . E a c h a I e 'r'r l '[l.(i .(ic!d·y c!d·y , t ' e c o i N r e t l l J n d rdtmtCLi t~ 1 '1' 1 1 . h Q l i y , $0 1 [ l ~ I , g lIS' 'fnma's >pint 1.\ '[l Ii i) mInd mInd /l'r /l'r 'I:\JH10 flol dy mi I ,t,t nl nl ' b ~f ~f Qr Qr e "Ihcfl th"y wcrc pn[e ,m~ \,urlh lilt' Ktt'514 They nr liw v~ry ,ll1tlt' "fswlti w e I ' ! ' b"'lL\llf~ Iv ri(; ~ l u n m i forg(JUfl1 In th d ep e p l h ' o f h t 6 J1 J1 t 1 t Re
iOllr!il lr!illn'ly, ln'ly, "TIN! "S If 1 , 1 [ 0 1 ' Lier Lier1g 1g~am ~amr, r, 111(, 111(,11 11;';'1 / 1 e , o J d ~ T MlY" 5 0 I i d iOl ~ h e ' i l ' ~l,d~, BUnt1 a l . l > e d lLidh lLidh Pmglll Pmglll'l! 'l! l1 ro·jhfl' b ~ l h /HldthongJ·,
Dl.)lgolsll'lmfrtll,ql, T SS!! JM JM '
th
il
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t 1 'I'I '] W 1 , Ir,ttl~to r r n i l C l t t e liwt
(;,I'1$[1
bn
f i s t n.rllHl'1d I ~ I ~ de'linllt' ! 1 . - n 4 i ~ r . I h T 5 11 11 tltl O H IlIl - I'!, l h f Y IHP,
, }g } g r cr c r > d d tJtJ S lnln g
i el el [ , \'\' 01 01 1 Whrlt
;'jronller; I1rgI1l11.zcd.
1 1 1 1 o l d e y tJI«n
rJ1Ty
Lib'! mlY li11' li11'ra: ra:l, l, iwIV!'1.Wr,
l J . ) " m y in R o k w . g " 1 1
u'
rc not. I m l oP o P . « ,b,b i
<5
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Jl f'f' lw lw f I'l, hruw, fll~ mrfn!"~11 r . m 1 ~ r o Jl Jl ~ h / 1 '1 '1 5 I,ltlpi." A I G m s llll lJlJ lflf r o Jl th Night', bl'cn~. [.l}(l:( b l o w n away fdl, to the !_ll'Ol;mrl before
Tsuno
J..An"S
"Isu "Isunc nc srru srrucr crnr nres es v ~ - ; - y look Incredlblyancieu; nd newe newe constructed with la ds Ju ario arious us hcld hcldin ings gs th one reason.m reason.milit ilitar ar
IhC)'ll]Jpe;,d" ".11011
H-OJ.17In.GS
W'L.il~ lr,viljg i](1 '''p '''pro rovi vinc nces es pe se 1ht:1'suno , c o n n - o : \ l a r g e m;ea.of land Je~p ii;! ~h neat:' ofrheShadowlands, fa,r enough s()uth thEr no ht1l11:01 ha seen seen 1h~m,and renl renlrn rned ed This This Rt~almjllll1p jllll1pin. in.g'r g'race ace ofcrea ofcreaTU, TU,res res has carved carved it'S the' cor" unde Jigo Jigoku ku's 's i nf T U p t C ' J lands unde nf lu lu e nc nc e , b ri ri ng ng itit i [heir TemJlles
do e.
il in
th
locations
a e v au a u ta ta ge ge . W h i l
he Kain Wa 'and, now
SOtI1!! s.(rLtCILJreS :I[C
TSW10
raounr nr anac anacss ss ro raou oilier Spirit
im
tr
some
tj
we
in
given given loca locauon. uon.
hu.rieweradditions
17
to
th
Shadowlands,
th
e.mple of
the
Roku Rokuga gan, n, Togu Toguch ch Shbld!'l\, th TStl TStll1 l1 U(JOI", was created
year befo before re hundreds of' year the.orher relics cs When When cont contac acte te Dalgorsu to Join him in rhe eXT'3"Ilf reli S h d ow ow l n d Ts no So wi kn rhat they would n e e t o. o. br br tn tn g r ea ea lm lm . P ow ow e rf rf u Tsuno .LT\aglc.~bil~ted rhel rhel templ temples es through the Spiru Realms Voil1,I[I'ltIlTI, Oblivlons
Care,
Shin Shindl dl'n 'n 'h~t 'h~tw( w(,f ,f'n 'n Jlgnl
u's .thetr devono»
this stru struct ctur ur
pr
an
120 he ou rwis rwis er ha Inhahir it, fcc.! tall, tall, "full'he gttmmls m u ,lIrea as small l{'Qkuglilli Gity, Thl' Thl' othe othe buil buildi ding ng on temple ~Tounds C o r , the Scultwisters 'lnd eqtupment storage, or residences their students, il1('
Ild
o n Lc:llIJ}. th
carv carved ed with with temp temple le he
IS Ie
al
of [h
walls mp rhe1y1Drrung Tsuno
ofTogucl1i
race race li Shindcn ar
11 S C
SUlTll\IJlJ T5U
Yo
m:
as
F[he'
Sun, Sun, ever ever last inch at eace eacefu fu Cran Cran over overed ed wi sr ries ries SOli
tales
[twi [twist ster er neenee-
of in~pimrinn_ since beco become me accu accust stom omed ed rb em .:su .:su~oar ~oar guch guch Shin Shin n, ~n1l1Tf'
gene genera rall ll refe referr rred ed to by Assisted by TSlUlO the TSUJ10 tn he rt re lm Heis hoi an irnpos irnposing ing figure, but most I511Dll know l,f _his my.s;tical abili~ies nd is re tn 11108<: IS
okos okoshi hima maar ar
ornc ornc
of
[he
mOS!
powe powe fu
Soul Soul twisters
rh most most sadi sadist stic ic
I\
an
/Shugeni eni (Soti (Sotilt ltwis wiste ter) r) ;T~;T~-unoSou unoSoulr lrwis wiste te [Fighter /Shug Tsu no herord rdin inar ar exte exteri rior or u-nder hero is rh firs firs Ts rn to beli believ ev rhar rhar th humans might eve 11rtll1lJy baml of , {e {e fe fe a h e Afrer rnulriple defeats at he baml Shinjo Shone, o tu tu r s tu tu la la o a n o th th e s , K i :r:r a h a c eenn c u de de d
r ar ar ui ui lili ar ar trtr y
hegJJn to stud stud
ei re eren erence ce
with Rokugan huma human, n, closely, 1'0
hent hentlI lIcl cli~ i~ to th lrtmtinl'Ccl samurai dF;lIhug
expand T/iUIlO
to conrinue
ou
ur si y. Yu es lm nf v.. inthe weak Yuko Yukosh shim im ha info inform rmed ed th ha thiS mallet', n d K iz iz u
~:
; _~ _ ~ , T "V " V..~.o= o -nbH -nbH'L 'L!.!.O m h O n J : " ' k
~lng ~lngu" u"
hall hallen en e:
t,
es
believe thai' the samurai lIT figuT\ figuT\lS lS IfKi l1~W IfKi ncan ncan Il 110t
S-C
agreeu
r nu nu ru ru a
exchange
,pJ%lning,,,,i,,,bould
p~rry. while visiting
[cur [cured ed
of im
Ida gel1('ral
Hida Hida has. has.be been en
he n. Local. villagers sal' L h , , 1 t h s h ug ug e nj nj a , KUl'l1 Mo rihe i, i:'i gone ro ri or or l o f une an onLysh long p e ri onLyshow ow up in rh vill villag ag to resu resuppRaju WillI. ly tall of ~-hllgimJa rells he ev S h d ow ow l n d e a u re re s h e b a captured, .m of sounds Tsuno lO anvc anvcne ne fami fami ia wlrb rhern (anvone with KuowLedg-t'!Lore rela.ed to the Shndowlaruls er just abou abou an Li ), til<,' Kuru oay$ tllitl he gi\lll gi\lll ofh~Id ofh~Id rh bensts wh!l .sJlTIurai tOhelp hirn slay m e contacted
KUl1i
-shu;genia
ives ives
1TWt't
wl(
mosr mosr re en
InU h e ha lefl lefl ttUIl lu is l.ai l.ain, n,'· '·.l .lte te an subm submit its, s, ro an.}' FIe- assures theparly rests npCi!ssary to get th 1?~ny ro trust him, TeSlS corn corn up
I·,'
!'
Reulms orTsu:no)'l11.ighl sense something amiss. Only-a speclf k :a :a lJ lJ y t ra ra in in e d Kirsu Ku woul woul cons consid ider er [h noma nomaly ly ny hngel"ln'g effe ill! ance tor's presence, ng effect ct
hich hich sh ha mask ol Tsuno Kira. Tllc magicwith deru olTsuno masked ed constant Kairuen's.Taint an chauged hL~'hllpe us hi (hough no
is cave, cave, Appea Appearin rin tal
he
ha
before th
-pany reaches
ro
kill fher.n.
th
tound by
KL
main main
of th
Witch Hunters,
foun foun ut (1 if Tsuno.Kira with her attempts [(:1 info infora rana nari rion on Th port portal al cleverly stalag ag ring of stal back teraains open (or several ne hon [8 arrer Kira leaves.I leaves.Irs rs UJ? to the party et they they Iollnw Kira into h e u nk nk no no wn w n -o -o r karni it nt s) th th urvi urvi ed who qUJddy tr ck down down tb
ha
ters ters
U1
O'I1Cl'
pEJ·ty,
n.RU n.RU5H 5H11 11i\ i\
c on on s a n
meet hours, b aacc kg kg ro ro un un d d in in .
carved into
T5Vn T5Vn.O .O IZ TO [Samurai 16 'Isun Rava Ravage ger. r.Ts Tsnn nno' o' Bushi Bushi
deeply respected
ll K a i m en en a r
tra in
w e a p o n s is
small c h I l .IS
parry I'lC,(,
50111
J .i.i 5 gL gL l is is e
th Temp Temple le of Hatr Hatred ed ha Sa resi reside dent nt Soul Soulrw rwis iste ters rs th resr
The In (en
b eenn ; f e rh te
by all members of hi history
even even rhro rhroug ug Real Realms ms Th 'pry ld 'Isn 'Isn
urrection
.loundries
SHln SHlnt7 t7Sn Sn
the
through th('Sp.iril spec specia ia se of armor
o f h i t ra ra ve ve l
lw ys
:()f
ea Ki
mo
rime rime Klzu Klzuat at forg forg ve
taught
ovin ovin
~.J1
inch during th : .rr. mskin!!;
pr
IL
d1.(-
to contain several k a ns ns en en ' b l 'l;i gs the Spirit al s. Th .gic .gic make make wears it. a n e ve v e n h ea e a l Kizuato :IS
only RS
ma
u .ring ri . ng that that
TSW10
wdl
the. armor I nd nd es es trtr uc uc t b l
Trai Traini ning ng cent center er fort forthe he TSiIj1() Ravagers and empl at ppea ppea Tsuno Bushi c ho ho o h e empl
ll
h" or needed res-
ce
If
UI1S(()P'
pable,
in the
to
Shad Shadow owln lnnd nd at th am time time sTo uchi uchi hi den. den. As ancient as th Soul Soultw twis iste te [S' temp temp le Ikus Ikushi hi Sh similar, covered wirl wirl tale tale in (h neif neif lang lang ge the su o. nlik nlik oguc oguchi hi hind hind n, th stories rhe Templ Templ tr su ib nnci nnci suno suno he oe ru spec specif ific ic hlsr hlsror oric ic
imens .frDm th Gr
events.
thienl, Specialjad cialjad an crys crysta tall-li line ne cham chambe bers rs near .his quarters quarters holJ the pris prison on rs n~ti n~till ll th 1~i. 1~i.nt nt pr adin adin th ough ough th ir odie odie Perhaps he will eventually n ' n c l < 1 . . human time (if hi time
inden oft cn
TIl(' denizens whe-thrJ.·Bushi or
to
dal1gerous thaI
Soul Soultw twis iste ters rs
ar truly fj
ha aTsun aTsun -sht -shtlg lg ,l
ight ight se in instant
s c h l Jo J o h n g wi!' wi!'ha haul ul th bene bene
thei enti entire re t1lrougb thei
Soul Soulrw rwis iste ters rs fles fleshh- endendflgll'r 'r any longer lI1g sp lls. lls. Thos Thos be om to i:tl i:tljl jll1 l1:e :e to flgll commit 'a Corm Ill" se pu nd th ir odie odie .i in ra d, ax feured: they usually become le er in th packs packs ofTsun ofTsun rhai te left inth Shad Shadow ow land land to f c r J d : to b em em s el el ve ve s T h e packs survive throug]} t ea ea m w o r k nnin nning, g, nd st mi a, lighting 0 1 ' " [ oru, oru, yoka yokat, t, nd he hadhadowla owland nd re tu s. ch tria trials ls re te po er ul among lives to protect pack mber mbers, s, ho ofre ofre sacrifice g ro ro up u p . Subtle p e c as as t the resulenr Ql10rhu in h e oult ts re ikus ikus in hi de vent vent ll ge rate rate ea rdepathy am ng Tsuno ckma ckma s. Th ir loyalty pack rn USl COSL se pr tica tica oi t, this this ha os of he Ts no ille ille on missto missto re vi m~8)1S Soulrw Soulrwisn isn-r -r magic, magic, the.pa the.pac' c' memb member er vic" vic":' :' 'body recovery matrer he th gist gistic ics. s. Leaders such elit rrco rrcops ps T su su n R av a v ag ag e th TSLI00'$ elit bUilding 2'ob fee, tall, mo de nd th temp temple le ompl ompl x. Th st uctu ucture re roun roun th te rrpl rrpl mo a r k s o r troops an foundries rhar forg,e rhe. powerful Tsun Tsun Blad Blades es Spedal quar quarte ters rs ar se aside f01" visiti n e ld ld .e .e r'r' T s. s. l1 l1 .U .U O , to the 'M,lSler Sensei., 3l1d f01" th. Tsuno Tsuno l:iousr Guard, L , u t til ~lthe[s receiVe iclen.rica·1 rr ks no tter tter ha thei thei ra or p- inln inlng. g. l:h
Cl ns fRol fRol Jg
ralarively unimpressed with
W1l3t
tar, Matsu sramina, but event eventual ually ly
'by
n, but
A :D :D 'L 'L ls ls : T V ;
to s tu been tu dy dy , b ut ut ' ha been
holds
H -O -O O l
Tlris advennrre Io parr parr made made primarily play player er char charac acte ters rs Tw memb member er ~1rrhe ~1rrhe Tsuno House Guard ar retiring to .Shinden. Se of cont contes ests ts an de er n e IV ho w il i l l H l their os itions. Focus: three days to complete trials efstamina, dexterity. 311.d tact tactic ical al know knowle ledg dge. e. During th rl e, 'hey are not allowed JO rest and any spell c3sEing 1ll1.IS be approv done rn be th grou grou 1ll1.IS approved ed one Q[ the )nay .ju st basic alin alin sp lls. lls. Thos Thos found llsi.ng rhan thar removed judges contest fa ppu uno, member or rw Strike: r£ the party into into th "Isu "Isu ouse ouse ua d, they gain also in de emie sp nsib nsibil ilit it ow er th y' emie aruo aruong ng theTsurro that f a e d O n e g m t in arti arti ul .r ad Co eJ1Dr horned Tsuno th othe othe roke roke ff nd Jnre Jnre ri nall nall healed), dea-rly Even iI th arty arty id 't ge ny em bers bers into into th House Gum:d, [h erie erie-h -hor or .. pack will find reason to fight (may (maybe be mo oflts members 'ar perhaps it's the il ll en of ursi urside de pelj pelj ('0 hand erS). I r ' s . LL to th\?pa th\?pa ty to de id h. handle le th situ situat atio io ef in in e h e st m· ~nd ay even d ef honor bd Challenge:
ofTs ofTsun un
-paign.
f'OUn:IJ~Y are active nigh nigh[, [, mann manned ed Tstr Tstrno no with with both Bushl, an .S ultw ultwis is er [rai [raini ning ng as we er a l a n d rn rrerals, T h es es e T s un un o col,ldvdIlCEd_kuowkdge_of r n er < lc l c t 1 e] e] v k no no w a s he FlIIn,\Ce, create b !a ! a d e s r ha h a tlt l :l: l 1 ld steel
f\IKV$Hlml The rlwges
proces ess, s, They They ysrlcal proc
;llld IJbSidlan In,
metal,
11 rgy [rom lllaklllg: the;' sree] sree] especi especiall all
th Realms: S uc wh uc h b l~ l~ de de , a r s or de~dly ]: or n of he srrongesr materials-in la d a ke ke s Rokugan.Eac TSU_ilO B la JIlOIt; than three mD11ths-IO forg forge, e, an i~consid ered ered more more valuable 'Isuno d1a'[ wields it. he massive curved blades forged by rht' pe c u l v a in s pe
with w,net rypic;tJI)'
pt
ah me
bu to.
lrengrhen
batrls ls with Rekugan prolcn ge batr
th resi resili lien en
weaponswill
es Ka
Kaiu
steel
eUGIpa
Ireel.ilig',
blade insrea d. [ 1 T,UT)O
a r c o o le le d
EU-l=nacc!
evel1tl; evel1tl;JflUy JflUy break
r1rual, tlre TSUl TSUl1Q 1Q H-1: H-1:I1 I1l5 l5 individ.ually
ench enchan an me fl[o fl[o 'es~ 'es~ re uire uire them them to be physically present at the fQrg fQrg fo th ea it takes' (CJ create each suit suit Wh,: Wh,: fin' fin' shed shed he armo armo rurn rurn ,1 r u S T Y ro oran oran e, sual sual matc matc ~g t h e one IS OW11 OW11 uration Df lh.~ pr ce s, un ar 0r i.'i far:r far:rar arer er lh~l lh~l Tsun Tsun Blad Blades es
1i
01 \O HOL"ln(iS
TSVI(U~OI SH Inosn
1al Legrous. Legrous. Mosagi
healing
onde onders rs.a .a
is SCire
he ncre ncreas as
this cif1,'sUllO
le . M O J 1 y wi brought here shonly rallen . i b a rtrt le re _h fit' fOTcombat 10 patch lip Soulrwister at Toguchl t he he i b re r e rh rh re re n , 'Isukurci Shinden'i head SI,JUlrwlsler sends O[l{;lWg(1fS dUdi1g them into Rukugan 10 accom-P,)1lyg'lUUpS [he! [he! camp camp8_ 8_ig igns ns of terr terror or Th posi positi tion on of head S_Ql!lrwi~ter at th Temp Temple le of ,\;: ,\;:le lend ndin in rotates flOll1 Tstmo- ~hugl'l1jn[0 work OI,Lt In tl1e l "i elltlO' R;lv~geT "i el el d w i t pa,c ~' to othe l'emples- Th is als ensure ensure of th othe l.IeElce over th o S C ' who decide who th~J.hO on To un gain gain n£ l.IeElce w L T I b e healed ·01' raiseil. ThE' 1"'£UhC have neVer actWlJJ)' prabl ... w i ; ~ h (b S"lp S"lpre renw nw -Squ -Sqult ltWi Wisr srer er ofTs,uku wi S h L m . d el beco becomi ming ng poli politi tica call ll corrupt, lh chan change ge so tJ~e tJ~eTs Tsun un petp petpeh ehJa Jate te it, the Sh;l_dowknds, the-Tem L o" o" a J ee ee p w i h L the-TempI pI ... of isMendiRg Nll<{lsj,lrni Shjlld~n and ,[oguchl ma J p o a l Shindeu by ~evetal s ma by d eh e h e ' m i L " SOllltwist"rs ()fi is allows th transpo1tofbodies fu re.~\m:el:;r:iDn a n c on on ve ve rs rs el el y as ilil y allows revived Tsuno t o e as re~mme t'hci p o S t S _ . 110 mark-Lngs_ on itS walls rhe lC'ln-pie h,)~;,110
subnrdinat
,h
10
cerning in bu
troops
ca ua ties ties
TH~ TSUnO
tu R u ki ki rg rg an an , t he he -g -g a e w a an ouad ouad ill the Shadowla Shadowlands, nds, p,l of 5[3 rues that revere revere Dalgot Dalgotsua suand nd Fu correct command phrase of Hungry Chos tS, which lends
W hU hU e Tsunc
tu WJI0
as
Th~1
I' he
all
many
wear significant
mlgh mlgh
.sarrurrai,
Th Niku Nikush shir irni ni Foun Fountl tl also also craf crafrs rs Tsun Tsun armo armor, r, bu ha no he p , _ C i _ L~teeL quick p r o C E S S to ereare smaller \X h il il e l lili ,a ,a d l;l; ' wi t er er i I s h O Tsune B l d e much
.co,m:i nual res erecti their .co,m:i erections ons an give give th a;8valltage- it Iuiurc combat. Even th doors reth reth pqrr pqrrat at to th otlier Tsuno remunremarkable, pies ar bland an so as to rna ke Them useless tnvader, r, to an tnvade Thl'- current Supr Suprem em '$ou '$ou!r !rwi wist ster er efTsulur,Ji y ~ m n g Tsuno named M o wh pOSl rwo ha grOWll into hi role quickly, ofT-wnQ [b~.t gP in and OUt of tfw amazed by ['he, number
lli. lli.J' J's! s!iG iGaI aIpr proc oces esse se
th re
Th
Tsuno
wh
tllt'h€ Vault -o rnasqueradtng Leng, Leng, Sp",ok Sp",oking ing tb
Gakt-do, th Realm ro th Tsuno strucpo war'
nemuranai tlwy have acquired fwm fallen Rokugal"Ji S8IDU!'lli. inrantatn~(eritils from othe othe Spir Spirit it '!J, '!J,ea eams ms [o Soul Soultw twis iste te ions ions an anYl anYl in else to be useful for smly. The' else deeme deeme Ts al rs house more more dari darige gerc rc us ~plrirs they've of the Realms, with th ides thilt mJ arts arts or abilities the):' rnigh
h:lVe.
room rowa roward rd th small room structure 10 house rhe gLTardS',und arrendant Soultwisters, rest 0- he b 1 ; l i l d tng is dominated liy ul i -l-l ev ev e s af af e rh be opened
on
rh
su
gainst inst thes thes
ho
The PtJl
re:C'te plas (;if tb Ho se Cuard, Such premight
es ro
lr Tsun Tsunos os reas reas res, he he ro ed '1 I. vsnl vsnl wouh wouhls lsee ee tu usel useles es rc k u ga g a n b e n g relics from diff most R o ku differ eren en area area of th pm differ;ent el specimens of spirits Tsuno h~ com!' aCL'OS5. One l ev ev e . i pa rntula r, o n u t OJig'Qtsu or luchiban RO ho we N, coul coul bypa bypass ss i1[S wards, guards, This they .hav .hav "ike "ike!' !' from from rhei rhei TSllI)O keep the magi ca irerns dim they Lndudi ding ng th() th()~e ~e lool)?d (rom slain _Ro-kug(llii samurai, enemies, Lndu is Sorne the and ,crystal k a a na na s f or or ge ge d th Blessed C U H r d In Yorm, shards o.f rh carapace from iknsh iknsh In (rh O ri r i is is u d) ne 1:11(;, only
cages known
r o p ro r o te te c
be ~bl!_' rnujina (o my crea creatu ture re t:nmtel':):ll1tl a r u s e t qf armor made f ro ro m the r :l:l .\.\ !< !< 1 g e so s o f t -h -h e - S p i r i on-Tsuno r ~ 1 e e r l'!'l
Realms.
.o
parl·i.c.ubr
lltl lltl'r 'res es eTeIn eTeIn
been
Ancient M a
detBchme me speClal detBch
of four
m a p tm tm s
lu
hi b @ 1 1
dl:t! Jn
UehL Gu:m Gu:m pw~e pw~ect ct th we,lpuos I n a se se p 8r 8r .a .a t [h ym.dl while sevcn,d s'o\llrwislets Iese,lrch the ~1Chll ~1Chllntm ntmenJ enJ thrit 're:~reu the ;m;"l·· na.l. While
lhe Tsu,no
QfigLolllly
OIOS'li)
we~j)O!lS to
be
forged by ch anan anan is m!nio m!nioil ils, s, thl'ly diS rb kata katana na;; ;; yariand ft1mi liberaTed [ram themau~olcm]] are acl'UaJ.ly em:hu'lltec\ ttl,hclp slay ,h B lo lo o p e k eT gGml]1 eT s TllChib11's-f-oll,'\-vers have been n_egoriaringwith -rh Thunr, Jo we SlllCC they learned o f 1 ' 1el . existence, bu dN'm~ morl! to o.ff o.ffer er anyt anythi hing ng (hilt
11i\,1'O~TA~T
sr pp
betw betw
b re r e ac ac h e
a ru r u lc lc ap a p t u re
th
xe
th
hundreds
or br king king th
powerful llia llianc nc
between
th
it which rlie rlie Five Five Race Race builr, Kishenku
ysta ysta
un
he
du ng
en!' Orde Ordet; t; fled fled from from retribution,
h i b od od y
Nintai
wo
Ts
bu
like
other, r, UJ1Y othe
bu
hOI
th
yo rhfi rhfilJ lJ
ai
deny deny is ~-,rr~ of power,
informed .him of th _grea changes changes In h e m o fUF ve
ge nc te nt ri of lmpr lmpris ison onru ruen enr, r, Ninr Ninral al foll follow owed ed Daie Daieot otsl sll' l' :i11~tn:r.riCln,.1:O lead Tsuno to fl'tO!;dom, alrhcugh the. Tsun Tsun were were .nor .norac accu cussF a y o r to eve]']powerful 10 their TI{'W
p ro ro m h ~ Q I1 I1 1 da he would return to them, freedom, Their lime- in Toshigoku ha honed them IIlf:} ,skilled warthem, the Shadow Shadowlan lands ds enm,tg enm,tg ..Ln Nj nra' nra' di no I: be:i be:ii" i"vl vl;! ;! di.u di.u phys physic ical al ptow ptowes ess: s:wa wa order tel conque conque Ningen Ningen-do -do they ould ould ed t\J supplement
realmimmediarely,
Nintai
th Spir SpirrrRea rrRealm lms. s. He Idrn<~d domi dominl nlon on.a .and nd had fi.nally
inco incorp rpor orat at
JJL., !JWTL s ch ch oc oc l
u.
harn harn ss th
1'..
ower ower of each
his OWI1ITIag(c: \'(til \'(til'en 'en he. founded. ofTl,;Igu:elii ,shi.nde/l to instruct
rl.eminro
mpl
ot rs them
(rolled,
retu
rI1
or th
Toll 11(1 no ledg ledg
free rhar ha free
them, As ng
rntal kitsd, be agre agre~d ~d lk
ho
ould ould he th perf perf
,11sQtaught
!Ji~
ruai
Jl;l Jl;l"i "i'd 'd
af
Lt},
the-
Daigotsu,
inta inta lef Toguch
Shin Shindt dt .. in th
TSlllTO
~-fnally P\I:tS\Ie: "Empl'wr's' dearh at With Ot1iSU, rhe Uoder Nintais T~UP.tl btgan to wl'enK: havoc On the Empire. di ecti ecti tb tr lc ddow ddowll ll th .lairS ohhe ohhe Naga Naga [lnd [lnd.tQr .tQrtu ture re them tn p:heil:',sl p, lnta lntal' l' ou tw ;t ma i, 'tra 'trans nspo po te D:ug D:ugot otsu su'~ '~ troo troops ps acro acro~s ~s th brea breadt dt ofRo ofRoku kuga gall ll il an ilista.l1l,
we
enge engeia ia)'\c )'\c", ",
ug,t ug,tin in~r ~r
th
so
f'\_
O£'rqlmi,
ig ts ould ould be sl in ou trer trer \'\!it.b the Dark of th Shad Shadow owla land nd inhabitants Nintai ai wait waited ed 10 see what new power to infig·hl'ili.g. Nint the. shnrr afier wl
reverted
in th
Ciryof
W'
t a i n e d. cordial cordial
seize [hc't1~,k em pi re SU:.5peG(ing Daig91~U
relai [0
wi rh tile new I'll decbi decbiri rin-g n-g hi allegiance
lia d o w -
Iuchiban. itt the war
It
.11:ilS
berween
Dargotsu,
It
TS\.U1Q 511r
wait
tory; II ly
C t h Shau.owLm:ds
of true
T5Un.O
alty.
n.Ut-TAI LS
.Largc
Mons Monstr trou ou um noid noid CShadowlands, Spirir]; HD H!d6 H!d6+7 +71: 1: 152: Irii Irii +7 Spd3 Spd3 fr.; lip 152: (l:Ou~h l2, Oar-footed 1,9): nddl1!3l !3l l4-/+9, 2d6+4 ,dll11.:Jge; 5 0 F e A u rk 'I HHg~ nddl1 Spell Spell-li -like ke Abilit Abilities ies SQ Damag Damag Reduct Reductiol iol1I0 1I0/;2 /;2(j; (j;1de 1dei, i, Detect r). Scent: Hcnor. 0; At eE:
Re
W.
U'
De
Co
rs
IJ)J 18
fl in, Dojo:"Toguchi ShL~den. ea k L an a n gu gu ag ag e S1dllnrnd F ' 1 I S p ea Ichlkli liudo, K n r m , Ogre ujin ujin ag Onl, Rokugarn, Conce Concentr ntrati ation on +:>.1 +:>.1 .Diplo . Diplorna rnacy cy +20, Heal Heal +15 Inrimi Inrimidnt dnt 10,. Ar na 5 , Knowledge ISnJtiowlancisl '11+, Knowledge Know Knowle ledg dgee- (Spi (Spirl rl Real Realms ms +21, Move Silemly +10, Scry ;·IU, Spellcraft +2.1; GJ'e GJ'eJt Jt Fort Fortit itud ude, e, Impr Improv oved ed lnitiative, lron lron Will Will Wi.> til,
FOCL:ls(Huge
spdll
slemental ov r,
alter
Nimal could not have foreseen ehat it he lp of this this same same in m:il m:illt ltin in
realru.Dis-
kiISU
w,ill
zh
d i c ov ov e e d h e c ry ry s a l citYr bur: ir b~r11~P.f'n f'l1('hil f'l1('hil rlrN stith h a th Ts no er barr :I w a barr ess. ess. Throl.lgh lh~ manl' ulari lari of M o shugerija excnvatirrg h e c irir y Nirtai VO h~C1 h~C1lris lrisfa fath th main main tu ned. ned. to hi nd resu resurr rr ct lirm lirm wi
of in the en IZl-lllllp. Hnd.his followers were were peac peacef eful ul people, th k'it k'itsu su di not wish wish to sl ught ughter er thtl rder rder theT theTsu suno no OLLl:'ight, instead ee in rr ppro ppropr pria iate te the to Realm Slaughter, The rema remaln lnin ingk gkit itsu su magi magica call ll c ; x : n c d
iv e ~ w e r e 1v.t,~ny l iv trtumphed. A s h e
3:'l
ra in failures_
dest destru ruct ctio io thro throug ugho hout ut Rokllgall, ci!"·N ·Nlg lght ht,l ,lhe he sarn sarn city city th City. ci!" ou l h a n e he Nintai knew b a f h c ou UOH Clan tht.: ic rn Cl n' land land he
Jlild.
tb,.e Tsunc,
qu ve w a unable
Th
ha
o f S h a d ow ow l a n d
r h e ' T s un un o s ou ou g h r en ku ku s taken K i h en
elernentalisr
sect
-powe.r
mpir mpir Kaiu W a
ql!sin ingw gwJn JnCO COI1 I1 While ql!s
rsuno runrnr Nintai i, espo espo sibl sibl
re tu
()rV~rS
th
rlie le ln
er
ay (6/e/81'lli!7 /7/6/513;
/;else ~)
1'
~l,\dll~vd;
Siwir.Wlsin s c h O l l ! _ ) : ghOi15omul, gtlld{.!llU, , n a . s l r
/1.'11', Tstnlll
filllAau, A g d s h a ' , wl,nll, 11I,1£,ll, , n , i g h f O J , l a V C 5 , / ,t,t W L direr;tion. SHilchgu's1urgc;, w lm lm p 7 s o fH fH I1 I1 ' kamr;. f\'rlllw' lw' J~lll,reg'l';;' ,1-· -'hlm~d 1IJl'il'l,S, l m r f l hl li~nd~, c.l,enfe~.r i 1 i r , f\'rll t'~w,d! ~ w,d!l, l,rI rI'Dn 'Dnt't' 11lmsr 11lmsren ence ce u r 2 .l.l 1 -'Tc·j ~ h a L i 1'101 c r J lnln m c r b[ade,l!ls"l)1,
3,rd
,~ l l
i nn nn ,
1 (J (J (n (n .t.t e 'lh-lerf. mrs!" ll
f ~ m " Y~~(!(.hng
r , ,·,· Y " O l ' ; '
[mule d e a d ,wli lightrring, d i , p i d m a g i , 11ll6't~, J J l l l i ' l h f l l ~ Y ; · tarnl, d isis ce ce r e s Iwl!ui'lrmtnrT te'un/,n, l i , g f I I . l J I 1 ! g d.iI
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JI'om
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Tl'1,I,hi/1j
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([otnrllille
rnd,
tJr~
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P / iC i C I ' IlIl Y I r l [d [d f e s s
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11lJrreJ
U'illJ~;
~i!~,1.I, l lll l d Va
bhSSnlFUr
8t
rilc ruin
ml
il
filII>" re!t'-
archaic Tsunc.cenn.mcaning Ogres view
Ma
F ig ig h
as
rtf(
the
e s s w m : nllg th
d U O I l , l-oh!'
magI
roLHlfenpdls. +~.
Img"!al-
ofti'SI" rtW:tll'fl,
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'[Slll1.0
have
Earth:
(i
Airrs 1.
Ts uno'
Honor: Glory:
Ro l~ When When Att cking cking
Rolls For D am a m ag ag e
Si
Carapace: Advantages:
Clear Th.inkerv
Qilkk Disadvantages:
Heart
Commune, Drink rlu- Soul, E s Ka mi
f1
(Liu (Liu
),
lt kill Naser. Naser.,), ,), Ovcrco Ovcrconli nliden den
rive rive
Embrace,
ls
unJc unJcli lill llg, g,N( N(gh gh
l'
Sled, K e ) - Air, uf tTea tTeam5 m5 mo
Quie Quiesc scen en Eye
shall
a r enr, FODll
hl (Her (Herba bali li sm (Spi (Spiri ri Real Realms ms') ')
'n!ade
Or,[ Or,[ fl small with one
fBthe·r'E death, Hi" m a i n _ grudge i~ harnpion, mil only only I).: I).: K:wo K:wobu bun' n' death, bu the (lgr,cs. K;lyOSH~ as 011. wh C r retook Iht'Wllll, an ma wit ls Fatlwr's prowhica Kuon rejected PtJscLi alliance between the. Crear ogres, Kayosai ld te bu ho foolish realizes ihar hi peop people le ar bett better er se ve follov;'ing the tom-
he 1101ds [ he he m r es es p on on s b l
0111 [WiST,('T
'hinde-n
DojosIoguch
Mlk;m
c as as e
fire:
sl:hool/Rank:
lh(:,~1
~ l 1 d in I1H11Y w i e I cl cl . r ot ot :g :g e r io io -d -d ac ac h ( ra ra r ] 1 1k1a a n h on on o e d I'll rh ma.keshif hif rersub rersubo, o, T su s u n b la la de de ) Instead of ma.kes rile Ii,>gemlary K a y o b m , fe3T$.Qme w a r riri o as hi farher, he raids ugains! [heWnl!' Kayo 1 1< 1< ' C r Kayosa sa Inte Intend nd Clan obli ten t e . d , a,
I-
W<.lter:-!Sfrl>ngth:
win, The
rhey
ir
:2
Willpower.
'l,r
rOSSt~SS
TSUJ\O nmTJ!'l1
Taint:
" th th os os ee- w h
i:he_Nilbra
Mi ta
Hand-t
ro Stea Stealt lt
i-Ha
Lore la lore Tort Tortur ure, e, 5, Tsun Tsun
HIStOry ii,
Lore
5,Theo 5,Theolo logy gy
ma
)m:. 01 rh favorite pastimes (J~ th Mil{;1W is to C3ptmc sa ut hi hadowland ands. s. Thl:)' to' wander 111 he hadowl sutr sutr ptlr ptlrio ious usly ly foll follow owhi hi unti unti he ls within oigll oigll ofrh ofrh will ma Ca tl sc J t delights doe .lVUbt .lVUbt to watch th irvt irvtcr crhn hn real realiz iz thei thei reed reedom om W3~ mere merely ly illu illusi sion on '[hi '[hi have claimed s m al al l a re re a Lll lh City of th L o Mikats make h e r no Free Tsuno, o, bu Ie no r easily conncred by th Tsun rh Templ Templ l bt bt - N im im h in ch.. sh;lliow gm rill: ·C Y o LoSI1mDW beuer rit hi th h.r,j I' sector, ogre. r'!.j me in
in atta attack ck
OF
is
T SU S U l1 l1 0 ! ( 1 10 10 W .
F.a[
minions
fOJ
against
d o . . Any prowess
th task
ls entrusted
Wall an
shod,
guards fo
I'Q()PS
thnr l"equ_jtes the ogres. They a re Tsuno re l g ua ua r t~ wi til !lw hi [0:;0 phr tf a
l
to
rcstatc
or slow slowly ly rorr rorrur ured ed to Even lC,!rven specific I: to arm captives, th Mi re best .not li L[,ey iliay ruuueru 011 those inthetr care merely (0 prov prov thei thei Independence. 1'11[eJl
Ttt
Thl'
mll{ATA one
lf
l:me€' mo
rices
rh Tsun Tsun
walk walk t l w ' Shad Shadow owla land nd
respect.
rule rule
with with the prospect hearts ts-o -o o f h av av in in g 10 rely an gobTins ro ~rrjk~ terror in di hear have envoy, only ro have etur Finall ll Ib i.g01su sked sked the pkc:,,· .. Fina SlICppro pproac ac them them ill mo they cessful r l r a n 11is m a p a of R
Face Face
prQV1!1"
as many Rokuga.L1i beHeved the Mikara
be
wuh
Tsuno
me Df t " <'.as!Ly offended arty artyon on "rhu "rhu thin thinks ks ts l e to fricl'iCI1 m11al ir lc ia ,g;l11t'r\;UI1!) ll"nUOUS <11n e s t . Mi kata [['e1 as,i or as,i Dil LHI decciv('11 them. Me afraid of P u U 1 .l.l 'g ' t~lU t~lUrn rn 11 mat] wh rr r r bea J" ~J LQv~'liwtbe mat] service.
m,
hI$' ;lppmacbed Ki:lyosal "'JOG MjlllY Mikuta \ iV iV Q l l l d willingly spit spit Dalg DalgOl Ol)a )al, l, T h . . Ino
Ltml'i; side. jOil'L hlchibans
it
on
cHI~e,
tv
~I 'd to
>p
Ilis o n l
l :< :< u r us us h im im f s reasstlranct'
of fl1tun~
1"he 1"he rare rare ogre spel spellc lcas asre rers rs ar .par .partic ticul ular arly ly inte intere reste ste
rh
ma
Soulrwisters
in the
an
they
Tsuno.Tf
fOKe
to
be ecko eckone ne
it
Tsuno
Ii\~CI+AnICS
Tsua Tsua stee steel· l·ar armo mo gain gain d-lenllancCl11ellf most most ir umst umst nces nces he eing eing atta attack ck
A1l.ACT~~S recommended
For
orig origin in
iv Ra e-
1.llrger
of
rhcm rhcmse selv lves es
pan,
For norm normal al
ampa ampaig ig
with samurai
setset-
by
Realm's
ns
Magic Arms and p r e : +2 bonus.
8th,i 8th,i P:r~l'eil P:r~l'eil[mll [mll'e~: 'e~:
m lY lY ) M n k
prol~ctln)l
W5:Ai'OnS
~ t ( i e J weapons galn.a +l n ha ha n e me me n o nu nu s u nd nd e rnosrcircurnstances. \"o/he11 atracking 11 creature outside of n a v e p la l a n or affecred by the influe influencence-of of another phIle (mag (magic ical al or by means of .. Spirit Realmsinfl Realmsinflucnn')t ucnn')t
TSWlD
l e in li just dead deadly ly u~ua u~ually lly taking li weap weapon on spec specia iali liza zatt ttcn cn just th
thi bonus bonusri rises ses
to
Cast~r lwei: 8th·;PYt'n'(lI i 1 1 iie:s: Armor, protedlOl1 ;'01'11 (!IllY); MflrluJ prrce: +2bonus.
to
'1
WI'WJ1~VLLr
U"1I1igL,ulsiae
a-
hn qu
Ltsnative
he Is 'plrj,
Re,).lm
tcuched
an
lv
le huma huma samurai atrm atrm:l :lun un some some whil in inge ingenn-Do Do w o ul armor whil ul d ~ tltl i " , no il t'11 t'11~c ~cl; l; Huwi Huwi-v -ver er.I .I ih Lion were fighttrig trig th llul llulll llL/ L/ 11l - h e ' Real Real of .':ll .':llau augh gher er rh TWl10's rN Hi, w'luld. itH.'W;J~.,
ancestor
Fo exnm exnm
!S-lUJ.
are ruhuruau lrv lI'JLl lI'JLlJIl JIl', ', T~UllU T~UllU .1] nut It;lv~;1 purposes ,f ran advanc advancern ernem, em, I I 1 : '1 1 . 1 no requires 20 {ewe {ewe nstg nstglu lu potn potn \( dv m.:e m.:e to Ih n'l' n'l'Il Il Scho School ol R~nk Ulkr
\lI5:f.ll'ons W e ap ap o
[01-
subject
lf mu
sp cula culati ti n,
nd weapons
ion, ion, samu samu ai
Impe Imperi ri
is
rsvno
rh
gene generrit
s om om e th th in in g c rb rb er er w o rlrl d about th rnarer rnarerlal lal The T s u D O guard [h secrets of rhei rhei stee stee jeal jealou ousl sly, y, sinc sinc it coul coul easily -t asta.ting effe:ctAtthe carry fallen, enS,LT!" that DO pieceof'Tsune pieceof'Tsune either,
Weapon
armo is l"[t l"[t behind or armo
mi
under
t;]r)!ci 1 1 1 1 1 1 i s ir ur st nces nces hel1 hel1 arta artack ckin in wuhin Us H1!111~nl;'t' I1 Th" ~fl:wkpt" t i { . . ,dm tkll 11]S nor "I IT""r1 _g:lIm:) Free Free Rais Raist, t, Il both both utru utruck ck J!nJ d.mag", rolls,
T s u n o ST££L rm
pu
Ill)!
tnrpertal Spousaand Momoku.
steel ofISuDO
mr Ts
~rmjj;H
o w iJ iJ 1 A dv d v an an ta ta ge ge s a n Dlsadvanrages; Ad~'p't
black-tinted
somer' Ilk ls cur-
the !oUowing:.Ear of the Emperor; 'Perceived, Honor, nd Void Void se
Th
and
A;un,O~
Dexrerity. elan-specific
creatu creature re
t4
Ann9f,
even For
Srreng ngrh rh an modifier to Srre
anot another her planeuna planeunagtc gtc lc (j(Hfer
lirr1e[cgard fo 'Enyone else. TSWlO averages powerful than humans, TSWlO 1s ie In .m us.cle.
+2 racial
th uno race learned wcremerhodtcallv applied li t' ~a suno stee stee ~)fwarfare. suno in f or technique o r gi gi n m e ta ta l bUI applying arcane "Hi; [, r h o " 1 "~ "~ d
A~1i\O;t
TSUflO
[itt [itt le alue alue ln ally allyin in
le
thai the
Necromancy
Components: Cast Casttn tn ime: ime: Rang Rang ouch ouch Creature
Duration:
action
touched
minu minute te/l /lev evel el
SaVmgT1uow:
Fortitude
Spell Resistance:
YeS'
(D
negates
Ii\AGIC
This lnsidious spell causes the. target', c o u y an chi (0 become altered any weakn weakness esses es d H . W bear. The' ar et a f f e C T e d ~5 desc descri ribe be belo below: w: ellc ellcas asre rer, r, egai egains ns Spel Spel Fail Fail re chan chan 2090 minus arcane arcane spell spellcas cas ing) equal rb e.lowest of .his.Strerigth, Dexterity, J' Constituricn. T h i s faill-lre-·s-.:acks wid] an exis xc pt existi ting ng Spel Spel Fail Failur ure, e, pl cast cast gs th el "ft·crlll£: di vine-or
!,;t
on-s on-s ellc ellcas asre rers rs re alcu alcula late te ei arra arrack ck and damage modifi rs si heir heir ~QWI.'S[ non-physical iUlrib\lw.
C r ea ea tu tu r
u'le Void Us
without
ft'. ft'.;J ;J are- stunned.
fo
u.1"4-
H.>-utlds.
II l-lnnorare
ro crea crearu rure re by rhis],
rhot rhot
uffene.d hy nlllfu.lio1"I for ln6 an nc rank ar no ffec ffecte te
Creatures af£(~eu~d\1Ythe Shadcwlaruls'Tamt are notsub notsubjec jec Ic e 'an.'-cu ularive,
S"I~*i
Components: +10
flo/lvi,
creature
D)
Savin Savin Thro Throw: w: Forr Forrir irud ud negat negate, e, Spell Resist nce:
calling lling upo
.B
Soul Souliw iwis iste te
the mysteries learned 11 rl.,., Sril-it
nd the. the.ir irJourneys
th Tsuno Realms,
vo seve seve " t h e . ;ure-and Spir Spirit it Real Realm. m. uor curr current ently ly in.T in.The he most most obvi obviot ot.s .s an deV' deV'ds dsra rati ting ngef ef:e :ect ct of is ellell- that that ra ge neel neelin in loses AnCt~sto Feat benefit~ 01 any AnCt~sto un es th ar et is wirblll_theAnceswr'" RClJ11l also has
th
y O L I ha
sanH~cf["ccl',asl[
C8$t dlip!1
,th targ target et bu only spel spells ls cast cast .b creatures nor nauve to rh plan planee-yo yo ar bod, currently Il are affected. m'ilgT[
S71~lT
my s:;. s:;.on onti ti::-
Conju Conjura rati ti
evel evel r3 Comp Comp nent nent Ca in -'[U -'[U e:
(Sum (Summo moni ning ng V,
ac io
Is II f1 sprru E.£feq;·Sununoned Duration: minutc/levt'll.D) Savi Saving ng Thro Throw: w: None Spell Spell esista esistance: nce: No rh rnin rninur ur spel spells ls That allew [h CroRS between tl Spirit R e m s spel spel sumsumne
mons-an el!
T~TT!" T~TT!"ln lnto
lr,h b"s!deo '(!lU.. '(!lU.. he 1)11
ou ~sp Jay \ 1 ; ~ l t h
el TSl,Ill.Q
h ou ou gh gh .
inW< inW<"t "tfe fec[ c[ ,m you m u m a durr durrrr rric icno no \h'js spell ro ence enceir ir Wa summo summoned ned
51.1 mrnc mrncni ning ngis is
fiJI" th
!!'::'lltrati~n
TSUl10 reru rerums ms
(iVIS=: Level:
arrernpt
11 16
15~19 I'he
no he
Tsuno HD
11-l-4
or
i."~Si't~IT
C u (:011summoned
:;tEAl..IilS
(Crea (Creati tion on
SOl"
Cast Cast ng
c;:n"m~
th
ime: ime:
ac ion
Ra e: ouch ouch Duration: Special Savi Savin.g n.g Thro Throw: w: Forur Forurude ude negates (h.FmLc~s~
Evocation
CastingTim.e: action :Ran :Range ge Medi Medium um lOt) io
Caster Level
Conjur Conjur tio to
S~ (hm: (hm:tt tt pe casr casrer er level amed amed [.lrgel_ Failure IJ11'l>U)S
111%
Oh(lCLe~~ful Oh(lCLe~~full. l. summoning summoning ['6(> GlstLng ha r1(1 f fe fe c made"
earlier
same sp~lllga.i..u_
On () the.d the.d ep st ecre ecrets ts th no ou rw.s rw.ste ters rs rh is spell spell 'I a.S it Real Realm' m' uch, uch, he ar et ecom ecomes es il ef ec effe effect ct of immune ['0 ~]Jy i1 Il he ac umul umulat ates es in Cont Contro ro nocnallv Atlectca rn_. rn_.~t ~tnr nres es,g ,g:l :l1r 1r no ~pec ~pecbl bl abil abilir irie ie or stat status us "ff~ "ff~cr cri; i; cl~L;; to. these these nd affected by effects rhat rhat chec chec o r s uc uc h e ve ve l of C0htwll,'!,1f ex under the effect eU ~1Iffer p' T am am e 1 1 Shadowlands ll effe effecr cr 'tIl nt f i J I ' pawl.' [-0, :fi-Oli'l the Taint lind CO)] a,i"de strik,I.This spel spel rror rror aJl} aJl} as fo mber mber el day& '\'4uallu yuur caster level. to make 2o Ia "Ell",etlc'CtsF"crmanerH etlc'CtsF"crmanerH until eirh eirher er disp dispel elle le changed by
spell
B;{OT)t~~
.T Master ster
evel
Duration: rounds Area of Effecr: . s e l f Range: self
in rspe rspell ll un to ross ross between t ha ha r a llll o he Sp R e D 1 this this speU speU summons another "['SUllO [Q fighr besi besi (h cast cast ng ou rwis rwis er he un is rypir;t1 q iz iz l and statis statistic tics, s, thoug thoug Rarses.rnay ne
he
one m :
~u
Th
on
d-ay
CIi.'!1 he spel spel
ga,n ha .lax to suuuuc suuuuc
~m means thecasttng
be made,
p e I r n '! be C O l S I mrent to largt·l.
if
raised hy 15. Failure anothe he arre arrern rn pt.r pt.rns ns I ho ho ug ug b anot It
ha~
fr ee ee r 110 e fr
Ine cast caster er must must main mainta tain in the dur tio
I'UnI"
rnoned Isuno retu return rn from from whence II was summoned.
TWI5T£D Si'I~T Ma er Durarion:
~A.LIi\S
evel evel 'L minute
Master ster
Range Range Touch Touch
Rang Range: e: 'I cb
Tlns Tlns insld insldiou iou s p e altered desc descri ribe be belo below: w:
c au au se se s the target target's 's body andcht
[Q
become
character ls spel.casrer, all ofhi~ pell pell av thei thei rast rastin in TbIs TbIs rais raised ed by :20,l11i.nm5 th casr casrer er lowe lowesr srph phys ys ical ical Trair Trair Iowesr sr nonnon-ph phys ysic ical al Trai Trai inst instea ea rJleir Iowe fo damage,
of their
es
Ri EO
Cr;!MUreS
ddl.'hd
C ted b y t h S ha al-I...Cted h a ccll ow ow l an an d
.an effect effect
S?I~T
IQ
ha
this 1)[ this
spel spell. l. It e[fed"
ar em elve elve '4
TU ed an fr at ac
b je je c
Tainr ar no
~I~
cumulanve.
ft upon
Soulrwisters
rhl.'- myster sterie ie
AlfCCled
e ve ve l o f COntrol. ut TIl:]Y be targeted a n a iT iT e ct ct e by eff~("ts ilrhough for such creature Ul1Jer the effect ( . ) 1 ' rhts spel spel wouh wouh accumulate p o in in t o f h ad ad ow ow la l a nd nd s Tairu, 11<'w o . s uf uf fe fe r ne ill eEen Tainr Fr o u not draw upon tl](· Taint t o l " powers, wo but still be wounded by a),;de
'I or high higher er
by -:
~;:ru"n~
ro
lID
[e ne
{h
Tsuno
(heir journe journeys ys in rJ1eSpitit R e a llm nd (heir m s 'J'J o> o> u s ev ev e r creature
il e.ff e.ffec ects tsof of 1Ine 1'0 lilly lilly of
the TsuDO 50\1.1twisters, this epl SPIr SPIri! i! Real Realm' m' touc touch, h, Th !(I[ !(I[ge ge beco become me
make the ffec ffects ts perm perman anen en
Mastery Level: "1 Duration: :s rounds Range;
deepest
affeded as
th
unable
evel
Duration: Specia:
31
,a Spicit evas evasta ta ng
n,Th mo vi us an currently this this spel spel is rhiH he -t-t ar ar ge ge t i s > G "t "t tn tn "c "c m l efirs of a.ny Ancestor Adva Advant ntag ages es (unl (unles es t he resi reside denc nce) e) ThiS ThiS also also e r u l s ali no native £0 rhe Spin. in.
ti
~pelL
Ill:I)'
eith either er
('h'"l)Sf>('If rll$ rll$rm rmg) g) to ls elle elle OTch OTchan an ed
ou erne erne parr parric icul ul ranks of
amorphous, -Illil ucnced by (heir .inhabitauts .inhabitauts Much like like th ic vi,g vi,g tati tati:r :r shif shifts ts with with la mi regu regula lar: r: ty th hado hado land lands, s, ho ev here here it is du to [·hereal [·hereality ity-wa -warprplllg lllg touc touc of he arkn arkn ss iT1s iT1ste tea~ a~of of th in luen luence ce th Tain Taint" t" consta tant nt srri srri.c .ctu ture re OJ la f " e w cons th pUI1)OSC remains
untouched
th
ha ge
landscape.
Ii\AJO~
GOJU HOJ..DlnGS
UnIi UnIikf kf :.h" :.h" twis twiste te mo keri keri Sarnu SarnutJi tJilll lll:"il :"ilin; in;ain ain Or r he he ch ch ao ao r lay claim to th
of
111<'
that the last r ub ub hl hl e eerily ly pris pristi tine ne th Coju ar eeri bone white and
of cwil cwiliz iz ricn ricn
"S'lIJJemll~uraJ darkness
Shadowiaods,
in th Cirvof ly LOft" DUt against the spraw] spraw]'il1 'il1gma gmass ss of houses 3 J J J other structures. Ifill titanic Tetnplc ~f the Nimh ~J..:Yi t) th ly rtsrr th in magJ,lficence.
sinister
th Shad Shadow ow Drag Dragon on po er 11 Ning Ning n- o, i~ ro em .rha .rha th eare eare assa assass ssin in Dragon on ana C;Oj,l! serve th Whim of th Drag even even th fear fearso some me Lest sa ur void void th stru stru tu e, Th ojLJ ojLJ ir hc bl ssin ssings gs of Jaig Jaigot ot '; nd fh hado hado Drag Drag n, lnsr lnsrtl tlll-ing -ing both both mist mistru rust st an awe, ofDaigDrsn, rh Coju Even Even ~fH' ~fH' Coju have lost none standi ding ng with within in the ranks of thethe-Sh Shad adow owla land nds. s. Tht' Tht' suprb<'ir stan port r; the LorSIDf willing to move againsr lh demo demo nlnj nlnja. a.Bv Bven en Iu -bibilll does ehe minion o f ne know wi a d ow ow , as he does -'llTm rh
wrath.
corrupted Dragon's
c as as t
ha
ade
House
lQ
strike
them corrpletely
he-.l9hado}-V do}-V Dragon. of he-.l9ha
and
"voer.ypiece it
:a The
down st ude nt menr or destroy puni puni failed'. Gojul
manner re returned ro th shad shad rago ragon, n, p o bo larer dcep within W"ithoUl Dittgll[~U ilin ilin 'tii 'tii .g heir heir crtv crtvtt ttte tes. s.fb fb GOJuha GOJuhave ve atre n t i u n . to Secretly, [hey have me id ls in tavo tavo ib thei nell 10 (haw artent-ion Ie thei
SHIn SHIn.G .G
[S mnra mnra
S/ inja inja 3/Shadow
Da ness ness
Sp wn
Temp Templa late te Shih Shih Bushi 21GoJu Ninja 5]
bttsy
years. s. th mortal m,l$[tN' o f , t h e p a s t fe year family, Shingo ba fQuncLhlrnselfb('reft. Sh Dragou's guidance more frequenlly a n 1 1 isaccustomed TO his irnrnurtal master. Thou Though gh th sens sens woul woul neve neverq rq es kr bt~ cannot help bu 171'aneJ' IJlOSt trusted Ct;'jll
mlnlon,
dear to
Though things lg ts
speaker master Wl~e Wl~ere re Dalg Dalgot otsn sn Iiis in Iiis agai_lls!
deaths,
mUSI
be resto restore re
to
.BJoDd-
crush rh
i~ ~ oPPof.tlrriiry. Gojtl a r h e F i~ S3W the Hue potential 01' (11C l.0JU, rh 11blindl blindl destro destro ay Shin Shingo go ha quie quietly tly beguna can-._pillgJl he (}J;1C 01 rherr
acti activi viti ties es
been ietWITS tl lg in -W bu. such activity is hardly unusual, thes thes inci incide dent nt have attent ntio io draw th atte ofthe Shadow Drag Dragon on land land In ,lI),"1'1. Ihe Whatev evet et"o "opi piri ri this this ay be, it is school), What no 'urr 'urrde de th infl influe uenc nc tlre ~h~dow -Dragoll. 01" Focu Focus: s: Atte Attemp mpts ts Identify Sf even even purp purpos osef eful ully ly conl conlrc rcnr nr 1C th always ys retu return rnin in it, b ' . 1 alwa 10 in el is akan akanse se U1eBloo oods dspe peak aker er in rerriburiou .or conrrolledby U1eBl 11 secret. the act, spitlf i., the s'7ul~l[:,L rest strike;The restle less ss ShoS ShoS'u 'u nlnj nlnj that horne. e. Unab Unable le ro complete died in th 'Shadowisnds, Iar from horn its journey journey LD Meido., it to _dreCily ofthe.L ofthe.Los ost, t, Bnra Bnrage ge by rhe. rhe.su surv rviv ival al of when can na bid_es when it must. u~c6e~hd, IJ J ar h~e!weell t h { ':': IJ th a'nd l'heBit:)od l'heBit:)odspeak speakers, ers,nlnsum nlnsuming ing the LOSL
:n ts (my.
th
ucdthe
we
movnrsm
003'0 Ihl; Ihl; O~lS O~lS of Coju Coju Ih tail tailli ling ng grou ground nd ftlT h e S h a do do w l am am i s does ot fcrgive f a . i lure, T h
grounds en
Co
Blco Blcods ds eake eake of no 01 so a o
A t 1 V 5 : n TU~: H O O l t
eorv
wi
GO.:T GO.:T
it th here here ofvt ofvtct ct ms onse onsequ qu nc drsa drsapp pp rs
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I'earless nd rcer rcerci cile less ss lead leader er :1 distant dream rhat cn ly cOinpl ple. e.tt tt corr corrup upti tion on ttl ln e tltl 1e 1e s s wlush le to he cOin rueb r h c b ln Lyi ng Darkne Darkness, ss, he Ll ma others, h e N i u b m i s s w a COTI11,]crel difbeingconsumed feriont before beingconsumed th Dark Dark es er 11 She was.a conremplarive D I K e Giri, I'd~lty,"lhe me Ul 5h minor ei III~ Ia nd s, T . l . e rp daughrer farnIt~rs sla I I I n
th!lf .1l.J()il against lhl'ill.
~OJU }(_.YOJI;l.Q
Goj:u KyvJeu
be ~v
gL,blU1.;l
Ji.vil1f' sc
st JPP< JPP< blt, blt,
;]
Heav Heaven en
T ho h o ug ug h h e l1f'verspoke ro t g o otLi:Jgashl's s!j,n, .lj~J
og sh
on
nc their h O I D ~ ,
ErOJ"J1
was Ih~rt'
Giri
h~nished Dragons,
the when the
frbm,
mrg~, rre,qf~ wnt<'I', flnrhl flnrhlgJP gJP~~l ~~lf; f; 1st -!JIe;:~t';] w m d _ " Ch~llgi' i e l f , ~!leed hrcl hrclIJ.I'l, IJ. I'l, oh,nuing I 1 m t e b b l l i g S M ' e n g ! h , lame !lenten's I'own, ,i istmdlng p m / k no no w h e m md md , S P l Y ' t; fake no w s l w , ~ e l v ! ; , I.he Ii"" Ihal h l l l t l ; (ougIl,', wimllJhill; k no rlnin+Hdinlu/da i f v o y a f l r e , gllst cof,Wifld. th 1 1 1 1 " 1 ' 1 [lfum!, liSi'~i ' n'lllg
lirr lirrlt ltmlI mlIA101 A101md, md,l; l;
I:lII'e
inevitability, ~~·if Hoshi's order, a I J1 ys been p a With Withjn jn week weeks, s, i. was deal' that Hoshi WBS smitten, ~n Giri Giri's 's coul this this have huppei1cd-;h ea ea r h a e re re d H e coul w a the .sar .sarne ne as ElsRl- il il 1be utif utiful ul is monk monk whoh ad -Plj[!1'
nrlu nrlu er
th tria trials ls C-ili had? Itwasn't with th llly~I~r_ioU.,
P9$~i61e. ·Giri became
obsession to
wanted
dllU,
Sl,ft"engl/s
cl im th DragO'l.l Thro Throne ne From From.Hit .Hitor orni ni by force If cess cess y, Gil' Gil' as mo th ffrsT to s w ea ea r f ea ea l to r h h a lflf -g -g o d A[ this nother silent ra cs n~ sb C 3 .Hos .Hoshi hi's 's swel swel ing atmy; Eisai, N o 11 ew \vhe \vhe
I)bsesse
G/ifl: b h, s l g i r r,g(ltlicl'no w d {r {r ed ed im im l , detcrlli1l:r.gU, ghosl' 5O.uml..k no
Spell~ Knowil Knowil (6/8/8/8/' (6/8/8/8/'8/7/7 8/7/7 in&; ",lirt g 1 l 1 ' r ! m 1 C c ,
Eisai, wanted
apan, whatever SWiftly, rk ss came i:cnil1g ;rLready W8 i:cnil1g [ h ' a th TO :1 Hosh Hoshi' i' ar plans destroy itornl. c lo lo s I I d ue ue . his fiiJ ed on nigh nigh I, pi is pp fe'w noticed, noticed,
sbowi 11 hergreat
d()~r,
I'wiltghl, O H w am am m wh!spjl)'.1 ST_hnnngc, d-imenp 1 1 1 1 hhal"lnf,l,.r~r~llsjrnt
I-orc, r a n / y o l tlcrf, tlcrf, Idcpoi"I. Idcpoi"I.legmd legmd ~ltd, 'ppi$.D'1 I. - \ ' V 1 f 1 < i s p i d - e : r , Ih~ l'C'II.eim IiIf 8th -,I,lyn"j k . n . I V ~ " . : p I 1 t ! ' f d O Q r d r o p ; 8th-,I,lyn"j jJn,llcs.IION': +2 !amt~d.flil'ljaAo O f S [ W i i d (nlloestra.1 dais-ho},iwko[ nn m _ . . / t m r ii, H~tJU.ke O f 1 ) w t e c l w l 1 L < I l /·/· e l '. Ip I p d 1 f . b09ts-of~l:tldin gi gi ng ng , I 1 . n w l e J na..i1u'fi/ 1tl1ll(lf ing a m ~ w in IIi'r;!wlismflt,4. ,jon
R J5 J 5 ioio n ltryih.g;6rh--
I . \ I g ~ I.h e r ; 7[
·m
nm.us; nm.us;:a: :a::l :l SA Eart Earth: h: Willpower:
te Fire:
always -promiSing
VOW!"!"I
"e were repl replac aced ed by i_nflkting pain upon Hoshi's .g.oals were the agenrs IIl1JJ1,b; and destroying once itoml. tole tole love love fTog fTogl! l!sh shi's i's SQn wa om forgot otte ten, n, an al pletely forg grea greatas. ,. .someone. Bv bhvi bhvion on's 's Ga th desr desrru ruccBarrie i, gott gotten en hers hersel elf. f. Al0IH': an aban abando done ned. d. by the .D~ri .D~ri{ne {ness, ss,.sh .sh
found
deeper
ow nd "t
Sh
w,
as clear tr ttomconsl:Irnto harnes harnes l'hf. it
keep
completel tely, y, m e ing her comple Shadow tion of 111 W'h~11
he
u gh gh t others ho
finallvasked
of sere sere
wa
Shadow Dragon, al sh
iry
£] ng
ang
.natne,
l.ha I;
as sparked
by
to-
Vord:.U
l/ In G.lo G.lory ry/H /Hon onor or (to/ (to/ft ft ha ow oint oints: s: 'skills:
AI hletics
4, Climbing
i _ B l.l. ln ln ~ a j 11, LYIng (j.,
.j., C - f a [
lore 1 0 g lC lC r Eriquerte ."i, J\·!3rupul.;l[[oJ1 t'Jin.h:nsu 5. raison 7, Shintac :j,Slilceri.t:v I), ;)t:eal[h 7, Tant Tant fr Advantages: Quitk Dtsadvanrages: Insenairive Weapons Armor: Katana Katana wakizash wakizashi. i. vu ni nd 20 arrows, light arruor, the Spells: &; one lf the. the. most most piyw piywcr crfu fu bl'iJlg~ number oj" Lying AI nd il sp nn nblti ie nd can pos~.ibly gill"h(~[rhe POWeTtI) csst otlrer spells if sh w i , h c d _ . GMs fe·t·lappropriMI' h ou ou l e e free [\ inclurie- an ~pl'!llbtly for Eisal' Eisal' arsena arsenal, l,
t.
SinCE ha time time except
ill wIiL"p{'_];~
to
on anot anothe her, r,
nlnUBi:;:ISAI Human shu /NS 10 (Dark (Darkness ness
Spawn :rem.plate); CR humanoi hp Spd l! l r d n rn rn JI JI l torI Ft.;.At. 2H (touch 16 flat-footed 23); Arrack + 2 a l! clas$.SkiJI- Move Silently ('n of spaa. +1.-2/+7 Darkne ness ss Spaw Spaw QU'llliiies, Elemental Foc(i~ il"Hlhi il"Hlhily ly Bonus) Dark ( - A i F X3,Watex, Fire)] HouorO; -l 15 WiliITH; (7, is 8, Ch 27 Height on tS, . 4 in., sha-dow Points: l;'l,MeciiLim-si1.e
(jQjU
m.~CKAnICS AnC~SToas (YOI(AI)
111·.
Skills lInd JeUi5; Spealc.Language (I{o.h._ga.1li), Conceuttatio 11 ;CHlft ft (Bon (Bonsa sai) i) +22, +22, Drplemacy ",:27, Knowledge (Lying + 1 1 , ;CHl Dark Darkne ness ss +22, +22, Know Knowle ledg dg (Sha (Shado dowl wlam amls ls +22. Move Move Sile Silent ntly ly +25 Scry Scry +22, .sp,ellcraJt +22; Cast Shadow, Co ba Cast ng odge odge Bxpe Bxperr rris is Disfj. j.l' l'.m .m .Fac .Facel el es Soul Soul Icrprcved Disf r-iiil. l.ja jaMy Myst stic ic). ). Weap Weapon on Focu Focu (Nin (Ninja jato to). ). (Ahct;'slOr: r-iii I J IQ IQ ; N O l ie ie . DlljO: DlljO: NO"l1~; NO"l1~; K IJ
like .orher
I ' h e servants o f b 1 ' Sharlow sens sens 's tr di onsl onsl rlie sa
1illnt,
ch arac aracte ters rs Soul Soul corr corrup upte te th Shad Shadow ow 'Dra 'Drago go ar even eventu tu !:-lQW QW(!, (!,Wf Wf S{_1 S{_1m~ m~ ally absorbed fu U y th Lyi' Lyi' Darkness, !:-l ll sd co be fuily such vtctinH have' either roo
S h o w Dragon sends to i t m i ni ni on on s ) . Inspiration IIrh!· hmn oft! p'~Wll t ha ha t s er er ve ve d
r o g u d an an c
TO
a Ities In posed n g ~ -c -c h a c e r [1
ps
l.yin l.yin nCGstQJ' abilities. th
In
D~~:kn D~~:kncss css
ADO~AI
GOJ'"U
~fthe £ir~[ mortals Inll Inll subs subsum umed ed he Dark, His r e a r C e d arul ha .. ul natu nature re infinf-ec ecte te it he Dark Dark become :1 shared emit ness id nor h h ir ir n T h ou ou a he moved towards Ih t• g'l1:l1{,If of creation, w a s G (" (" ' bitterness that pe Inrr truly evil G(ljll w a 11(,5S.
SICk
C:OJll
wh hr in w ! rhe short ti m e bore ~Jly na III (> ;1.1 all, Eventu ally, ally, ~ha-pc~b ~ha-pc~b tfi:iil.-g se I'~ v an an r o f L y n g Darkness C:lIT'IC to be wn "theCoju," 10
and Goi II in memo memory ry
Ilecrbeen. mOI1::J~ mind th ~-OJ ~-OJ'e 'eor tht: Lyil't'g o r O\"eT thousand year~. Leil a lo lo n h e Darkness form formle less ss an mindless aspen
D a k ne ne s wa just just
ims
I}
mr me Darkness
ED (,1S (,1S
UJ1C("
~m
Ad
near nearlv lv drov drov it icto ictory ry ov dw W a S s la la i IS3wa FI.ochiu,W1ht'11
pa ed nt
[f.utCi:STO~
wh
rose rose hi la se-n se-nse se ()f' ()f'se self lf is loya loyalr lr to hands 'f rh Lion Lion Cham Champi pion on MalSU Ni pl ce
:A
A"O~ll
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111 [he rest restor or
He
CY D:
Clan: Any.
Prerequisites:
An
$bllUOW
least
1:10n01'
11\_
Be
Y o ,1 nu lo
dutv in petfonning his va$.~aI~.Yo g~'i g~'iII a, 11111[ 1[11avoid any effects, rnagtcal 01 1111 Honor-while
ha
to
c irir c m s a nc nc e b on on u
10
vour wi
ma pu
an
turn
yo fr
your your urre urrenr nr ;'uishoRlilrahle"
rcquire me'nt 01 any Prest lge
wo
othe rwise 3.
J1{.l!10r
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Test Test m ag ag _J _J . u ! flor Y O YPli YPli HUI1 HUI1(, (,lr lr m~1' m~1' OI is ~bu\! lu~(' rhrrhr- b~'llefirs of is n ne ne ' yU'U lu~(' iIl_g
TS Sh
ynur
\,IJU
Points, T h I S ' b t't' llll e -f -f l toY01lT
In ig
GOJ""V1{.YOOEn
lralt
llists fl'ra
}, half yuur numb
'T
ol
nk
Kyudcn lC'ft to [he ronin Y O [ ~ C l replnced the Emperor's
of nb v as as sa sa l Ho Yo
D ng ng u
vo n ny ny eH eH ec ec . w i l a n [Urn y o
ADO~AI (lay,
70tnT5)
YIlU
M~y 1101 h u Vo se feal. g~fn an enha enhanc ncem emen en ~y,yml ma g~fn your -nrib bonus -nrib (' qu 10 your maximum Shad Shadow ow Poin Points ts il is benefi benefi l;)5'TS rolla1f )r01\1" character leve] Hlllncleu down). Prerequisites:
"q
ro
wh Te Tsu destroyed th Lord Lord owlauds, Xy(lde1J returned h i m a e r nd frie friend nd's 's sacr sacrif ific ice. e. ftJly consumed by be shadQ\\' IJragtln, rh memory ur No C;0Ju who w a J i1 i1 fifi cu cu llll -p -p a rh rh . o f hono honora rand nd durv
service
Clan Clan None None
ma mu
aW -,IY
Of' OA~I{n;:SS
H=:A~T
')i ll'" {,31·JJ
from the B lo lo od od sp sp ea ea k Ye w a dete detear ared ed an t1lt' Kyod Kyod 'll' 'll' In orni ornira ra le will preserved hiS
later, when
rhe powe powe.r .r ell" ell"
ms
o l Yotsu b ec ec a n e d u~ u~ " LTlemi
AT
Adoral as be om f ul ul l a nc n c ho ho rc rc cl cl h r h e xi x i st st en en ce c e -o -o f the Darkness had"lw i.f th ha ow rago rago wert ever Dr go U 1 wnu'ld cease il destroyed.
GOJ'"U
im
drew
twist e d
wil
inut inut
wl
it as-;\,011,creating -The
l'lftt~n v"isit~The
h!
lr to powe powerf rful ul rnnho-tsukai, Da go sll~ sll~ nf uenc uenc wa ou iricnJ rare luxury alUQD!?, '1geml'lI kk tm n g c e e m on on y th E tm Kyode 11 took tlw Ita Ii'! of he mall witi: lt sh y o u < : , o served Itt Daigotsu1 gl\1'~1'1birth Daigorsu, th Imbahm hm:t :t~J ~J .sou .sou attr attrac acte te 'thl' yc,l r~ ~l11ri hi Imba
311J
th spirit G o Adami Shadow Dragon. Adorai
£5 70
bL1LILlitiOQ tt' a l h i
Iorgcnen
to tnt>
run.r
TH::
foremsst JUt}'.
ro p s b e o w 1. ifi1 ever d ro o r permanenrly
ruption
ke unmuurlt[ ka111i.
n:W1('
of
n0
aS er
exjsrence, 111:1'exjsrence,
k id id n~ n~ pp pp e t :b :b ilil . ii Ii hi YOtll1 l1.l .l Ira_l Ira_lie ie own SOD. Thml,gh YOtl the child I,f dw T.impe.wr. hit> an pre~umed was losl to OW11 beir h in in , h c U g h rb m.ah dead. m.aho· o· £s _h-av", destroyed much oJ Wh:H th cl age. il as ea !h~)'OWlg man SHOll,g sense- of on desp despit it 118; er s [ hi hi lili " wotil.a h :l:l vt vt l c aauu se se d dl ~ult to kill him, BlfJodspea k er
mi
1i\lISTIC
raised by
ro
)'!>m
u d th lying Darkness know th Kuru Hosch Infecred th Darkness ma a bo bo u e ve ve r
the
Jury in serv servic ic ( un un le le s Ih
We
in
~LWD
perfect vlerirn
,1
Kunl
alld unnamahle fe·" should
bling lh n.nlgh n.nlgh of corcor-
f~iled to
shugenja, The
f{ for' for'l; l;'s 's be-y be-yun un th d ow ow s ny Lh;> in ,b,· me seIiS seIiS 11( t'il't t'il'tne nents nts connection
(c
cbim cbim h(~T h(~TtrtI trtI birtl1Tight. W' ~I[lry IJ Kuni Kuni Hose Hoseki ki "part [rom cl'!L1ndes~ simIlar t a l e .... " ; , , he fana fanari riCf Cfl1 l1dt'votlOn 1.0
great;
mi e.ga lumll)' and PUll1l)se ..wry to it, and within. y .e .e n rhe Ninja Mystic had Iergor li[e Iergorten ten every trace plete! plete!:, :, :tnnih :tnnihil~ il~teJ teJ br er fierce drive place fh be world. b ec ec om om e 0)1e wit rk ll .Adora i, a nt oj 11 .Adora nt i r h N}nj N}nj;' ;'\My \Myst stic ic be am on ofthe TII0St powe powerf rful ul xr nsie nsierr rr of Darx
11
c.>'S.She b e ' G : P I l 1
a n p o w er er fu fu l as
ppa
absorbed, by FimlllYi when
[he Dark Darkne ne
wa
nam. nam.~' ~' by Htrorn i,
g,ivn)
wn
inm reah reahty ty .. until
cauglu MysllC'S power I; the figl:rrs'agH nsrrhe power mast an trem trempt pt IQ returri fhe Darkness to its Ijf her Jl~W mast cev Shg]ow ow Drag Dragon on thegreat Shg] he 'Inf 'Influ lu nc xten xtends ds wi ho $1,t' ~"[d.,, ~"[d.,, lit: L ~ . .. .. . 11;;" 11;;",11 (. $1,t' rema remain inin in Ninu Ninube be to Ihis Ihisd: d:1Y•. 1Y•.work w orkin in achieve h e [( oa Into
un
When of thought
Ji\. Ji\. ISTI ISTI
the Ninube ramily. Ben" Ben"fL fLt; t; Once Once pe day, (m rna)' complel'
<;11
to
this day, unknown by (lClhe moiial worldand fH.;edof tl'le- need need to.d to.dev ev.D .Dur ur erea ereatio tio n. vlctot ot of Isawa .Hochiu :l:ld terrible SmllYI th vlct pric price. e. G@ju G@ju sroo sroo coul reac reac 'hinl befo before re bein bein dr:i;--e11 'J·,,,J_qwlaTldt, and norre. coul mtghty ty Ir Drag Dragon on heed heedle less ss pfdl~ conad by theIaint.The mtgh 10
rago wa laim laimed ed by holy Ai rago [h touc touc ofF14imgther El~m El~m"nt "nt~l ~l blasphemy du' ther D~agons 1 1 1 ' 1 . , 1 - the Celesr Celesrial ial Heaven Heaven will neve neve forg forget et Twis Twiste te hing rlnrkness, Jcl.U: Shadow ow Hochlu slew G Q J '1 s p irir e . . an Shad '1 ,r ,r ea ea rt rt n m e touch of the Lyin ro th Lyin Dark Darkne ness ss Gpju'~ minions. As they they wert wert so deep within th la lu th Dark Dark Karn Karni' i' real real rook them almost imme immedi diat atdr dr educ educ ing: same gibbering m a dm dm e n o th th e s l:l: IT IT H y becoming lh demQ!l ninj.l whispered .abou to lhis J . a y . The dYing o j u c a llll e au to \vquld G: so
:e death
his morral form form Coju Coju
scrap of an 'haJow Dragoo. Thougb th 'badow Influence by corrupting the in ompl ompl tely tely de ou th othothen ug in ~Coju ~Coju bu- dno before. Th Shad Shadow ow Orng Orngon one~ e~lS lSaw aw
moving moving wi
spells. kiho, or abilities h a e l 1 ; 1 1 1 - something th Bve natural senses) h o o f th di ec inrervenuorv Fortu I'H~OJ more p ow nc e o r n a be raken o w e u l e in in g T h a nc on
to
gre.ally
stealth. yn .rem by mundane means, Y - 0 U .rem in unrm unrmti ti by a q . v supernatural means such as
lone lone
l' s ~ l o to undo undotn tn cD!'.lirton. 1 1 e h e to to Js Js aw aw a , H oc oc h desrrcyed C o th B'an.le
me
shield ld vour vourse self lf rnplcrelv shie
presen ence ce whil whil dete~tJour pres
rhls W;IY Moon.
took
reality
t11C VOLI
forrh
Separated from rh madness of Coju, b i r bn bn nl nl es es s enriry wa once once ag in Noth Nothin ing, g, n e h e g oo I'vH. wha fe underoo d 110r I'vH. srandis that w. e"ful prcscI1.C:c in the urilverse corr corrrp rple lere rely ly tL(! tL(!sho sho), ), it even by had, would J J : 1 V e
nJnjA 1i\~5TIC Once p e r d ay ay ;
Darkness
Coju,
'P~er\'qTIisires:Must
?OJ.nTSl
imed imed by th
¥r in
iden identi tity ty beccming
him
f'ACi,J,.i£55 SOVJ,.
H rA rA nC n C ~ S1 S 1 'O 'O ~
-~
tying D a
untlefiried
ld only co
mtenncnally
th
m\
felted its. ow
in
shared
il w i rr- b t h
Ti\iIlL
become Intertwined. Effectively; the r.ela r.elati tiunsh unship ip between that the-S hadow C o j bas b e o m
"A;U(Tt~SS rile, en rill' ~llIall l ) J (
whe
d . .J5 \lin ever everyt yt In 'i1 gi \lin
-Lbo
cruario
morr morral al real real
md to
it
rhough ness, il touched pai ofisola ofisolatit, tit,ji ji
the -SCOrpiDl1
IlO
th
me
Cele Celest stIa Ia
guid guid
to
rna»
with
rh ir mast mast r.
gai':!:l th
Taln Taln [he Sh~dow Sh~dowlll lllI)( I)( ure ust be at least nd ireorl ireorl in,",olved by tire tire .Lyin .Lyin,l ,l Dark Darkne ness ss Tl
th Shad Shadow ow Drag Dragon on the co nrption
touch
1'0
conr conrra ract ct th Tain Tainr, r, blll blll it will rarely share 'irs 'irs ower ower
cb
shnwthc Emperor 'rh loyal~ loyal~ orIhe dan. 111' 111'fe fect ctedbir edbir GoJu GoJu's 's madh madh ..S. the NOIhlng was rwisred imo
n,mched W3l;
commands of
\! i'
\I
the mind ofanother being thai
Darkne ness ss thar tharev evr; r;'ln 'lntu tuij ijlly lly rhl! Lying Dark ~l of i'-x i'-xiS iSj'e j'enc nce. e. That which
Fu ~rng ~rng's 's real real
'J
sil1gle f O F m , ir lcneli-
-Goju, thl' thl'"I "Il: l:in inja ja driv driv.c .cIi Ii from from !h
sp ar much much like
lrilocLlo
to
intluenccLlf
lh
lyi. lyi.ng ng Da:r Da:rJ, J,n( n( pO'l'ver, no ll')ngel'llQlLnd by th Orde Order. r. Th ptke ptke or s\lc s\lc powr-r \vn~
the Shado
the Shado,..vlands Shado,..vlands "I"iut
Ls me
prCY'~11t~It
it
i t O\Nll"mJ
tl105(,
Ihe
minio minions ns from gaining
reet w~ys lO gain th anenlipn of lht name Thb\lgh prepaH'. an rinlal tIl it name ms mp
Dn stands [hat
Sh~d(jw
L h~ h~ E m n :k~g()tl' does
wl
k n o w n to very few. r h o ; nr~Kun underwas d('_±~.!ltclI becaus« hl" revealed .h i.:l1sell- ro srrurk JOWI1_ rur thi~ reason, h e h .a.a t o w Shildot male male it.> it.>el elJkn Jknow ow ho
Ol _g
mb «l
)l
CG lts ~xistel.\t;1'.
si ce rh ilntr1t· vl-Obhvion's Care E x ts ts riri n I m rr rr io io ns ns .o .o i . [· [· h G oj o j u. u. aE aE : i re re c t iheatton tlon o[ ~qmcv"h~t lhei lhei mast master er tl \inlllJ must i lll l in i n g . TJ1tI DaThnes~ DaThnes~ f~"Js 011 ~in ll'1d vic ~~ i.r i.'i rouchcd theanger ol COJll.'Mil1iol1,~ Drlhe- :;ha :;had0 d0 bl"~ bl"~l& l&;o ;o l'I; pp 1T".I:iitit> glory;
rhl? Gojll !eml and deslre !I i1 [.he)-' ar corn cornlf lf,1 ,1te te Ihey ,JralRdtis
us .nil .nilu. u. Ll e.
ju
HU.& HU.& f" HA 'O\! 'O\! Clan: Nom:
,io';VlJ [ h
wUIIl'0q
ng
::
p l! l ! .[.[ h ' D r ' dark n.
lh~t~:l.J" sb~d:Qw
f"~J:tT.l
TH
ri:s.,
SR 5.
[][" []["se
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factrhat ac L' , < ' - I ' 1 ' . ' 1 . 1 1 b e the
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Nor imng imnges es or urrangin.g the pa~(·t pa~(·tem~ em~of rea tt i n s m al al l ways-more (albei ei brie briefl fly) y) 'T ea ,ISe1~e ff ed nube (alb f f ec ec t n ea ea r the identicaJ r o n 0 l"l" l1 l1 1 ,1 ,1 1 8 p e llll s bu clIffl'rent in sever;ll sever;ll.vray .vrays. s. I.ess I.ess "re~I"and "re~I"and ~hus ~hus Jess Jessef ef'fe 'fect ctiv iv at aIfc aIfc.; .;;t ;t he thin thin s. D~ liJg liJg £i'om Shinahispellsis C ! d k . l d m : e d <1 ba an dn Des t ( ] l . a v o i d " damage cUSter .fro .fro sucb sucb spel spells ls ar dene deneas asct ct hy 2. ShinQhi's ot1erworldly at re ma es 'will s a v ;e ;e s 8 ; g ai ai n .:.: 'l'l t i t with such such sav€!s have tlwir D C , " l" m o ~ ) ffiClllt SpeIrs with l" iiii i~ i~ e db db ) " am last last as if you ha one mOlT cast caster er leve leve 'S Y O l I h ili l V e chosen it :make ShiIlOhi Mn,gic, yo lliI~y"$pend one
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r(JlIndatioHSof his magic in anight,
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magi Thts ne magi as strange, a n Ryut ro ha o nl f or or ce ce s t ha ha t Ryut nl y v ag ag u
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mind-manipulating (
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aban-
an LJl1cl LJl1cler. er.gro grouh,J uh,J complex in Utaku t{~r.liro lirory ry ea the Dr
h a s c h an an g e
hi
th F1CS
mi
LI
nte
.hi tlme tlme w i
h e day-w-d~y
ie
lhl'
ir
IJfmahn, anJ l)CCUn c n s o f leading Bload-
livesin. an
IIe fi nds pEUy thrngs
him.
U111US(!
'L VeT)'rare
he
CJV'em~
,1 co
men. men. one, one, th-o th-oug ug
n ah ah oo- rs rs u tai. 'rhough-11;
amon among' g' such such u ng ng - v e
is
BboJ-
aware
spenker founder's b a m e
ro becomLllg fully
os
L05L
wirh. LJtllil
TH~
ha
y,
r, nearly .harrnless,
IS
sons
T:jtU£
bt {j G.l1·Ct.'" to reck reckon on pn,il'l(ed with Iear,
OT ISf.\.\!IA
Si ce efor efor [h Em ire, ire, th Isaw Isaw have have been the unp unparal arallel leled ed pf tht' mvstir- Ierces.Todav the)' nre $hu_ge $hu_geil_ il_ia ia without HII Ih~ :ntly girted slrugenjaare. were, we trained the Phoeni». Bu at e d aaw wn "wor e r w e o n fh I sa sa w a a nd nd ' know Shin Shinse sei' i' ao to know hal'1Jll1ny () as that of blood:
-mastars
p ow ow e
n ~ dangef(JL[s;
rhe Trl
lorW~~
th
'lllagic ~ 1 f 1 1 l Q n c l h a g ~v ~v ~ tl to Shtba's divine the tounda toundatlo tlon'S n'S :01'
sran
IS:iwn
th
brought Fl
It he ru SOI;S Gise Gise Tosh Tosh thos thos
Im('t':>_ ~hTIgen ~hTIgenJa Ja of
forget lORg in th mort mortal al real realm, m, .l wa th Empi Em pire re ll)1d woul wo ul sure su rely ly have ha ve USh"T('d shaped rnorta] mom, hu tl)'~Karni n ev ev e f : " n
eof
J~,~!.1.
\7it \7ithi hi days days al bunh., \Yea \Yeah' h'sr sr mcanr mcanrat atlo lons ns became rnzha had spread ardcus, a, rhey no the worl«]. ratuughour desperarlun, rlie l'ribe, 'rrow the lllnss('-! '-!h.: h.: e[emer e[emerila ila lsawa family o{ rh Phoe Phoeri riix ix dJ., dJ.,,' ,'pt ptE' E' el lllnss( is wholeheartedly. "\'V'by 1 1 : 1 'if bro: her, and should 11~S f.1he,!:,andmy t'a1h~['s hub(!.r Ill! argued. , ' w " !lid nOI kneelro o n g od od . \,>:It: shall certainly no groveltn :lI1PI,her,1I
Takeshl a r e xp xp e n e n r o n
(l)r i[ W,I1'inl
[t':lsi
ngly
~d llilwillingw
blood magic- p ra r a c c eess , a n ir as modern h a [t'Ll re;r!' 1113I1u, ~ce_[]i1~UIl{:le31l even lwft'rt' 11,\"'vali pp
ilCC(,P:
s,
th
ka bns"n Once, Tahohi's L'ea(1hil'\g~ tillJ,gbL n l w t hn nt ~lg[bern C011ta C011tamtn mtna[~ a[~ the C1ISter'S spirit_ A.'i safely. witham lerri ~lg[bern tnfih_ObeCol'ffiC [h Yl.: Yl.:-~ -~rs rs W(,flt hy tV('[t thl,;safe da_Dgew1Is, Y" rs K u :11 :-.ialu11lLl idleDlificU th Taint, J$aIN~ TQke-sh wine plmc.nlx chn Ilbwul1b.e 1 1 < 1 ' 1 " wm ill~ exarriplf 'rude l"its tilted r(we l,hl'!TI into hiding. They km'ls(' tt Then ,h ulllhrnklble oCClIued. Takeshl, in aD (',xPE (',xPE'ri 'riIil IilE11 E11 desigm~d to w:Jrd offkansen ll aJ:~a l or or ev ev eI eI , d re re w lholl[,om brother o r S 8w 8w a became SJlitlS of buseD 1'0 l1im ,it o n e . T h I.l1'H in
SN'QllU<;,
understllmling
ness.
to
w a w a Ih(' migb tR~SI wi<;)_deT oE blond magic. bU ht brothcrTakeshi almo as po erfu erfu \,(! \,(!he he Isaw Isaw beca became me WES almo }l T h u nc nc l ns is side, kcshi stayed guard dl(' ea l~ih~And l~ih~And then, th Sons' htsrorre spre spread ad acro across ss rl land. Blood magi magi beca became me [ou] [ou] au the [;011sens sensus us "lJ" "lJ",r ,r , , , , : 1 5 11181 1,'1.1 l.eng's spite nccomplish what his will c o rhet [h ma ic (.h~1
hi
bopJng tllHI Take Takesl slri ri stud studen ents ts j.,,lllclci hlrn couid I!Xpunge -rh_eTainr r itit ua ua l y ' s l 'log h e ir they 100 bt'cnme oli511l11eJ by the ai Their bkK;dm gtc became became easier, working with th kunsen agains hern hern akes akeshi hi sr de rs beca became me th firlil rather ha agains rnalip-tsukai [0 ShaJowbnd~. EvenOt mn [aru [aru rb" ma who. would ecom ecom Iuch Iuchib iban an Spt!111 ever everal al mo th ract ract cI thetr Nakanu !iCTOUS._ he True-Sons saw an allian w11c w11c Iuch Iuchib ibaa aa rose rose ropc ropc er alliance ce Bleods dspe peak aker er as rhey were f W 0 1 With th Bleo Infdu: u:al aled ed and ha the So Infd co-opted. S() fealty ty an alliance OffeTQf feal subj subjug ugat atio ion. n. Tlru Tlru - d i d the -title Sons Sons of Isaw Isawa. a.bc bcco come me IT Blo[)d· s pe p e ak ak e c e The Sons still ~l1d \a \X'it \X'itch ch Hunter; wouldsay 'disturbingly cas;?') to recruit Crom th Isaw Isawa. a.la larn rnil ily, y, thpl thplIg Ig they they fu.; fu.;(: (:ep ep 8)1}" Phoen'iX'whowishes find find 11'1.;<.'Pt)WCF, Nota Notabl bl re en members im:luck IsaW;1 Clan W a T au a u av av a n a the ma As no Blood.speaker who foug fough. h. :iga :igaio io.< .<;t ;t hi th.' Lyin D;:1.I: D;:1.I:be8sd be8sduri uring ng the Q 8Y 8Y Sof Dark-
a.:r_dhe 5h J l" l" e h i w w C o un un d P(]Wt!:r and hi studel1t~ l11.rnedfll rely, [ht:rcafl~r"
with
ISA\ ISA\!J !J Jsaw Jsaw
1i\I 1i\ICHI CHIJ( J(AT AT Shug Shugen enja ja
M l ch ch ik ik a
-t
/Blo /Blood odsp spea ea er
t;
0/
3l
p r ef ef er er s to think of.himself cer.tJ-lnly works fOJHnd besid"
Bl
pe 1,ldlib ins
Inions
I,ll is .. o[fs o[fs:J :Jwa wa's 's true true powe powel' l' True Sons Sons save lh"t he lh other True O I dissimilar d l i . e s , He u le Sq .~ le s h e Tr J1aS genulne disdain ~h mb if celL whole are, as r n lb:1SeJUll;1 philosophy cftebdlioll [i'r its OW11 sake. T J1 rnimlless J 1 C Y h 3v 3 v _i _ i : n o t rw rw . " g oa o a ls ls , p r ef ef eerr riri n destruction fo irs QW sa e. atre atred, d, Mloh Mlohik ikat at !lay" accom.
inheritors
p l is is h e assistance
n o :h :h in in g .
T1H1S,
in Phoi;-n'ix
wl'wn B lo lo od od sp sp e ak ak e 1,aI1,h, Mich.lka-tll I'CJ
c om om e
ltir ltirna na
him
fo
f.",:h~6
n C Q , 1 l ve ie ne iher ihern. n.
diss goal is no th diss E m p ir ir e. e. riri o _ a .n .n yt yt hi hi n I) He [nbe when when :::lloot1magic w a days )f the Isawa [nbe l\,. l\,. kb kHa' kHa'
10
often Ti;cIlJin:s
urlo
to DI conrrolled lands northeastern wirh ou or question J' ncid enr. His c ff ff o L S a r dlrecred thts end, flU! 111chiban"w~r, Wit Jt:chJ.nanr(:t,UTned, alnl th l~ oo t~~t~~-h. h.r~ r~ more more ;l(t ;l(tiv iv th;j th;jrt rtJe Je~~r ~~rl, l,j_ j_)1 )1lc lchl hlbt bta' a' thre threac ache he -Till 1C,d.. Th [rOm [rOm res( res(!a !at~ t~ w _ T a re 1i!i 1l1f:'1 10, S, fi HI' b,as Ilt'll been as ~-utce5sfLll wOllld likt', bu 11(' h~ crea create te an i:nc i:ncan anra ratl tlon on 1 ' _ G t [cITIoveTililltfrOll1lndividu31 ~ p e l L ~ , darkne nes; s;;" ;" He Imow·s [h wh callB "burn] ngaway th dark if aQlmt h i p e lw wuul-LI luchibal1 were l:ewa t:de t:ded, d, bt If u c b a (]'(." red it he hy hI' (]'(."red would be tJ s en en ol ol l t W lIlI -b -b lc lc , lile trustworthy all,:,', M ic ic :h :h i u f w { H d d cs cs pe p e r a tc tc l h a s y e t.t. 1l 1l 't't e. e. t could play that role,
'·~1 ;I
mu reuets
IIi\ i'O;t TA
hated,
Bloodswords found
BJ-OODS?£Alt£;t
e rn rn bo bo d i l'l' d th opposi tt of rhar Iuchi'lran despised TIi:ee L io io n C r e , n d C r rhoir rnark, and
The Bloods Bloodswor words ds
O:'lly !uchib !uchib,lt ,lt1, 1, rhe be origin and
Scor Scorpi pion on Cham Champi pion on .sur .survi vive ved. d. Unlm Unlmow owrl rl Scorpios began quiet quiet nature of thes thes dead deadly ly blad blades es uchi uchi an .cul .cul wa pois pois begin ~I!;
to
I'lli'
Jnmas
elder
IUCHIBAn. TH 11tST 11tST BL00[ BL00[ Si'! Si'!:A :AI{ I{ ;t Th Empi Empire re Ro thou thousa sand nd year years. s. In erna erna
wars wars nvas nvasio ions ns
supe supern rn uira uira
ritual that would
t s in:irs ndrl ndrl
al and a l h av the unired samurai who.defend a v e been defeated il With inrt ying ying terr terrib ible le thre threat at ve aced aced wa so exp' exp'pL pLlo lona nall ll drea dreaddul pa b eecc a u s it came. So pa something huma huma
huse izcd
S9
rnnc rnnc
terror in
daukdauk-po powe we antl
S.Q TIll1c TIll1c
inflrrencc
destro roye ye Roku Rokuga ga h e n co co ·r ·r l dest hu twice. Th enor enormi mity ty of hIS power Fascinates and
magi~! magi~!Ta Tal~ l~ ~Il
J.
Lien Lien
lcg: lcg:!b !bh; h;lT lTi' i' C7t. C7t.l1 l1os os-e -e
Stich .man. thanks every as hot an
the Ertrperor Ertrperor's·sec 's·second ond Son. [a Hantei, ,H jarn jarn foun foun h im othe chil childr dren en im se s e l d i e ga ga rd rd e b y othe brothe he wo'uld be Emperor reason other h a h a hi brot ~e .11o .11oth thin ing. g. Even Even as resentment an ange ange grow growin ing. g. Ha
ma
a ri ri d b e ca ca m e Otomo reclusive.sb u,,,,enja an scholar who workedquietly in tosa tosa Uthi.'o sh/fne~. whik surne b el el ie ie ve ve d J am am a ' h er er m itit -l-l ik ik e lifestyle to r et et le le c p ie ie t)t) 1 I n [ 1 u t grow disg disgus uste te J ,a ,a m a h a s im im p l grow wirh the mp fellow wisa wisaed ed .nor .norhi hing ng c~'".m .m:e :es) s) SC weLllhat ~lthm1gh hf' ("f) ("f)"l "l Eeign. Eeign.ki kinr nrln ln_es _es .. nn c~'" cealed wit'bjJJ
nOT
incomplete, arrimatin.g ont)!;! fraCtion of th
only
ancient
dll;rknC5s in the year
the,
aE:e aE:e th g~iji'" inv:l~ion ar \v ite \X7_ \X7_it it thes thes work works, s, [ama [ama bega bega tel
c,~l began an terr terrib ible lese secr cret et
Stag niq.ny ears ears befQ,re befQ,re te maglc, c, f C l e m of magl particularly ·clark ma
grow] he e mo locked ed jt m o ve ve d h i own heart an lock away, guaranree guaranreeing ing c h a r he could no be kill kill~c ~c unle unless ss hi he rt ok am ·Speakel~ ib With .bt~s ulrr ulrr pidl pidl gr \v ng in power nd influ influem em::. ::.c, c, se I'D to xp rime ordered hi Iieu gift gifted ed craf crafte te of Iieure rena nant nt Asahina Yajinden,a 'ijtica 'ijticaJ.i J.item tems, s, to
Impe Imperi rial al
corpses
that
ould ould have have -cis -cisen en 1.ln 1.ln er th prop proper er cir umsr umsr nces nces 1 1 1 c h ibn ba lann lann :for :for em rg ncie ncies, s, andhad roure Scorpion magrsnare 'hi's followers. -Vn£ormnaIe.:
bolt-he le, am was There to capt captur ur Empire.
luchiban unpr unprls lson oned ed
ai
il
hi
S~oT S~oTpi pi.O .O
by rh
returned, ntil ntil no
included
"f
arion
8.0
Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er lt ik ie
H , 1 .I.I lili d[ d[ e d a l a c ro ro s s night (:131' the
te
Imperi rial al cryp cryprs rs in nim te th corpses in th Impe osan osan Uc 1. ThI. ThI. flTmy; oppo oppos: s: tion tion by th Rokt Roktlg lg'a 'a.l .lli' li' reve revere renc nc Eo herr ancestors could qUickly ov rwhe rwhelm lm th Empe Empero ro an court, t, kill killin in hi cour luchiban's brorher and holding th Impe Imperi rial al Court host host ge to thei theirn rnew ew ul r, th dread n su su r h eB eB m mpp i e .w .w ou ou l b e o ya ya l lord luchiban. halt on by circ circrm rmrs rsta tanc nce, e, Th coop cooper er as halt
emot emotio ion, n,
Tuchiaan. Th
noto notonc nc
wa
h im im ,
believ eved ed gone gone [QrevcT.,j1.[S undytng bedl' W'1S beli with within in a.mv a.mvsr sric ica] a] tomb bdL( s.Pl'.ciFiclllly to conli vengeFul spitirtha~lks to the For
through as
l, ps
hirn hirn fo the
massed them
near Sleeping
lc River. Po, s.t'ss s.t'ssi:qg. i:qg.;l ;l to
at al th zumi bearinn prison 1 1 , l c l 1 fbil n's immortal an [lJsJdp a. vast
march against ableto to .5tq .5tqpp-him him a n o n y .a Great Clans as able .a n
spirit,
men,
band of u 1 1 W I r Shah Shahai ai pene penetr trat ated ed hi id ring ring samu samu ai haha haha barg barg ined ined Bloodspeaker: she oult oult etur etur wo ppwer. if he D ~ 6 LS LS i Iuchiban an hi trea ajin ajinde den, n, whos whos treach cher erou ou Iieutenaut t9
's
den a . n , d Iuchiban combined the bargain, lost corrupting countless
ta powerr-to to ov rcom rcom their powe upholding
end
clesi;wyed,
hounds,
haha haha their
Hl
th
rain
nor swiftly hi:~ u s E o c a n ag ag e an
power
Empire,
will know
tro
than
f'1~ST BLOOOSi'5:AJti:_ 1OJ. 1OJ.Bl Bl od5p od5pea eake ke Cu tist tist O:c:!t J(l: Medi"lln;-si7.C"_hum~noid tghadQwl~rid~); DO'x);S );Spd pd 3U; AC 12 12 touch, '10 [lar-footed ;' Init +2 (+ DO'x 1,ldl0 1,ldl 0 + 2 1 ; SQCI,1ss Ark .1 W{ll~mlHlg s k 1 : KnG)wkJgr (rna fHJ-) (I Till; II boT' us}, le rnent E o e m ; fm~9hol, ~CllK~ e le le me me n b le le eedd . n g tilt' elelilent~, dark wisd wisdom om Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er's 'sde deal al Ynji Ynjind nden en firs firs lesso lesson. n. luch luchibc ibcns ns ,iJ: 2; Helght.5 fr Male hum an Sorc Sorcer erer er
IU(HIBAn
QVAl.ITI5::5
!m::bibn p o "0
uc a 1 ilil i c ' n c u t l n number of u n j uc
he
owing:
: A .r.r i" i" ',', lili 'l'l flfl ,
' !I !I l 1 1
5illipl't:l~)ml;
supp suppre ress sses es my effe effec~tha c~tha dete detect ct or spec specit itic ical al iy mrgets S h . H J U W .and .and crea creatu ture re wirl wirlnn nn .loa fe~ of himself He ny $t,tPpre,;,;thi~ abi.lity im s fl fl f i ] 1,or alter it ~4 that th ( · f r e e r applies Olily t o h im e > o n A s standardacuon, JL!Chi_b~J1 ,nay arrernpr agazl<' to pIJSM pIJSM:cS :cS '
In
is
lU it
lost ar ou
,,:-t ,,:-t mt
II", initi81 will
previous b o d y . runu runurc rcs. s.
bl),dy ,Tl ongoing magica magica eHects eHects bu abi.it itie ie (exc (excep ep hit points) are l S abi. Iucb~bar\-'s, There lirnn, that Iuchlb ~hosr sr baJJ" Iuchlban.may an.may remai il ~ho
Wbkh
(;1~C
fh~y
save save is ~l1r ~l1rce ces~ s~fl fl-1 -1~, ~, l]1r l]1rhi hil' l'a" a"
immune rorhis
Tl:J Tl:JJs Js is ~.mmrl-u ~.mmrl-ulfeer lfeering ing
Iuch Iuchib iban an poss posses esse sess ss
re"";n,,. in' hi" dIe!;! [o en
supe
Once
body, the body is considered his w n
hE cannot b e . r em em o v e by )lrnlecl'rOiI fro-lll rvd, similar methods. If [he aOS1 body is il ed wirh Iuch.ihan fn ide, ide, Iuch Iuch ba splr splr is jmlTedtJrcly'~xp('nca an retu return rn ro
phys phys'i 'icu cu -bud" that a .iu KU:r.na, f!lom:l-/lfils!rry:W ),1'11 using -his own, bleed as amurerial c:Q_mtakes no d3Iila-ge,and tccus fbI' sp<,ll,Juthiban '[teed make no Conc Concen enrr rrar ario ionc nche heck ckIf Ifhc hc wish wishes es to us rnsh rnsh US! fake damage meta meta magi magi he damage normal normally ly D m M g c R < l j w ~I ~I JG JG l i.i. 1( 1( J/ J/ 1~ 1~ 4 hosr body luchiban occupies. ki a r class s.~ilb fo luchfbarr, D'ldl: KllIl!.dedge: C ; , j.j. !j!j llll T n g l c uclu ba I"uay s e e c s p e from the 50[(;;1.'1\\, Jus ne
spdllist pens
iS
:0
we
be ~dvili.1ting,
pe
of wh"teverd:i~s
hl h a p -
h~ killed by an means unless of luchiban Is destroyed. Impi Impi'& '&ll ll !:.( !:.(wt wt's 's)1 )1 Iuchiban successfully saves saves agains agains an ef.fe;';E, with -il "pa~tia him, Lflml~r1iJlll\': lllc:hib~ll cannot
th
idde idde
r~n
fuc.j,ib'ln
force hi spirit m:
one hoLl1" hoLl1"per p er day. In hi "sp irir Iorm." Rl!gL'lltCmil(l)l u b u a d aam m ag ag e OL W 1 . < 1 He rldllll1111y inuuune lu subdua attacks regular dam:
take lI1t311gible
Sl
h l o o l f ril~, glHJ~ SOIl/1d, pre,j,inigilr;Uofl, mllf rl1r1gl(.,S(.IJn1l10n: ;;mllrJ-d·'~'''1 Ihllg! Ihllg!Jug~ Jug~ Jcrdll JcrdlllA)<1t lA)<1tdl, dl, o t >S >S W l '/ ././ l I 'l'l do do l , f'yok.;tiort j'n:H11
g o n d , m d ? _ l er e r iai a h i nTml; 2nd -llit,ndJ, d H 1 ' k n , e 5 ~ , rtllH!p'ntr., i o c n t e obl,al, 111' II:; feClf, IW1'1H11l' lW1i d~qd, lW1i t"1H; t"1H; rd Lilli/II L I ~I ~I ~ IS IS S ,1 ,1 1 lJ lJ ilil d S l!l! riri tltl l!l! ~ I lili O ut ut lrlr iS iS , I p e a LPrth drllfi lirtmpim f O l i c / I ; 4th l ly ly e ,I,I H ~a ~a l f 'l'l l'l' Y L' L' t ) la la in in , r i~ i~ i ,<.g~ill, w , d l , 11{hOfl~5i
C 1 0 1 U t b J ; , :Wrrt :WrrtLl Ll hIlH~;
ojlm-1 ojlm-1l1Cl l1Clll llc, c, .~Ifl, 0.1rfl",/wl1Sel\,
( l'l' C < ltlt r
1 1 'f 1( 1( le le a t • • inrk fclV(H·~. 1 l t l ' l . d
of
gro!n.!c·d:nmelli
b !a ! a ipip iw iw '
Hoo
ilillg!f
tlrwm5.,
o f liu'
Jtir,
rlrght-
kkJ~11t
Cl'l'()J';
BJ..OODS?EAI{3.~
IB
.Earth;
A ir ir : . .
sr Glory;
,0 (9.1 (9.1
ga1'.Ill1 ga1'.Ill1 magic makes hi rhe bu t'nj t'nj lr Eanh Affinitv.
when when aliv alive) e)
(Drag (Dragon. on. Cb.n, Cb.n, lmpedal F=ilie'" Scorpion tfaciJ.>.Nhip, l'erce.iv l'erce.ivccl ccl Hono (2 L;Jnks)
LIm ),1-1ear ),1-1earde~s de~s
R e pu p u m titi o Q .u .u ch ch rb rb an an l Bmtcn's Curse, SpOtled £J;lr Fall' Jealou>y (ddcL brother',. OvercoJ1Hdem, Spells:
ditu dituti ti
In:na In:nate te known maho speJs u m e r or other nO~J'mah(l gaijin gaijin spt'lh spt'lh
lUi:'hih{J,n It,,s
.Abtlitltos, plus n y spells P la la yyee r tha rese' rese'mbl mbled ed magical kni.lwle'rlg,e is ulti ultima mate tely ly left left [0 be '~d[ etic etic
~pcllcrnfL
Spec Specla la Abf. Abf.lt ltri ries es
Idry ,Lon: Lore wl 9, TatU TatU 6,Tort 6,Tortur ur 7, 1!),
uchiban
posses possesse: se: anumbe anumbe
untque
;l:bilitms.
A , V M 1C 1C i
! "c "c l1 l1 l
Shad Shadow owla laud ud
auro auroma ma ical ical ur spcc spccif ific ic II}' l;Hg~IS Ieet of hims hims-e -elf lf He m;IY it so that th effect al
S U ) p rC r C 5 \f\f (m (m :
u pp p p re re s e s a n
u ch ch tb tb a
L fe f e c tjlal detects
crea creatu ture re
"Suppress this alJ1hry at will.
them. rh
posses
an living [eckingga ggazes wlrh wlrh by [eckin
target 11.1ll~1
or.
become T l O S s e s S . ; , > t l ~v Iuchihan. Iuchihan. Iuchibans fOl:mer:host body target et's 's bod" bod" b~co b~come me Iuchiban's lmrn lmrn di el di s, Thl! Thl! targ n e h o body am th f o rm rm e r o c cu cu p a nt nt s .r;piritirnme-ditudy become those .die .dies: s: lucb lucb ibaa ibaa phys physic ical al Tral Tralts ts temp tempcr crar artl tl [h hosr bod,}' if riley ar greater than w n 17he hosr ll]d .I.1llgLJIUl;;'Jllag4..ai body rera ns 'lY naruru narurul. l. abf1in abf1ines es abiliries lncluding W O l s ) a r I OS OS I 1 1 1 d replaced witlr lucbibans_ T h no mi llm0lJ rn Iuc 'tib~ m : remai n ] _ OJ h o b od od y rf h e a rg rg e m ln ln a X ' p ow o w e r o l is successful, hi prev previo ious us nd ulchi ban m a
this
as
bud y, Ihd)lJd iH':!JQ~i iH':!JQ~idere derecl cl his w n
sesses
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es no
uchi uchiba ba
own bl"'I'.1,
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including
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casnng ng rnal rnalio io when casn
(not C"OUl11:i.ng
Raise, [orInnate Abillnesr,
Ifnprrl'id .M,,:glc Reml<1I1Cl"TJlc Ns a11111 ah spells ':IT JOuDless getl getlng ng Iuch Iuchib ibi3 i3fl fl ar rncr rncrea ease se wjllrn~ rarget, T m l ? w r t al al .f.f ty ty : I u c hi hi b a ranno] he kille.J by nn tneans unless rhl' Hidden Heart ofl.uclilban ,15 destroyed. Should hl od irrvisible, rncorporeal be dCStH1Vcd, Itl h i neirher stste ~~ll~ u r m on o n th th s n, bility he m , u s ra arrack no P J S e agre, CIte ul sess sessio io abil abilit ity. y. N f , . ~ 1 1 ' fefe s l 'l l I l '1 " / . jIf IW pessesstng Iud] iba [~11 fo ce hi pi a k rmglblelonu br one hour-per tlay,"fu l is is te te d s ta ta r s Ib s f m . RCf,t'Hllmj'loI1: Wail ncis ve .round, t1
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Intelligence:
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were ~'ery simple. He W;l·S a, life i"'irh 110 signs that he as
C r an an e a n v e m o o fh fh i ~ a nn dtlJe.renHwm th dozens of'young men ancl_ o tn C' J :1 began scho school olin in 11l. 11l.the Asahlna shon order, however) th elde elde Asah Asahin in no.t no.tic iced ed Y;Jj Y;Jjin inde den' n' iNcredible artifice. h~ y o n g m a tna.ster gift for artifice. tna.ster~~d ~~d the ~ncit:'.ntar T:;angusuri ill m e w e k s and w a Ln ne nJ1I 1p ~s s iV iV e f e riri s ht ht l lo in d e w a s hcrald~d be or is gerupukktL Y a ,i,i in a s o n of l h f in in es es t s~l1gel1ja bfhts:farniiy,-and great thtngs were e;.:pe.ctetL
He quickly grew bored. There.
hL.,>famJly pranked,
mI
h l U e l1 l1 g th arts weary of their of rllagic rllagic J,i' was orilt orilt
hi g'~I g'~II1 I1pu pu hl tluu tluu he bega bega to carn fo xcrt xcrt meiu meiu F i l 1 1 ! l 1 y , Is gift, L(ain L(ain rhe i i w - Q r ~lf~1~vl'rall.mpPrtah~ rnemposluon in tlie o f he Crane (;0 lJrrs al OIO,an lJchi. Surely the br:ges! C H I ' 111 woul woul
hold hold·r ·rom omet ethl hl.' .'
'i:l:g yotm yotm
l'il l'ila' a'll ll '.
of rnre rnrere resr srfo fors rs
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beJ.nn·. [y was e u e r b U E m ,l,l gn gn ee- r c , ra v 1 1 1 0 hi Iii. t~v'er nJ Yaii ndel} vias d ra b,g~ b, g~ to "har time, ja "hare' e' S0111 i~'1hecrjes 'of mugrc wi th shllgC gCJ* J* Yaji Yajind nden en inuigned. b ec the- yOlJ_l1g shll ec am am e l an an i,i, ,',' , CQlIn(.:.l11 t, IJ wh th xp ri nt sinist ster er I\IPled d a r k an sini ~'aji ~' ajihd~ hd~ [dl~61 b r e a k illvayA[ lasr bl' h a f ou sorncrhing ou n b.irn. L h : - ~ l tmeresred m !w !w ! rh: [:i. [:i.~t" ~t",; ,;,l ,lswt_, swt_,;d ;d!i !i was nn Linin alter Yailmlf'n lorhis masrcri.hni t(H;'ir·ma.chinalic'lIs wen: exposed, h" -pairs plans for rh .c pita pita ight ight have have w . m ~ 1In~{eT\itteait riot thE'.lnlerr~.repH· ,)f~pairofm"gisrr!t':I;\~, llnfon:ul llnfon:ul1.~H:ly, 1.~H:ly, Ih\, 5c.o 5c.orp rpiu iuJl Jl magi magist stra rate te S~'S S~'Shi Taka Takash show owns ns fa more more-c -c unn i11.~ than III
Uchi L('~~
an engt engtgg-
month
ris m~.li~·Ororrm
J1
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I s personal
O T beth
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1.,.[[. Y :
A~[l.hina
rh Impel'iai CIt''!. Bur Yli]inJen had triurn triurnphe phed. d. 1;-1rha mastereil.a lH'Wili't:bt' d1(:' d1(:'T5 T 5 bodle.S' He ~wit tmJd tmJd tt;' tt;'n~f( n ~f(j_ j_ hisspirit ~witcb cbf, f, his ~:1 Imperial g'wrrd i[m seconds nj!ld wirb (h~l 1:1lnd waserased, Idaving h..::guanlll . ::guanlll 'Simpleton an him de,to t,l the E.mpire r;1 while before bid'in 11'15ne.i,vl(']en:llY leilv,ingtht\ lm 'I x p lor~' .) tilers, He p e ecadeswanderi"lg
l:'m P J r Q ' In il
t"'hod
I1
ct l o n g
last, hi
I:1;l'SLer rerurnud thr.:Jugh t1w S~111& tech techni niqu que. e. Toge Togeth ther er they nd ;i;i tttt on on < ; 0 '1 '1 ' RokuglJw~y~
,Jn~;T.mitd
'nr~dy ~ur:(~i".,-J~d, Pn<~/>~,ing ,I Kliil Kliil.\ .\ ~,+ifchhURler, he pene pene \J hi n' LDlllb an made his ay 10 [h l.lfhi hi Ql'm Ql'm < ! J : l lln:ifaGt l.lf de is,l is,lng ng to HU.[:KIlliDll Ill!:hrball's Lap!11'e ~p1t;ii ~p1t;ii anHhl~ga anHhl~ga \0absorb it p o w e r lh.: l im im t 'l'l } i l'l' 1l 1l 'e'e tv tv e nn nn o n o J; J; j group of samllhi.msdf i : e d i, pl"ll' i l . n d w a . { aJ a J i llden w h or h ~ r,~\lenu.tiSSpiritllf [uc-hib;in. n~'[ rng mOJ.t- [haM J. shadn"" Spll'1! .. i:l.ewE.d~·ecd w l (u (u i t h m o re re , p o w er er fu fu . B l( l( )o )o d~ d~ p ei e i lk lk e. e. t Spll'1! he e colncldel1Ce: when S ha ha lu lu i h e D ; \d \d ( Da,ugh:u! Dhly b y s he Ofrll [eng, c.ame to ,!~aLrhi' power ji bch( bch(b~ b~n, n, Yajl Yajlil ildt dt'l 'l SJW o:pl10nu ~~.I'r. r.ur ur ·pm_poo.iti 6 J 1 : Th He o ff ff e e d is ~~.I' woul woul r('l r('lge gel'l'h~ h~ overpowt'J her, her, an r.K~'P'<'.. A.s~·jsm!lce iS fealty f o r I ~i ~i s f l" l" e ~~dd o m , Y a j in in d eI eI 11 11 -c -c a lili z eedd . FaiT trade·. t e l .i.i : > l . h t j,j, ' a s h~ h(li1'6r,t)flhe-ll.l.~n wn'0 , w e n r ~ -FeEltyl~ o.:nl'y Y;!jind'"ri'~Flm
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suppresse
wh creatures w i
Y aj aj in in dc dc n
UllfOhl[lirnlly
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targets of m , Ol He i lll l , or ~l1e ~l1ell ll suil suilra ra ilu- dI",,~I JII>pJk;.
,3 Ill'
ShadbiVlaJ\ds suppress Ihi, .1~iJit)';\r
onlyto l:,.iJ:Jselr.
Yajinden 11efd~ no (O'at5. rocreare on1" S!'lllr~m<'j\rLlIrwn(.y: to magi ..]'irem. ..]'irem. AU Jllr him 8r~. reduced to!.\:. and Lhe bel1ef Y,ljin indt dtns ns Frrs Frrs Le~s Le~sol ol daso.uhiltl.y bel1efit it hom I·he Y,lj em' ~o ~ r d O ~ lb lb le le d \tllll,~'po!efrti;.tilv 6()'MI, p o!efrti;.tilv rcducihga.n pt TO posseS'<8 n) U V . ! J 1 g JJ'l'SSI"~#iIl: Y a 1 n e n 8yHtC)11 CI'cawr¢. wi.tbLn
hUII1.anaid I:h{,Iil.
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beco beconn-)! )!
PQss PQsses es,( ,(,r ,r
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feet
b)' 111cking gaze;; With
oppD~cdWili
Yaji nUt'n. Yajil1~ell's
Pl1W!;'l'
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roll
llQ~iI b G ' d y
becc)l1le 1le Yajind Yajinden' en' he tal',gci's body becc)l the !f.l !f.lml mlet et m:Cl m:Cllp lpll llll llt' t's' s' spir spirit it i..n'lll)fc1i,][l!ly
Y3 i.nd i.nd n:sp n:sp y~ic y~icnJ nJ
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l' its: its: tc'm tc'mp\ p\'l 'lra ral" l"i1 i1
ne ,lit'.';. ~C01 ~C01 1C [hp~1" ul- th~
[c a e r if th~y lue g [c
h o hi mVn, h~ 11Q:<:t bC'd'l' ongc\l \lng ng m3g.ic:L eHer,ts,bUl ibHirie:s md ongc ptevit)lJ~~ liril;'s line: uding i: poin [~I'.~·n· (J'l.h,,~n"'ise· 1 1 : 1 1 i t o ' ptevit)lJ~~
bl.ldy n;mim; an
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replaced
Y-ajil ilJd Jden en'" '" whl1 Y-aj
Th1\ Th1\Te Te
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oEtime oEtime.th .thaf af Yajind Yajindcll cll m a y n lm lm : ai ai n in
target'S
inltial''W
tl,' ,tlu' host host budy budy If.lhc
ill h . i s preVious. bo.d bo.dy· y·an an the' the'ttrg t trger er is il'nmtrn~tl;lthis ('ffed fO 'len mj11ULtS, On~~' Yni,1mlt>n Ij~lg,·~.'iS«~ Imdy" tlwbndy i'·G"_ll~ ,e nl nl O ve ve d b y J.'mttldlOl'l J 1 m ) ' 1 .'ii i i l'cd c d hi ow nd ciln ciln:h :h b" r ,e simila la met. met.io iods ds Yajinden'.> Cl.l~-ren:l evil, evil, (h:iOr~ (h:iOr~ism. ism. Qr simi S~mll"r c.hebociy 011h,' asc.eticC:lrl'ographer ASak~l M,ism
A5AHIn.A Eart Earth: h:
en de ed
YA.TmD~n
s iJi J IlI l ilil a
h i o w n arul he annor b e r em em o v t1 t1 ~ l J T lele ! l lQ l Q V - s Y + 1 J i .n.n d en e n '.' . ~ current h~'~1 i, i, M .i .i S3 S3 C
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PIIO~mx;"pp.g~' ;!6-.ltl, Fir~5
Void:.3 Shado Shadowl wl nds Iaint Iaint
School/Rank:
ji-sarnurai,
Glory: (l,0 (l,0 (7.6 (7.6 when dive) Ad nt ges; ges; AI !t ;; (Blvodspeakt"rb), Caderiee, WaY' of th Perceived rank), WaY' Land Land (Cra (Crane ne Impe Imperi rial al Drsadvantages: Ba K ep ep u \Y Fare, ealousy (Juc (Juc6i 6iba bah) h) Oblig Obligat atio io l'Iuchiban an th BloQ BloQds dspe peJk Jker ers) s)
spcl1s:
Y3jinden
ir
':l,~
tiny fam'ilv, an destined to b e l ea ea de d e r rOQ, His life W~S circumscribed betters. 'by te alo le e~c1s,
boy,
many
as
insu insulr lred edar arry ryon on
many elem elem nr access to many spells, a n w h i hi A f f n i f o AiI, he ha over overco come me is Deficiendes ~pells with n o p e na na l y . T h e fulllimit o f h r m ag a g ic ic a the GM'~ discretion,
sk:ills: He
Courtier 5,Lo
we above th local m i rh:l kepr kepr Jliln h e o n y - thiilgS rh:l
SI th
S.
Spe. Spe.ci cial alAb Abil ilit itie ies: s: se
ivll ivll Hi
six-
abillnes, Adllanced riHtl,tSu,pjJres~ioll: Yajinden nrom nrom rica ricall ll supp suppre ress sses es an effe effect ct whic which. h. dete detect ct or spedIicallv rure ud wl ms He ma suppress r h r s abil abilit it anvi anvil: l: or alte alte It so pplies es on to himself. effect ppli poss posses es P,mession; Yajinderi' may attempt li i d creature wLtbjn by locking gazes with them. oppose rhe beceme possessed by Yaji Yajind nden en YaJi YaJind nden en's 's form former er host body immediately
be -passi -passing ng ~rollgh his. his.vi vill llag age, e, an WHiting:
of
sSu
live live
th
wa
th
F am am i
reason
t!', ba el we lthi lthi r; than than t'he pe sa t!', came T il i l lS l S . b o farmers tbey ruled. wa of-all
already.
wa
w n to h i w o rd rd s haTdJy worth living
[arn Ot0~TIO [arn
dies,
body, if [h targ target et's 's init initia ia LS
SU[U [JI-
to
lnrc
successful,
heed heed
amon amon
h im im . T h he w o pr d i n ' b .o .o th th e h i n : after all,
Yajind nd n' bod!, Yaji
Yajinden Dlay
ever ever is
phy~ phy~i9 i911 11 Tr it tern tern they ar .gre .great ater er if they than hisown. The hast ~ody reta retains ins ny natu natura ra abil abilit itie ie an ongo ongoih ihgm gmag agic ical alcl clI\ I\!! !!Ct Cts, s, bu othe otherw rwis is il its previo previous us bili biliti ties es (Inc (Inclu ludi ding ng Woun Woun s) an repl replac aced ed W i t h
Willpower previous body
'""'IS .o
he didn didn't 't waut waut to p~"f p~"f>n >nt5 t5 m p
heard rhat the YOll.nger
Yaji Yajind nden en
rhe fonner Yaji Yajind nden en's 's prev previo ious us
lb:n.lj
importance,
Lore (Shadowlands) 4,
W e ap a p on o n sm sm i h in in g
ce ta nl
d_aim}'~f;.i
vassa
S,
6,
an
he cOU ld
ru
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(mahoi If,
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hi. way; Hi')
who· who·go go,( ,( il
n de de r g e h i p a n t goodwill, an ill rei" he hi rank
,Etiquette 4)
LoU! [netnuranu [netnuranui) i)
hlii
feel feelin ings gs .kno .known wn at ever ever p()~ p()~si sibI bI oppo opporr rruunfry: .Hekicl~ed peasants he passed ill the stre street ets, s, '; em th rn ,1$-fl
knows al n111hQ
sp
LIEUTEnAnT
IUCHISAT1:S
.4
Yaji Yajind nd em !n immu immune ne to r.hi r.hi ffec ffec fo se b o d y , th body Is
carn carn thro throug ug the i l til Shim Shiba, :iJ;lu SUIl,l atch atch hi be gr,eewl by his pnrent pnrents. s. Minutes went y, and Suru's r ag ag e a n d f ru ru s trtr at at io io n built q u ic ic k ly ly , ; -l-l e et nu (LCJ m.\.ud ud al-']JI (LCJl1 l1~i ~i.. ..o[ o[jl jllg lg ur m.\. 11ll.pecLM imbe, -asjarna 'W~S [)'-.I; seco second nd so 0 tG tG m Q ,_ ,_ r a tn tn a. a. an an r a . Si Si ng ng le le - yej imbe, Ms fath father er), ), wa ingto ingto andgreeting t s s .if .if li all ills nstead ad ur if [0 kn el nste parents, and rurnec to the
id
planned
to
.kidnap
throug ug seco second ndsl slat ater er Impertal child. whel1 they came thro finding a: s~ml.1faI couple,~wo mud-caked boy£ w r cs cs t n g a n s in in g l.l. t yoj:iinoo w h o u rn T n , they cu rn e to a c j lele Tn h e h re re e
th
dr a even - dr
b~lo:e weaponsThe
t he he i
bandit-so
boy
ay
W?S,
that he id no know knowTh Th banh em em sc s c ] y es es , he as covered in signiftcanr. mu :111 I')' !IS anyone band it n:>d n:>dep epn, n, sear search chin in he ;Wb to the h;y, vi teenage boys and. SUfU I1r(HlDd looked at hi pare parent nts_ s_ [arn [arn coul could. d.no no help dead bodies, When rh tw bovs bovs found the.r voices, J ~ 1 _ m , 1 ordered I' neErb neErb Shir Shir Shib Shiba_ a_Sm Sm:u :u dumbstruck, orhi orhiri ri It
hi powers rs by he .Ora .Ora le of granred hi powe luchiban
wi
um st mm re
CQLI
ld
rhankeJ
boon
m,
AJ
Cultist Male human shulO/Il'loodspenhr hu Medium-sine Init+l; Sp 30 ft.,; _l"C 11,( 11,(mu much ch 12 [lat [lat-f -foo oote terl rl '101: Ark lugmlli+Ii'/+12melee Uo4+7 crit, 1:'J-20!Xl)i SQSe_ns(~ Elements, Blemem Focus (Air); den' Lesson. glopd Path, Sut'n Iuchiba'1'~ tl'gacy, Y~jind Y~jinden' en' Fin Q:ualitiesi
SV Fort
HO!lOr
hl lifc.llIna g r n t S un un ! hi name w ou ou l name if S u pl oy m. Su back_away am n S ur u r u Even :j hi from from al oppo opport rtun un lye o k name J am befriending eh Emperor, SU lr son. son. th ntir ntir t h e - mp ro bera worl worl acti acting ng ~gil!llSl. bera:~ :~ anli anli nd
-Poitit$ -5 '":"':lilrr +9"'~ HeiglH.5 iL Spea Lang Langua uage ge Skit/,'l!lIil- ,FC~t5: Spea
pe rp rual.l
Knowledge
exer ure
StIrn
nV(-'T
E'~Try
quarrels. sed, .> pe
Yell
Th throne, t\ rradutca held held Ta
Otor Otorno no [ama [ama ok
brother
close,
uWli!tT, J<1m:\,il h i b r m e c on on f d e nh on e n his anger there was no ascension, N~thing more hi g~me g~med. d. S\lr S\lr grin grinne ne a n . c l 1'00
nrntd [b forfor-in in of Imperial ,Ci\y name name Asah Asahir iria ia 'i'l 'i'ljl jlnd nden en SUl"U neve neve trus truste ted. d. him, pote potent ntia ial. l. lr dy Nakanu scf research after Iris discovery s, Otor Otorno no Iama approached Yajinclen, developing rapport, lind jon
gaij gaijin in land land
jour journe neye ye
to
only I h r c e members the m p never fully trusted 'fa)i nden. W I 1 1 < oY: naj a j in in d a n jarna began L , 5 11 11 1' 1' 1 a r r e nipted to }o
01"-
m ah a h o deve10pm-eIll
them. Aiter-ail, (0 [atna ;'Ind Wished to assist, aware .::;11 u l b en en e h i as.much us the TWO samurai. e ar ar ne ne s
into
smvive, Suru
he
hewas IQyal that rnaho
II
it ('O\lld
no
attention
ne
an That
cri)fyj ng
(.If
an
way FCll'> 1 1 . ( : ' k
q.lk
y."1jincien
rh Yaiin Yaiinden den foul") foul")da da into into Suru Suru Spirit the: same magSuru became 101m instant
an .other
rhe
100L
concepts, as Stir-I] ever gra~p<;d he mere mere vanc vanc hut it\V~S deep deep enou enough gh to ,d:J.ange or w- she rl,c ry 1oyaLsei-vanr o[ Orom Orom Jama: now Jama im hare-filld 11lan, $l!l1l, rh ge11eral ofluchlbaD, w a (O.1i
SilK SilK
ma same
",
14C, 14C,hi hib3 b3I1 I1'g 'g f!rs f!rs
me pers persun un
Jama sUn!. HnwcvCJ:, it Ever Ever
Rami Rami), ), Batt Battle le +30, +30, Bluf Bluft+ t+i6 i6
Heal
Intimidate
'1,[
h e e - h a a lw lw a y h ee ee n wa
time lu.ch_Lb:l.ll remrns, he calls
1310 1310 ds ak to be Qm-e Qm-e he ne Ja Sunl Sunl Th 'per 'per "()ni "()ni d1e.n·gmutcdlh
will
DlpJomncy +n S.
+18
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~2
Kn wled wledge ge
(Shi (Shint nt
"·)2,
Silendy Spellcraf
;,26,
+26,
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Ipr/J
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I~vrl,
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+1.7i
(Rdhlgani, High Rokugani,
C0I1cenrrate+13,
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rn
me
1o { titi s 1 7 C h a 12,
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Leadership,
courts,
aftcr,he three
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w e a k n es es s
I'm' ta HIla f?illCf, 1,!:se agar,:, I , a . m l . _llnke; kill1;I kill1;I!t), !t), nigiltml nigiltmlmr, mr, pwycing 11'll' s ! ' l l jljl , _ i y m b , , 1 vflllr, 5th-giftoftll(' jiWDI'S harm; m i1 a L a 6 T -blfule !lI:iYfl_I'T, n-UI!~Imdt:11 7th. ! Q g . jUITI!€M ,liilfth, 1 1 1m 1m b I ) earHr:
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U;tU U;tU
QUAL QUALIT ITI5 I5:S :S
S u ru ru -p -p o ss ss es es se se s
number o f u ni n i qu qu e "[lli~t. "[lli~t. Adtlptill;wll~ Adtlptill;wll~
ji de
abtllues. Il
both reJy
rhal
an Iuchi6an sham sham to supp suppre ress ssIa Ia o f w i l He can, e n t f iv iv e m i u t can, howe howeve ver, r, p en re Tili.l1tCfltirely fo tw ho rs ll ow ow i n g s p e llll -l-l ik ik e abillnes, ha s b e f o ll Spdlcllh~ 1 b L t e ~ S t m ha ev l. 1/da 1/day: y: h l 1 t e ' 5 hwrt. obsi,iian Their i7 -t sp lainI strike. (lr m o ) " j 3/day: Ilarlm.1s~,lainI
h ee ee r f o
TJ:lmA
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Agiliiy:fo Reflcxes16 Void::
ha(lowlands Taint: 9.
Illood od-R -Red ed M<'Jon f,', W!l~' "/Ihr If th Illo .'li .'liu, u,Q" Q"Nt Ntla la;" ;"1" 1"I} I};r ;r''-91 91)! )! Blee Bleedi ding ng th Elem Elem.: .:n. n.t$ t$-! -! Asal Asalll lln3 n3
S bu bu g J 1
Heartless, Leadership 'unll. Dark Dark Fare Fare [eal [ealou ousv sv IT hiban], )bHg:nh.ln (Iuchiban an the Blo, dspeakt'n;) cJ l a n p o ss ss es es se se s man~' Spel Spel.l .ls: s: Suru Suru knows al rnaho ~ p cJ 1I access to many elemental AIfinuies
Advantages:
Allies rBloodspcukers
i,
can C'!SI
speJiR wuh no
skilis;
Iull
to
rnugiral know]
the GM'~drscretion.
All! rulogy 4 . & < I !I!I I
Fli
'irl)ry
R.
Lore Lore (Sh3 (Sh3,1 ,1ow owl~ l~In InJ~ J~ 7. M",dll M",dlls!i s!iL1n L1n b. ince inceru ru c', ll ra ,5te ,5te;1 ;11t 1t -, Tanio 6, Iorrur Iorrur Special Abilities: Jama Jama ,';, ,';,ur poss posses esse se th [".L [".Lli li'w 'w~n ~n umque IM
abiUI)', "urn never
Taint jl,dnlJtnlll1ll:
do
he hado hado land land
Kl-l Kl-llt ltlT lTll-
:;(V :;(VKl Kl-l -l\U \U
(S11ugenja
4/Artisan
iat. iat.
/1
Artisan /Bloudspeaker 3) Tll{' ru rren; head fi the Beauty of Death c e
th hand handso some me and charis charismat matic ic K < l k i R L k aW a W I L l ' 1 : e wa once once ugly ;111.1 inept, an wa oc ed by the ("SI of th stud studen ents ts Hi' eage eagerl rl took took
looked back Doji Doji Adck Adck
lefr behind, Ruka Rukawa wa glad gladly ly help helped ed
in
uiu,
cell,
b. rh
rnuste
Iud:tihan shar share: e: to ~UJ'PT<'~~ Ta II][ inJej b v s he he e f o c e of w r l H I Gill, however, s p en en t f iv iv e IDlI111te.o'
Y'lJ ill
rnednuting
entered, H(,IWI:V~T, ag e c s s k f u s tu tu rhe more e ag dents e aavv e h e dojowirh unnatural b eeaa u a n an unhealrhv
rs
TWO hOlIIS_
mnuons
Ru wa ov re fo h i c e er se il ccnnections between L h C ; c ef D(}j(1 an ef u C ra ra n Doji A : t 1 o k a , 311d repl replac aced ed .Ado .Ado as head head sens sensel el [h scho school ol Ru wa and good shugenja, but 111.' in
He uses ma he nltel_y, nltel_y, easung
he ce
iI occasionally
BJ.OO"Sl'£AI{£;tS
pe
dedicated bpIlL
j~
luch luch ib n'
1"1i5 beauty
ow
k ee ee p is
the
ow e and p ow to Iollow pl
be cares h a a cckk no no w le le dg dg e hi.~ route ['0 glory,,, ['N,'
hlR
posi positi tion on to ch3l ch3l_l _lgeany geanyth thin ing, g, Tl ve ge Cr ne Cl mu bout ktl0WS little bout owlands Talnr. Shadowlands om vants ar fat w a conralned hx attitude ha Bloodspeaker C e l l by hi TO foUo sens sensei ei th ir rn seem seem foUow. w.bi bi will will faSler
sh
lIglOnja
th
ha
Cr
an,1
Asah Asahtn tn than than they they
of the school began
so Asah Asahin in
Scho School ol
When Tb1(ji
e sp sp on on d
pe
NO
m f would of th shug ch o o c ou ou l shugen enja ja21 21 th s ch to
xpla xplain in
ef re expe expe ts (b1d (b1dud udin in
ur
tsuk tsukai ai saga saga u) coul coul
parents year
l at at er er , T o u ] 'Doji Adoka.' Yoke, AS:ihil"~ Yajinuen ha a lw lw a y s G I l e t A d ok ok a , 1110mhs before hi 'cat 'catas astr trop ophe he,' ,' it let! hun. re secret
alcove r h A s ah ah in in a S ch c h o ol ol . There A d maho S E r o U S , s c r o h a Y a nden h im im se s e l h a h id id d n . A do do k unable to resi resist st th temp tempta tati tion on of power.
DIlI1(Jng
wn.1r
Drm(lI1s whispered, "Wind l U I ! lvit.h dancitlg!"Tcn years
hi b!iJ;1I L I I t l . J , lil i e f o ( / t:t: s J r(r( } j Hie Crone l ur ur er er , A d ok ok a had m e T h fOlU1dt>rof the GracI'fuJ Crane
li.
cll')'
the th
maho maho-r -rsu suka ka
have
Ucu
Gr~ceful ha Ii-v.:
og ss
ro fa year:.
dojo dojo more more
tell
THS l!JO;U(3;tS
OF f > J . . £SH
The Twillght lands, the Hide, Knitl. nd Toriraka provinces. There goingthrough are [ew settlements, an th se se erue eruenr nr small nd sparsely populated. Tori Torita taka ka phan phanro ro nt pa he at all rime rimes. s. look lookin in for trouble. (Jill Jied O["nl int Ct~
he mounralns.
pa ol
[rom [rom thos thos
nearly ly fift fiftee ee f o near
Flesh ce
thaLl
orma orma
e, cu ti ts of di Yl':,lrs, rc er para para id of Bloo Bloods ds eake eakers rs ecau ecause se of he location Because
minimum f'l,dt f'l,dti~t i~t :lcrlv :lcrlvi:y i:y ttl minimum l\'Tp~1gdQ1ng,ln the Twillgh M ( ~ u n w i m _ f.llesh nile wa crea create te by th infamous fe yeaTS after th maho-rsukai Mohai Spir Spir ts Moha Moha narr narrow owly ly escaped de cutting hi conneorions lFtagu nd w i fe fe , K u n iT iT a ns ns ho ho , with hIS Bloodspeaker.cell, He reached. th TWilight Mouneairrs.lls"lniGklya~ Ji~llppointed the lack of corruption where [he First ani spilled its ad to th fle jusuce jusuce tEven Eventu tual al y, Moha Moha se but to create l- new base fppetat10ns mon o f a ve ve l n g h e s e lee te Tea in Af
BJ..OOI7Si'~AI{~~ JilECH A~ICS
"kp[>p
uickly ly an ea,t ea,tly ly.E .E-t -t ar rear reared ed as badly ab very uick land landsa sa else elsewh wher ere, e, butt butthe he treate te as eta. eta. Many were. aresrill trea rhetr lrves, rh lessens scroll ll with with M oh oh a ar h i scro m, ofpo we rohe rohear art, t, aye Moll Moll at left soon soon afre afre foll foll wing wing hi cw _goa _goals ls,an ,an th flrsr an took the head cauticus, an deci decide ded. d. that tile Hrd attacked them. The-resr village with with only only on othe othe cult cultis ist. t.
~Q
Itw a
ea Village fo
Tairued GIll isrs 1~:Hm[ their Taint Hunters quicklvexecuted th Six
raore
culrtsrsA quick-
hi o n of t h
v ho ho l
village,
:1I1d
woul wouldd-be be Bloo Bloods dspe peck cker ers. s. "theW'he}, Hnnrers have ne er ag in focused an T(.'3 illa illage ge whic whic uits uits fine. th ui Ji_s Ji_seO eOUT UT:lc :lcge ge an
Kirsu, 1l"re 1l"re of rs Okura No ther ther family bas ±"alLen sc fa so fast, and. ye managed. to persis persist. t. c.ongs c.ongsul1 ul1·wa ·wa rempred I'O young boy)ns unahle to heIcsred JC w o is brorber' brorber' prowess. Hulyuan, Gong--tm's·yotlnger bro her, her, wa rUii rUiian an ilit ilitar ar mt d.an d.an hi hl ra se Ith
was caught
culr,
'>Hf~I!'i-$("(gaw scoured
(cal he te.[t thE
AnC£STO~S (YOltAI)
more more
In THE SHA.DOW rSH AlJO\!l.LIl AlJO\!l.LIlt:\ t:\.17 .17szuon
I{lT I{lTS\J S\J
OnGS OnGSUn Un yo
Clam Lion or an Taln Talnte te
char charac acte te "llr aint aint rnod rnodlf lf er as :1 prohair "llr number times wo equal to your your Tain Tain ill0 ill0di difi fier er YI)ub~g_ih p l w i point point
5H0I1~J. pe
he leaves 1 :e :e aa-- 'V i llll ag ag e t o f ii- n out m o pe cell Shov Shovel el cnji cnjiJy Jy those trip trip ourc ourc [o b.i5 cell 'celL it,,;;e.[£
an injorrnaticn auster er vill villag ag rh aust
learne ne Bl odsp odspea ea er eade eade Shovel ha lear thattheanclenr namedI namedIuch uchiba iba hasris hasrisen en fr dead, but rhe thought does not chri!1 him,
[ustanorher eyes ne er come come
fT inL
Bloodspeaker 2)
pe
shovel is whoburies th dead dead arnr arnrna nals ls.o .of' f'Ie Ie Vill Villag age. e. 31;d Wt~n Wt~nry ry of serv life is ol 31;d servin in hi samu samura ra superiors, erhe cult cultis ists ts finallygive hi leader suits him; I'he erhe rile respect he deserves, A ls l s o [ h rnajnriry abbe. celrs rnaho scrolls. lit;' in: u .mels m . els unde undern rnea eath th hi hut, hut, and th knowl-
mu
rs.AT:
CS.STO;t
show tlwceU era.Hefears
da
ro Iuchiban;
after
Iuch Iuchib iban an turn turnsh shis is ~ryendy hClpeS that {t-,;Ni1J the
VU'LI.
e qu qu a
1 1U 1 U -y -y ou ou r T a n t Rank,
1'1IUJlJeJ
15AWA TAJ(~5HI sa
Ta eshi eshi
Takeshi pures,
as ls,~ ls,~ a' youn younge ge
end-ed 1 I . P
You gai
number
down. YO[] begin p l a v
br ther ther
thongh
rhe
1WO
in
1'5, Ta es Whe11 Lsawa left ro JO[11 th Seve SevenT nThu hund nd m oc oc k h im im , < l n g . [h alliance with ttf: K a wa Isowa's.lif1'_ or en oo maglc beca became me corr corrup upte ted. d. as es lt thE' Leng, Takeslii became oc l ~ ed ed . H e re used 1.11rc [h corr used rogi corrup up io of a te te d b u f oc LO t-ree Leng,
An
h.
to
an
Iris Iris doom doom [ se se e a b llll ve ve l
watc watche he ov l n s ' ch ensu in ch i ld ld r en en ' ensu at guid guided ed towatd
for it happ happen enin ing. g. Iuch Iuchib iban an year year ago. ago.
th ic
enus enusur urin in that,
c h a t he he y
1(
DA,utn£Ss
Yo have have Hiro Hiroiu iumi mi's 's soci social al abll ablllu lues es Cl n: Cr ne Tainte te char charac acte terran Tain Bene Benefi fit: t: '(01 '(011g 1gai ai +2 prof profan an egin egin pl with with
Taint
Shug Shugen enja ja level
be furt furthe he ay le rn maho
caUDOI
Yo LfIlley
[8
ff int
C O T I i C l U p O r a ry of
tL
y vu v u _ r L ou o u rr- t e r s k
UL
le s t ha ha tt- d o Dot st,k Onen!aJ A,jv~l1tuY(lSpresents r u le st,ktl tl ro no [ama [ama on etft etfthe he most
ic
Once Once when when lama's brot brothe he fell fell deat deathl hl ill, irof irofum um egan egan Jama, bopirig that rn W011ld (0 befriend Emperor an an from their ri ndsh ndship ip Afte Afte se er jama J , l Y S went- by 3n jama ad warmed up Hirofumi, a)11 's brother full an mira miracu culo lous us reco recove very ry lama lama's 's side side insr insrar arnl nl (0 return heir's Hirojurruleft presence. Passing it a s " co c o n so so lili n [ ar ar na n a , Hirofumi id no ve su fe isfa isfavo vo from from hi bl tant tant olit olitic ic lplo lplo "why id yo banHirotuml bandon me,? though; were friends. th ughr ughr yo er gofng to be Bmperor," Bmperor," s a h e other bo1'. Th is was n O T " orgo orgott tt n, ve ea te grown Lip. Hirofumi. Terrified, the courtier promised mise no to Iuchlban, as 10)1g as he pr mise h ar a r m H ir i r of of ur u r n Iuchiban, with wick wicked ed grin, ourt ourtie ie \\'[ \\'[1: 1: Si nifi nifi nt moun moun ofTain ofTaint, t, th slit slit is throat. Hirofum] awoke i11 Jigo_ku,.,md torture in
ah
5-1:
MAHO
Level
A-NO
HE
Taint an Ma
risk risksg sgai ai
s p e llll , h e automatically g a l 1 1 s Tainr according toTa Ie ~-l.: c a e as as i unsk unskil ille le mnho mnho-t -tsu suka ka days days df maho U s e .
u irir i m e r
Ta
become _ L O " s a~f te te r 1 1fe 'pro 'prosp sp re with with th ower ower
Lost
foun all foun
meth method od
Thenow-defunct owed Tower. (SCt'
-protectlng
Scorpion crganization called [1,' [1,' Shad Shad o f Ih.r S'orprafl;'" Jinges 2 U - - 9 4 , Ilnd th (I}ller- F i v e ) is ;l re nt exam exampl pl succes successfu sfu omt'iwly muho muho-b -bas ased ed erga ergani niza zati tior orr. r.Th They ey.h .had ad Sitc Sitc tech techni niqu que, e, borr borrow ow inga concept from the B lo lo od o d sp sp e ak ak e c u T h e v ar a r io io u cells h e B lo lo od od sp sp e k e h aavv e lo ls Taint, i n No succ succes essf sful ul orga organi niza za ll tio of rnah rnahoo-ts tsuk ukai ai hal; exis existe te sinc sinc the fint fintW1 W1ir ir agai agains ns Leng Leng with withou ou nd r n L . Even wh we City unprotected.
A ttN NT
Taint POlllts Gained
repr repres esen en
.st
bles.siug
TABLE
YCll1
AJ..T£~nAT~
be lurrher <,Ju <,Ju d. bu P ' T Ii Ii S r,[Tainr. play with
nne
170)'"1 J-l1;tOFVJn.1
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rank Clrr.1illl.
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m in in a
11 A w a r n es e s s andvt
begin W i t h
1 5 A W A . TA.I{~5HI poin points ts
ma
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Yo ga
cast cast Thes Thes
w: Ch
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01 T5
n.C_; n.C_;:STO :STO f'5:AT:
S.lC~A J'I,.;:
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f'EAT: You have Inhe Inheri ri re 'Iak 'Iakes eshf hf : ) _ _ b i l 1 t y an Tain Tainte te char charac acte te
OJ GUS
J:"S J: "S A['; A[ ';IO IOl! l!JU JU
AItC~STO';l
rSHADO\!l1-An"S;'7Ho~rll:X
Prer Prereq equi uisi site te
ost, ost, oa allowed [Q be om wee-ps. his suffertng jf 1 1 . 1 : 1;ega~nto 1;ega~nto li --Ie --Ie simp simply ly esse esse fo pain pain ~n sulT sulTer erip ip_g _g pan, forg fo hi pan, forgot ot abou abou Hirofumi thre thre hund hundre re
help. La
Ta nt Po nt
R is is ke ke d
Minimum
Taint Rank
'2 :3
To avoid
ng th
gNti
Itsred
Tall Tall
Taint
Points Points ltj~;( ltj~;(eJ eJ
B1.0 B1.0 "S; :.AI(£~ :.AI(£~ ~~ D£f'SRS£S
Torritude "Save,wirl: DC c.haract<'r of 10 -r-spellIevel. T h e a vo vo id id an an c L.)tTaint Is not inhf'l'ehtiy g oo oo { rninirmn» spells ls as shown unrahle lellt'lu["rail11 isrequtrcd to cast m a h o spel ~--i T h
[t'"
wi
"I <,,,tLr,,lv limir
rlwrn
i'wl In
nrual the ' m o s t Rowerful magic.only C D ( ~ thos th ose: e: whom wh omli ligc gclu lud1 d12s 2s:l :l deep deepco conr nrrp rp already. to character \'.1 Once- er d : t y , any. character \'.110 10 knDW knDW 0l0I1" rmho 'polnt of Ta int.thiS pe c a p eT eT C O m _ 1 . 3' point if :its Ta Ra mo Iain Iainrt rtrr rrod odif ifte te ..(SeCI~ mo wo we (SeCI~lg¢ lg¢ 13] (lj'Roblgall'" [ 0> ,VH yhl' n""I;) 0> " n W > " 'r4"I'II','hr"
lilA lilA-H -H
Pres Presti tige ge Cl ss,. ss,.
the Shugenja'5 -Sloodspeaker
edin edin
Ea
th se Elem Elemen en
th
Cultist
el
lter lterna nate rule rule
fo .a o,th is in pp pria priate
.<;s .<;s bi it
erna erna iv
inin inin
tt
rf)lI(l"V~. Th('~~ rule; rule; N (" (" "r "r r " , n n y un un e rrain
a ' s . r m t .l.l ,
l'li~
rh
Lq,!t·n,.l \If
stipns stipns~'d ~'d
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to
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r a g jIj I r
~p
I'"
roll
Rc~c(ln:.bin.nrlb,
l'1 L1 y l ' ! " , litrllll
~I
.away from yo
when
yOhl
east,
nt
Co
maho spells, musr be
o U G 0 ; 1 . ra ra cr cr e
Blocdspea Blocdspeaker, ker,
dIal this
::Benefit; Whi.'!1' )1011C:.f~l. pe m a Taln] rill.' 'f yt;lu UpOl1 yom~d[ SO you gatn tw f~W(~ points CifTah1t w h e n f3srmg
plants w i l h e r , s"fLuary
·~U.1.;:5
£ '1 11 11 ,
Rmg~ Rlir: ~r
:1.8
! ip ip d 1 . t ho ho u g h sl
1'1)
d-,~I ( m 1 1 . l
fs irrelevant; til..
cter
er It
1(;)
I~w hours [ 0 1 . ' l~HH 11l:l1l.O Target Target Numb" ',If ( M ; 1 ! ; i e r.r. y 1....".. ".. 1 0 ) .
learn with
cl Ma ho I, hav diffic difficl~l l~ltv tv lel1rning acieralso rl'~,> rl'~,>i\' i\' .. hich hich ca nr redu reduce ce C3St
ill
hn
_E.l1I
Ii
the force ofTabf
prev previo ious us rule rules, s,
learn a n ro aJ
char crer crer ca lld. lld. he 't'he char
To
If yo subjuga ee yourself ggjnC'd noticing:
to
Olano.
with with hi abil abil ty
Ii\AHO
mnhu 51'11' II ma pe
we
means
process th~n yo ha
the th~
t.~:::ni:~JU.l
w i ~pf'3k to ~lnyonewho is willing' arul qulre :LWW maho: bcsl bcslde desi si Rare Rare ir.d.lvll.hl~l~ less xhan on ten l h o u S < ! n d i< affected h i . - way,
spells.
[5
areaarouad
rn.Rh'l i11
shugenJ
esig esigne ne
it is strongly recommended
A1.T;:~nAT;: Ru
Shadow la nCl~Ts nr great lengths to :;11idd
B.L£~"In.G
resist accumulatis class 'v
in nu Fonitude Point! t! risk risked ed equa equa in th Taint Poin
ptio ptio be used used
w b k h many Bloodspeakers
th
V3tlOUS
me ho s. foun foun
belo belo nnde nnde "Blo "BlooJ oJ.s .spe peak aker er Defenses. Repl Replac ac with with th foll follow owin in abil abilit ity: y: "Suffer the Darkness: The Bloods Bloodspea peaker ker Cultist Bloodspeaker Cnltist:' NPCs in this this oo re no
II
lh('
renin b a n d Techriiques ( 5 < : 1 ' 1 i 1 < ' '. 'i ' 1 7 1 wi charac acte te an have I.)nl~·nrr!;l; tollowi-ag J'Nc"-ption~: each char pOlnr expenHn al requ requir irem emen ents ts incl includ udtn tng. g.ex expe peri rien ence ce di lUI;(', rnusr 61'" hn qu m m Wny ,)r!lv W a fl f l ' " TCllrilired cum lereness,
found
usin usin
ven io 11 of dH~: acq
r.
COm. COm.?J ?J.I .ICA CATI TIOn On
Way
These feats represent ma Bloc Blocds dspe peak akcr cr cell cells, s, M0~1: focus
keep more d ie ie ! t ha ha n he n()VIU~~ find find rhey rhey rio nor th mnst advanced spdls. he charLevel, l, point ufTil.nl pe-r M3:;tl er Leve ro
no
haracter must Mastery Level
na
sk il
~;pe.llhe Ilt~
;1
Ir It'vefrrhe lMaho
T~
caster bd f lglg :n:n ! l e:e: tsts l 1_
\5
Mastery JLl in llIgenr Is.' h l ,t, t d t h e k l M'lste M'lste:r' :r' Lev l) WlJund WlJund worth, worth,
p n m ~ C ! - i o n is equal J;rf H'JF H'JF '" .b"tw"ell he-TN of rh ~p-el1( R"L~d I"' lie J;rf " e u d d ) a n , r h l ' ~oral R C In In . .l.l llll bl bl l t h ca~tH canalway.l1 Ch'1 Ch'10S 0S!. !. np toj lu.·el' tllf' hig_hesl .11<'<" characters LOTe (,tvlaho) £kil1l·m]( roJled, liKnaslng (lfT (lfTa. a.ir ir
co
t[,h:te·u w u h o
li
takes
fiendi~h look, animals
.aWay.etc
51.~1il5:n.TS
BL££17lnGTH
Bl.OO Bl.OO ...~::" ~::"
(CUl.
Type: i3Joods.peakcr Cell equi equire re
Tr rs 'E rrh4 rrh4
Requited
e, Other
mooro
1.3 rion
Skills: CallIgruphy
Cipherl.
LO(<1
(Maho
:'I.
1.
(muh (muhcc-ts tsuk ukai ai), ), Shad Shadow ow [ands T a i n \ at at lJ lJ '.'. :l:l s points), Shugel1J~ Te hniq hnique ue (8 poin points ts): ):Th Th muho-tsukn ha tnlw:!1red rhe an frur frurru rung ng th dark powe powerr- hiS magic magic wa fronfron- hirnf'df. disto Lhe'd.eme-nrs.1iach me m' r.:J.:lkp W i l l p o w e l ' me TN lu s roll spell, I [ r lu is accumulates Jowereti t:! onl'·lillrrll1 (round J O W J l ) . UnfortllrlJtdy, tI,:' us no; ~ubt ;Jre.(l shows ~ubtll ll'. '. rh Imme Immedi diat at y m p ro ro m o f T a n r p l ill'S wi .her, stat stat uary rakes :11'1,:J. Fiend sh way. etc, Itls! m a y c ho ho o ok ok , a n m a 1, loo ho os os e lWO Requirements:
HpeUS w h
Ilnrk
S(!C[(l1
rhls tei:)uiiqllc,
B1.0017 B1.0017 .. f'01l f'01l.G: .G::1' :1' rGSni:~:lU.:r between
.inhib!tingyour
maho. .Prerequisjtes: nI9ods.F~akeL
aecuanulafion
'0 fr:a U1t
darkness,
'10(1.
an
yOUI" [latency
Cha 'l;\t, l'joe qt l1l0re mahc)
spdh,
with
illll.S[
b~·
ll Ta.int yo gain Irom your m ah a h o s -p -p e l s ' is po Al DC: ma
Be spel spells ls
ceiv ceiv
mora morale le pena penalt lty. y.
Bl.QC[7",Ta~G~[7
7~lmA:~IL.Y
TA
I{ITSU,
1;:0
Type: Type: Bloods Bloodspea peaker ker
skills: LoreiMaho
(+ a n e d h i n s . I trorn m o r e d if if f ic ic u ltlt .
Ji
ew
hi mn Tbls Tbls In ease ease ..duce ce th Tain Tain accu accumu mula late te from m a h o , be ..du
Al
two pou-rs
~J..Sli\sn T A J . . .
rhe kansen {avo'l:
spells, must be
loodspeakeu,
including
Benefit: is' reduced
by one point,
'YOt!
cannot
sp ells.
Tr it il
ACO.L-YT:::S)
l.:t!ll
ware warene ness ss
Other Other Requ Requir ireme ement nts, s,
lr clli cllige ge rc
tmnh o-tsukai], Shllgenj~
Da
necrion to I'[goku, i'ot"snking meurs 1 I : L
fewer p o hoos hoos tw
mOHAl·S L£GAC.Y Clit3TAJilA41CI '{ouc '{oucan an le ritu ritu maho maho sp ll srin sring, g, chan channe neli li yo nerg nerg with yOUI' l el el lo lo w r na na h oo- rs rs u ka ka l ncreasirrg tht> Jlower of be
m ah ah o a n
d u c n g h e aint gained, Prerequisites: Abiltry
till'
[]'3l []'3l[ll [lllol loll,, l,,
Ri)
Igaru ele---
l~
d ro ro p -a -a s many dice 3~ hl w i sb sb l! l! s w h t : C~sltng mu as e ce ce i v ~ e s T3.!l1l f r c as as t n g to any ho
Of' f'.L:iSH) \!JO~(~~5 type: Bloodspealcer Cell Requ Requir ired ed Trai Traits ts Agrl warene ness ss Agrlir ir '\ ware
tTHE
Required . I2 Skills: ALlCOPSY .. L01'~ tMahl'.I2 D a r S ec e c re re t ( m ah ah oo - rs rs uk u k ai ai j Other Requirements: p O l : nrsl mb Ta
Shad
Ra
ma
r na na ho ho - s uk uk a c as as t h i spells will) h e h e o f lus peers. cast an h i r na na h s p e a s r i u a s , I gh g h lili ";"; r R an a n k r na na h oo - rs rs u k H< L1n [f th 1'0 '"re C;IS C;IS till till s p
lill
i'1"!l'''llt~1 spell
mb
to
TIfual The Taint gained d ls ls trtr lb lb u e d m a l partirlpanrs, rlll'
5p~
e ve ve n
g
r
th
ener energi gies es oi jigoku, (Ind rece receiv iv From From casr-
amount ufTaim yo Ing rnaho,
spells musr
l3-1', O;1l:
Bloodspeaker Bloodspeaker
check
15-hmmediately by one 20 or .hlg .hlghe her, r, inst instea ea reduce th Tain Tain gaiJ gaiJle le
spell's
s o e ~c ~c h such
:3
th_"i! am-
r na na ho h o -e -e su su ka k a rc rc a ah 0, m ak a k in in g spe I. undergo L b . ·
(1
n i y ou ou r naho naho spell spell 3S L ' i t als (Sl'~ p a g e 87 of Ro iwglll1'''),i\ny Tain gain gained ed the c as evenly iwglll1'''),i\ny Tain as t n g spJi-t amongst those participating in th r ua ua l All participants gain 3! r o
DISASSOCIATiOn Re uire uire
S h ad ad ow ow "
speaker,
~J..~li\.sn TAL :A.T :A.T
n H lh lh o -t-t ~u ~u k ai ai )
J£CtLIDuJcHed.1 TIlt TIlt cult cultis is 11l8Y ah when when he earn rhls technique,
Youh Youhav av cu )'0 1,JrS el off fwrp kami, an you.for it Prerequisftes: Holoon on or more more rnah rnah Int Holo
Type:: Bloodspeaker Bloodspeaker
H, Me(~lati"n
S ec e c rl rl .
eqU111
C4;:n;:~Al.l
~mor ~mor
J ,.,. :: :: : f'~Om.
oint oints} s} 1 ' 1 1 1 ' msho msho-r -rsu suka ka ha le rn rosens rosens ol h e J a } : energies t+ jigoku an ke 10 shirtB. 1dwm 1dwmt; t;\g \g of it near nearly ly-i -irn rnpe perc rcep eprl rlbl bl he ms}' -::a~r(1 ms}' retr retroa oact ctiv ivel el decl declar ar R,1iBPS which n o t'tI~l.:r. o th th e h a de ea d ifif f" f" ' ~ n b e w ee ee n TN ec eeii ve ve d E ro ro m c aass r ng 111a.10 thp. result. ('[he Taint r ec ch lque lque
'I'N,
DISASSOCIATIOn.
[VLn
[7gf'UnCT
AIIAI l.A
_.1.ori' IMtI,h
Requirements: D a r t .Ieasr I~ndsT~Il1[Ill.t.Ieasr points)
p ow ow e M:Jhu Taint is also also (la~ (la~eJ eJ ~ i ka
B.Y TH~
ceIl
Other
z.Medimtlen (m~ ho-ts u ka ka i
Techn'ique
cast
",OUI
ls
Requ Requir ired ed Tr its: its:
Required
Cl.OA1(
(TAUGHT
mATl.Y CVJ,. TS·)
C;:l.LSl
Type: Bloodspeaker cell
sonssvres
by two points points
(DC
lrom tho:: mal:o wirhevervone-
['fain!.
poin poin
ST:rt.lJt5 TH£ AnC£STO;tS J : 1 i \ i5:TA
i\ A~'C] rrup rrup
the. the.
wh_uccastilig-
11-1
nne ti ns
ost
betw betwee ee
the-lai
uu aud your ancestors til.
tp to casrma maho ho spel spel,s ,s mils mils'! '! be aBlood aBloodsp spea eake ker, r, ity to casr Benefit: Yo mayf mayfor orf< f<~i ~i_t _tth th abi' abi'li lili lies es gran grante te vo by Tain gain gain reduce he Tain maho spell lillle lillle -pe (_l~y; bur r[)iy er ance ancest stor or iead ieador orfe feiL iLl' l':1 :1 (unt (until il it returns)
T;tl T;tl t= TH B: :l "r.Y "r.Y
ems-
ThiS spell
AJ\C~STO~S
f'
[7 AT
ts: Vn,icl4
Rcquirca
Sl~ins: Lun' (.Mlll,.,) 'I, nv
r s u k a [1, Sh
Jowlands fa
Te
the T i
l)f"i
n! ( a l ee ee s
9po
Th
k an an s
M""i
tl ti
ie tory
2, Setrt'I
lrnaho-
oi illS
leanw.d II stave necr ica 1'0 is ancespltr pltr day, he may choose IC! reduce reduce t:beTl t:beTlilI ilI1laccum 1laccumuucasu casung ng :I rnah rnah spel spel by [w W'1i W'1i.c .cnhe nhe does does 5Q, hi.,
h r by reJitcc!i
ue nc lnre lnred. d.Ir Iror or
this spell,
'l
or pl wt rh d an an c he gr yo beauty '{om·oppo '{om·opponen nent, t, he-d he-dan ance ce make make checkat $u_ccessfuI $u_ccessfuIPcrf Pcrform(Dt orm(Dtmce) mce) I8 ,:ilhl!.rgiw the 1
Type: Type: Bloods Bloodspea peaker ker RequrredTrai
'tbu (L1I'a will-
ip,g$ub:.aitllteJ
mn
ng
LO
"'{(tIer/ill c:,lmpOI1C]'T~
he ta rgef's rgef's possesslons.
tO
-o bel-lelll!> rn hirn. : E ve 1TI~hove !" !" y r .f.f rn rn l th ancestors deny him t he he -i-i r b en en ee- fOrl'I1C if rhe ;;ttKC$TQfS
Ve
I'hlJ rsuk rsuk
uses uses
fits tnT full
w e e k [ be be r
rnmr
leave per-mtln~ntly
Necromancy Le el Ma Comp Comp nent nents: s:
Rang Range: e: uc l'at l'atge get~ t~ Oh crea crearu ru re/r re/rou ound nd Duration; rcund/Ieve] [Iii
;t5:1'1t5:S510n
[G·-an;:~A1.1
Savirig
well- hidden. hidden.
purposes pfphytiical effecJ'S ;l.jl~ defonru· ries, yoJj:r T~Lm T~ Lm Ra rk is co si-cieted t,\I b~ 111Filii Fil ii ranks. IOW,cr. th¢
lllay,be
[[
·effects
·stack_
Spell
Tlirow: \ ' { f i J I
Resistance:
,M. Ra.llgi.::':Il~ucL
ne creature
Dura Durati ti n:
Perm Perm nent nent
wiIl n'cg<\tcs
S;I,vingThrow:
n£ l itit t~ t~ _ u n o v er er al al l .weal,cornruori BlotxispcaI<\'r 1: L 1 T . < ; _ ~ · I n£ l1e"-s , M a h . saps th,~ victims body,. mind,~l.l mind,~l.l1d 1d ,spiff(, ,spiff(, Your Your targ target et Stln~~rs -2 profane penalty to al anrl -Jpr -Jpr!' !'Jf Jfam am skill prn.~lty abiHry H'T)!lJS, anrl c k o U -and save DCis for sb ugenJB speIlllhe checks,
This
casts,
IT
D::m.OnS
Transmutetion l'
CastingTime:
.L hour lot)
l"a,rg¢:t:. n:
rsen
week /Icvcl
Sa ing 'thro 'throw: w: Sp
ft.
is nc -Y
negites
10
ft.(lcve'l)
Ye tJ1e
make it c ea ea s V 'h 'h d rcundwhh
Transmutation Level
!legates
YOli
re uire uires. s.
rget rget
S,
blood o i l h e
living-to
e o I u n cu cu on on , This r eh eh ri ri v( v( fi fi y s rr rr ap ap l e incantation reat reat ea of pow('-!. h i p e is active. yo ay s.lcayone crea crea ur er
shnply.a touch.
:rt. :rt. tnSS tnSS Ench Ench ntme ntment nt
Leve Level: l: Ma
El
(C mpul mpulsi si n]
V; 5, minute
me
Ta'rge Ta'rget: t: Onech Onechara aracre cre Duration:
ti
,1
hara hara er
errn errn
/21e\~elsl
to
k
ac
an en co
el
im
si
111
Character
ft
(see text) text) You.sumrnora
el
Dura Durati n:
Perrnanem
;l.ISlnG
en
as cr
2.
Components:
as in
"A~I{n~SS
;tIS ;tIS
mm II ~',Ianmher Bloo Bloods dspe peak akcr cr .... .... ns ns e f f e c l character. on person f,i~und: :t near nearly ly ever ever choi choice ce th kans kansen en coun counse sels ls impu impuls lsiv iv courtier ; , ' t i n i led "'(litb ms\' U.I fin,i pe wh cora Inapproprtatr, bu al}be al}beco co re rr ra le an ke er ei ever ever re to his .hono .honot. t. -rhiIlg ~s rh kansen np rL lithe
ay beco beco
~n re rrtr rrtrab ab
an
ik ly
d ay ay , h e 15,
rc ve ev ry in
kansen
th l{an l{anse se
take take cont contro ro
\X7i \X7ill llpo powe wert rtul ul agai agains ns ;lTN hararrers aCUDn: re l{ us allow th cast caster er fu sell-conrrcl by
of thec thecha hara racr crer er's 's
1U
action.
cu~s~ El
en
Element:
W~AKn£55
Ml
Duration: Pezmanenr
Rang Range: e: Touc Touc
.inflict" I1 over overal al weak weak ss ho ap icri 's b{~J b{~J l, an sp !. / \ 1 . 1 rN!i fu [hal m I g! g! ' a r Increased on Curse Gall o[Weakness a!T~Ct char charac acte te at once once Rais Raises es ca incr increa ease se th 11'1pe 11'1pena nalt lt one. one. Thu~, Thu~, nYD 'Ralse'i ~·4, incr increa ease se !1lt !1lt'T 'T:' :' pcaa pcaair ir penalty IQ + 5 , e tc tc ,
in ea
ITHI ITHI'J 'J£m £m nS
rbI' TN requ requir ired ed
I7£ATH
Maho
rg•,; rg• ,;
LO
e.'l e.'l
it
.tlw brtll roll
1D1J~1
Ca le
mIT) mIT)
1l13 1l131l 1l1t 1taJ aJ
rr
[1,.. Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er
-5
Beauty cdL
b~ maho-
mo jt pe Th c on on 1,00.1' c.,f [ u ce nrratron: ,I CDSI Danc Dance/ e/ Awar Awaren enes es roll roll at aTN of 5-:< 5-: \!al \!all, l,a~ a~ af ec em to Fo exam exam le ey co ga Magll" Resi Resi ance ance no :111 Ancestor, Kh il['01" lc Tie, So ia Posi ion, _f~ 1un- 'i r t s u an in ea ma o-rs o-rs ai Ic:l Ic:l dt anre anrer: r: ur h')IT1porr of Adva Advant ntag ag ~OUghL_ hly, taking rkr I' porr <11l [b ruah ruah -i sukai [h Points rJU! re \III fr rn rh IS 'SF"H.The I.hn-e ne w! p e to ',vl,:k; ~hp dancer :]w;. rses rifl rifled ed to rh j~ ~p II lw rn o-rs o-rs ai ay Stea Stea impost lr
lfec th vi rtirn mental ~isadvllnt:lge lfec ( tK tK ; i ka 11Sell an bwct lhat is
<.lr <.lr~1 ~1.' .'slai s lai
I h
"lol.LcMng a n k ilil lili n rlon, TI.! TI.!p2 p2yi ying ng (h init initia ia Ju in t [incur n e T a in
m e "qua \Vou \Vound nd COH. It
fr,
pers pers al sica sica alone. I'he m ah a h oo- r
10 1.1'Kr 1.1'Krl!J l!JSe. Se.
c:aTh T b e B lo lo cd cd sp s p e ak ak e Jlo\V1i'l:S un ! d C 3 1 . This unsu unsubt btle le fiIs fiIslu luon on p un This spel spel 15 no lwnv lwnvil il favo favore re ua a a n turrnpl f e w , b t by Blocdspeakers, it rends 10kill r ua
nd
Perm Perm nent nent
ff -C
of
Du ion: ion: minutes re fe t: sd Range: 11 uch
Mastery Level:
Dura Durati n:
pl
ny subs subseq eque uent nt mainten inten nc
Incre
to
touc touche he inst instar arul ulv, v, Th 1.0 continue
he lniti: lniti:11 11 dura-
th sp ll's ll's l iy iy l m m u r es es .
rari rari
BEAST l--AT\DS he
D§,'Tt:S,
thei theirr-sh shee ee sin's in
g ob ob l n s a nd nd .o .o r h e S ha h a do do w hI hI ' c is is b e as as t lack th org~l)i_zed org~l)i_zed Slradowlands numb number er let thetn d.airn 11 numb number er of sign sign1f 1fic ic<1 <1
on
t,
In th year i.33, w h h e other n a the r es es to to r r h U n r corn rough! the Lyfng Dnrkncss famil famil banl banled ed be!ray ay nd s le Ky O n be!r le w M o r .Q .Q :T s n m e , l ea ea v in in g th~- Dor)? Mo Fmc"s lsorgnrrized and- demomlized', Tb i~ proved. to [h undo undoin in of Ih Dark Dark.M .M to.n to.n rh legendary Unic Unicor or Khan Khan Cahe Cahe is ealitly routed their .rematnlngTalnted cousins, Pall Pallen en Ch rvsa rvsanr nrhe hern rnum um . ake is 511<,: in th Shad Shadow owla land nd ..C h o s e n by Tsume fO the rrees along blosso soms ms they they g r e W , Hilmi b lo lo od o d -r -r e s ak ak ur u r a blos ~laes Ch samh samh mu ub of acrjvi~y il once 11U klHgl.,r the was. Scatter Scattered ed about [b 110W q n a k n d d e e p b a a ck ck s skeletons, some with broken blade!'; still impaled l l that rema remain in
sc tter ttered ed sc olls olls derailata 1);1 (ll'jgimi! Dark Mota mon an
li.g ve ts ro
th reign snap rase rase ". .bur .bur an never yield," Th awe-Inspiri ng eb.cail1pmenr,
Sbmdly
nants
tililure_
Fallen r'ysanbarn oJ ogre ogre ha faUeli inll~disrepair. t\ barn ro nd theL theLak ak re ting ting lllH lllHke kesh shif if camp LIp-on th lither i, cput be th o,g[ o,g[(j (j p~ wide they nr cput selected [h ea 1m Ev e x e rm rm in in a h e remDark rae GiWS who s ur ur v v e a ± ( !n !n m t
~£GGTS
H~
With battle; a n r ; h eprea.k,illg of th found that rh Taint that had corBloo Bloodd-Cu Curs rse, e, th Dark Dark hodies esa: a:nd nd soul souls. s. r u p re re d .a .a r . s u st st al al ne ne d them w a s e av a v in in g I , , i hodi many with wither ered ed their bodles suddenly weeded) many he ravages, fact that that ravages, of 3 g C _ Most horrifying as the fact SL to
pp
answer,
wi t1
i m e Ihli!Y hadcomrn it-
mi
fLnalattempt
to
atone,
s111Yl:he:mr,~i.I·es tool> onst ucte ucte near near ll fOl'f,fic.1t:l'on onst Tsurn e's f01'j111;'1' headquarters, 'I'hcte, the M oc o c o d i what tlley e q u i d rhei orig origir irra ra fulEHI rhei miss missio iori ri to assist Shadowlnnds il conrainingrhe. snd rmllta rmlltary ry .logsa .logsaccu ccurnu rnulat latedI edI ID.;!PS" centuries of-warfare, gili gilins ns :h Ernp Ernplr lr were were carefully cornpIled In rh pe in i h eerr r Roltlg
mh pL E vt v t ! a s t llll ' e nf n f ee ee bl bl e ws
Dar
in rel
M o T t v .e .e r finishing rhe.irtask, w e ::- e s e] e] ) r av av ag ag e h e camp an
ly ,~ttfl'ered
h- ag ag g Je Je rs rs c T J lIlI ! two [~C('S, w h o c om h e s hom m o
lo vengeance, Th beasts ensured th~l th Mom lived just long their efforts pu to rh Il~rch. tables,
,Ina
flVI'rllIn",d
redemption.denied.
HOOK
ADLl5f{rV~5 ll requested
repo report rts. s.
CH:a~SAnTHsmum
.s trle trle
s Ia Ia l
rh
asslstance th Th
"i'qJjviduab
in
"v
Corne
exp.elienLhl
h;l,';
ce rrain rrain th ssis ssista tanc nc Shatlowla wlalld llds" s" in ~lIl'v!ving, The Shatlo ng
ha
requ requ st
implies tharthls Is far expe expert rt i:Se i:Se_P _P bHcly -soITl!;lhing
toti toti
Impe rial rial summ summon on
the dairny dairny
p8 t) memb member ersa sa
ly qulc qulc
\e (0point
OllL.
Focus: during
IWe_lH~
ha
t5 id id . o f th Shadow o t:t: t5
[he W ;
wa
e lflf .
MOfQ
wiped
battle, C n
OUI
were
Ka (lying aver
Recently, rerreaung into the Shadowlunds, Hiruma scouts o ca ca te te d w h a "ppear, th
rh
jf the pes coul coul
M o w , and dete determ rmin in
woild t h e > tl'L11 of
G(II]1.e
martcr, t othe.hazards of t±
Shadowlands
the pes 1Ulve
itself,
Iy Lnl erested in. th thei bret brethr hren en su vive vive th con- :I:I l m ar a r c f ar ar e o ta ta n o f thei by Gome's rcquislticn of Crab it
is ion. ion.
Unic Unic
in
ggEl Elle lerot rotls l ssu suT.l T.lp1y p1y of jade [01 th mission, which they e e C , l(1 W'all. fa .betrer LIse ,llpplying Alth Althou ough gh litt little le rema remain in n r c ra ra r h e L aakk e one h~lf-mrn. scrcll ~n·IIl.Sto indicate Dark Ancestral Swurd dtheKi-llli:, wielded durbg ther st re lf the Mota th conflict.The scroll fu ther l'itm:t1!'d. to vemu vemu re lh ugti ugti th Sh do land land il1 ill) at tempt ttl epo th CIQI1_ stir nernuranai th Unicorn m i l e x is is t would h e Pq; choose r o r ev he <: Ul ev e a this inforrnartcn,
It.YOSO·S ~~T~IBVTIOn (Si'AUlnlnG =om
ann
KY050 K¥O~Ci
~p
L e n g myriad Stris ferged ferged.. .. between essence L1 -r;hl'm ertal fo sh is
Qk n d .J: nT01'l'31's soul, tr th .oni .oni-r -r -b Kyos Kyos stan stan alon alon .humllJ1 .humllJ1.and .and oni, The l11t'rs"r ben.ve~n Ag_a.sh~K'iQsq 31:J 31:J he Oll "~~el, "~~el,C,e C,e ere ared reat reatur ur that that rera rerain ined ed Kyos Kyos basic ld('jJ.tity,~gnin~d most
torruerhurnan
Kyoso
nature. \Vb.Jle thi~ h3S pnlan wotk witlr ibc
manipular lar wLth the ability to manipu to
Her arnhi,iqt1
p,!'oye
}1(;1'
her currant-sltuation.
to betray Moto 1511llJe
(11'
:ml :l ."
er personal power. Daigorsu h]l,Di:shedhe~ t _ o . Jlgo_ku ana slew-all her o nL nL sp sp llll l" l" ,n ,n , I I S ! h el el ' schel:nes interfere Wid) h i : ; p1a.ns p1a.ns Howeve However, r, rh very humanity trey lO be trey Tsu1ne h l1 l1 ~ e r h e temlOll:S, bLrl pcrsisrtlll., link {b Nillgtn-
mutase
do. After )'car )'car of stru strugg ggle le Kyoso bas fo ro powerful into the Empire. Kyoso jepreSerus rhir rhir part part in th tr gl et ee aigo aigots ts nn Iuchlan lo dominance rhe Shadow Shadowlan lands, ds, yeaTS In Kyoso many hidden~ Shatiowlands lands Althou Although gh Daigotsu sough, but he most rece recent nt lai, lai,-. -.mJ mJ multip iple le hide hideaw away ay and. and. there, Kyoso p r e p a re mult c-ase o f e m e r ge ol ol ge n c y KyosO's Rerribntion is the- £brill ail- K Y Q s o ever rested in, sht~too sht~too sanc sanctu tuar ar pl wh transformarlen frctn .human to rrni rrni rhe
ont.The feroclry other anger b l e d h e a nd nd sc sc ap ap e a n d p e r ru ru a ne ne n tltl y lands.
ICIIOSO'S
d ro ro v h e Shadow-
SA],lCTVA-~
Kyo:;\) s r l l l retained prot protec ec hers hersel elf, f, Kyoso's Kyoso's Sanctuarv Sanctuarv is asIuxur asIuxurio ious us assh assh could make
by-~u£Hc.iently p o w e rf rf u . sh sh ug ug en en j a
Shadowlands,
it
sliver
with srrjking back, conc concer erne ne pref prefc: c:rd rdbJ bJ with withou ou 6Gvl 6Gvll, l,g: g:he he hand hand in thes thes matt matter er reve reveal aled ed bk!.' She r~ quit quit wiUi wiUir. r. to ease th attacks if ~we problem individuals fo he th pes refuse, sh cont contin in es ro av uppo upport rter er ofDa go su bnrtally-slaughrered n.lO!lg with IJH~ IJH~i1 i1 asso associ ciat ates es lnbO lnbOCl Cl!J !Jl. l. O~ orherwtse. [he f'Cs f'Cs acce accept pt [hey te ms with with the fact that dw area areall llyi yinj nj wirh wirh en Strike: Kyoso is prIm prImar aril il
LSGACY
BASH£;tIS The o u n a
o hh hh e
count counterm ermeas easure ure thei thei
tech techni niqu ques es
rhe
kgendary
have bee
kimOD(lwuh mOSI
nn
signilknlH
~o de-vel de-velop op inrell inrellecr ecraal aally ly able replace nl-lmanlty
I'he only to
mrended.
e a n ed ed ,
deal.abou: g ob ob l n " ~ m thei thei soci socier ery; y; In rurn, Basher gleaned
g re re a
insi~gh .dS
nt
wt'l wt'l
~ii:i_;;;)
nder nder ir
"mon "money ey
lugic
an
Basher
"gov "gover ernm nmen ent" t" these imparted goblins In Bi
[0
Tt
vision.
engs engs initi initi
1\ccol;,rnlzing tb at many (if th~ ether g o b J l I l $ shp'ply laeked ca P~~C)Jyro ro gl'asp th('~r concepts, Hasher r ea ea llll ze ze d r lrlr a ns like ms race 1'0 a dv dv an an ce ce . B a h e dur· dur·ss ssed ed th problem i: distinctLy ,15 hake hakern rnon on 1\,l 1\,l nerl nerl fnheriflg
Onl
the
Realm, ti m u g J 1 rtr K Y O S O as be ab to send her-spawn back into the Dail$0tsJ;r's
ed ic
as
es nrl rip-p(lrr1jn~i rip-p(lrr1jn~ilii lii'! '! In engage In di co rse, rse, of en nlkihg kl"lgth wirl: & 1 ' 0 ku 1 1 ; 1 .
.r
ea
Iamtly,
kill .h(>edeJ
combine g ok lnsightswtrl- ttle Sanctuary ok u da Agasl13's knowledge alch alchem emy, y, forc forclD lD in en-d en-d to hlelltlfy uf rnor rnorta ta pare parent nts. s. Kyoso l,as w a r p e d horne. e. Here Here Ningen-Q.CI reco recogn gniz izes es he her horn nOT ani. tl l, uruan, like ]lgoku, is posses possessiv siv realm. W h d e it i s n o rm rm a llll y necessary to orra orra uc as rh Fest Fester erin in
S a n cU cU la la r
by
handful
jf lite
travel
dissem dissemina inated ted
idea idea rema rema 11 scorned by forted ostpon on seve severa ra p t Q ,r th Knni to ostp ,r ni ni si si n l in in t:t: s o f i nv nv es es titi ga ga titi o due: due: to abse absenc nce, e, ofre ofreso sour urce ce OT presence Imperia] cnrU cnrU.h .h uc unrr unrrav avel eled ed ve ue of tl cs igu, igu, ion,conc ion, concctnsr ctnsr negr:rblin known s.Basher, B a h e w a ,j ,gobltn o f u nu nu su su a wit, .capnble
at human, such as Agas Agasha ha mon, mon, bu
Kuni Mokuna contain rnany
ag~jns ag~jns tlr Shado Shadowla wlands nds power. power. Although
CF: acctl$;S acctl$;S
po
Although KyoSQ rerurned to Ningen-do, she Is monitoririn irin
IQ
anti taisb:gthumhimsdf.
rew gene genenl nlti tioi oiis is
Bash Basher er's 's
:IOI'll
AI7V~nTV~£ Ch
oru Mo
-c
in
than ~nythjng ne
e' does does ot an to inte interv rven en ofrhe City back back at Daig Daigot otsu su on hi
ecre ecre
uals in D a pr blem blem with with
sURp sURpoq oqel el
SC01{l\£[1
else, Kyosols
de£LD:ed.
ng
h a v w r o n ge ge d . her, ch ef on hi
Shadowlands [~ch
is isDaig isDaigot otsu su E v en en . t ho ho u g Iuclri riba ban' n' seiz seizur ur personally, Iucl opporrunlryro st-ike
pUINer base; base; Daigot Daigotsu su must r<:ly J135 been · je je hU hU , R o ku ku ga ga n Kyc
Bmpire coassa coassass sstn tnai ai ke wo C;swo he Shad Shad wlan wlands ds fi.ghti:lgirself.
individ-
have
desrroy
pscu pscudo do-c -cir ir Ba he ha wn .out time teac teachi hill llg: g: each ofrhennns. theysperrd their time asma asmarh rhem em ttcs ttcs ai in -for -for he ay rheir ther ther ncep ncepts ts su ill. ill. an rowe rowe over Roku Roku .an r o a sc sc en en s o n over will e " h e :ind di rest if he S h H - t O W ! ands, when
!U
BASH BASH;c ;crt rt_' _' HU OUl' of tho e ss ss on on s B as as he he r Impo Imporr rran ance ce
accepted mp
of reed reed ng
1111'0
Ha gc
I.U Jiis
lh
T b is * ~w ~w h
th
children
wall
the:
tru Jl~S
resulted
-gi
;]
era
stea.~lll inc reusreus-
'The 'The hu ortglnally occu occupi pied ed hy Bash Basher er hashas-be been en conv conver erre re sjrn sjrnne ne te cu
ti acts acts l.ll l.ll.~ .~h: h:ls ls ir whlc whlc he
lkin lkin
stic stic
Bash Bash
TH
us
ise, ise, ough ough reco record rd onta ontain in th in ag nd co plis plishm hm nt of goblin goblin rn Brrshe Brrshet5 t5 Lin suc llS Thuk-Kig], whos whos infa infamo motr tr "Wa Machin Machine" e" w a ucing ~h siege of Otos Otosan an Uchi Uchi.. ..
iH~ OG~£ BA~~ACJ{_S
Before El Leng's fall ha apnmiv 'rai~t, the Ogre Ogre slow slowly ly dulllh lh afls afls in th serv servic ic of into dull Wllil~ mostof the Ogres t h same in inds inds spot spotte te th degr degrad adat atio io Th Ogre Ogre npidly realized that cou tering tering the e f f e C T S of dw Taint ~5 tu t a They took took vill villag ages es.f .fro ro thei thei Tain Tainte te br thre thren, n, nd proc procee eede de to [abo [abo inst instak akin ingl gly, y, she] t e b en en ea ea t the f lo lo or or : o f one of heir buts an placed it to
cloud, rhey buried the vide videnc nc ia il1sr il1sr nesv nesver er th floo floo not feeblemind(1.d i n gr s.st s.stll ll
llve llve in th
of th ir exis existe tenc nc
LC)SI,
animated by
they are
ltho lthoug ug
the
far:
bOTSI.'S,
to be ignl ignlfl fl an liin liindr drun un th ir oruk oruk ge-c ge-c=u =u dead dead ho se were were lost lost when the
majority
steedsare grea greatly tly valu valued ed Dalg Dalgor orsu su's 's pered hy
ttem ttem ts to ivil iviliz iz
Shadow owla land nd the. Shad lU@ssengers.
to
were were hamTo alleviate alleviate
ton-he use wen- srelen
ofhis ofhis lollowe lollowers. rs. Period Periodica ically lly pon ponies iesand and.ho .horse rse th
depl deplet eted ed stoc stocks ks ne
the. Chy y. A r
LO~twhere onikage in tr di nsrl nsrlnc ncts ts comb combin ined ed ()r
Ih(>
Taint es lt lheir handlers. They
ve
TO~l11
THE
in seve seve al unfo unfort rtun un te in iden idents ts with with hand when needed, nd with an extra d1C onikage aggressive packs,
S~AVGHT~~HOVS~
Dai.gGtsLi realized that
c ry ry -f -f rroo m r he he .d .d es es pe p e ra ra t s ou ou l w h o frer frer th free ehei ehei Taln Talnte te bret brethr hren en who TIllJ la g live, s er er ve ve , a n fight highly rnilltant lnhabitantsof t h v ilil la it T!lalizj:ng rhar their bene beneat at thei thei Foor Foorsr srep eps, s,
stea steali ling ng poni ponies es an Jror Jrorse se Indl Indlvi vidu dual ally ly
He instr instruc ucte te
steeds rhey fu lands. Here, in could be bred.
an
Shad:Qwfinest an handti th Shad Shadow ow Taint, t, th shlelded from the Tain
his
t( le ta
to
sb~
and strongest
:\
la (IS
nt~
pyramid
In
fossilized
\if he an
to they do no real reallz lz is slai slai defe defend ndin in wa
they
th
illa illage ge
he
fth
tr Th
ha
full fuller er
:0 the
In addition, other Ogres
Taint
ha be
of
Taint.
Barracks claim
As
th
lauds'
fo m.er m.ervi vill llag age, e,
;tAnG5:
an tA
nc e al al e While ai ca b e c o nc prep prepar arat atio ion, n, anim animal als, s, part partic icul ular arly ly
\\~ourd
Si ge of
if
th walk walk Knowing
br ke th ough ough
th
foughr hr bond bondag ag to Fu Leng, -thl1 Free Ogres foug t. lo bene beneat at
11i\?O~TAnT
li th h,)lITding food ;'1'11.'1 weap weapon ons. s. This This made made llightimposlIway.
work preserv served ed Th Free Free O.gr O.gres es conc concea eale le all thei thei stor stores es in "hidde "hidden" n" location by C U l : S D r y search, an inten'Ogr 'Ogr
~way ~way frum frum rh pens pens he it Slaughterhouse. ha allowed th Shadowlands, with refu refu cons conser erva varl rlon on to stea steadt dtly ly nc as th umb! umb!"! "! of anik anik ag they have avail availabl able. e.
th grou ground nd
th irin irin
ro
disc disc ve d.
thei thei deat deaths hs l,lf it
onvi onvi tion tion in
onoru
SCUL7TO~ OV FL~5H is
\X/hen
with
he is le
to
is
if
thes thes ques ques
nons nons li unan unansw swer ered ed forced ro face rh.. Hm]J. -hi
is remembers,
He
body
the d m n o w _ ; wairsorue.lh Lng beyond hu 111 a . L 1 . _ H e e me m e mb mb e th Bloo Bloods dspe peak aker er pe ed mg eag('rly [Q J i g o k : t l tsel tsel Ar he reme remern rn er jigo jigoku ku Ornoni l:glJ reme in tgoku rememb mber er hisc hiscni nild ldho hoec ec experiencesrhere cmyt-blng- else pa we D["H~ D["H~ honld fo even Datgotsus magic tel erase, igo.Ku. en ,ev<:',t, never-ending ou n e s to,tmJ mJes es t('i t('ita tai~ i~ a n c ou [nnJ uf to,t oni. oni. as rort rortur ure, e, patn, ·('.XhUu'l'ion.11\ su rvive, rvive, (ltl1l:mi le th C r inrime, it his m i 'thought to lihn __ in lihn Onh)ni"no longiI[ W"lS only Ori1()I~, :rilln!!YI o u o f Jlgo'hl and into th Shad Shad Jigoku, [irrle-in the Sh8rk~Winds inds md isit isitlI lI (.'l (.'l ll i: es de othi othing ng Srradowau eeme eeme I'll he ab Ie I' wtrhsraid hls Friend's -P0Wl>T_ bc~gge his Irieru Irieru OmOlll bc~gge
o[.ligokll,.f!11C
ones
U a i gQ gQ t S l
a g n; n; ed ed . '~110W 'it .hewas -Indy- agoblin urnan, urnan, for
l"eh l"eh 11[was 11[ was human m e the tirae, Lili Lili,t ,top oppa pabl bl ange ange:: :: rose rose 11)hi 11)hi him to kiJl Hi'
or
human.
days when an
iiI) iiI).' .'Pu Puls ls~s ~s urged obeY-lOg t h o s e . contro ro hose hose urg/'s?' he cont gobbn, why Ilk~.'1 human? with yJptllt:cd goblins [0 vent Onmni hegan roexperirnerrt f i n d CIld tAI!JIlI m a i l , r s if gobl11'i Il!,\obJin, he reahis [rusrraticn. reasoned, will f 1 f H l I i whtll 111'il ~m.1.0 h'is disappoinunem, 11 ~JI]nd rlrere wa lH)ili lH)ili:i :ing ng he man! pucoul make bltn's lx/ay 1ittl~, ~c coul human, ifnOT STrOE.gel 11 STrOE.gel:; :; ~1 forced those-changes wi die: die::l :l
:~nd :~nd srri srrima ma
pr
to
greW greWCY CYen en,m ,mpl pl'c 'c
..i c io io l .l.l s ,a ,a n dd- \Y \Y ! 1 er er :
0 -I -I 1 1o 1o n i1 i1 l! l! t it loose, it
was.everIsm Sh~.do:wl:in\ls. Lost sarnuret that r o llll Q w e d D a l g O tS tS l llll 1o 1o t iC iC ' e d
rh times
rhem, dlsgus usr, r, They They were Tain Tainre rerl rl bu d,ey could barely hide he dlsg lhey lhey were were licill samurai, l' contrast, Omoni f ! . ne ther ther at nFe thc. thc. isgu isgusr sr an th tew hims himsel el into into his dUlY; 0111On1 :did good w o r k O~ligotsu O~ligotsu was p l ; ! a s l . " l d . Daigersn ilskeJ him to make th gobl goblil ill~ l~ stro strong nger er 111ah 111 ah EhcInb EhcInbbey bey Iris iddi idding ng mo perren excuse ID Live amongst [he captiv captive-g e-gobl oblin in tt him with veiled abhorrence, with re re nc D O ' g o U ~ S de de f< f< ' a t O rn rn o h a been lorn with to
D':'
incr incred edib ible le powe power, r, He
when when [h Bloo Bloods dspc pcak aker er
did-
lD~
kilCrW,',
l!'lpks
rn ri ca d(). 08[h Dtagon th~! th~! he ,V-Q ,V-Qul ul w a y o b brmd rhat Ilel,iAHual,'uQ, h eL eL i Q te te dJ dJ - a n e i swo d, an
rh
twin twin
rh
i"''S11
ITN,t',,,,,i B.:r B.:rig igo. o.l. l.sl slj. j.
['he'
i[
is
C(mLrmlk.Llon.lh~1
oaxh
TO
the'
his ow it cam~,} Omnn
fro' fro'!T ! T viol violat atin in
~g"made
Elire 8pl
9/Ua 9/Ualg lgot otsu su's 's
(much
3,
:hp
Attack
10
F2
da mage J'l.I'l J'l.I'llidy lidy .1~:t!lnll" .1~:t!lnll"4-13/4-13/-1'8· 1'8· m e l e e ('I G£; gcodj: SQ Flesh SClilpring, ou of W' bex L!',. COil 1'4. nt SV fort " T i t . 1.0,Cha ha Hj H!:ligbt is 1.0,C SJli!k.jl'I'irr _ F e . H r , : !i,peak Language (Rokuga:ni.BOlJ
'htl
(ShadowLand-sj Climb rrri dare B, Knowledge +8. Know Knowle ledg dg Uigo Uigokp kp:) :),. ,. ,9it-, Listen S p o ! ' 6 ; A rm rm o OG Maggo~s, _L-npnJVc"d idlr, Cleave, Dodg-(', Hunge.r Critical, Improved I:J:l it ative, D.r gon, gon, We~po We~poll ll Pocus Pocus rk~f~n rk~f~n:l) :l) r xh x h lll l / b tit i :l:l fIf I 'l'l l1l1 , i llll d e tlYI1lD1'+1, POssc'>5!Om: +2-1
j~l)je: Th~$kill Knowledge Orno Ornoni ni's 's mind mind by Dnigotsu.
(Jigokn)
as been been h r
omon! . E a ;r;r t't' h
_R Stamina: 'l Fire-:-1-
Air: '1 Void.: 'Iaibt: 11:L/:iW" n : : ; , ' l b l i 1 1 ) s. hool hool;R ;Ran ank: k: Da goss gossus us eg on a_ gorl gorl d~E ir {;ua {;uarJ rJ Honor: Glory: 7. (fl.U (fl.U the LO!,'l\ Shadowlands
Vel1gr'<:nce (J31l'lt!{L,pcll.ken,)' Scad"
nt (l.ge"·
BJopcispeotkersY",
"n "f'n'~
rhl' gllb-Jin gllb-Jin-man's -man'sli. li.fc fc
en,,,,,.
n",vp-"
f)".,r,.-"y
rh.-
Mnmokc,
Shadowlands Powers: Blat~-enl'd Claws, Bkn1d Dominauon, Ch
g[
Darkness, Terror
L en en g
Ski.lIs~ AT), ler ic an -t -Han -Han (; Hunt Huntin in
[ 1J 1J :i:i ca ca n n y S p ee ee d
Climbing :;,.ln :;,.lnri rimi mi atin atin
3.
DeFense
'1
Kenjm.su
I~,
~ ' Crsfr: Flesh ]1
wid'!
311
cens censcr crou ousn snes es ydnc 11d rear rear
~L
. " T h e A J v an an ta ta ge g e s 1)iSllJ vantages, unel s ki ki llll s m a rk rk e Omoni' i' [rom Omon Da
[us
oarh oarh an rel' rel'ur urni ning ng Daig Daigor orsu su-' -'s5 s50u 0u w l l C l T C : : e m:u~t;trQ lfu'lger 5erl'~ [h D~tk Lord 1:.))1 f_ 11 !oy~lryll) rh...Da.,"k
Lord.
Ft
Init -Q:
:"lOW
-j)o$SeSsifll1.
ay , v io io la la te te d serve serve Daigot Daigot5u" 5u"h-e h-e w U l h ay Drag Dragon on \'<1hOI, then, WOLI.ltl to
ba e=Qu e=Qu
lore Dig-ok-u) S.;;ulpling!>, Stealth
Tlorhing-
Iuchiban
¥a
Wat=:-4
lIJ
to
om.on.!
be rs
Face Face/R /Rea each ch
lofi./5[t.
t.
Specia Specia Att cks: cks: Trample j!lff
SKA"OWl-An"S B£ASTS T h S l d ow ow i n d h a many lords, h o p o w e rf rf ul ul .d .d em em o n ]Ul1Z0. F ou to. such ou l b aakk e tnorro, gig!lJ1tit o g r es es , d i sg sg u s titi n g hags, nd highte111ng o n a l .roam tIlt' [ari [arids ds Fu Lt11& perver L·t'.). UnLil Tei.;t:tu!y; no matt matter er whar whar powe powe was ascendant in elernons, seem seemed ed doomed ed to F a i l , susceptible to the r h a t the Shadowlands wa doom chaotic Eatu.r(' oflts'(>\'iL
Th
wi
th Shad Shad;i ;i,~ ,~'b 'bnJ nJ I:; th~
the.srrival is into into fl' ealm ealm of 'abe
of the. D a
on tr ng ubli ubli om th De nk no no w n po rful rful on .and formerly u nk
mr
wn
.y no mean mean
'Order, to. forehudo hudo land land .10.]11 more h ea ea s s . Cons Constr truc ucte te tc
pi
Re ms
s p a w n e d servantsIor Caki Caki-d -do, o, Tush Tush igoku, th Dark Lerd.TheShadowlands la ce ce w h e r o n he is s t a _ p la trampl pl d, bu th snrnurai :;\Tonges!' sllrvive and I,be weak ar tram realize that once once-s -sca catt tter ered ed real real nDW ha its vers versio io th Cele Celest stia ia der. der.
While
mo
th more powerful seek relia reliahl hl stee steeds ds Rare creaturescalled
Hellbeasts
OU
'!
it
Will +2 :\:bil-ities:
n t 2.,
Ta 1t
kill kills: s: Li te
+9 Spor Spor ·,8
C l im im a e /T /T e r a in in : Orga Organiz niz ti n:
S ha h a d{ d{ }w }w h nL nL i Sing Singul ul
Challenge
easu easure re
on
H~nor::Nil
Alig Alignm nm nt
lway lway C h
flvll (Hllg~ (Lar (Large ge), ), 13 171: 171:-1 -11l 1l(Hllg~
conaar 1:-1
mo
JIhiJ~sts figh I. wrrb tlw
duri during ng comb combat at stcr stcr at re Left Left
itse itself lf
WillC0 WillC0l1 l1.t .tll ll1\ 1\ll ll
wi always wants
Cig:11r\\,tl'holl!
Is
suong:er
;10)- Hellheasts
ll
horse-
Agility:
or-humanflesh.Onlyrhe
H'~ Larg Larg
b e ~ l g h tIl'
SJJ
until
Roll Roll
gets nearIr,
IN to he Dt 15
1.
(- si natu natu al tt ks Co 13 Damage: Core ids 13
en Atta Attack ckin ing: g: ·lk4 ·lk4 rDa
Cara Carapa pace ce t-'i: 5\1: -t
'Bea 'Beast st (Sha (Shado dowl wlau auds ds
it Dice: Dice: 5dHii-25 (53 hp Initiative: +0 Speed: 50 [c.
oj
Water: 'I St ng h: Air: :1
the
hellbeast
arrack arrack aayrhingt aayrhingthar har
w [ IJ IJ jn jn g
£ W - B i :I :I = lS lS ' T
~dng ridden,
ht'rS1]Se,
r ar ar e
,I[
Carr Carryi ying ng Capa Capaci city ty i\ gh oa o, cl be 4011 r nc nc d u m o ad ad . 401-800 pounds: nd he load, 80J-I,20(1 p0U11ds.
-rb.ese be
OUL.a
ed
l1lLm(ll~ Ilesh l o
rhe ir
f or or ,o ,o r r no no u nr
ar
bu ca
llH)U)HSI
b i ry tocnnrtnue : ru ru nn nn i n g r i r e le le ss ss l
of
hellbeasr ca rh d a m , r g " _
lJcasl tbp)" rnus rnus su Handle An
bUI
P Dw Dw e q _
or
~ 1 1 1n 1n < . H i E J L :B :B ··~~ A S ]3[,fore rlders ca mount .hel .helll-
~k
mo
trar trarnn\k~gh!!
mb tant tant nd while dil,nblcd
a r a ck c k s o f o p p or o r tn tn nu n u y agaillsI th arrempt R d (nelS)
rI,1[]
?SPf.'Cl,
ri ht l11n l11n
l'"nolty,evl'f1
dyingtsl:c tile Pll!}'~r'ftI~ Trample smalle smalle creatu creatures res fo
tire tirele le~s ~sJr Jr seek seekin in prey They They ou prey are- mass]ye mass]ye s.t•.indlng between eigh eigh nd ten feet feet at th shor shorrl rlde der. r.He Hell llbe beas asts ts are. are.co cove vere re
able
ch rg s. gores, an
hell hellhe heas as
Slradowluhds
;Qughly rh~'sh8Qe of gi un ic bo s. be3~rR' hooves are _lagged an
only ~lig ~lig l..V ?rh only t,b.hi:' t,b.hi:' controlled
r
f o h L llll 's's e 2 n d human tlesh. ocit ocit Ex): Ex): hell hellbc bcas as
1~(1tm a k
H£J.l.B~A5'f mounts,
Fe
Dsigorsu.
Lo
ntro ntroll lled ed evil evil
Spec Specia ia Qu itie ities: s:
{JI
7,'
11~
luO: Dead
h:rdowla h:rdowlands
Terrible
Pow ens: U"holy
~t.om!ns,
Fu Lerig [.QuacJnlr<'11i
S7£C S7£CIA IA.L .L ABI. ABI.LI LITI TI::S ::S .FeaI:2 'UCfl'ssfuJ, (he crecru crecrure' re'
upponenr.
tack r!:lll rt 'Per m a ne ne nr nr l 1 1 1 1 ure
massive
rip open
tlU;kli
l ow ow e r
htl benefit benefit 01 armo armo
eari eari
arrn arrn
suffer
5·
.2
furth er
W~~unns: (!3cb (!3cb round round unrl rended,
lr he er cbeca becaus us hell hellbe beas as rntr rntrsr sr firSL be rnounred: ~ll Athletics, Jiujutsu, or Hors Horsem eman ansh sh oll, oll, .W. Even afmT Listsubdue l6.c beas beas an gel used gore. bu being nddf'fl while II ttempt cons consec ecut ut ve rsem rsem ns ip roll roll T:!\l : 2 0 , .!'I, nJ 30. Failure on bucked ed th rider rh llbeas: ha buck ~ubdued he llbea and SLh!l<'55fuU)1 llbeast st unnl n d n o nrher to mount mount [l,!"
Wt'rful
Lost Lost samu samura ra
Il
;1
de.rh.
Hell declare an arrack SPI!IlJ. They are considle running ar "red IU be F u J I damage dice. Ah ,llnea"l may only perform erher-rcund.
1..05T
The. creatu re
called
Hound.s of the of Pu Leng,
LOSI
v. rious
trance
to
Roknakin 10 abid abid ol es be ramecl. The un n: Ie rsor rsor e-an e-an en in th wi ld travel tm:) tm:).i .i»i »i ac While tamed, Obsid Obsidian ian Maglsr Maglsrrar rares es Il ro si g- ei unca uncann nn bi it through rh... to tr nythingTainted inted du'r du'rwi wise se corr corrup upre re land lands. s. 6i ir ie emacrated nd shall" bone bone pr trud trud frClm Th.¢ir ir have have mass massiv iv jaws jaws h e t he he i b od o d ie ie s Et o d a ng ng le le s Th.¢ he sharpclaws. teat through
bounds
Cl ma e/Te e/Terr rrai ai Orga Organiz niz ti n:
to
€Ollar.
Challenge Trea Treasure sure
Shad Shad
land land
Soli Solita tary pack pack
-101
Rating: ne
Honor: Nil iu -siz -siz
utsi utsi
(E il,' il,' ni
Advancement:
it Dice: SdS+8 (30 hp ni ia iv
+2(D
COm.BA.T W h e n H nu nu nd nd s
Speed: 30 [I. AC: 151+2 De.x, De.x, ~3 natura natural) l) Attacks: mele mele +7 me ld6.+-l-; bite ld6+6 Ji by f T . / S t, Spec Specia ia At
Spec Specia ia
s: Fe
Scen Scene. e. uali ualiti ties es Will;-.5 t6, Dex Con 15, nr 1, Wis 12, Cha 10,
Tawl7 Mo re
'"
Si enrl enrl
Sense prey rh bid a n m m c tthem themse selv lves es rhey rhey alwa always ys }'uil Attack t h l ~ Y .have pack pack menmendown stro strong nger er tality brii1g down work fo<::s. Hounds alwavstry to bite an oppouent, OrriQualrties (S \: Houn Hounds ds donor POS,0S th alte altern rnat at IJlO te c p h y bih lie" 3. Add Eear Eear (S ): shaken. th Houn Houn succeeds at its bi te atta attack ck th targ target et II us ec agai agains ns ea ai atelyarrempt
al ies: ies:
lder lder es
Chao Chaoti ti Evi] Evi] 5-16 (Medium-size)
Aliinmcnt:Ahvays
H,
to- aHlrc.k. .B
Scent \Ex): Scent ranges ar trip triple le
rnre who w a
b lo lo o
OJ'
a n S ha ha do do w la la nd nd sT sT am am t
an dis in is
skil skills ls
,S~Ol
checks.
~-
H o un un d
Wilderness "Lore
us
+4
he ks wh
crea-
la raci racial al bonu bonu to List Listen en Move nu .;.1 racial
Houn Hounds ds receive
Si i'''I1'll ' I1'lly, y, aa
when when trac tracki king ng
trac tracki king ng by scent
it
ycle ycle thro throug ug
Q[ days .equal
process
to
rh
Cele Celest stla la
Part Parter ern. n.
takes:
traits it h a
10
number
a kkee n for rhi.
Iihlsh,
KOI{V no S5:ISttin Medium Outsider (Shadowlands, Spitit) it
+12 (6 hp)
Initiative:
+6
Dex, -t4 Improvedlniriauvc)
(+
Speed: 30
TH~ 1-05r
HO n.
un
Artacks.
Fire:;;!
Dama Damage ge
spirir ir armo armor, r, +5 natu natura ral) l) +7 spir Spirit pladl!"+1 pladl!"+1 melee Spir Spirir ir bla; bla;ie ie1d 1dlO lO+2 +2 an spir spirtt tt rend rend
ft./
:Face/Reach:.5
Att-ac acks ks Special Att-
tJ ft
spir spirit it re D~mage reduction 25!+~ (J~Je);SR 25 Spe ia Qu htie hties: s: .natural iE)vlsibiliry, spir spirit it armo armo twis twiste te leme lement nt
Water; Air:
RoUs When
Spir Spirit it blad blad
Attacking! <;k3
Damage:
+'10,
Will
+9
14., Can l2 ,Int 12,
1'11<.:3
\Vis tz Cha 17.
'IN
Carapace: J(J; :+ shadow Bloo nd Power Powers: s: Bloo Tain Tain Sens Sens
t;>e t;>e se
's Hunger,
Move Move Sile Silent ntly ly +1.~ +1.~,S ,Sea earc rchh-Ls Ls
von In 'Pllck to t, rnaxtmum of 1 " > . If th Hound 'r du Last .Iamages make anot anothe he Fear check. hara te mus make
Clim Clim
/T
in
underground
De
Shado~.I:itJ.d.s,
brgani7..ation; Solitary 'Chall 'Challenge enge Rating: Rating: is Treasure: None,
UHo
TH~ ::r.\7TY SOUJ..S
Align Alignment ment 'Neur 'Neurra ra (3 lD llvl llvled ediq iqm) m) Advancement:
th Koku Kokuno no eish eishfn fn ar one arions arions -SpilL -SpilLits its ripped from
il th Re lm fWai fWairr rrng ng Dalg Dalgot otsu su to steal S01nt of t oo oo k a d va va nr nr ag ag e ofEmma-Osweakenedstase rh tort tortur ured ed spir spirit it residing b ee ee n mixed with Hgoku c re re n uc be ng Ashu Ashura ra th Caki Caki andthe Pekkle, bu neve neve befo before re ha
ou
eritire ly intended, but ha
th
creacreaspawn very usef useful ul pro en very
hi way he
resulting
SeishiJ,
have been been grained thern: afre afre !'he !'he Cele Celest stia ia Pattern should have decreed r he identl tlry ry an stri strive ve TO steal he m c le le an an se se d . The}' lack iden crd'er to galn e r souls Ed£. n b s"i,sh sh il del' not steal !?pirilual Livi Living ng Da knes kness. s. th.. K<1k K<1k nn s"i, striv roharn roharnes es they striv kharrn rn to fina finall ll break free of rheir horrid stat stat an enough khar er diff differ eren en Real Realm. m. Kok\.l .'l1J Seis Seishi hil) l) reta retain in C!il C!ilou ougb gb of their connection with
indistinct
me
T, Un
and coveted ~ie~ it hl.IITUm body in full
SpiritLlolfog
armor
to derecr lIDU lIDUvery very resi resist stan an to magi magic, c, Whei Wheil1 l1\o \oJr JruD uD Seis Seishi hiti ti ar loll lolled ed t h e y a : , s i 1 ' e destgnarcd by Daigotsu Inside t h T e m p l of (h Ninth Kami .e us purify themselves, Every in ey use thei thei fcaJ fcaJ:s :sor orr, r, spir spirit it ud d.tr d.tral al h.th h.they ey beco become memo mo tt'u tt'ull-
he
o s SOID,e o f h e
[orne bark to '"life," stol stolen en ener energy gy.: .: This This iry points along
do,
connection
Seishin to!TI.lOUS
Sens Senscc-Mo Moli live vel< l<4, 4,
Spot+J$" Fe s: Clea Clea e,
omh Weap Weapon on Focu Focus' s'{S {Spi piri ri Blad Blade) e)
A.BIJ..ITla5
5i'~C]Al.
Uste Usten+ n+H, H,
mU;T
process. removes
order
ele se al of this this stol abtl abtl ll stol
Lnit iatjve,
ny lrr-nJ
an
COlitSAT Ko
seek
no Seis Seishi hi
en
OUL ShlJg(:Jl)
hose hose we
gams gams
the] the] ~l1j ~l1jri ri'[r '[ren en assa assaul ult, t, They They US\~ ei vi \b lt nd ma re stan stanrc rc to et cl se enough \h ny th se thai, can bYlxlSS rhe clef(;n~esrThey J 1 : r : 1 l . rarely
s ee ee n o u s id id e o f b a c .
Koku self self an
xten xten on
al
Il
anacks,
cish cish ears ears heav heav ar no rhus cannot be. rus:n'liled corPOI"{!'11 :,In incorpor incorporeal eal
in 'wields ns
is
it
hu
>1l1J
es ro -ed.Th -ed.Thes es ea ar corp corp real real armo armora ra egat egatin in amag amag re ctio ctio Spirit Qualities
ot er within
ir rs
spirits, K c k u
(Ex):
IO Seis Seis in ca se se
nori nori rio
lilly
creature
Living
.1
1t
pass passag ag to [igo [igoku ku
.hu by
mrmh~
I:,
qu
I'D
ucce ucce full full
ir
A g i lili t a n d Carapace is low-
CLlHI.'Dl
es
Rend
IS Spirit
J((~C:k.
BEAST
III
S65hfll gail13t4
mEcHArucs
KOK !10 ei
bt." bt." or on week. inwith an stolen back to t h S h a do do w l a nd nd s . Itm u w e u~d.l bark
TIll suppression
is sent start start
10 Irs
beCOIH<'
,f!
acti active ve ag'a ag'ain in
Seishin's n's spell spell :re~isno Seishi el bu e ve 2S-fOQt radius nut onl v e ry ry th th in in g i n 2S-fOQt reinstate this Ko no Seishin free acti action on 11 of te asrr likes. e £ flfl ':': C I ; \
r an an ce c e .a .a ff ff ec ec r around It.
t'ret' action,
no
~ISH ~ISHIn In
Rolls When Attaddng:
IN to Be Hit; Special llJ: -J,,;
k3
CSpec!3.i,
Sperral, ~ c e b , ' l a w
,.1..0; 51.1: D e
h"'~111'l
pe
\I
~~
rkl nd
POLn POLn
pirit opponent
.srishin·~ Sp ..nh
R t n d arrack
R" 11:0
Seishi'n
aITJGMs
n d m ak ak e p e rs rs o m l lili .n .n g k4 [[ su sfut th Ko lrcrn that
.L rargers
\ T ic ic t im im ' $ T r a i
11 PO C\'{ C\'{"l "l'Yt 'Ytwo wo Rais Raises es
ir
nmkes
o n e d u ~L ~L 1 luger loses no Seishin
~pirits that that serv servee-as as ),uk ),ukai ai
re
v e though the ma;oritY' of the ShadowlalIds is hot
rh ar spirits such a , ] 'U 'U J 1 ; : o an Yoshirnitsu rettrrn n s e a o f h e a ve ve ra ra g b ak ak er er no no n s b e ca ca us us e po O . wil.lpcwer, ~elr. yokhi were were fmme fmmert rt lllIDU1' Occastonally, g O ( 1 1 in offer unusnal, there "guidance." · W l 1 1 1 e · t he he s : :J :J ci ci ng ng s ub in he er they reaso
wn
y ok ok a
10
c ra ra w l b ac ac k
om
g ok ok u is
Orschn Orschnt. t. 'this 'this goblin the. himself.above the. akem akem roel roelev evat at the. ravi raving ng hard hardt' t's, s, 11 Hong Kuni W:IS rrnonge Kuni YQ[i' YQ[i'sreig sreign. n. brave-to the p o in in r o fb f b ,e ,e in in g suicidal, b u r a lw lw a y s returned crOll1 rely ,am ,ark. lum, battle ,ark. on lum, began be worshi p e mi wa Den Ql1.g rh , g o b U
a c tu tu a llll v c a tn tn e trom calling r se se lflf th th e E xa xa 1 e d U g m a to make ther m n g e.r. the goblin leader O r sc sc ha h a r i m p er e r vi vi ou ou s to th b s w e ap ap o n wo hi pe nd mu ho ki deal wa Clad Clad UJ1d UJ1d "her "hero" o" as born. Unfo Unfort rtun unat atel el fo Orsc Orscha har, r, all pacts ha an end. Yori Yori wa d(!~eated antl ~hiS~mlY !v~l?edout B,olh O r U g were am nd he p m t d ru ru 'L 'L e a t g ok ok u N om o m m l y , Orschnt's
he
fJ~U f , c i t J w \ , Seishin ,'IC'.J{~S spfrirual it body Ih~~ adds-i 15 I.~lLn\' TNs 1llf Il~ l;l.kt'.D more Thi~ Thi~ abi ry LS irs.Spirn Rend arrack. · s l H D l I ,tt required t~,"..ns 15 is required is [,)S[ once it takes
in th 1[, S p Mttp-c Immunity: /'
spel spells ls cast cast th area area than than £iv{ £iv{'p 'poi oint nt wirh wirh lV a ~ Bl A n . J ! .,., : lV
h um um an an ,
the fc
S?::OAl. ABILIT1SS du t:
it'Wl~Ub'f~t.l
lhlj(l
One o f h e n o e .u .u r u su su a
SoV~)
[~1i [~1i\7 \7T. T.
illr::>.
Taint: "'
Wounds:
Tb ..
O~SCHAT
Earth: :. Fir!":':> Wate Water: r: ')
ga!Q~
ered by
m ag ag e Ko
Wounds.l!5TN
! ! l a y ch os ppre ppress ss OJ specialqualities ;]nd pe,ll1JaHl Die, Die, gainlng all benefi benefits ts of advancemcm,
ncmly
an
dice t~) Scrength, respucnvely
orpo orpore real al
Sei'shi0; arrack suifer uegatlve akes akes rw evel evel on oiit oiit other spec specia ia atra atrack ck
I{OKV
from from it splr splrir ir reri reri atta attack ck it ea curren en Refl Reflex exes es i s e q 1. 1. ta ta l to its curr
katana [h,lt
dlsaj_[I;~U
snn
"W.: of one e x trtr a - p ni n i nl nl . T b e ~ cr c r .i.i j regains p o day. II v ic T h a r c k a n n ev ev e du ic tltl rn rn sT s T r ni ni t b el e l o e ne ne , Special: An K o k u no Seisbin's Eartl.lblg Increases
ob
w iz iz a
b ac ac k a s ),0\.;81, bu Daigorsu's a r v a h an an ge ge d h m With Daigcame re po erfu erfu race bskemono from rhe sourhsourhOlSU came w a goblin wizard em Shadowl Shadowll1 l1+11 +11ll ll;. ;. Among these thar SOqg:lt ro 5Ql1JS o f d em em o ns ns . Hi magi as n o p o w e f u en iugh ro actumagi actuofjtgoku,
rsrha rsrha no Y'qk;ll currenrlv
" g ui ui d es es " g o b lili n hero named Gakochtul; b u w o u o ff ff e u s a i to a n y c re re a tu tu r e
wilhng
slight htly ly mure mure Crane with l,nli' slig
~£CI(J..~SS rAI\C£STO~
ent huslasrn
FE-A FE-AT: T: o;tSC o;tSCHA HATl Tl
av
Willpower
DC 15 du ng
I n R ig ig h
O;tSCHAT (6
by Orschat 81-1' devastating in cornbar. T~ck1I!'S$ :lk1ng .1 cons cons antl antl pu he owar owar FI,IUAtt:lCk, you gau13 CHap-ace 0[<; thar lowere re hy thar cann cannci ci be lowe on -mag -magic ica! a! rner rner ds ruig ruig ever ever ornba ornba YOll ;J or YOU are sigh!. Arra Arrack ck rh mesr
Th se gtil gtilde de
1{~OJ'"In.
The being being knowr: as dreaded Yoga J 1 . U : < z p .
-olin
0I1C~
renowned
serv served ed as yoji yojirn rnbo bo to the hi \ l h t l H y with tilt' is
leonine
am
ar ed
u nt n t i ~ h s er er or or u Day uf efeM efeM
arnbushed Kyojin Iury, Lhedernon prev prevai ai
01n. 01n..T .T
monstrous
U l 1C 1C S m d e v n tu tu a
I;on
F u l l \ !t! t -t- t a t:t: k I;'11et1l:'
hordes of e nd nd e Fornys into dle by hund hundre reds ds ofba ofbake kem0 m01l 1l
n, ND on
into battles, SI;lYllig with
~r nc
ng
j!n, j!n,
lefrhirn
agHin:Sl rhe slaver slaverin in
(h
suicidal feat feat in cc ba Benefi t:You g : > i l . l fuJI arrack. You must
than 11 Crane brethren
'Iersuya tragic
beginning, Doii Kyojin nces nces in Doji Raigl!'s honor guar guar 11is 11is but-ills rnasst rnasstve ve Irame Irame an _pow _power er wa temp temper ered ed by the stud)1 iai]u iai]uts tsu, u, I[ wa rumc rumcre re h a K yo y o ) w ou o u l one day join th Kenshinzen an poss possib ibly ly becom ille ille even becom
agai agains ns
lefl him
os
of
They
as assigned
[he
unlt {)fbITsl't'ker~.llll
they were [lew [lew t}'p t}'p o f o m beast' t' [0 th beas ror lasi, t-onslJt·:ril1g hirnwcnk. led' by
SUGh
s in in c h i I O T d as d is is ho ho no no re re d w e l e d li permeated hi VtSIOI1- then nothing. re ne
With.
..re ..re li tl
afre afre
akin akin
Ky
r e h az az e
od es of-courulcss
h i f o . ] : 1 1 1 . e ' r r e T h beast h o l t had al memory G l legs an had b o d y Doji Kyojln's soul demo demon. n. Kyojin nd -a strip of dot 1'0 kSIUll3 JlI'~WIiie in the l.btk realm. ~a
f';:A.~=:D DV5:J..IST CA.nC:i5TO~ f'$: f'$:AT AT JCYO JCYOTt Ttnl nl demonic lfghr in You have an awes awesom om cl arisruaand
yOUl-
ey thar thar frig fright htt· t·ns ns Y0ul: enemies j!ai Benefit: Yo j!ai fear effcc! thai play yowdu le el 11 iaij utsu YOLI Char Charis isma ma modi modifi fier er Opponents who faillneir roll sulfer aswh :1 duel Y O ' u p.ff~r spend n v V o POrn.tii el m y c 1 b during ring rh ensuina combat. rh re ires ires oi ga st cu
Ityo:rln.
tt
zo ln
hi stat status us the poslrtons KyoJl11 wa sent sent to rh W~lL W~lL
Frighre nmg presence when in sing] in an Isijursu Duel, el yo L J f f u t lrnrnediatel loses ho refuses
Anv uppcn uppcnent ent id Pumt Pumt and rela relate te abil abiliu iues es agai agains ns
Votd YOLl
during t h e " ensuing combar.
VuiLl
dcsrroy the
ir
1'11'011"(;11
1;'1)l)SlJUW
rea
i~
ovcrwhrlme.q ne
an
by
tilt' Sliadowlauds
g.eneniti(lri, Uaig()tstl Jorkminor ::;h"d ",""'I~ irnp irnpem em enti entire reiv iv d i f t e · r c . u 1 T
ir,
orgn-
Datg(ltSD
C~used 111,' In
Tainr ro embr embrac ac
the darka1~J belrig driven turned li ll the ln .H of R " as aJ:l
WALJ.
Champions, c6\nge ge hOlnftc c6\n
Daig Daigor orsu su brou brough gh
'llf
Roku Rokuga gan. n. It{jni~allY. he Lord incursions by Hirurnu ~COlHS Ui lal'ld~ gr~\~ weal")' Crab clan clan crea th Crab created ted (liei (lieinv.a nv.all ll to curb rhe Em pirc pirc frofro-
Bone syrn syrn ..,lhe , lhe th ~ign ~ignif iflc lc!l !l.n .n ,'11~l'Ig(; [h..: cl Bone brg~l1iz,l[ion (I the S.bauowllil;d:; bT\llighr .,mOU\ PaXgt'[SlI, Though ;Jl1lon(; common on knll knll\" \"'I 'I~J ~Jgt gt rhru rhe is comm
re
ble, whil while' e' th walls d.efense j~ hardly perft>u-as-inglt ea
could
fi rid 11
arou arou
over
an
th Wall Wall
fL1HI-B.(a[loll,
,lve r. Ally <" WQ It wi es ' g'lru, andthe the W i l o f B eenn es unnarurul ppwer QI th s h u d Q w b l 1 . · d , plus 1.:h~~ai1l1 defense ma )' \' tlW.lT;l ex-CI'3b) WQU III I'll bscka ny forc forc th Empire coul coul reareai;I,,_ ns Due 10 the curr curren en '1HI.gglf.' [o pawc pawc i:11 tlw Slladtl\vblllls rill'S'" wIll' toll'lW
eL[")'
[be Lo
gr.ipped
'W'i1[r
jClil1
their
I nd nd e
th
m a st st er er '
rb ere would
O a ig ig ot ot Ol Ol 1 the)' hBVf' hila
se
onl)' onl)' j·utu j·utums ms.l .l:i :i
hi fate fate sinc sinc hi,<;death ~l th hands tu !ludi~ comman and[ d[''''[s [s of h< [armIs h{~n> lion, th comm aff\ll'd " { l a U O W il1f il1fig igJu Juin in r(l. r(l.co con~ n~ll llnc nc rho:lo rho:loS[ S[ tlle Wall of !ntotHlllQtdYr ·t.beydo nor be ievc lLlci1j ban's followers agrH Ih~l Ih~l some da on silL'utiy agrH shart" their s~r"St' o f d u of [h BkJO BkJOds ds.p .pl" l"ak aker er will will corn corn to to LI btl~hi. h,u"m it
mass massiv iv
fo tifi tifiC; C;lI lIin in
Is
bf
po rtanr. to clie era h, 1 1 ( \ from sfar ,lIld up dL)~"'.Al
of gre~H
of
scours r eg eg u a r
Hrrurna
;l..il-crab pan)' (o .:I) uld timl ms
s tu tu dy dy i
g ro ro u p LII1;1rr [h cummnnd hi oi LJ ve uc
Ka
the
have ag:reedis a'i1 unusual amourrrof L'tpWS. h~ WalJ of Bones leMII bone torn from ie le sc {hose found unworthy 111 hose hose rnor rnorta ta sl in rl S h ri•.to ~.g~in;J~ ln1. ln1.de detl tl to attack Roku Rokugt gt n, .Iti .Itist stea eatl tl [hose [hose th cndl es pit. pit.!s !s Lordof ,hl! S h a d ow ow l a d s d.toem~1.mfi' joi h e cndl bone bone or thethe-wa wall ll sing single le gate gate tit its entry -. centerrlrar open, t e l ' the Ol Iy path irccil to the City- t1[ tho· slanJ. J. call caller er than than even ,h Kaiu WalJ, 1 71 7 1 1 .1. 1 1LJfBone:; slan Losr, making rgerge-sc scal al assa assa ulr over he wall wall poss l-
or smal smal st
shaj.lowbl1d~,
deep
t h S h ad ad o w l an an e ls ls . D a i g ot ot su su : w a l l i~forraed on e o f b o t h h is f B H e d serhe b on flU' jutting 8[ is inspecuon bones Ul'C th size w h 11l1ge s k l e on of nezurn i1 humans.and wh I: sh ws
.lln .llnt' t'nd nd ingi ingi·a ·a~s ~sal alli li
TU~£
.lY1S
faarea
Onlsu hi
USinG TH-£
WO.iIU'!]
Wa
15
r o t ra ra d itit ro ro n a
W a l l .o B o e ~ rnulJ
ba kJ lywi
pectnl
LO..'H
Tain Tainte te
crca crcatu tu
[lOS
1),1
h f C t 'l'l lb lb ) th
dlUc[(ters,
;.1g·rjlU pilI' pilI'
iTI
igl,\!'SII depl1~e-d
nurribe rhcir at rcnnon to rh~ Dry elf
turrung
Lo~l.
h e W a l ) FB F B on on e
(;,e (;,ett ttil illg lgpa past st
:1l"iWnlllre
ill.
dw
ffiCH
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THIS
.lnf"OilIi\ATIOn th
bl'rh"
st Ch a I mBy tl.nJ g.el g.elti tin, n,g. g. b'Kl b'Kl ro
WJy
rno re
c ou ou l
,,[the
Ciry
he wall i~ pl"r~~llww here \ N i l h ~:11 US! It Each lai. lai.ll ll henJ henJin in enti entirl rled ed ':Ai Clarice." whir whir sumr sumrua uari rize ze [\10' Cnlain th« wnllhave cunrponenrs tjl rhat ip s, \v rilJY b. read read alou alou lu phy(~n,
Bach
m;l:for ~re~sl)f
ho
I:he nfon:natiolH1GM
SD
xpur xpurul ul
Individual CM
desires,
he in orrn orrnat atic ic
ar
to
enco encour urag aged ed
lr
aitcrur
~ui t.
pn:.'>t:
gai'nes,
WA.J,.J,. Th
\'Va ho I;a\y.!~.,ho
11"<1.ho-b;l.IkaJ
g~.te, ",htl ,isjs. L im im e
he thell' ve
~xcl u ;;;; i l e. IU Il".d bv \.'/.11rri e. 1 the' Lost. he onJ)-' cxreption tt thiz of th" ma,krs under ~dJ i'Lfc-poINer rn spil:illl,\1 F~ci][laIL1r~ an l1lDS
Ih{' Ih{'r~ r~ll llk'i k'iaf af
F.ces lJ Ih
L~)5t We 111)f nOIl\'.~ V~ l"ywil.,lJv ill anti 5L'a 5L'ari risl slk~ k~ hnvi hnvi 11!j b,'en drawn [r'llm b,iJi.tlcs anti thl' hlpi!'(' Typk:d b.lj~hi range iWID l{'vo;.ls Cl 1-
II
10 f;>
.t g~t(:, w h
whi
Inlll·8\dllss.
wl (f
II
orff orffct ct'[ '[''-
I1
COl11ma[1'
lw rn>lh
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trl.~triIW[.
The fllrces: of rhot' IO!i"t911 Ull' W a l l o [l[l Io Io ne ne s 1 / , l r v wi III I)' Ln t'll'h, ~;t:tl'i.~ tics t ics .h \!U1.!l, brl'"l"T draw 11 [rum hili Ei:nplre, 'Lyplcal bush! :H1.: Sell Sello, o,,] ,] Rank Rank or In some some officers n' 6m ol wh <:omm;md m;mdt' t'ts ts of Ih f on on :;:; e r he he re re of Ie, ma 5t vary m e mannet.
Ra 30,4 The relV~r he~e.~ he~ e.~ rl i el el l hJ 50.
TaUl~;,{ AT
(jl.J(nc~ he ,5uPfly
so ca le nOO(,
tOllr
towe towers rs
II ha
be us
fl-O
fte..-
staT"
LL1~the l ea ea s p o p ul ul ar ar e
the-
m,ann"d
cJ;o cJ;owe we
S,!'1I10.n.~
orher
Ihan 111('
servants ate p o e d h e e . T h
wl ua ly
'Spoil'S
in rruder rruders, s,
m ov ov e in
t~
the northe northeast ast
at [he- _gale. rhcgU:lrJ p O S . 1 an he Il'lw.c.r is heliev helieved ed to be th most m p o r r a m , s[ rl.ree ny time, arid LWO dn:e dn:e :' more more phiS it hdl0~tsuhiduring time.l>ef aler alert, t, Thne Thne lin'I1C' supplres In th~~g.L, g.L,wd wd Toom Toom i ts ts l!l! !l!l f a n d S_~Cl,iri[y S_~Cl,iri[ y pqsi1i()n. pqsi1i()n.
myone attempting authoriry i~detained
NQ.nirTower wlrhcur pro;m_f
force.
thl;' n~'~rbI" w e a p o n
s,\) •.g
armor de~t de~ti: i:oy oyed ed equi equipm pmen ent. t. Ther There, e, or no single [u ashig~ru, lanael lanaellar lar and.ot and.other her armrrr ~as bled iruo iruo se er d oz oz e ui s, 1 a g ua ua r d i~ i~ ) w i_ i _ rf rf r s ev ev e e l :hmagcd (IT' es roye roye armo armorm rmus us requ requis isit itio io re lace laceme ment nts, s, mJ g eenn e _m_E l s ta ta y Of[Ctf!-lIY ,until [heil' equipmel11 i s s up up p l ie ie d , CQ'utlllessHI'IDQf-re:p,ait supplies arnl ~'~(Jlsin. rhi'" room give the approp appropria riate te skill storage
InteHd~d
To
repl replac ac
14 ;:C, ;:C,VI VI?/ ?/it its: s::n :n ener eneral al
STD;tA~;
rr pjie pjie such such as ra ons, ons,
ed olls olls ~n h e a n w ' u c n : b y atleast th ree armed b us us h imme immedi diat atel el lrap lrapor orra rant nt J~ the weapons-and r: arby arby he ta le Item Item ar Im rtan rtan to
rope-are stored .Th(illgh 1 1 0 t as armor located [he 'COnIi 'COnIinL\ nL\ed ed T h o ;;;; " w . l" l" h in in g c to use.rh use.rh S-.Ipmu u r artern pI.," to rarn pe
rt ' at nO'1 pi i u h e rt nO'1 qll~ qll~·~ ·~-t -t()_TIt·u or. add lli13Ulhqri,zcd i . t e : T J 1 $ to rb wrrh the e q L l l p l l \ C l l l ptle ptle [In: [In: dealt with harshly, This mom_ 81'<;<;1 the topJlo topJloo]: o]:,M' ,M'rhe rhe N o pw T ( w cJ cJ : 11..\!I::,5Ti;;t[\
stoc:k-
stairs
au TwOle
I'nis .arcll<1rpDst fac~g'theei Iy-of t1 Lo~i._{leer {leeri\t i\t'd 'd "~n('cessity .L'"~t ~t·C ·Cr~ r~ wh hd p;l!J COfloITllct ~y rhe p.:1n1Ilo.hi .L'" only h e r nG nG : ! ' lrus:ed
:htl,sf' ,vbo hold
jCbinmsnd
T['!;pikct
m d f ~. ~. < l-l- r he
luj'nr:J1'Y
n re re m a l s trtr ug ug g l r i5 i5 'i'i n, n, g r en en -
o r t h o we w e r g u n r d c d so archers, he The room is
b e e n . blessed usuallyguarded by bushl w h by:F)J Lel'rg-wi th en lranced' lranced' sense's and percep perceptio tio I.I. h e o :h ow e r A llll iiii aS aS I t-hiii1 .1 ueh :h e rooms in he r ow gwar(.j he-re Us wa he-re and the archers ott loom their posinon either sidt?.ot tile rower 1811 b a nu.mercus is O\'l'TTUl!l_, Ln add'iti'l)n, th r e bowstr] ngs, urborh to
arrows an , Y U I l l i ,
::5.S ::5.S.A .A
1m
't
OUTL OUTLOO OO
nor-th thea easter sterra rawatc watc er post post Dv;;rloaI.(£ [he nor-
imd
[nm, [nm, the
sees sees action. B e t w e e n ~his PO-bIt on the No-rw th BaSt Tower; the i1rehet.1 the Wall
po on
Bones,
-STOUG:£:
ur
it seem
fJJ1d ur ri
gare garean ando dofi fier er
tlicse in;i'ige rhe W:lil of flOFlt.'S, ut inaccessible to inv;IJr.TS, The WOlD containscountless vari lm a. liac·ana. ak za hi vari yUID-L D-L [,mdfLd of o;her cornrno bush bush weapons, Ther~ ,d;.t rio yUI ar other rang rang .. "",capon;, hereas they are g,ener:ally ho-atdeJ he ~jpp ~jppi' i' Iloc Ilocrs rs ta'c ta'c [O\,.;er.Therc an: nog noguar uards ds posted ~Jl_ I(J no ,excep ep the, the, SUP1jtY, is.expected l-O enter it ,exc : l ff ff i -c -c e l 'l l J L ltlt ; , Those cauglrr in th room ir take take ttl: puss th rOllgh ir ar subduedand Somepunished. me pa 'i1dde:gW the Wall,
to
second
he
Tower
2. w;: A.,?OJ\.5"O~,tS;:
some
ha ye rand
wdllit8nd
,IS iIl(JS!
Kal>I-Wa'll
1. GUA~i1 70::;T manned ed :J IJ ie mann
3. A-;ui{O~
the w e UT
<$-VA~C'
gl\,lrtj p~Jsr on th gtq(l1ld Houo: With vantage -puint,s on thel-Qp f T [j [ j o r t h a ll1cllJd'~ hOlh,,s'j,deo cf I'h,(' WaIl Bones, o n l Y , the
nr ower ower np
or
ioris
J,
hTo
we Th
p ow ow e
fo
dvt'.r::ly
o.ffinclltsibIlSh-oD1
Hirurrra
scouts.
SOUTH TOl!JitWl.
TH ,AT
GLARe::
Ol-ntLlh-e- w e gate'. t i l t ' Sourh Tower-is the least likdy ~.Q;1ridin lirrH','oLHl attaok, B,e_C;ti1lSed)rth~s, ilis-us-llan~ manned ho f'Losl. Jl'us'b by d1.l' least experienced OJ:' usefiil Sout TOWe TOWer,all r,all ll the Sout pl'om(';Mo pl'om(';Mon~ n~ or J'el;og(lit;,iol1 L ' _ 5 u a l l y mean r ea ea ss ss lg lg ur ur ne ne n r T h e sot.th
Least st-r:, st-r:,(te (tegk,ul gk,ulr1rnpDr. r1rnpDr.
rant rant feat featur ure. e. ofth ofth ehri ehrinl nl to
g~tf·~ the secolld
barracks and
;!
om~U
G. tSUA tSUA;t ;t1770 1770ST ST D':~pit(" rhe corrrparat corrrparattvel tvelyrcla yrclaxed xed
.1:1:1ITtTe of theScurlr'Iower;
posr posr ls manned by ex er ence ence :m seri seriou ou ush] ush] e, er presence srrict pDlity- on ho is allowed through 1'0 I'hf.' lower, rhoW!,h t ' 1 1 1 1 bush. Tf.'jx,tting (or c l L r r y _ o _ n th(,' u p p e r nobj nobj~o ~oii- fo d _ u t } ' F t . J ! R C O i n pl.clUC111 we:iJ:i/:tilS 1 1 1 : dw c;,(rrry an armo armor. r. dth~rs may-have small W ( : a P Q n suchas arraor, Coupkd -with th w;;rchful presence 0[ Fu Leng Leng sh 111':. lhi srreas srreas re ensure ensure none CI:OSS
il's il's'g 'gu< u
to
th
rheguards
J. B A = R . ~ A C K 5 th seccndary Ft
busbt
Irarraclcs, .nut
toll.:;:;shrin e. Bed toll. fiOQt, Hen· th Lost mi pe
8. 5H-:~__.s Jl:ilr~sfLi'cl,hrille tei El L e n g
1,;1l11nects
to t h O ; ' .seoonJa-rr
bar-
'::l
drains irt~t; irt~t;fth fth gn:il.md.Two blOl)ci,\\;hidl IRldJ.les a ri ri d s lo lo w l y drains naho naho ukai ukainr nr pe anen anentl tl post posted ed here here atte atte ul orhe orhe shrine isconsidered tbega'te_ls .m
acre acre
re ancl ancl
il
no
Ri
ar
eel. eel. re
L.o~t·w · ( . I L 1 _ l 4 be f001i f001isl1 sl1~l] ~l]6ug 6ug Shri Shrine ne to ):he Dark Kami,
10101
J e f J ( > th W aH a H .w .w o inva'de.r's hands.
I'he I'he allo allo
y",J
gnie, gnie, Wh
Lh
arcjrer 1)0$1 must must quel quel
er (h
e~ ·J.'u~Wt:l Is Jl ltt.'[,Lhi~
the Inne Inne gate gates, s, The :genernlly
~j
this oml(lOk's
aI(_'heT~ have IWVt'f had to
fire.
POST 1G.GUA~[J ( ' l I e SQ. he u:p~r)100r6[
!i ,1
'1
11'.
~LAnC AT A. ~LAnC As it
protrusion of theg thegpr pr
ITorn the W:811 of l,!:,)ne.s, ~l security ~nd staffing of (h Easr T O \ 1 , 7 e t ~.rt pri.moq pri.moq bears dw bTu.nt anacks whil de.fei,d de.fei,ders ers'f"ro 'f"ro the North an South.Towers assault th
at be B a T cw cw e
.Saurl rl i~bWerwlll;Ches of th .Sau
11[ lht
to fa Ll
T o w e , se se c ' s a ~~(:at.dl>aLgf lHlnk, etlrer er Ibwe Ibwers rs th etlr th Sout Sout Towe Tower' r' unofflcial role role as t ra ue ra in in in in g g ro ro u nd nd , h I ; ' s h i Et Et s j)rc shorter 1 < 0 ' ! ! i f o r d newcomers ruore ruore bp'portun bp'portunhy hy a dj dj us us r s e v ic ic ea ea t the W a H ( }f }f l1 l1 on o n e~ e~ ' G u ar ar d h er er e are th <1 fluesr u o [nexper1em:;",d bush] wa Ihey :'rom possi possible ble arrack. iZ.uard iZ.uard here pOStS :'rom thre lsus lsushl hl ar ,itlorher POl'itj011. At lensl thre lh,c :arc~e[s !I >a eLr is over f,il.! if rh ir posu posuto to overru ru ..In: ..In: 1110D, l' he H' re 11 m n SJ tin.gs.~ rrows, and 100. ls d i the TeC;(lVery.mld rcpui ofborharr ofborharrows ows ilUU yu-mL
'T'OW::~
SAST
rnpede enemy un rnpede
our LOOI( illltt.t
he shrin shrin
[0
TM
Because wi
East TQw{ TQw{~J ~Jis b~avj_[y rhts, th East position m o elite a. serious isti q~,10I1,
9. G'VA~'[' i"OST he E,1S1 Tower's role in rh th Chy.o[ th ·[OSl, se.wFi'ty Is ttnel:!)' p a ra ra no no i b ) harden.el,l i{l1i1 wirch-huurers $PJ1da [d's. ~ rn rn te te d b u sh sh ! -are on pes here ~1 an rime, t u ur ur e iJne double, w i h i m tu iJnece cess ssnr nry. y. Th poor elf he gate secu rily gate's 's "~ W l ljlj 'l'l O R should others pool (If manpower to d 1 "~
,-00]( th gro undH
defe defens nses es
fall.
rowerswhercaruhcrs
:tiny
oc a;re. a;re.
ol-·h~' e ve ve n mo less thall re fl un, 1:lt~r 1:lt~r defense
th is
a,rl;'
serve 5U P(lT role to between Ibi8 WDIJl nd the uppe uppe 11oo 11oot· t· is unusuallv brge i.n order ru er :;H0¥t' quickly back 3nd forth, he rc er slirs n' ncealeilby rilel.18:tunll fQnn~tion ~f-rbe confu confuse se
tt cker cker
00;;;
rOOlIl
Th staiTway
arra arrack cktn tnga garm rmy. y.wc wcul ul have have to be quite dose h e s > l C 'h ' h ( T Sf i a t II ground-level. truj~c.10ry thing. T he
attacking ov
once nn
aLIl1
Flringarrows at
Slice tl
nrt mOF('
lo
requires budl
.ari .arigl gl
T h i ,~ ,~ ' a r ch ch e r 'poi;t ~va_(che. bo rll th 11 ne ,):,lU,J o( rh 'gate
dehcd
Th a,r;gl",U-shapecl outlook g i.i. l/l/ e a rc rc he he r p , os os l~ l~ d h er er e fuLl cr mrna mrnand nd of bo sicks oE t.hemai.[i ga'~ ga'~es es Seve Severa ra sieg sieg ng es re starioned at each each COrI1C-r to .supperr rhe a rc rc he he r a n n ah ah ee- rs rs uk uk n us m. consrancly an ([lit)! O nl nl y I .h .h ·< ·< :most :most ell~.eLostrear ell~.eLostrearkstnenat kstnenateassigne eassigne I'd Ell their nonand -r L e n g ' 'ch()sen,l.11t! m a h o -t-t su su k a s ra ra ri ri on on e he ir Eretheir n ag p o w e r to a rc rc he he rs rs ' a ss ss ls ls : r he he r ag ie ie , a r p ro ro · recr rhe-ourlook :H'~,I Hh pr re ve ells ells the mOSI obvr-
bea~s or E.p'k ugani SC(HtfS, from th~ np,rtl;ta1ld east. proving, gwu.nd nn Ito Non<'rheles5,the post is considered
bus-hi
Fa~-;:"
ei
ry cr
seri seri sl
n. ",
rh'i ",'1
Irn m!,n~1' t!.\
us
h er er e atall rtrces,
[,hre_~)m'lhCHsul"li . sr sr a i an an e
nd dead'ly fort fortif ific ic ti
i.og.i i.og.icaUy caUy dr3\;i' dr3\;i'
I,ti p- ;l,~S;·.~t~n," .. rW!J1
most of th
i. th
arre arrenn nnon on
EastTower auacken
req',
~n
:: w£ 'i n e Tl1o s e aass i ws'll of Hones, Because ~rflh\.s, rained c~s" he
r~ll
nI
rJH'
F t"t" O n t h e re ro(Hn 1.5 main-
ruis ruisce ce.l .laaneo' neo'l, l,l$ l$~u ~upp ppli li~s ~s woul wouldl dlas as fq i'llSl over over awee in siege. Th-?T~ is aiW?yo 'one bu~h 01 gUllrd 'who i st st o d e. e. sr sr ra ra ) ilw equiprnen; if [h towe towe is about to 'fall into ellemy bmb.'The items !l rhi,· perfecr (}rd~ room ar (}rd~rly rly'gr 'grou oups ps ilnd. ilnd.thc thc 1ll9V' V'<' <' t~ allow k~pt imma.clllatt> ai·~1t"rs to 1ll9 brrwNm hr 'e t d O ,t,t 1F 1F \v \v a -y -y s, s, i u the. jlfC[ wrthoLit pa\l,se_ th t hr nt11l0L
20
~VA~O
an
'?05T
like [h guan P05( OI thelower'Door" is to(}111 is wan:hed guan P05( ex ce ce p . I h ITuSIe Ie Io hllShL NeHle .tn·,W p,lSS - ex only h e m O S ITuS i",i sS.ign gncd cd td l)m~~1! j n ~ , tt a l d 1D 1D s e I IsS.i l-arg~
~~
@:
~.
rclr rclrer er post post l 18 18 1 a lm lm os os t C O I1 I1 'p 'p i rel i n es be u p p -[t:'i.l~t four-bushi llft'_u1wiys o'nguard litre, I h e a rc rc h er er s. s. o ~id1er 'i.de of th tOW&1" f ~ 1 l b a c k to T h i s roornif d-wir poshion then' an: I1UTncr01l5 dd itit -i-i ol ol 1 bowsrrtngs: i, (lVe'nUIL I n a dd
Sp_es::i;lj Qualities: am ,l'g!:" Red lT ri regenerarlcn :ttl' Save Saves: s: As q)[l q)[llT lTIi Iiad adin in IllahrhL''iu']{ill Ahtlities: Srr: 25 -Dex 10, CUll-, Ill! Ill! '2.W '2.Wi, i,<; <; 1;
arrows al,d
li ln hllllls Organization: S-olitary Chall Challenge enge Rating: Rating: 12' T r : ea ea s 1 . 1 1 ' C ' : ri no lign!:TulJlt: \V:lys a \ u l « v br.~.e'l Advancement: 1'1
TH AT
borh
)'1.1111L
W; G1.An.a:
TiU'
the, the, wal. wal.
At!
W5 I'Iw
W'~11 of Bones,
be
\;Y~5t \;Y~5t '[OWl' '[OWl'
jlnd
that that co!, co!,ne neCI CI it ro mn
th --Shag" wl v e (b (hi< rn;:fS[ rn;:fS[ limes. OJliy when the g a otherwise C Q 1 1 1Inan ro allow [TaIfic 'due 'due this this rn ssiv ssiv 5 I Tl from Lh Tl l h rD rD u d l gI;oUl)d destr9ying poss possib ibil ilit it of I'IISf I'IISf cJ.nrg cJ.nrg beyond beyond L~ch racilcs or w110 bit the \Xfil11 Benes, T h o s e III !n TOsh TOshow ow prop propel el Hl hont hont to in 11 merciless -slt:g :g (,TIt (,TIt;i ;ine ne nr~, kr )1n,g.ZOl1e ol rcherssnd rcherssnd -slt
?~
:"'L ~O f'
S.BA ~-;:A.CKS
58
urea 31'1." on he b(11!'Om [1m)!" llf the k i en West Westll ll)' )':" :"'e 'eT. T. A-ba A-bard rdyo yorg rg ni%e ni%e sprawlbf be rolls un pers person on ff G~ over over t h f 1o 1o or or ,w ,w i l.l. h sp('nd .... ....i1'11<:! Tn w~Tk hN\,'I'<"U th,·m· As tl '1re~ sp('nd i1'11<:! Dr'its urne II", '!ltlP
:'
be lowgrolU:id, wh El th towe towe is up Othe Othe wise wise bushirepcnlngtoand rtOlTI to the surface their P(~S[S must exit HJ hough ,I b o ve ve . " : \ v bm;hl a r o n ; . u r here at most tim~S sec ur ty. An assault Ull the Wall olBones there isliule, wo ro reach th L~part. Likewise, [.I) be over;whd-ning_ i"
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to
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[or +k Hrt: mp damage, h~ T2in[>(~d nature of !he- attack deals an addir!cm:1J 61<6 Wounds to a .l.l ly t b b l~ l~ ~ .t.twirhout · rheShadly J llll i1 i1 g r :n :n l gb gb l
strikes eV!'TV'lcbing
owhr owhrnd nd
Tain Tainr, r, Thf~ Thf~·ar ·arra rack ck TeqUlre.s
casting a t l ea ea s lnd level maho spells r o i r.r. rA rA l n hims himsel el
i'
msms
Th"J:i\gil1~'is8, ba.i·... suntierrr CQl1StTUC1·d~3.L I'"ql:ii'es:h~ lull ~t o~ o~ : ie ie s p e llll ca ca s re re r c a p a bl bl e uJ.G1St! r r ' lrlr d ofal l ,:,: _ a ~t
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(Shadowlands) Hit Dice: 2nd 1(1(,I 7511pj Initiative: +0
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ti
ged
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OT
Oracles fi nd L1 is for th Covenanr alwavs disappears LIS!~Jln r hi hi s m a nn nn eerr :
rhe Oracles' Jesn-ucrioll unsarlslylng,
Dark
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the elemental elms elms
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Thii Thii n'erited
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bu an Oracles-blessing, alrhough
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wlo
found w o
:pO\'VefS augmented ij.T).,d
[Q
r<;ITihle levels,
the obb.don's tl hado hadowl wlan ands ds :o_rces in the
to th h eeaa v e s f l_ l_ gh g h nn nn g "tVo as bar"tVolt ltur urnl nlli li11 11 Sh ogres t o ( :a field :a ccee . " f gt gt 'e'e . lOO horrible [Q imagine. Shortly h e captor afte afte sh arri arrive ve captors' s' (~"J11 (~"J11p, p,[ornya [ornyaleo leo began began 1:0 hear. rh if JomyakQ cept cept th 'immeasurable power; power; of Dark Dark Orac Oracle le .. ew l]il]i-oT oTnh nh~;i ~;il} l} r·ac ptin ptin Orac Oracnl nlur ur ut.e ut.es, s, jomy jomy ko a" birt birt to march on SOil ol urnum. Knowing that he htlihartlty as r a p i d ra ra i n i n g
farher, the.Ph the.Phoenl oenl bllSh!.Shib~ away Jomyako Jomyako found h e b oy oy ' farher, Kars Karsud uda, a, magi magica call ll rest restor ored ed ment ment faci facili liti ties es es it is -h he o n o my m y a q , hl1$ t)nl t)nl rece recent ntly ly disc discov over ered ed r h a t atsu atsu stil stil serv serves es aigo aigots tsu, u, He deta detach chme ment nt allows; on Iy ffectiQI1 fin:her suffers fHTihl,> in hi
of .,Ill theDark b r u gh gh t
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order Dnigot5u
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other Oracles, JQ1nyakQ Is Ill'll k e l y b es es ro ro w : he blessing .sre refu refuse sed, d, am thes thes u p o m o rt rt al al s Tn ose ho recues favors .sre wh pers persis is at destroyed pa wa
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The l1llgIit'.s~ ~nt1 IllOS[ iot~ iot~nt nt ar rade rade \' suki suki Nok: Nok:ll ll nl~ Lh.. on most most-l -lik ik ly to fab· fab· d.ir d.irec ec ;l'crion ag~insL .he forces .Tcceplcd tbe o f R ok ok ug ug . 1. 1O 1O r lL lL ln ln iL iL y . ..;"hf'n given a n O P 1. 1nll:ci-enot Dai'k Dai'k Orade' Orade' povver undet d m E e< e< ; u ~ D a g otS]J wishd t;O blnd NakarsLl,lw 10[IU t'e.d. iw C r ~ b s,nn s,nn 11I'af I'af fo near nearly ly thir thirty ty yeor yeor b'l{ot'e N'okar
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that it
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TH
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TAIi\O~J CHOSAI [7A;tI{ O:jlACJ,.£
TI~:: infa-
whobetrayed ht fami family ly hi dan, dan, nd 1115 Empi Empire re Chos Chosa~ a~md mdNI NI.i .i~l ~l mani manipu pula lati ting ng Tamori. the 'previ 'previous ous Fi re, into caus causin in th Drag Dragon on-P -Pho hoen enix ix ar duri.ng th.. Four '\Xlilicis eta. en mo wa killed th eoni eonibi bine ne cHdr cHdrtS tS ofl<;adel:s il rell (Q only rnoId yi r~gbrother had Iaticn that il il h. Isawn Nakamuro Imrnedia.ely use the-po the-powe we o f h e D a C o v n an an t 1I10U:;>
A g .1 .1 S h; h; l I hr hr nn nn r
Ilee Chosai DQW burn hi mind broke. by th fury thai burn tr at:t at:t :d fe sm ll band band l,CVob:mjin
gu
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with within in It
ha
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BLS:5Sm~ hlessin sin rat he fr~.. fr~..ly fnr i~ 01111' lhnmgh Chos Chosai ai gran grants ts hi hles 1.1sm orra agents rhar he may seek reve reveng ng a;ga a;gail1 il1~t ~thi hi (o=e (o=e dan, th unly ic time, 11' can use di mystical th hi. ta CC'!1SUl1)e
"Ag_){ O~ACJ.:: le
contradict [On. -paSSIon, yet will not greateSt
WA.T~~_ of
H,t"
hate hate
Dark Oraclc'l, Tll!'! is d";' th .L1Q+l'wi!.h an 1.mmatched pe Ibel'n. l·ur.!
il by u n a s h i niL! po,VeL co venlo'J1.Ce With tb.l II a n TSUD0 original tetipect hi~ ,« ,a ,a n XilStl r'lee. TIl\;" Tsuno despise Tud, b u [ < ,« tt k) TLlT1
nJ he demo demo stra strate te
p6\"\C'lIT.
Turi mo
rht, T~tUl0 c ru ru d I,i~ Will' agairw
cl>llsiJer$ ill
b ea ea st st s nd he h e m u u a foes, rh ko
)ne)ne-
,J;1I1 ro gram gram him an appr appren en
Eve,
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ac that that g@ve g@verl rl.e .e lhl'k LlI·acl.!' reason oni onor, o~11gc)[SII ba ean''l~.LlTuri's respect an loya'lty rh rough rough hi ad er er sh sh i a n promotion o fw ru [bless e ad fw i sd sd < .1 .1 lili 1 u ~v ~v ve ve l a s p o w e Shado\Vliln~ls iera iera ch ).,1 ).,1 ,e~o ,e~o an an ther ther SOl'!ai rk.O rk.Ora racl cle. e. ri as rrem rrem do resp resp ct to R.okt.1J~'Ul';; Empire [hat spawned Loyall"
al
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ht C O n al ag Ma ts Turi as lx'en siders worthy llfbearing hls: blps;si.l1:g.Turi reralnsenoug.i oi.· hi mani mani to [r ra ed by th rest restra ra nts Ih'11 go\~ go\~em em hi erul ... in rh pbli acti action ons, s, an wishes (G rake lIJ1J,Ol"C ii erul pbli!j !j"C "C~1 ~1 S h ad ad ow o w l u nd nd s i..(1 r h 'Years 1 l g o , 1 1 ( ' by rauapprentice by ma Ak On Ey \\'.15 thwarted Do rnorai' Y6t,[O find seppuku, w o h v p up up i ho p p e searching,
ronao
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m-ci m-cit' t' .i bl o r D a rk rk , fT h u nd nd e T en en go go ku ku s t hl hl ' P O ! ;i;i lili O llll q L ~-:ll'ucle o fT rn
ra
in Ninge Ninge -do, -do, "Whe "Whe Isnw Isnw Kaed Kaede, e, wi feofE mper mper I: Toturiand 0I1Jdl! ()fVoid. r oo oo k t h tlirnne foil~lwing h e h us u s bn bn ru ru l d ea ea th th , cr ated ated an elem elemen en al .irn .irn aian aiance ce thar thar a, to ec reci recied ed rake :l direcr Th Orac Oracle le were the 3[f~ 3[f~ir ir of mort mortal als, s, an by doing so K a ed e d l c re re aarr ed ed a n ee ee d to balburden ar ance th ca th Dark {_ll:ade V o position a s O r aacc l o(Thuudcr an vaca vacant nt Torv Torv snuggles purity "fain Illw.l LQur~t:~.wrpugh pi p ow ow e his system system rh,e rULl;L.~ DrVoluuuuU1, Toryu makes o n ~ l h ts ts ro ro rv rv s greatest b a s , e : attl attl at Oblivion's Care. gate now: now: destroyed, C311 fi 1 Iy h~ gate I y ie ie l g re re a p ow ow e : h o~ o~ ~
H:ce'IW P r. r. e r eq eq u +s + s .i.i r e : p(JTdrul)lr b{~(jnsubjected to 5] )1: 11of thOl de el me you m u en cast cast ar r-je r-jell ll ha clem clem ru cc '~~f '~~f ll saved saved aga.ns aga.ns itsefr itsefrect ects. s.The The DC tl av must be 8! least 3, toqtl<1hly '1 ,> Ill' Ill' EIl~ EIl~ menrs t e n t . S l , e J h .of'Lh BeneBt: X O l f ay ;) {'lHI .of'LhiE iE eiemen eiemen arid will' po~;shugenja.of [evdeclUl [evdeclUll.l l.l to sessed the Elemftmnlj:aclisilbilityfor the give give elem elemen ent. t. Y u t i 10 agaii1:;-r this spells l) versus S' allother elemental spells. YQ~I ar viable target f o m y spell rarger ers. s. ever ever corrupted rarg you no p()S~e p()S~e55 55[h Taler. Special: nl on bein bein m,IY pOS$e~S th hl{'~.ing of fl plltticular em nt any given instance, um' per~(Jn m a p o ss ss es es s fhi' lJarR lJarR Blessi Blessing ng ~)f Dark anorherthr 81 e ss ss : n g C W T a ~011CtllTC[\.[1 hut they IDd), 0\)'1 Da Bl m e m e No on rnay huv« F,,01 more Ih'lD un,. D:nk ~l"~'~in!l
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You haw ai eJ e' in measure ,,\f that ,r;rd~s er rage, yo m U ~ l have et with. JUl1 SU Y'l.r racl racle. e. in JUl1 Blessing ot that Or 1e's' clcmcru. lilt' b l t < s : ; l n g _ u f each deIHeJ1I1H ca e(m elemeru as i.i"
equal
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wsiot.'i tlie ~il·(·"call of ]]Ja ]]Ja be bu hi soul soul rema remain in pure, !Ie ha O J 1 C C been been soug sought ht (J am ashd ashd Thl' qucssion 1: which every mortal is entitled, bu t]l11S' aS$ough l' is bless! ng', ;:tnd none lla, been ow e Wh gTarneJ ihat p ow "vi ~·ol.ll~ eome, Imm rh DiU,l1 Blessing o r v o id id , Ie Jnre Jnre conj conjec ectu ture re T\HYU
S1.i S1.i:S :SSl SlnG nG H ~ ~J,..~Iil£nTS bk~Si'l1g entails.
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it may make,
A:aJt. t. [7 A:aJ
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they deal
Ring.
thes srtu tionst tionst
TH3 D A ~ J { s. ycr,
resu result lt it is "i.1 "i.1sc sc as II. mechanic for duclulg and Raises.
etee eteeml mlne ne
numberof tiruesthat
ar
all th crea creatu ture re's 's th
Traits Traits {round {round
ll
purposes of Raisi Raisi·ng ·ng and fOCUSing only, 3if
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t h ·chaTllcrel: make make succ succes essf sfu] u] :,an~, !Jr,,.J by l' ,'ndl tlme h e f .J.J i a .s .s av av e T h e c ha h a ra ra c e r cali r ed ed uc uc e ~ h oc ba<:k, [D hy meqi meqitn tnti ticr cr fo e ll ll ih ih c hn hn L lr lr s's' ~n ~n J m a k in in g ; (:on!;en,r~lWl1 ,betk D C : 2 .1. 1 1 l a,1owI ,mris -Cm , 1 ru ru n o u "ftl1\' ne da uf DC a b u v l ' bd dv dv w IM IM I \ . . RCl1.LJ I/.Ul~l~r , 1 1 < ' 0 S bd (t" t'V",)' f"lila Ii
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irijurl'd In corrupred c.llvi ro rneru, '< person chance ha ,hew()und w i l b ec ec aam m e infeCTed W i T h Iainr, Ira character's WOJ.illCS WOJ.illCS are bound (Helll cherk Yo, DC 15') 15') then then there is no ·dan ·dange ge ofccrru prio prion. n. Char Charac ac ers WIrh unreeatedwcunds make an Fort Fortit itud ud : m ~ l "vs, DC2(l or rnusr make ol Shaci()w.i;inris Taint, Once ;t chararaccumulate I-~ p o d, I~e'conri I1l:.I<'S co accu 11 fcCi accu ulnt ulnt Taint reg:l1:dles~ (1:['lhy corr corrup upte te eriv erivir iron onme menr nr as 'i treated, cc e ss ss f ul ul l Iiis Iiis woun wounds ds a r s u cc Only one attempt ' 1 ; 0 rrear ITp. infected wound er d~y, ill' pius o r ~ ve ve q da it ha gOll0 untreated.
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the area
is
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ancestors. Ancestor feats cantyplcally firs firs level, level, mea.ni mea.ning ng that these (eats
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m::CHAnICS
lh:ir3ner
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make mcreases by 5'
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l'f I..g e
Tc.llli1,c'stheHeais C;;.1r1fl'.lSl> ~iwlki1 pr ~iwlki1s[J s[Jng ng twfc.!e twfc.!e he risk risk eorr eorrup up ie r\ny r\ny char char ct it nu ledg ledg (.'i (.'iha ha,l ,l wspend te mil~LJjeS' skil skil chec chec (D r S ! . charaererirnrnenrnelhi.~ is successful, the charaererir
en viron ment, tb characde v e Thi, ,11\',1o' beghi:s: ~I lO, bu jncl~~asi',:~}r51?"'r e'jC)h addtllona.l.Jay.. CIlV!tWlby-_~f by-_~ f on on : B .c .c h u l d,ay spent Gl:ltslJe rhecorrupred th~ corrupted meru, 10. a, elf Ill, (Rt'1TI,lln~ng need .l'nVir.jhm
r n en en r .
'X'isdom
1n.SCttAnICS 1'01'
te
CO~;z,U7'T CO~;z,U7'T=:O =:O ~nul~OnJi' ~nul~OnJi'{;:n_ {;:n_ T5
draw upon any
li rh Seas Dark Dark Orac Oracle le radiate corruption inthe: same ay a~,rhe,Shadan otn!"F wh d a m:.!'gk i s s rr rr o n n\~y sirn sirn i1ar i1ar corr corr ptio ptio 111 the M ' d 1 S rerion,
:1
k :m :m s '
o w L [I [I :n :n ds ds c n n D f re re n s en en s
Genc.rnll.y his feW'other
smmg tb' [he envtro envtronme nment, nt, 'anywhere ere In 'thr Shadowiancls, Bpp'! ies 'anywh hw
du
ja
I~ng >',:ith_.;ta >',:ith_.;tand nd the presence he Taim. in g s ec ec t o n corapiles rule~ .fur d.~a1iiJ.g~jth rh he f o o w in drawn. from other ,vahl mes, others 'prcsellred Ta ill" ~(tm drawn. lu>re·fodhe frtst. av e b eeee n c l f te te d an updated. frtst.ti time me ..A l h av
CO;t~V?T5:D
il;;
b.i:gh est le
rh ps no IOru. inRo inRo ug ismo ismo Fear~J ilTid mysterious lhall th Shadowlands he pe vasi vasive ve Taint. seducuve EOTth frcrn t l 1 1 ~ f(~St<.'Iing:: Pit 'i)Qvc.r; t l
da
t:Ol'
Any umea
orru orrupt pt i]
nvir nvirun un en fef $3\"<.\:;.:ll1J pre-
mcre smg, smg, bu tIne tIne no de re se it.J FaiL TN from mcre
in rhis rhis roll e w la la nd nd sT sT a fr fr u
m:ro~JI
fja
h I . co co r u p te te d e n v irir on on rn rn en en t in th te
( ,r,r o o n
die an
CO~;z,V7' V7'TS: TS: In CO~;z, J.1C1:$OfI
I!;
ppin ppin olShaddIvide t:y two, n,l~U1dIl1g up),
;:n.vl ;:n.vl~on ~on.lil .lils:n s:n
TS
injured
i.n corrupred enviromnerrr, uwt;' I. W i become t n f t . . ' C t e d an eause Taint, i"
chance t h a t dl w o n d hara ters ters ou ds re bo nd MedIcine! JI),Tei lige ligenc nc roll roll vs :! hara then there is dang danger er tlf corr corrup uptio tion. n. Char Charae aetc tcDi Di WiTh I m lT lT e at at e w 9 u nd nd s must m a k! k! ; a n Earth TN m'I.'Um\lo f S h ~d ~d ow o w ~ m d ~ -Thi -Thin! n! Om:t Om:t': ':'3 '3 (.ha (.hamC mCLe Le ha an infected w(lillip, h e c ( >m >m i n l!l! e [D.a c m n 1 " 1m a.s·ifbc were in
pr WO~I a ds ds .a .a r s uc uc e es es sf sf u llll v fTl'!fll:.'.d. Only hi~. ml:ectt;'d wound ma he mad" P" ihy,.lll h;l~ gone J,ay
mA{1IC
CO~1{ CO~1{\l \l1" 1"T~ T~[J [J chance pt
mi spe II in
C.1~tS
n c e aass e
15 'Plus
e i h e d oe o e s n o h ln ln go go r III~()g~1I1' g~1I1' 1-5 r(Ji nr
If
iucrease
.AI
befl,:CI:C
ii
atrracring
ms
th
h3S
1,-6
0]
~hUgl'}lj~ Ihl' spellis
"J
fail. the spdl cf[I;',q-.Tht'chaf:l.' ra 5p
gaw Ih(' TN
1\1i 1:tl
~racrer-Jgn:Q.s rn
:lCCHW'
1~1
i·m·lra,1. WrI'UPIt'U ,envinnment, d w T N ;;,f ;;,frh rhis is seve seve Increases by::! each time rh charnch- casrsa spell SHCCGs~ful!Y,3-mlby III lails (even, to tb( TN inc.rfi:Sci, The t:h~rant't fa it tailJ'Jf meditatil\g hiT eigh rn king king II Mt'xli lariOI.l!VoiJ rernai aini ni fl.gpu fl.gpu OT by rern of th ShaJ. fi.,com J;lY ro ItVcry pnim L,ITN sbcve ShaJ.:.. :..wJn wJnml~ ml~ fi.,com th is Renrrning .to t h , " lldo lldo imJ~ imJ~ for even even on av hl -i prriO(ll'f'st(~r!;s dl<~·rn 1(' irs highes highes level, as tilt' kariscn rend rl;) liIlg{~t·~!)d wail
f \ r '5'5 h llll !W !W ' n j
; .~ .~ "return,
O=:'T5:CTUtcg.C07l~Ui'T=l' ::T'lIlI;cn.ms.n,TS Shugt'nja I :m :m d l ~ n
os w i1 i1 1 e x rperience <'Ilen SCM~ w h av enre .A ~h.Ugr:lJjD ho .1rrcrn pts
n tn tn e U p o t:t: l , an an y m a gi gi c
.~ entitled
to
is succ succes essf sful ul he lm.n lm.nle ledi diar ardy dy
Pen::cprbn real lzes h e
.1
wi
.1
w-
corrupted envi-
an
roll
5 .T N
$,
11
Is corruptedarnl ca ceas ceas spel spellr lras asun un befo before re he risk risksc scor orru rupu puon on Anyc Anycha hara ract cter er it Lore r S n : : 1 . c { Q w b nd,,·j fa spen spen en mt ures ures S"fudymg the m : ~ n rn l e s ki ki l roll v s T N r h i s is. successful. the char-
acter
immeJi:lle:ly
STF~CT5 T l \ T a irir J ~ af a f flfl 'c t ca Ily, n d a re re l
I'he
IT'llli7.l;'s h a d I
n fe fe cctt e bJ)th mentally an oJtens tw imlivtduals In rile rile same same
llow Dalgorsu
rnairuain
more u r
RI1Q
me
on
phySi-
Iuchiban
m:111IJL;L".
arecorrupred
lf
an
rio
_gmtrr;r([hough their their goalsar goalsar 51.ilI c o u p e d 1.ndIYidual:s ar les IorruIorru-
de.cide,dly sinister), O th th e
riate, ·becom ·becomln ln
u re re a is corrtrpted.
t ~? ~? $
LOSI
udme
rElving
,j
nh
Ulll
an
iti (~S,
'chI'! Taint is meas measur ured ed in r}l11k" with every. ten pO¥llh of Tainr b(~stowing- ~e ralil.k, In 1'Iw cila system rh! ran Is ]'ep~ by
as Taint aLTai;l jse~res-sed - r7 r7 , { (n (n ' ~ .x .x a T IiIi p le le i . . B a c h . time tb char charac acte te rece recelw lw Ihre Ihre p(lint$" of-r':iint, lH uevi"lopsa MiJl MiJl0r 0rSy Symp mpto tom, m, Ei:e Ei:ery ryrl rlnl nl.( .( dw dlarlc<.."iY<:rs Jevelop., p.,;" ;" Rall Rall oi"' oi"'Ta TailJ ilJ he Jevelo ThiS rank ilS th chaTnc'('~,r~s sh~d i O w , l a ; - . d s rank is·. is·.re re[c [cw. w..' .',d ,d rn l( l( , d llll 'i'i U g i[ ma also Shadow:hrtds Tai R i rn also be refer"ed tQ m c[ c[ e1 e1 y T a n l H a c n k ntles f o r d .i.i s trtr ib sYlupt(,JiT15 ar rnel'e.l.y gUideTh ib u ri ri n g resem.,d
rTlod.:i'1er
(7
tend to p i l e sljQ~l sl jQ~lld ld add IIp Sym.pt.O Sym.pt.OIhS IhS 'irit;creSti.ug dr
line.,
:n eXln~mel.y T a in in n, n, dc dc hi hi i.i. ra ra C 't't ei ei ;:;: !
p a g n n O t e d. d. lo lo l l m pm pm . 01.'
ptDh1S
many b o c irir k e, e, ep ep l l lg lg . F~et Frse todistri todistribute· bute·as as Ta chlltacters,as yOll deem £1r,
is devdoped, is ~tqllfr.erl.
syrnptorn
ea
sy
neW symptom
M l :1 :1 j o S y m p to to m s Ph),sical Symptom Mental Symptom
pr
F i a r tinre
so m e a nd nd o
,GM's
till'
SAO
7-10
kJI'l~e'n
r_ T b
'.Jr sh;ldowlll.nd,~
cverv
T5
in
corr corrup up ed enviro enviro ent, ent, ca es If rhls c r
bl
[(If
1-4
Roll
pe ;1
r ea ea r a n
10
~n.. ~n.."' "'ii iiOI OI'\ '\Ii Ii\= \==n =n
mugiill[J
f o : o 1 i i l . o r Symptoms Pr.tyslcai s.ymptqm M eenn t S ym ym p t
Roll
de tmmpt
n! ..
ro
CIne:
extensive
1J5t~
hough discre discre tion tion Rnlll,-Igrm"· MiL. \i;rily D J M ~
f(1l.jl).~jn,
Shaci(Jl.I'/mTh'"
Ji ~C
nrucs
ay IT as 71 modifier ai 0a to al,y phy$iQll skill check or m,il ee atta (St~'~ngth, Dexreri ty, tit ,O ns ril ticr ticr attack ck al [)m ig ca es th char charac ac er to gain gain an addi additi tion onal al poi111 of
syr:l.ptmn~ ~ p 'p 'p l i# i# .'.' s
ape.naltjl'on
i s Taint
~,l'$(\.
nH sotia.1s sotia.1skil kil:L :L c.becks c.becks
e x ,,,, ~p ~p r I o lntimidarecliecks, Tairit .to add it a s
m - oJ oJ ifif ifif " il ;my Wil.l.'~'1Ve. Dob« causes th ~har ~harac acte te to rrdtli rrdtliti: ti:mal mal poi ofTa~nl_pei:m'lnen{ly. An individtl'll.spenkingm ,I character with a. mcneal symptom check to dete ay rnak rnakea ea ense ense ti determ rmin in that that sorn sorncr crhi hing ng M I ll l l , Q P :p : p o St S t ~ Jy the T~iFlt T~iFlte~.char e~.charact acter' er' Bluff invwl.lg'\vitb chec chec e.Se ot ve roll gai:1tS +2 bob LIS for l'3ch :iddio na na l s ym ym p to t o m b ey ey on on d the filSt. whoseTaint Achatactl'r Rank is 11Lgher than hi highest ·~bil.i'ly score iftudHler I' unde unde corrupted D M Lost control. Lost.c .cha hara ract cter er rnay rnay n:q:lo)lgcrspehd Void, tnily
no l[ji l[ji1g 1g~rac ~racmu munu nula late te Tain Tain ll~ii)g maho, rl,mlgb lands
til
' ~ 119V;,gilip' :u!vnl,cllt! Sh~dbWadditi tion on rh Los! ( . e e C 1 ' f Q u l { " (If'l\okllg,m'Ml. In addi
p ow ow e r
humber
Taint Rank. These ay be s p m t tn omrs omrs ar borllla1ly spe'l"H (JisS,J'1l1.ihg Vahl Se fe~t),
ms CH
equal m e manner
hi~ Void
to
rues
c h ar ar ac ac te te r 'Ialnr UJ nIl! n n
physica]
d- op ex
lnt Rank on
dill,' <::quu <::quu to hi_! hi_!
3n)'
SiT(;~gth.? I\giliry, Sramina, Sramina, ~r Relkx.!~-,:el3rl!d rcll, causes the Cl porn porn .ofT .ofTal alfl flt. t.
pliysi,ml m)Jdi!,-i~f.a5 p e na na ltlt y
Taint
on al SOda! skill che.ck.,~~C"epl
checks,
Innmldurion
my mental sympTom characterwtth Taint t o i nc nc re re a s tI:uoT,N of an Tainl Rank. ng ause ause tb hara haract cter er pO'int o (1 (1 :1 :1 1 n
acrer w1[h
fl
p e n na na n en en tltl y mental
determine.
An'} individual
may
by hi
po
gain
a l ' ) additional
a.chBtPe.n:e?tHlfl roll Ihf with tlu'm, Q P Q S spltllking
['(I
iQ [ ) [ C ! U g a in in s Tainted character's Awareness'wll he P e 'w e p t iQ b < : y Q l 1 d the til'S!', Free. R.ais" fo .earh .earh addi addido dona na ~ymp ~ympto to Rank is.h char charac acte te whos whoseT eTai ainr nr is.hig ighc hc t.ha t.haIi Ii.his .his high highes est" t" rC \l.l Ring becomes becomes .Lqst., acornlprcd \l.lld lde. e.rc rcl" l"ln lnrr rro! o! o[ rh L os os rd rd i t l.l. r:r: lc lc te te r
draw
po
m ;J ;J yn yn o
iODger spenJ Vo·i.!, nl~y n o l on on g (! (! r rIO longer ;lCCIl1Du!ate TaInl
by tl~ing IDsho, though. [hey gail] ~ll:hlanr:ed Snadowlands power, (~tj' r[ llie
ma'y no SiwarrwliH1ils"'j. of Cm:ruptlOll s:pel.'lf in t.he
lu aJtl iriilll, Lht' I.()5! cbari1'cter gabs P .o .o i J1 J1 t s e q u a f i "tum!
S31i:w
Void
umlwr
Poin Points ts ar n'on n'onna nall ll)' )' SPCrH.,
IVin IVin
\!11 \!11
in
There l! no reli reli lbl( lbl(!cu !cu for· for·rh rh $h nwbn nwbnds ds ai .E ht treatm tmen ents ts outs outsid id of 1;hl;' CQ :0.0 trea 1;hl;'scl(i[) s cl(i[)]n-l ]n-l+-~I?J +-~I?J _IJ~r3c I :i:i o s p e llll , T 1 )" )" < b, e s thing Taimer1 U ! lsstop dr wing wing upo hisTa hisTaint and hope hope tha it does doesn' n' get ,m wors worse. e. :Eve :Eve rhists not ,1gp-a gp-ara rant ntee ee that that rhec rheclr lrar arac acte te ,\,\ ,\,\,) ,).\ .\HO become .r person infcnioll w i s lo WOrSl'l1 WOrSl'l1 untl] it lo w erwh erwhel elms ms it host. J~dals ls will will prev preven en Tea Jade J~da ny [m·the [m·the corru corruptio ptio if manen tty, bu fill filll, l,'! '! gener general al popula populace. ce.
This is ja "piece "piece ofj@de ofj@de is counted man's man's Iinge Iinger): r): TABLE 8-2: JADE Pieces o f d e
3S
cn
n s: s: w ~: ~: d r r n s "11\Iiro hlected the carrier into Iimrted (a time time asfo asfoll llow ow
unit tlw length
nd
TABLE 8-1: TAINT INCR INCREA EASE SE HECK HECK
Festmihg
Interval dayslRank 3 0 d a ys ys !R !R a n ~ 90oay.sjRank 180 days/Rank
22 or
th
or upti upti
ul
11l
Irs power mare.'lwi.ftly, Near dJ ampl ampl th abov(' VQILrtDt'Sof ja ouhl ouhl as on one-tent he norma IIL1,n(~,if if that long Jade t:!oes no! prer prerec ecr. r.ag agai ains ns corr corrup upti tion on a cc c c um um u la la te te d b .y .y i n ju ju :r :r y m-agic m-agic tncorrup tncorrupred red environments, As J a d e Corrupt, if s l o w l y bocom(lS s of of t g re re as as y
INTE INTE VA
or es 8·-13 14--16
a lw lw a y
21 days
Five
th
of
days
\"ihich one's
laint 1 ' . 1 1 1 jncrea:~e,
id
PR.OTECTION PR.OTECTION DURATION
'Three
iff
1"(1
Jade. Carryin,g jade n a c or or ru ru pr pr e fE'rs all corruption rhar
Ph, fo
years/Rank
rn.:£CH rn.:£CH Antes At th
nJ
this this inte inte val, val, th
ha ct -mus -mus
mph by
Thrtl-
with T h O U is fail each ad irio iriona na inte interv rval al failed ed is then [h se 5, ac um is a i e d h e character gains, an ,iddit ,idditiom iomtl tl sb~dow sb~dowhmc hmcL~ L~ Pnint. U'he possesses j_ny.shat1owRolnrgIll1'~), hi corruption grows lands P o w e r l l(l( " (" (" C r flfl .l.l lili Jr Jr u . ve mo sw.!rrly. xt pcln pcln ,0[T"ili11t h. pe tnrerval, Major Shadowlanels te
,.O':aGOTT£n
succc succcssfu ssfu I. rhe DC increase
inrerva], pif.'cJ1ty th Points by been ncrively wh lion,
m: Ct
U1"
is ss me \lsi
ri
hb S!latlowlal1ds
et
th
th ha acte acte Powe Powers rs n'(\ n'(\"s "s
COUll[
c h a ra ra c te te r
has, not
Powers ~gatJ1s.t !;his.!
n, IC
Arthe
end of this this Inre Inrerv rval al rh cliaracrer rn liSt make < l . J : I . E ; : U i h 5.1I u c I thth , each h e T N increases by is f~riled,Tht! is fheTI reset '311 addilime. Shadewl wl nd ny Shade [be possesses
Powers (lec Wr.1y extr extr
esyl
onasti
!lIe Skl1 dnW/r,lII dnW/r,lII ''''' '). ).
pOi. pOi.nl nl of Tain Taint, t, each, pe Iare Iarerv rv
Powers
ofTai
Taint. each.
11
pr
gr ws
besrow one Major Major Shado Shadowla wlands nds c, ea
nrerva],
acupuncture, medire-
charac of sun, p le le n monastic lifestyle 1,,-,;11 he charac re make make anot anothe he Eanh roll roll an decr decrea ease se addi additi ticn cnal al Shad Shadow ow lands POUlfS ne PI powe power: r: (T I.'i ss me he ha ct as hadowla ow lands nds Powe be activeJy using hi SShad Powers rs Thos Thos rowe rowers rs dC:jctivatei! do no coun coun J,ga J,gain in~t ~t this this,) ,) r io io n
'i'1t.5:I15:n rms TH;:
Tht best best W;lY t6 de it th ln th l=tr l=trst stpl plac ace. e. The. The. easi easies es \'j'B\, to
ram bot
Orthe en e, only only disp disput uted ed
Th
ok gan' gan' x! havewrnughr t h M a W , ' ~l ~l 11 11 d even its claim ca he tt si11g1e most devasraring it Fu first been
ktlm ktlm I¥llIW
11.0
eate eate
urin urin
ni (,~, (,~,)) ))
10
Q1'Stj'S
Maw's Maw's pow·en pow·enh.3 h.3 ' c . r u s h e : d th Hiru Hiruma ma lancls;Taln,red Ih~ Kuni rh ccnstrucuun p ro ro v nd qu of rhe ieg!,,-ndary Carpenre WlljJ, a l s av av e il'~elJ. the creature W,lS sumUnknownto moneu nt liie liie orld orld youn.g shuge_nja wid, Kuni O su s u .k .k t . 1 v L 1 w Iulfilled l r b ar ar ga ga in in , £,THnting Osuki great power by teaching her Igoku and an stole 1'11(' p9wJ.~r of lwr 'sour, On Lord Lord Some Someho ho OSLIki surv surviv ived ed an turn turned ed ol in it mi ba with th
bani~,hed
to J ig ig o .k .k u f aall lO lO W i n g
om
TH
Ruge Outsider (EVIl, (EVIl, Oni Shadow Shadow-la -lands nds Hit Dice: 20dS 20dS +2QO +2QO (190 (190 hpj
AC: 24(+1 24(+1 Dex, daw~
J.,.O~[7
Jruproved Inhisrive)
Speed: 30fl'.
of
its defeat,
an
O$uk O$uki' i' deat deat seve severe re i.1;:N Ningen en-d -do, o, prev preven entti.1;:N;ol ;ol1ne, 1ne,-.t -.tlLi lLiil il to Ning Only ing it Irorn Irorn rerurr rerurriir iirrg. rg. by the Dark Lord's fj'113Hy return, surnrnone incredible pOWl;'I", he be sr hn pl lo rofi rofile le bipi biping ng it phy Io p"w('r. If rlie Crab it can m a CCQ s ho ho u d is is co co ve ve r that the 8W has returned, dw)' would "pare n o c ffff dI dI T t ow ow a r ~layil)_)?; the [dt creature,
Init:ia.tive:3
to
is through
onl .LO~D
sih~.+15 sih~.+15 narura narural) l) 31 me
melee
n)
ge
chn'\I,$, chn'\I,$, 2d_6-1·] b'il~'
1 . 1 1 : \-\- '-'- 1
fLjt:; :; tt .IfLjt FacelReac:h: 1 U _ h Special Attatks: rnproved G~ab..S"'\'\liIQW \'M"ho.Jt' SpecialQunlifies: Oni quali qualitie ties, s, csmsu csmsurnp rnprio rion, n, rl'g~ri!'r8i:ioll 0, ST{25 spell-liki' ~bilitl(·" m~18 ST{25 Rt'[·~H Rt'[·~H,-Wili ,-Wili +14 Saves: 't::'. Con,'IL\, lot ,18, Wb. ',.eh>! ',.eh>! Skills: Ilalrk I".2'}, Inrimi(bt
Cfir Cfirna nate te/T /Ter erra rain in Organizariore
,gnJ lLl1ckrgrOlind
comBAT dra.d
ki 111n
61 garns
st'cq'nds, II wade,
[I
ovel ovelop oped ed
into nead·), :JIlY 1:0ml>;1 110'1,,1nl,~k lo uuly m e thing
le spen spen in
,h
fr
nuko
temp,~l')Hy
use lit .the Swallow benef benefits its
LluuJ'"IlJ
Wbll]'\
dv ncem ncement ent
he
0111S\1
Hakai, Hakai, th
ldlls.
.1'",1\\1
oppbnlmt it consumes trll'cntgh_ ~ b 1 11 11 Yd Y d es es cn cn be be d b e o w AL mile!" .higlrcr save saves, s, bas(_' bas(_'atta attack ck \s\lch as .higlrcr
spell-like b' lities] are-also m : w e k , a f r o o t wlaieh time lhi! lh,' wl::eJ unnl unnl lt rcturris bot. ttl; hn dll' rt:r wl::eJ
t v L l w l(js l(jse~ e~ on a b o v e . st st a rlrl s nc nc s ,
us
this ability, ili" Maw rrursthit st.ecessful btt nnack.Jr I'he rn .r ~ T :,:, p .l . a s free acnon WI hn .at t e r n I. to ;;1'" I"!' g .r If [h lvla pnwoklngatl attack of 0ppoHunTly lvla is suecessful O f smaller
il
il
wi'!b
cppouetu
m,
gl'il]1picClec.k
the C O l '
iCt:.mpIICl';;Wlll.io'0,·
round. Oni
Qualities
certain
h,lV('
qu
llr.es,
ef Crear nres.nf RO~\lgaIl, pa Regenera riot) (Ex) (Ex) 'l h' en or w c p en en s do ! L l ,;, ; ' M a w o rm rm a d am am ug ug e ll1ayc~SI spel Spell-like spells ls as sorc sorcer erer er
of tt3t], It;'vI.' It;'vI.' All spells c b S $ f f i e d pe
an
considered
Eri1:p\:lwer Spell feaL I! SW~ Il.ow
~S
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ct amon amon hi au powe powerf rful ul agen agenrs rs Daig Daigot ot u' foll follow ower er
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semantics. Cr samur samur whether the shambling abom abomin inat atio io
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