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Old 09-24-2017, 12:16 PM   #3
cheekimonk
High School Varsity
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Nashville
Possible Roles

Not all roles included in the game. Number of samurai/ninja dependent on participation.

Note: Japanese traditionally went by Clan Name then First Name. So, the first Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was of the Tokugawa clan and was named Ieyasu.

Samurai
These are all possible samurai roles and not all these samurai will be present in the game.

Azai Nagamasa - Host of the events

Uesugi Tomosada - Ruling territories in the remote, mountainous forests of northern Japan, the Uesugi clan is mysterious and feared

Imagawa Noritaka - Witnessed the aftermath of his father's and uncle's deaths at the hands of ninja

Tokugawa Munetaka - Representative of the Shogun

Hosokawa Tadaoki - Grandfather was one of Taokugawa's top commanders

Date Masamune - Summoned from the far eastern coast of Japan

Kiso Kiyomasa - The Kiso daimyo switched sides before the Battle of Sekigahara to back Tokugawa

Takeda Takatora - The daimyo for Takeda Clan also switched sides but during the course of the battle

Saito Nobuyuki - Saito Clan holds a key crossroads territory and was crucial to Takugawa's victory and ensuring the Clan's continued rule

Oda Nagamasu - Oda's grandfather was the Oda daimyo and another top commander for Takugawa, but was more outspoken than Hosokawa when it came to battlefield strategy

Isshiki Shigekatsu - The Isshiki Clan was the farthest western clan in Takugawa's Eastern Army

Jinbo Yoshiaki - The Jinbo Clan controls a vital port on the north coast of Japan

Ninja
All samurai are familiar with the 4 major "paths" that ninja secretly study, focusing and mastering only one. This does not mean there are only 4 ninja.

Ninja of the Soaring Crane - The art of the Soaring Crane focuses on moving as less than a whisper: unheard and unseen. Pupils of this discipline are particularly useful when a target is surrounded by highly sensitive traps and warning triggers.

Ninja of the Avenging Spirits - The art of the Avenging Spirits prepares the ninja to respond quickly and precisely when surprise and subterfuge have failed and the ninja finds himself directly attacked. Unlike most ninja, students of discipline can draw upon the focused power of the samurai that is typically only gained with years of humble servitude to multiple masters and teachers.

Ninja of the Open Mind - Pupils of the Open Mind focus their arts on the study of human behavior and thinking. So skilled are they at reading body language and patterns of speech, it is thought that they can enter the mind of their target. Very valuable when knowing your enemy is key to defeating him…and how to defeat him. The Open Mind discipline shares the same roots as Soaring Crane, so knowledge of how to kill their enemy can be shared, if not the ability to discern their mind.

Ninja of the Cruel Fates - The disciples of the Cruel Fates gain their advantage by sowing discord and confusion in the company of their target before the strike. This is typically best accomplished by discretely attacking innocent persons in the audience of the target to create panic and fear, both of which cloud the mind of the target so he is more susceptible to a surprise strike.

Last edited by cheekimonk : 09-24-2017 at 01:29 PM.
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