Available Character Templates
Note that I have made some modifications to these templates, for example, changing skills and quick schtick picks to reflect the setting. In general, I have not indicated where those changes were made. Sorry.
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Skills
- Guns +3 (8) [Max 10]
- Info/your choice +2 (7)
- Intimidation +4 (9)
- Martial Arts +7 (=12)
Add a total of +6 in Skill Bonuses to these skills and/or to additional
skills of your choice.
Weapons: 3 weapons.
Unique Schtick: You make Death Checks only when you reach 50 Wound Points; -1 Impairment at 40 Wound Points, and -2 Impairment at 45 Wound Points
Quick Schtick Pick: really big sword (no-dachi), club (tetsubo), bow (daikyu)
Wealth Level: Poor
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Skills
- Riding +4 (9) [Max 14]
- Guns +1 (6) [Max 13]
- Info/Saké and drinking +8 (13)
- Info/Horses +5 (10)
- Info/Sumo stars +8 (13)
- Info/Famous geishas +7 (12)
- Martial Arts +5 (10) [Max 13]
Add 5 Skill Bonuses. If you want new areas of knowledge for your
Info skills, be prepared for the GM to veto anything which isn't sufficiently
lowbrow.
Unique Schtick: 1) Fortune Dice you've spent do not reduce your Fortune rating for the purpose of making Fortune checks. 2) You get +1 Action Value for any creative attack you make with an improvised weapon. Vases, temple bells, weathervanes, ladders, saké jugs, and so on can all be weapons. If the same improvised weapon is used excessively, no bonus is received -- it is no longer considered improvised.
Weapons: None. You'll just have to find one somewhere.
Wealth Level: working stiff.
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Skills
- Riding +7 (=12)
- Guns +9 (=14)
- Info/Shadowlands +5 (10)
- Martial Arts +5 (=10)
- Sabotage +4 (9) OR Intrusion +4 (9)
Add 3 Skill Bonuses. Swap the Skill Bonuses and Action Values
of Guns and Martial Arts if desired.
Weapons: 5 appropriate weapons.
Schticks: Your choice of the following
- 5 gun schticks
- 3 fu schticks
- 4 gun schticks and 1 fu schtick
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Gun schticks: Carnival of Carnage 2, Eagle Eye 2, Lightning Reload
- Weapons: daggers, throwing stars, sword, bow, nunchaku
Wealth Level: poor
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Skills
- Gambling +8 (=15)
- Guns +8 (=13)
- Martial Arts +2 [Max 11]
- Seduction +6 (=13)
Add 6 Skill Bonuses.
Weapons: 1 weapon.
Schticks: 1 gun schtick
Unique Schtick: You're an expert at calculating odds. You can make a Fortune check with a difficulty of 4 at any time; if you succeed, the GM must tell you the Difficulty of an upcoming check. You must be able to observe the situation you're figuring the odds for.
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Gun schtick: Fast Draw
- Weapon: manriki-gusari
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Creature Powers +7 (=14)
- Info/Musicianship +4 (9)
- Seduction +5 (13) [Max 15]
- Sorcery +6 (=13)
Add 4 Skill Bonuses. Feel free to change the Info skill to some
other pleasant hobby or diversion that you loved to pursue when you were
still alive.
Weapons: None.
Schticks: All of the following
- 2 Sorcery schticks
- Creature Power: Flight
- Creature Power: Insubstantial
- 1 other Creature Power
Quick Schtick Pick: Blast, Influence, Flight, Insubstantial, Damage Immunity (arrows)
Wealth Level: Poor
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Skills
- Tattoo Magic +7 (=13)
- Info/Shintao +3 (8)
- Martial Arts +9 (=14)
Add 4 skill bonuses.
Schticks: 5 Tattoos
Weapons: None
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Tattoos: Dragon Tattoo, Owl Tattoo, Waterfall Tattoo, Obsidian Ward,
Jade Ward
Wealth Level: poor
The Ise zumi warrior-monks of the Dragon Clan are part of the priesthood, although much of their training is in the martial arts, and they utilize magical tattoos which give them special powers as well. The warrior-monks are ascetics, who are expected to live lives of celibacy and poverty. They keep their heads shaved, and wear only the simplest of clothing. Although they can use weapons, most eschew them in favor of unarmed combat.
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Skills
- Riding +6 (11)
- Guns +8 (=13)
- Martial Arts +9 (=14)
- Law +4 (9)
Add 6 Skill Bonuses.
Weapons: 2 appropriate weapons.
Unique Schtick: 1) You can deliver a stirring speech that will convince any basically righteous and law-abiding GM character of your honesty and integrity. People you impress in this way will want to help you out, although they won't wreck their own lives to do it. If you spend a Fortune Die, you can likewise win over a shady or disreputable person. (This doesn't work on main antagonists that are central to the story or when it would derail the plot.) 2) You gain a +2 Action Value bonus when using your Martial Arts skill to execute acrobatic manoeuvres that aren't direct attacks on opponents in combat.
Quick Schtick Pick: Sword (katana), staff (bo or jo)
Wealth Level: working stiff
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Skills
- Deceit +2 (7) [Max 12]
- Riding +3 (8) [Max 13]
- Guns +10 (=15)
- Info/Underworld politics +2 (7)
Add 6 skill bonuses.
Weapons: 5 appropriate weapons.
Schticks: 5 gun schticks
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Gun schticks: Carnival of Carnage 2, Both Guns Blazing 2, Lightning
Reload
- Weapons: kusari-gama, bow, throwing stars, dagger, blowgun.
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Guns +7 (=12)
- Info/Occult +7 (12)
- Law +3 (8)
- Sorcery +5 (=13)
Add 8 skill bonuses. Swap Guns and Sorcery if desired.
Weapons: 2 appropriate weapons.
Schticks: All of the following
- 2 Gun schticks
- Sorcery schticks: Summoning, plus your choice of Divination, Fertility,
or Heal.
Unique Schtick: You get an extra effect with the Summoning schtick: True Form: You can cause a magically altered being, such as a transformed animal or supernatural creature using the Transformation Creature Power, to revert to its true form. The difficulty is the subject's highest Action Value rating. In the case of transformed animals, you may attempt to use this spell on any given individual once only, and it costs you a Magic point to try. This cost is permanent. If you fail, you automatically suffer a serious Backlash, suffering 5 Wound Points for each point of difference between your Action Result and the Difficulty. These Wound Points are not reduced by Toughness or armour.
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Sorcery: Summoning, Divination
- Gun schticks: Eagle Eye, Hair-Trigger Neck Hairs
- Weapons: staff (bo or jo), sword (katana)
Wealth Level: working stiff
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Skills
- Info/Shintao +6 (11)
- Leadership +2 (7)
- Martial Arts +10 (=15)
Add 3 skill bonuses.
Weapons: One hand-to-hand weapon
Schticks: Any 3 fu schticks
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Fu schticks: Bite of the Dragon, Breath of the Dragon, Claw of the
Dragon
- Weapon: nunchaku
Wealth Level: poor
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Skills
- Investigation +10 (=15)
- Guns +8 (=13)
- Fix-It +2 (7) [Max 12]
- Info/Natural philosophy +2 (7)
- Info/Your choice +2 (7)
- Info/Your choice +2 (7)
- Intimidation +3 (8) [Max 12]
- Martial Arts +7 (=12)
Add 8 skill bonuses. Swap the Skill Bonuses and Action Values
of Guns and Martial Arts if desired.
Weapons: 2 appropriate weapons.
Schticks: 2 gun or fu schticks
Unique Schtick: You are an expert in the criminal mind. Intimidation attempts on unnamed hoodlum characters get a +5 Action Value bonus.
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Gun schticks: Carnival of Carnage, Signature Weapon OR
- Fu schticks: Fox's Retreat, Eyes of the Fox
- Weapons: sword, throwing stars
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Riding +10 (=15)
- Guns +9 (=14)
- Martial Arts +3 (8) [Max 10]
- Law +2 (7)
Add 4 skill bonuses. Swap the Skill Bonuses and Action Values
of Guns and Martial Arts if desired.
Weapons: 3 appropriate weapons
Schticks: 4 gun or fu schticks
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Gun schticks: Carnival of Carnage, Lightning Draw, Lightning Reload,
Signature Weapon OR
- Fu schticks: Crane Stance, Tiger Stance, Unyielding Tiger Stance,
Claw of the Tiger.
- Weapons: sword (katana), jitte, kusari-gama
Wealth Level: working stiff
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Skills
- Investigation +3 (10) [Max 12]
- Riding +2 (6) [Max 12]
- Guns +9 (=13) or Martial Arts +9 (=13)
- Info/your choice +4 (11)
- Info/your choice +2 (9)
- Medicine +8 (=15)
Add 4 skill bonuses
Weapons: 1 appropriate weapon
Schtick: 2 gun or fu schticks
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Gun schticks: Lightning Reload, Signature Weapon OR
- Fu schticks: Flow Restoration, Corners of the Mouth
- Weapons: nage-yari
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Deceit +4 (9) [Max 12]
- Guns +2 (7) [Max 11]
- Info/your choice +2 (7)
- Intrusion +9 (=14)
- Fix-It +3 (8) [Max 12]
- Martial Arts +9 (=14)
Add 6 skill bonuses.
Weapons: 6 appropriate weapons
Schticks: 1 fu schtick
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Fu schtick: Friend of darkness
- sword (ninjato or chisa-katana), jitte, throwing
stars, dagger (tanto,
aikuchi,
ko-gatana, or
kozuka),
blowgun, nunchaku
Wealth Level: working stiff
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Skills
- Info/Calligraphy +5 (10)
- Info/Painting +4 (9)
- Info/Poetry +4 (9)
- Info/Shintao +7 (12)
- Info/Heraldry +5 (10)
- Leadership +2 (7)
- Martial Arts +11 (=16)
Schticks: 5 fu schticks
Unique Schtick: You are an expert in perceiving chi flow through people's bodies, and can use that knowledge to strike at your opponent's most vulnerable spot in combat. Base damage with a punch or kick is Strength+6.
Quick Schtick Pick: Bite of the Dragon, Breath of the Dragon, Claw of the Dragon, Crane Stance, Wing of the Crane
Wealth Level: poor
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Skills
- Detective +10 (=15)
- Guns +5 (10) [Max 13]
- Info/Commerce +3 (8)
- Info/Law +3 (8)
- Martial Arts +3 (8) [Max 13]
- Intrusion +3 (8) [Max 11]
Add 8 skill bonuses.
Weapons: One.
Unique Schtick: You are an expert at applying logic to real-world situations. When you and the other PCs are speculationg as to the best course of actions, or as to the motivation of a given character, you can spend a Fortune point to have the GM tell you straight out whether your speculation is correct or incorrect.
Quick Schtick Pick: Staff (bo or jo)
Wealth Level: working stiff
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Skills
- Deceit +2 (8)
- Info/Popular heroes +5 (11)
- Info/Popular tales +4 (10)
- Info/Games +4 (10)
- Info/Your choice +2 (8)
- Martial Arts +5 (=13) OR Sorcery +6 (=13)
- Intrusion +2 (=10)
Swap Info skill specialties with other kid-like pursuits if desired.
Weapons: Nope.
Schticks: 2 Sorcery schticks or 2 fu schticks
Unique Schtick: 1) You can decide to attack to distract an opponent rather than injure him, by throwing things at him, pulling his shirt over his head, and so on. Your opponent suffers 3 points of Impairment for a number of shots equal to your Outcome. This Impairment can't be increased by further distraction attacks. 2) You may not do much dammage, but you're hard to hit. Your Dodge Action Value is always 2 more than your Martial Arts or Sorcery Action Value.
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Sorcery: Blast, Influence OR
- Fu schticks: Crane Stance, Wing of the Crane
Wealth Level: poor
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Skills
- Info/History +4 (9)
- Info/your choice +4 (9)
- Info/your choice +2 (7)
- Sorcery +7 (=15)
Weapons: None.
Schticks: 5 Sorcery schticks
Quick Schtick Pick: Blast, Divination, Fertility, Heal, Movement
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Deceit +10 (=15)
- Fix-It +2 (7) [Max 13]
- Guns +5 (10) [Max 13]
- Info/Fashion +6 (11)
- Info/Food and Drink +6 (11)
- Info/Politics +4 (9)
- Intrusion +4 (9) [Max 12]
- Martial Arts +5 (10) [Max 13]
- Seduction +5 (10) [Max 13]
Add 4 skill bonuses
Weapons: 1 appropriate weapon
Unique Schtick: People can't resist telling you things. You may spend a Fortune point to get a GMC to tell you something they shouldn't. Best used when you're captured, to induce gloating in villains.
Schtick: 1 gun schtick
Quick Schtick Pick:
- Weapon: kyotetsu-shoge
- Gun schtick: Fast Draw
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Fix-It +10 (=15)
- Guns +6 (11) [Max 13]
- Info/Natural philosophy +4 (9)
- Sabotage +10 (=15)
Add 3 skill bonuses.
Weapons: 1 ranged weapon
Unique Schtick: You always happen to have the right item on hand. When you want to pull any tool or item out of your handy toolkit, spend a Fortune point and bingo! you've got it.
Quick Schtick Pick: sling
Wealth Level: working stiff
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Skills
- Deceit +4 (9) [Max 13]
- Investigation +2 (7) [Max 13]
- Gun +6 (11) [Max 13]
- Info/Arts and Antiques +6 (11)
- Info/Gems and Jewels +6(11)
- Intrusion +11 (=16)
- Martial Arts +5 (10) [Max 12]
Add 8 skill bonuses
Weapons: 1 appropriate weapon
Quick Schtick Pick: manriki-gusari
Wealth Level: rich
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Skills
- Guns +2 (7) [Max 13]
- Info/History +3 (8)
- Info/your choice +3 (8)
- Martial Arts +6 (11) [Max 13]
Add 8 skill bonuses
Schticks: 5 schticks in 1 transformed animal package
Quick Schtick Pick: Crab
Special Limitations: Cannot learn Sorcery; if returned to animal form through exposure to magic, your character is retired from the game.
Wealth Level: working stiff
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