Character Creation

Thanks everyone for the considersations. I heartily approve, and also do not have any other modifications to your Honour score at this point. Please go ahead and make the adjustments on your sheet.

Quick thought on Nebula's character. Now it's unlikely that this scenario might have an exact instance of gambling for Kayo to use her ability, and I generally get antsy when I think a PC's ability will never be relevant. Feel free to interpret 'gambling' or 'cheating' loosely, perhaps in terms of risk-taking or deception. The re-roll part of the ability of course is still very powerful.

Spirit is one of your four abilities. You roll Spirit if you're trying to perceive, aim, charm, or use texts.

The taint has made everyone a bit more violent or feral, as reflected by the +1 to everyone's Vigor (and possibly also any of the creatures in the forest that have soaked up the red rain). But it's also made everyone's health weaker, as reflected by the -2 to Resilience. That's the effect of the taint.

It doesn't give everyone spellcraft powers. In this game, 'magic' takes the form of texts (two types). Think of them as sutras, chants, or even katas, with fanciful names. Hakusa the Yamabushi owns one such text. And you may certainly come across more of them for sure along the way. (You had a missed opportunity to find one earlier. Had you interacted with the elder's wife more, you might have discovered that she had a text she might've given to whomever calmed her madness).

That all said, I do remember very early on you were interested in playing the Onmyoji class. Since you actually haven't used your Bakuto skill yet, and since we ended up with two Bakutos, I'm open to you changing class if that's what you prefer playing. We can retroactively work something out. (This offer is also open to everyone, now that we've settled in somewhat and you have a better idea of what kind of character you are.)