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Mar 10, 2025 5:20 am
Bad rolls indeed! Wasn't expecting the reroll. I was going to offer to flip the rolls, but only after I've seen everyone's, to see how disparate they might be.

I'll make a call on this.
Mar 10, 2025 5:44 am
I will play it til it inevitably dies. I just don't want to sit in timeout for months, or seconds, due to the limitations of PBP
Mar 10, 2025 8:40 am
There is spot for "Toughness" in the character sheet. Where or How this stat generated?
Should we spend Ryo for additional gear?
Mar 10, 2025 8:54 am
Grendar says:
There is spot for "Toughness" in the character sheet. Where or How this stat generated?
Should we spend Ryo for additional gear?
Oops my bad, didn't edit it out, thanks for spotting, have deleted it. I swapped the previous Borg sheets around for the various games, Resilience in this game is the equivalent.

I was going to hold off on the shopping first, so hold on to your Ryo.
Mar 10, 2025 12:34 pm
Alright, so I've had a look at everyone's stats rolls. And while it's in the spirit of OSR to have both good stats and bad stats, I know it doesn't feel that great if the differences between PCs are too disparate.

I'm going to offer a stat reroll to anyone who wants to try for it. Jomsviking's already gone ahead and done so. Nebula if you're feeling it, go ahead as well. You'll have to reroll all four stats again in order, no picking and choosing. You can decide to keep the old set or use the new set. Good luck!

I'll start reviewing completed character sheets.
Mar 10, 2025 12:36 pm
I will roll it for fun, but might stick to the bad one if it doesnt fit the background i had in mind.
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Mar 10, 2025 12:40 pm
Here we go!

Alright, it still fit well what i wanted to play, will take the second one.

I adjusted her sheet.
Last edited Mar 10, 2025 12:49 pm

Rolls

Swiftness - (3d6-2)

(424) - 2 = 8

Spirit - (3d6+2)

(465) + 2 = 17

Vigor - (3d6+2)

(521) + 2 = 10

Resilience - (3d6-1)

(263) - 1 = 10

Mar 11, 2025 12:46 pm
Approved all the submitted sheets. I took the liberty of making small corrections I spotted:

Grendar, the Bakuto rolls d4 virtues. So you're at 4, not 6.
Gtg620q, the Sumo gets +1 to the Honour roll, which puts you at 10. (Also, if you want to take advantage of my stat reroll offer, go ahead!)
Nebula, you missed out firecrackers (Spirit+4 uses) as one of your rolled equipment.
Ogion, you get a backpack and a black powder bomb for your rolled equipment.
Redcroc, all good!
Mar 11, 2025 1:28 pm
What are fire crackers, like fireworks?
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Mar 11, 2025 1:31 pm
BedzoneII says:
Gtg620q, the Sumo gets +1 to the Honour roll, which puts you at 10. (Also, if you want to take advantage of my stat reroll offer, go ahead!)
Thanks Bedzonell. I like a character with flaws!
Mar 11, 2025 2:24 pm
Nebula says:
What are fire crackers, like fireworks?
[ +- ] Firecrackers!
Mar 11, 2025 3:27 pm
OOC:
Ogion, you get a backpack and a black powder bomb for your rolled equipment
I thought I had rolled on those tables by mistake, because characters with classes didn't use them.
Mar 11, 2025 3:49 pm
Since we're using the optional classes (as opposed to custom classes), I'm reading the optional rules (p28 in Barebones) point 1 to mean that everyone gets to roll Features, Ryo and also Equipment as well.
[ +- ] Page Divider to the Equipment Section
Mar 12, 2025 4:19 am
https://gamersplane.com/characters/custom/32195/
Mar 12, 2025 6:19 am
Jiggidy40 says:
https://gamersplane.com/characters/custom/32195/
Got it! Final adjustments, your rolled HP is 7, and Honour is +1, so 17. Otherwise we're good!
Mar 12, 2025 7:49 am
Kayo:

A princess of a noble lineage, she traded her life of luxury for a deck of cards, fleeing seppuku after a disastrous marriage alliance. Now, she navigates the treacherous currents of a gambling den, a captivating hostess by day, a ruthless card dealer as the evening get darker. Geisha training, once a fleeting ambition, proved too disciplined for her restless spirit; mornings were a battle she rarely won. And though she possessed the allure of the divine, she refused to barter her dignity for coins. A shogun's vengeful vassal still hunts her because of that failed wedding and her family is also looking for her with the intention of making her a nameless monk in exile, making every deal a gamble with her life, every smile a mask.
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Mar 15, 2025 7:57 pm
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Mar 16, 2025 12:48 am
Good to see us trying to work out some possible connections between different PCs. I'm okay with any mix of strangers / acquaintances / former enemies etc. In the spirit of OSR (I'll keep saying this quite a bit I think), here's a table to inspire you:

Connections between PCs
For each PC you want to figure out, roll 2d6. +1 if your/their Honour is above 10, -1 if yours/theirs is below 10.

2-3 You are antagonists with each other (by virtue of some allegiance, past history, circumstances).
4-5 You know of the other person only in unfavourable terms (bad reputation, malicious gossip).
6-8 You don't know each other.
9-10 You know of the other person, or have a passing acquaintance with them, in a positive way.
11-12 You are well-acquainted with each other (friends, kinship, served under the same lord)

If two of you roll conflicting results, then pick whichever you prefer.


Mar 16, 2025 4:56 am
Based on what I wrote in my first post, I am proposing the following relationships with Kenji:

1) Kayo: Kenji has seen her before, and was mesmerized by her beauty. I don't think they have had a romantic relationship, but certainly not because Kenji was uninterested. The current status of the relationship is that he thinks of her often, but is too ashamed of himself, his missing arm, and his rough/dirty existence (he was once a valued general and warrior and had many opportunities with geishas, but now he is a lone wolf, haunted by a demon and scraping together a horrible existence in the mountains).

2) Satoshi: some time ago, Satoshi and Kenji met in battle. Was Satoshi a ninja back then or was he a rival warrior for a daimyo who challenged Kenji's daimyo? Perhaps my assumption that Kenji would recognize Satoshi is wrong if he was a secretive ninja the whole time. If so, I can alter my narrative.

3) Genji: My narrative had the big sumo being carried up the mountain road on a palanquin (I saw Genji as important and valued, and also large enough that a long hike up a mountain might be taxing). I didn't put Kayo and Genji together, but that would/could happen easily enough. As far as Genji/Kenji, I'll roll for it...we don't know each other.

4) Tomoe: Rolling for it...result: we don't know each other.

5) Ikari: I wrote that Kenji saved Ikari's life once and there's a blood debt owed, but Kenji is willing to forgive it if Ikari will provide food, coin, info and hopefully more laughs (I presume Ikari has a sense of humor but I need to let the player decide that!).

My scene is written in such a way that it's when all the characters are converging on the abandoned mountain temple at roughly the same time. The temple is part of the area that Kenji has been living a scrappy life after being "revived" by a demon, who is slowly making him lose his mind.
OOC:
GM, I'll let you decide how much of my original narrative is "canon" when set next to the others. We might need your direction to ensure we don't have too many conflicting scenarios.
Last edited Mar 16, 2025 5:03 am

Rolls

Genji relationship with Kenji - (2d6+1)

(32) + 1 = 6

Tomoe relationship with Kenji - (2d6+1)

(51) + 1 = 7

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