Ronin School (Naked Steel Preview) Benefit: +1 Agility Skills: Athletics, Defense, Hunting, Intimidation, Kenjutsu, Knives, Kyujutsu

Honor: 3.5 >R1 During the Initiative Stage of a combat Round, you may make a Willpower Trait Ro ll against a TN equal to the number of Wound Ranks you have suffered x5. If succ essful, you may ignore all penalties from Wounds for the Round. >R2 Ronin are accustomed to being the underdogs. When you are outnumbered in a skirm ish, you gain a bonus to your Armor TN equal to the amount by which the number o f enemies exceeds the number of your allies. >R3 You may make one additional attack each Round when using a katana or a knife. >R4 As ronin become truly experienced, they become ever more deadly with many differ ent weapons. Choose one additional melee weapon: you may attack with that weapon as a Simple Action. Once per skirmish, you may spend a Void Point on a damage r oll. >R5 You may select any one melee weapon; you may make two attacks each Round when wi elding that weapon. Additionally, you may spend a Void Point during the Initiati ve Stage to use your Rank 1 Technique. This removes the need for the Willpower T rait Roll, and the effect lasts for a number of Rounds equal to your Fire Ring. Disciples of Sun Tao [Ronin Advanced School] Requirements Rings/Traits: Fire 4, Water 3 Skills: Battle (Mass Battle) 4, any two Weapon skills at Rank 4 Other: Must be born into or recruited into the Disciples of Sun Tao ronin band. Techniques: Rank One: Terumoto's Lesson Sun Tao's chief disciple was a skilled warrior who e mbraced his master's doctrine of studying battle in all its forms and mastering all types of warfare. Choose any three Weapon Skills; you gain a +1k0 bonus to y our rolls with those Skills. Rank Two: Sun Tao's Legacy All members of the Disciples study the Book of Sun Ta o, which binds them together as a group. You gain a bonus of +1k1 to your Battle Skill rolls when rolling to determine who is winning a battle, and a bonus of + 1k0 when rolling to determine your status on the Mass Battle Table. Rank Three: Aikumo's Perfection The second leader of the Disciples perfected the ir teachings and his Technique is the pinnacle of the band's training. You may m ake attacks with melee weapons as a Simple Action.