General Questions

[Vutall]

About 2 months after Part 2 wraps up.

[Kaito Haruki]

Any details as to why they were promoted to full family status?

[Vutall]

Wait and see! I'm happy revealing that they will be a full family, but the details are a cool story I'd like to reveal as part of a storyline update. (If you want to know ahead of time, I suggest reading the Phoenix Clan Novella, The Sword and Spirits)

[Kaito Haruki]

So does the sailing speed assume mostly still waters like in the ocean? And if so, what would be the speed for using a boat upstream?

[Vutall]

It's an average between having a headwind, tailwind, or no wind. All the speeds are set as if you had different things that would both help you (like roads or fast current) or hinder you (Like poor terrain or still water) So you can just use the numbers listed for all unless I specify otherwise for some reason.

[Kaito Haruki]

If we do something that warrants a bonus in a training event (for example dealing 15 damage on an unarmed strike on the first attack), would we get the benefit during the event or after?

[Vutall]

All event rewards are gained at the end of the day, so you won't have them on your sheet until the next game day. Example: On day 2 you earn Hands of Stone, you wouldn't have it available until Day 3.

[Kakita Kenji]

if i want to get a skill during event by calling a raise, i would need to use void to get it to rank 1 (temporary) to actually use a raise, am i correct?

[Vutall]

Correct, you would need to use Void to gain +1k0 (and act as having the skill)

HOWEVER

If you manage to beat the base TN by 10 on your roll, you get the Exceptional Roll Rule benefit of a free raise even if you don't have the skill. Normally, you can only use free raises if you have the skill, but for events in Part 1, that is waived and you get the free raise even if you do not have the skill.

[Togashi Dao]

With raises being +2 instead of +5 for part 1, is exceptional roll still +10 not +4?

[Vutall]

Yes.

[Mai]

When you get a chance.

[Miya Wyn]

Yep, they act as free raises. So you can only gain them if you are skilled in the roll you are making, and you are not limited by Void. If you were given 10 free raises, you could still make Called raises equal to your Void Ring (Or skill, if you have the Great Potential advantage)

If you spend a void for the skill you count as skilled for the exceptional success rule, correct?

[Kakita Kenji]

Correct, you would need to use Void to gain +1k0 (and act as having the skill)

HOWEVER

If you manage to beat the base TN by 10 on your roll, you get the Exceptional Roll Rule benefit of a free raise even if you don't have the skill. Normally, you can only use free raises if you have the skill, but for events in Part 1, that is waived and you get the free raise even if you do not have the skill.

[Vutall]

When you get a chance.

Will get to it shortly. For future reference, please dont link private forum questions here, ill see them in your forum right away!

If you spend a void for the skill you count as skilled for the exceptional success rule, correct?

Yes!

[Doji Sakura]

For Kakita Swordsman it says swords you create are considered art. Does that mean just Katana/Wakizashi? What are non-swords considered (other than the obvious ninja weapons=bad)?

Can you use weaponsmithing to make Shuriken and Tsubute?

[Vutall]

For Kakita Swordsman it says swords you create are considered art. Does that mean just Katana/Wakizashi? What are non-swords considered (other than the obvious ninja weapons=bad)?

Can you use weaponsmithing to make Shuriken and Tsubute?

Any sword, so if you made a european longsword or a scimitar, still art for school purposes.

non-swords are "art" in the general sense, since everything a samurai makes is art, but it doesn't key off your school tech.

yes, you can make shuriken and tsubute

[Doji Sakura]

So if you choose Weaponsmith as your school technique choice at IR1/IR3, and use it to make a non-sword, it doesn't gain the bonuses/count for techs?

[Vutall]

Correct. The academy specifically focuses on swords. I just didn't think a specific "swordsmith" skill made sense over general weaponsmith. if that feels too clunky or unfair, we can re-visit it.

[Doji Sakura]

It feels a lil odd that only one specific part of a skill counts when there are plenty of non-low weapons (tanto are used for many things for example). It might be better as an emphasis given freely to the school and then you can say weaponsmith (swords) so there's an upside and a downside