Able Drinker

Alcohol never affects you negatively, no matter how much you drink.

Cost: 1 Type: Physical

Absolute Direction

You possess an almost supernatural sense of direction, and you always know what direction is north, no matter the circumstances. This ability does not function if you are more than one day's travel inside the Shadowlands.

Cost: 1 Type: Mental

Alien Language

Alien languages are notoriously difficult for Rokugani to learn, but many have managed it. Each purchase of advantage grants fluency in one alien language.
This advantage costs 2 points for Unicorn characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Allies

You have carefully nurtured social connections. Some of those in your web of connections would go to great lengths to protect you, while others have considerable resources. And some precious few are both. The total cost of this Advantage is determined by how many points you spend on your allies' degree of influence and their devotion to you.
Crane characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 point less than its normal cost.
1 Pt.: Minor (no land or appointments)
2 Pts: Moderate (some land or political influence)
4 Pts: Major (vast lands or prestigious appointments)
1 Pt.: Your ally would go out of his way to help you, but not risk his honor
2 Pts: Your ally would risk his honor to help you, but would so secretly
4 Pts: Your ally would do anything to aid you, regardless of the cost

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Anime Eyes

Even when those around you should know better, you still manage to fool them into thinking you’ve done nothing wrong. You may add half your Insight Rank (rounded down) in rolled dice to any attempts to deceive others, but only when protesting your innocence. Any use of this Advantage, regardless of circumstance, costs a point of Integrity.
This advantage costs 2 points for Scorpion characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Balance

You possess an inherent calm and serenity that others have difficulty overcoming when attempting to antagonize or taunt you, and that strengthens you when your honor is tested. When adding your Honor Rank to the total of any roll made to resist Intimidation, Temptation, you add an additional +1k0 to the roll as well.

Cost: 2 Type: Mental

Battle Healing

Some of the most ardent and militant shugenja of the Empire, including the Kuni family and Bishamon’s Chosen among the Kitsu, understand that the essence of all Elements can be used to suffuse the broken flesh of an honorable warrior and make it whole. Water is superior for such things, of course, but the other Elements can suffice when necessary. Once per day per person, you may expend one Water spell slot or two spell slots in any other Element(s) to heal one Wound Rank of a Rokugani you are touching.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Blackmail

You possess knowlege and proof of a dark secret held by another, and can use that secret to elicit their cooperation in a number of ways. The cost of the Advantage is equal to the Status Rank of the individual whom you are blackmailing. Using this Advantage too frequently or making grandiose demands on the person in question may result in deciding your death is worth the risk of exposing their secret, no matter what the consequences might be.
Scorpion characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 point less than its normal cost.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Bland

You are extremely unremarkable in every regard, and others have a difficult time recognizing you unless you deliberately draw attention to your identity or affiliations. Whenever someone is making a Lore: Bushido / Awareness roll to determine your Honor Rank, or a Lore: Heraldry / Intelligence roll to determine your identity (based on your Glory Rank), you may voluntarily choose to increase the TN of that roll by 10.

Cost: 2 Type: Physical

Blissful Betrothal

Your marriage has been arranged and, much to your delight, you have come to truly love your intended spouse. The social connections you have established as part of your enthusiastic marriage preparations allow you to purchase the following Advantages for two points less each (to a minimum of 1 point): Gentry, Kharmetic Tie (with your betrothed only), Social Position, and Wealth.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Blood of Osano-Wo

You are descended from a bloodline of Hida Osano-Wo, the Fortune of Fire and Thunder, and his resilience lives on in you. You are immune to any penalties or damage from natural weather conditions, such as winter cold, summer heat, etc. If you suffer damage from a spell that employs natural forces (such as a mighty storm created by Hurricane, or a lightning bolt summoned by Fury of Osano-Wo), reduce the amount of damage you suffer by 1k1.
Crab and Mantis characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Brilliant Surgeon

You are exceptionally gifted at nonmagical first aid. Your Wound Treatment rolls using the Medicine skill heal +0k1 Wounds.

Cost: 2 Type: Mental

Broken Wave Citizen

Broken Wave City is the beachhead of the Yoritomo family’s influence upon the mainland, and as such is a center of commerce, education, and military organization. Those who dwell within the city have an incredible wealth of opportunity available to them due to the city’s importance to the clan. You gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of all Commerce and Sailing Skill Rolls.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Camaraderie

Your friends know they can always count on you. You gain +2k0 on any cooperative skill roll.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Charismatically Jacked

Step 1: Be attractive.
Step 2: Don't be unattractive.
Your ripped bod makes others like you more. Once per mod, you may flex to add a Free Raise to any social roll.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Chosen By the Oracles

For reasons beyond your understanding, you have caught the notice of one of the Oracles, humans suffused with the divine power of the Elemental Dragons. You must select one Ring when you take this Advantage. You gain +1k1 on all Ring rolls of your chosen element. You gain +0k1 on all spellcasting rolls of your chosen element.

Cost: 6 Type: Spiritual

Clear Thinker

You possess a sharp mind and keen powers of perception, making it very difficult for others to deceive you. Whenever you make a Contested Roll against someone who is attempting to confuse or manipulate you in any way, you gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of your roll.
Dragon characters may purchase this Advantage for 2 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Crab Hands

You possess a natural affinity for weapons of all kinds, and can take up even an unfamiliar blade without difficulty in times of stress. Any time that you would be forced to make an Unskilled Roll when using a Weapon Skill, you are instead considered to have 1 rank in that Weapon Skill.
Crab and bushi characters may purchase this Advantage for 2 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Crafty

You have a knack for instinctively knowing how to do things that most people prefer to avoid at all costs. Whenever you are in a situation where you would be forced to make an Unskilled Roll using a Low Skill, you are considered to have 1 rank in the Skill instead.
Scorpion, Spider, and Ninja characters may purchase this Advantage for 2 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Cunning Negotiator

You gain +2k0 on all rolls to negotiate any sort of price. Additionally, you gain 3 Koku to your starting outfit.
This advantage costs 3 points for Mantis and Tortoise characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Social

Dangerous Beauty

You possess a certain quality that makes you all but irresistible to members of the opposite sex, and they succumb easily to your manipulations. You gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of all Temptation Skill Rolls made with members of the opposite sex.
Scorpion characters may purchase this Advantage for 2 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Daredevil

You have a natural flair for athleticism and a complete lack of self-preservation when it comes to physical damage. Whenever you spend a Void Point to enhance an Athletics Skill Roll, you gain a bonus of +3k1 to the total of the roll instead of the normal +1k1.
Mantis characters may purchase this Advantage for 2 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Dark Paragon

You have mastered one of the precepts of Shourido, the dark code that forms the antithesis of Bushido. Once per session, you may voluntarily sacrifice 5 points of Honor as a Free Action in order to affect a particular type of roll as indicated below, and gain a bonus of +5 to the total of that roll. If you do not have 5 points of Honor to spend in this manner, you may spend a Void Point instead.
Spider Characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 Points.
Control: Re-roll any Social Skill Roll
Determination: Negate all TN/Wound penalties on one Skill or Spell Casting roll (no +5 bonus is applied to the roll)
Insight: Re-roll any roll that used the Awareness Trait
Knowledge: Re-roll any roll that used the Intelligence Trait
Perfection: Spending the Honor causes any one die of your choice on a Skill Roll to explode (no +5 bonus added)
Strength: Re-roll any damage Roll
Will: Spending the Honor negates 10 Wounds at the moment they are suffered

Cost: 5 Type: Mental

Darling of the Court

During a recent court session, you did something that gained the notice of the host, resulting in an instant increase in your importance with all those in attendance. Select one court, such as the court of Kyuden Bayushi, the court of the Okura district in Toshi Ranbo, etc. When in attendance at this court, your Status is effectively one rank higher, but only while court is in session.
Courtier characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 Point.
You may take this Advantage multiple times for different courts, but only once for each particular court.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Deadly Charge

You close on your opponents like a freight train, bringing all the hells with you. Any time you close to attack an opponent in melee, you gain a Free Raise on the ensuing attack.
This advantage costs 2 points for Unicorn characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Different School

Your family sacrificed considerable resources and favors in order to sponsor your entrance into the School of another Clan. When creating your character, you may select a School of a different Clan to attend. You are still a member of your own Clan, however, creating a potential conflict between your loyalty to your sensei and your loyalty to your lord and family.

Cost: 5 Type: Social

Double-Jointed

You are double-jointed. Gain +2k0 on any roll that involves flexibility, such as fitting into a small space or escaping from restraints.
This advantage costs 1 point for ninja characters.

Cost: 2 Type: Physical

Elemental Blessing

You are much beloved by the kami of a particular element, although you know not why that might be. As a result, the cost of increasing the Traits associated with one particular Ring, chosen when this Advantage is purchased, is decreased by 1. For example, if you choose Earth when you purchase this Advantage, the cost of increasing Stamina and Willpower is reduced by 1 Experience Point every time you increase them. Void may not be chosen for this Advantage.
Phoenix characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Enlightened

Your spiritual journey toward complete harmony with the universe as a whole has begun to reach its destination. In addition to whatever storyline effects your GM may choose to bestow on you, you also find it easier to enhance your connection to the Void. When you are using Experience Points to increase your Void Ring, the total cost is decreased by 2 points each time.
Dragon and monk characters may purchase this Advantage for 5 points.

Cost: 6 Type: Spiritual

Fame

As a result of your actions, there are many in the Empire who know your name. You gain +1 Glory Rank.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Flair

You are undeniably stylish. Any time you beat a significant check (as determined by the GM) by 10 or more, you may make a raw Awareness roll at TN 20 to pose. If you succeed, you immediately gain a point of Glory as everyone "oohs" and "aahs" over you.
This advantage costs 1 point for Crane characters.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Forbidden Knowledge

There is a subject about which you possess considerable knowledge and insight. The problem is that his subject is forbidden, and considered grossly socially inappropriate if not outright illegal. Anyone who discovers your expertise in this area might rightly wonder how you came upon it. The benefits of the Advantage vary depending upon the nature of the information, and players should discuss with their GM how this Advantage will work.

Cost: 5 Type: Mental

Friendly Kami

A particular kami has befriended you, and stays in your vicinity at all times. Choose one element when this Advantage is purchased. You gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of all Spell Casting Rolls made to cast Sense, Commune, or Summon with regard to that Element only. Only shugenja may purchase this Advantage. You may not select this Advantage for an Element in which you are Deficient.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Friend of the Brotherhood

You have studied among your allies at the Brotherhood of Shinsei, and as a result you understand your place in the universe slightly better than most. You may purchase Kiho as though you are a monk of the Brotherhood of Shinsei, instead of paying a higher cost. You must still meet all other normal restrictions on learning Kiho. Only characters from Monk or Shugenja Schools (and not Monk characters from Brotherhood of Shinsei) may purchase this Advantage.
Dragon characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Friend of the Elements

The spirits of a certain Element swirl about you at all times, lending their aid when possible even though you are likely unaware of their presence. Choose a Ring when this Advantage is purchased. Whenever you make a Trait Roll with either Trait associated with that Ring, you gain a Free Raise.
Shugenja characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Gaijin Gear

You possess a single piece of equipment that is gaijin in origin, constructed somewhere beyond the boundaries of the Emerald Empire. It may be a weapon from one of the many warrior cultures around Rokugan, such as the Senpet Empire, the overseas kingdoms of Merenae and Thrane, the barbarian Yobanjin tribes to the north, or even the distant Yodotai Empire far to the northwest. In this case simply establish a comparable weapon from Rokugan and use its mechanics, but the item will require its own unique Weapon Skill to utilize it. Non-weapon options include such bizarre objects as compasses, spyglasses, magnifying glasses, scissors, etc.
Mantis and Unicorn characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Gentry

In the manner of all samurai, you have been given a duty to oversee that which ultimately belongs to the Emperor. In your case, however you charge is significantly larger than most ever achieve. The number of points assigned to this Advantage determines the size of the holding you have been assigned to oversee. Multiple characters can combine points in this Advantage in order to jointly oversee a larger holding. Characters assigned to oversee a holding are responsible for defending it, administrating it, and ensuring that all taxes are paid to all responsible parties.
Village: (8 points)
Large Village: (15 Points)
Unique Holding: [Sake Works, Falconry, etc.] (18 points)
Town: (20 points)
City: (25 points)
Province: (30 points)

Cost: 8, 15, + Type: Material

Great Destiny

The kharmic cycle has some great purpose in store for you, and the Celestial Order will conspire to keep you alive, no matter what, until your destiny can be fulfilled. Once per session, when you suffer Wounds that would kill you, you are reduced to a single Wound remaining instead. This will only happen once per session, as there are limits to the extent that the heavens will intervene in mortal affairs.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Great Potential

Within you lies the potential to excel at one particular endeavor, perhaps more so than any other living soul in the Empire. Select any one Skill when you purchase this Advantage. When you make Raises on a Skill Roll using that Skill, your Raises are limited to your rank in that Skill instead of your Void Ring. If your Void Ring is higher, however, you may use that as a measure for your Raises if you so choose.

Cost: 5 Type: Mental

Hands of Stone

Some have a natural talent for unarmed combat, and you are one such individual. The Damage Rolls for your unarmed attacks are increased by +0k1.
Monk characters may purchase this Advantage for 5 points.

Cost: 6 Type: Physical

Heart of Vengeance

One Clan has earned your eternal, undying hatred, and nothing will ever quench your rage. Select one Clan or other faction (such as the Brotherhood of Shinsei or one of the Imperial families) when purchasing this Advantage. You gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of any Contested Roll made against a member of that Clan/faction.
Spider characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Social

Heartless

You have a heart of stone. Attempts to woo you or sway your heart - whether through love, courtesy, compassion, or mercy - fall on deaf ears. You gain a +1k0 bonus to rolls made to resist any Courtier, Sincerity, or Temptation roll made for the purpose of persuading you, seducing your, or otherwise changing your mind.

Cost: 4 Type: Mental

Hero of the People

Although your reputation among your fellow samurai may not be any better than that of the next individual, your actions have garnered the adoration of the common folk. When meeting citizens of Rokugan who are not members of the samurai caste, the TN for them to recognize you, as determined by your Glory Rank, is lowered by 10.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Higher Purpose

There is some greater purpose to which you have devoted your life. This is not a simple matter, but some grand work that will take years or perhaps even the whole of your life to accomplish. Whatever this goal is, during any session in which you and the GM agree you have made demonstrable progress toward it, you gain one additional Experience Point.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Hunger Games

You can really pack away some dinner. You gain +2k0 on all rolls in eating competitions.
This advantage costs 1 point for Panda characters.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Imperial City Citizen

Being stationed in the Imperial City is a tremendous honor for anyone, even among the Crane, and indicates both your level of skill and the degree of faith that your clan places in you. Your Glory is considered one rank higher when interacting with members of any Courtier School.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Imperial City Veteran

Being stationed in the Imperial City is a tremendous honor for anyone, even among the stoic Lion Clan, and indicates both your level of skill and the degree of faith that your clan places within you. Your Glory is considered one rank higher when interacting with members of any Bushi School.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Imperial Scribe

Requirements: Status 2+, Calligraphy 4+
You have been trained as a scribe in the Imperial City, which is both a recognition of your considerable skill at calligraphy and means of ensuring that you remain among the most respected calligraphers hereafter. You gain a bonus of +1k0 on all Social skill Rolls made against shugenja and artisans, who have a great appreciation for your skill and position. Additionally, you gain a Free Raise on Calligraphy Skill Rolls.

Cost: 4 Type: Social

Imperial Spouse

Through a careful exchange of favors and resources, your family arranged for you to be married to a minor member of an Imperial family. Your spouse was not of high enough station to warrant you taking an Imperial name, but there are benefits all the same. You gain +0.5 Status Ranks, and gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of all Social Skill rolls made with members of the Imperial families.

Cost: 5 Type: Social

Inari's Blessing

The Fortune of Rice is a lesser Fortune, but nevertheless is among the most revered entities throughout the whole of Rokugan, particularly by the common people of the Empire. When fasting or deprived of food, you do not suffer from the normal inability to regain Void Points, although other penalties apply as normal.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Inheritance

When you received your gempukku ceremony, your family honored you with an heirloom of your ancestors. It is among your most precious possessions, and you would die before you allowed it to be harmed or brought dishonor to it. You possess one item in addition to the normal starting equipment provided by your School. Whenever you make a Skill Roll using this item, such as a Perform: Biwa roll with a biwa, a Games: Go roll with a go set, or a Kenjutsu roll with a katana, you gain a bonus of +1k1 to the roll. This bonus does not apply to any attack or damage rolls, only Skill Rolls made for non-combat purposes (rolls made outside of a skirmish).

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Inheritance: Asahina Blade

The near-mythical priest smiths of the Phoenix Clan have a venerable tradition to honor the memory of Isawa Asahina, one of the clan’s great heroes and a symbol of their clan’s alliance with the Crane Clan. An Asahina Blade is a 3k2 wakizashi. When you use the Guard Action while wielding this weapon, the bonus to your charge’s Armor TN is increased an additional amount equal to your Honor Rank.

Cost: 9 Type: Material

Inheritance: Kobune

One of your relatives was a successful captain for the Mantis, and his ship has passed to you now that you have come of age. You may not be the most prepared for such a task, but the option is available if you wish it. You possess a small kobune, one that can be successfully crewed with perhaps a half dozen men including yourself. You are capable of making a trip between the mainland and the Mantis islands in two weeks, assuming it is not storm season, and a single voyage should cover expenses and end with a profit for you. The exact size of the profit should be determined by the GM (possibly with the assistance of Commerce Skill rolls from you), but will typically range between 5 and 10 koku per voyage. If your campaign utilizes the optional rules from Emerald Empire, this Advantage also confers 2 Duty Points.

Cost: 10 Type: Material

Inheritance: Trained Falcon

You are in possession of a trained hunting falcon, the most recent of a long line of carefully bred hunting animals maintained by your family’s falconry experts. This falcon is an exceptional specimen, and increases the number of Wounds it can sustain at each level by 5. It also rolls one additional die when making an attack.
Toritaka characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 point.

Cost: 2 Type: Material

Inheritance: Water Hammer Armor

You have been bequeathed a suit of armor that was forged upon the great scale of the Water Dragon in the heart of Suigeki Toshi. Only a handful of such suits exist, and few indeed are honored to wear them. Your armor has its Reduction value increased by 2. The point cost of this Advantage is dependant upon the type of armor granted. Ashigaru armor is worth 4 points, light armor 7 points, heavy armor 12 points, and riding armor 15 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Material

Inner Gift: Animal Ken

You may instinctively Sense the mood of animals; animals regard you as friendly.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Inner Gift: Empathy

You gain a bonus of +1k1 to Courtier rolls made to determine another's feelings/desires.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Inner Gift: Foresight

You are difficult to surprise, and gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of Initiative rolls.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Inner Gift: Lesser Prophecy

You sometimes have vague dreams of the future, such as a bloody knife before a murder.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Inner Gift: Sakkaku-Do

You have been touched and marked as noteworthy by the Realm of Mischief. You gain +2k1 when attempting to trick or deceive any denizen of any spirit realm. Additionally, you may learn and research Sakkaku-aligned spells typically only available to Tsuno Soultwisters.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Inner Gift: Spirit Touch

You may make an Awareness roll (TN 15) to see the last person to touch an object you are touching.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Insightful Speaker

You have an almost supernatural knack for understanding how those around you will react to your statements before you speak them aloud. When speaking to an NPC for at least five minutes, you may spend a Void Point and make an opposed Awareness/Courtier roll against their Willpower/Etiquette. If you succeed, the GM must tell you what the NPC’s reaction will be to the next thing you say before you actually say it. You may choose to say something else, but you do not get to "preview" the reaction to the new statement unless you spend another Void Point and make another successful check.
This advantage costs 3 points for courtier characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Social

Iron Heart Native

Your ancestors are from the region near Iron Heart Village, and the traits common to that region remain manifest in you. You gain a bonus of +1k0 to any Stamina Trait Roll or to any non-damage roll using the Strength Trait (including rolls to control Grapples).

Cost: 2 Type: Physical

Irreproachable

You have a soul of virtue that is beyond reproach, and others find it difficult if not impossible to lead you into dishonorable behavior. When making a Contested Roll where the other party is using the Temptation Skill, you gain a bonus of +1k0 to your roll.
Imperial characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 point.

Cost: 2 Type: Social

Ishiken-Do

You have that rarest of gifts, the ability to commune with the Void itself. This gift is similiar in many respects to the ability to speak to the kami, save that there are no naturally occurring kami of the Void; the Void itself is a living thing, both everything and nothing at all once. You may cast Void spells. Only shugenja may take this Advantage, and without this Advantage a character cannot cast Void spells. Phoenix characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

Cost: 8 Type: Spiritual

Kharmic Tie

Your destiny is not yours alone, but is bonded to that of another in some fundamental way. You may have been close to this other person during a previous life, or perhaps your destiny in this life will yet be entwined in theirs in some essential manner. Select one person when purchasing this Advantage. For each point spent on this Advantage, once per session you gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of all attack rolls made when fighting for or protecting the person to whom you are bonded.

Cost: 1 Type: Spiritual

Languages

The Empire has only one language with two dialects. The world around Rokugan, however, has a wide variety of nations and cultures, each with their own language. For 1 point, you may learn one human language from any surrounding culture, including but not limited to: the Yobanjin dialect, Senpet, Yodotai, Mekham, Merenae, Rhuumal, Thrane, etc. A non-human language, such as the Nezumi or Naga languages, requires three points and confers only the ability to understand the language and a limited ability to express very basic concepts verbally.

Cost: 1, 3 Type: Mental

Large

You are significantly larger than the average Rokugani, ranging in height from 6'0" to 6'3" in height. You gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of all Damage Rolls for any large melee weapon.
Crab characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Physical

Laughing Plains Native

You possess the traits indigenous to the people of Laughing Plains Village, from whence some distant ancestor of yours originated. Your dour and bleakly stoic outlook on life grants you a bonus of +5 when rolling to resist any Fear effect.

Cost: 2 Type: Mental

Leadership

You have an innate knack for leading and inspiring others in battle. Once per Round during the Reactions stage, you may add your School Rank plus 1k1 to the Initiative Score of one ally in a skirmish. This bonus lasts until the Reactions stage of the following round. An individual may only benefit from one use of this Advantage per Round.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 5 points.

Cost: 6 Type: Social

Luck

Fortune favors the mortal man. A number of times per session equal to your rank in this Advantage, you may choose to immediately re-roll any one roll you make, keeping the higher of the two results.
This Advantage costs 3 points for each rank you wish to purchase.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Magic Resistance

For reasons beyond your understanding, the kami are reluctant to involve themselves with you in any way. For each rank you possess in this Advantage, all elemental spells targeting you have the TN of the Spell Casting Roll made to enact it increased by +3. Maho, gaijin, and non-human forms of magic are not affected by this Advantage.
This Advantage costs 2 points for each rank you wish to purchase.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Medical Remedy

Modern Rokugani medicine can be used to replace damaged body parts – and in some cases improve upon them. In general, this advantage costs whatever the corresponding disadvantage is worth; replacing a missing eye would cost 3 points, as the Bad Eyesight Disadvantage is worth 3 points, replacing a lost limb would cost 6 points, as the Missing Limb Disadvantage is worth 6 points, etc. At the GM’s discretion, these implants could potentially grant additional abilities (a bionic eye could allow x-ray and infrared vision, for example).

Cost: 1 Type: Physical

Medium

You have a strong connection with the Spirit Realms beyond your own. Though you may not physically travel to the other Realms, you may project your spirit into them by entering deep concentration. Your spiritual projection is malleable, and whenever you encounter other spirits while in this state they will treat you as one of their own unless you choose to reveal your status as outsider to them.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Aranisu’s Blessing

The Fortune of Irony smiles upon you. Once per mod, you may switch the results of one roll with a willing target as long as both of you were required (or chose) to make the roll. You may switch with an unwilling target if you beat them in an opposed raw Void roll.
This advantage costs 3 points for Monk characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Azai’s Blessing

The Fortune of the Endless Void smiles upon you. You gain a Free Raise on any roll made to aid the operations of a starship.
This advantage costs 3 points for Mantis and Pangolin characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Ekibyogami’s Blessing

The Fortune of Plague and Pestilence smiles upon you. You gain +1k1 to any roll to resist the effects of disease, poison, infection, or any physical affliction – including curses and magical effects which create such afflictions.
This advantage costs 1 point for Crab characters.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Hikora’s Blessing

The Fortune of Oak smiles upon you. You gain 5 Reduction against the first source of damage in any skirmish.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Hofukushu’s Blessing

The Fortune of Vengeance smiles upon you. Once per mod when a target deals greater than 20 Wounds against you on a single attack (after Void Reduction), you may activate this technique to deal half those Wounds (rounded down) on your next successful attack against them.
This advantage costs 3 points for Lion characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Komashi-Okara’s Blessing

The Fortune of Sorrow smiles upon you. Once per mod, you may spend a Void Point and make some sort of verbal Awareness-based roll at a TN determined by the GM to induce a state of melancholy in a target. This may be a Performance roll, a Courtier roll, a Games: Sadane roll, a Sincerity roll – any social roll that requires you to communicate with someone in some way. This does not have a defined mechanical effect, but clever players could certainly find a way to use it to their advantage…

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Kurohito’s Blessing

The Fortune of Perfection smiles upon you. Once per mod, you gain +10 to the results of any one Unskilled roll. This ability may be used to make an unskilled Lore roll for which you do not possess the appropriate Lore skill.
This advantage costs 2 points for Dragon characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Jiro’s Blessing

The Fortune of Leadership smiles upon you. You gain +2k0 to any roll to bolster or emotionally support another person.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Jizo’s Blessing

The Fortune of Mercy smiles upon you. You gain +0k1 to any social rolls when dealing with ronin or commoners.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Muzaka’s Blessing

The Fortune of Enigmas smiles upon you. When you make any roll to attempt to solve a puzzle, you may ask the GM for one hint which they must answer truthfully. This does not apply to investigations, but to actual literal puzzles.
This advantage costs 1 point for Phoenix characters.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Namaka’s Blessing

The Fortune of Horses smiles upon you. You gain +1k1 to all Horsemanship and Animal Handling rolls.
This advantage costs 3 points for Unicorn characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Otemi’s Blessing

The Fortune of Recovery smiles upon you. All healing spells and medicine rolls directed at you heal an additional 3 Wounds per the healer’s shindoshi School Rank or Medicine rank. Additionally, no matter how badly you are injured, as long as you survive, you will be completely healed of your Wounds within 48 hours.

Cost: 6 Type: Spiritual

Sakura’s Blessing

The Fortune of Stories smiles upon you. Once per mod, you may spend a Void Point to use stories of your epic achievements to take one social action – securing a meeting with an important figure, overawing a magistrate, etc. – that would only be possible if your Status was two or fewer ranks higher than it actually is.
This advantage costs 3 points for Crane characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Tek’tek-kir’s Blessing

The Fortune of Names smiles upon you. You automatically succeed at any roll to recall someone’s name and personal history.

Cost: 1 Type: Spiritual

Tsugumu’s Blessing

The Fortune of Secrets smiles upon you. You may spend a Void Point to determine whether someone else possesses the Dark Secret or Bad Reputation disadvantages. This does not allow you learn any information about what those disadvantages pertain to; you simply know there are secrets to be ferreted out.
This advantage costs 2 points for Scorpion characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Benten's Blessing

The Fortunate of Romantic Love has showered you with her blessings. Whenever you are attempting to persuade someone, regardless of the circumstances, you gain a bonus of +0k1 to the total of the Social Skill Roll in question. This bonus only applies to persuasion, not coercion.
This advantage costs 3 points for Crane players.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Bishamon's Blessing

The Fortune of Strength has taken notice of your might, and has favored you with his blessings. Whenever you declare and make three successful Raises on an attack roll for the purposes of the Increased Damage Maneuver, you gain one additional Raise. Free Raises do not count toward activating this effect. You also gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of any Strength Trait Rolls.
This advantage costs 4 points for Crab and Lion players.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Daikoku's Blessing

The Fortune of Wealth has favored you with his patronage, and you excel in matters pertaining to wealth and mercantile pursuits. You gain a bonus of +1k1 to the toal of all Commerce Skill Rolls.
This advantage costs 3 points for Mantis players.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Ebisu's Blessing

You have captured the attention, if only briefly, of the Fortune of Honest Work, and his favor is clear to those who serve him best. You gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of all Social Skill Rolls made with citizens of Rokugan who are not members of the samurai caste.
This advantage costs 3 points for Unicorn players.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Fukurokujin's Blessing

The Fortune of Wisdom favors you above all others, and you reap the benefits of his patronage. Select one Lore Skill when you purchase this Advantage. Whenever you make a Skill Roll using that Skill, you gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of that roll.
This advantage costs 3 points for Dragon and Phoenix players.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Hotei's Blessing

The Fortune of Contentment finds you a pleasing tribute to his works, and favors you with his sense of serenity and his jovial nature. Whenever an effect of any sort, either a spell, Advantage, Technique, or other effect, would cause you to lose Void Points, the instigator of the effect must first defeat you in a Contested Void Roll. If the effect already calls for a Contested Roll of some kind, your roll is instead increased by +10.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Jurojin's Blessing

The Fortune of Longevity favors you, and as a result you can expect a long and healthy life. Whenever you are rolling to resist the effects of a disease or poison, you gain a bonus of +2k0 to the total of the roll.
This advantage costs 3 points for Scorpion players.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Nickname

Somehow, the pet names you give those around you – both allies and enemies – have a way of sticking. Spend a Void Point to create a nickname for an NPC, yourself, or a PC and it will stick. Everyone will refer to this character by this nickname. Note that some names may be immediately responded to with a duel to the death if the recipient knows you are responsible for them.

Cost: 1 Type: Social

Night-Trained

You have catlike vision in the dark. You never suffer any penalties for low-light or full darkness conditions.

Cost: 1 Type: Physical

Naishou Citizen

You are an inhabitant of Naishou Province, a proud and ancient area which has remained dedicated to the worship of the Fortunes through difficult times. You can buy a Seven Fortunes’ Blessing Advantage for one less Experience Point. With the GM’s agreement, you can later buy the Advantage again for a different Fortune, although you lose the original Advantage when doing so. Finally, you gain a Free Raise on all Social Skill rolls dealing with monks aligned to the Fortune for which you currently have the Seven Fortunes’ Blessing Advantage.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Nikesake Citizen

As a citizen of Nikesake, you have gained important contacts within the Crane Clan, and your prestige within court has increased as a result. You gain a bonus of +1k0 on any Social Skill Roll made interacting with a member of the Crane Clan. You also may purchase the Allies Advantage for one point less than normal when purchasing Allies within the Crane (the Ally still has a minimum point cost of 1).

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Paragon: Compassion

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

Any time you spend a Void Point to improve a roll made to directly help those lower than you in the Celestial Order, you gain +2k2 instead of +1k1.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Paragon: Courage

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

You gain a bonus of +1k1 to the total of any roll made to resist Intimidation or to overcome Fear effects.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Paragon: Courtesy

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

Any time you make an Etiquette roll to avoid an embarrassment or breach of honor, you add +2k0 to the roll.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Paragon: Duty

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

You may spend a Void Point on any Skill Roll or Spell Casting Roll to negate all TN penalties for that roll, including Wound penalties.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Paragon: Honesty

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

On a Sincerity (Honesty) roll, you add a bonus of +1k1. You may add this bonus even if you do not possess the Emphasis, but it would apply in the situation at hand.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Paragon: Honor

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

You may add twice your Honor Rank to all rolls to resist Temptation or Intimidation rolls, instead of the normal bonus.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Paragon: Sincerity

You exemplify the code of Bushido, and have taken one particular tenet to heart and made it your way of life. In addition to the benefit listed below, any time you gain Honor for exhibiting the virtue for which you have the Paragon Advantage, you gain an additional +1 Honor.
Lion characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

You may add a bonus of +2k0 to all Contested Rolls using Sincerity.

Cost: 7 Type: Mental

Perceived Honor

Others find it difficult to perceive your true nature, a fact that benefits you in concealing your sometimes questionable actions. For each rank you possess in this Advantage, your Honor is considered one full rank higher for the purpose of all attempts to discern it. Anyone attempting to roll Lore: Bushido / Awareness to determine your Honor Rank will determine the false rank instead of the actual Honor.
Each rank of Perceived Honor costs 3 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Precise Memory

You have an incredible ability to recall exactly things you have seen or heard. In any situation where you need to remember something exactly the way it was, whether the wording of something you read or the details of a person's physical appearance, you add a bonus of +1k1 to your Intelligence Trait Roll.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Prodigy

You are a marvel of the dojo, and your sensei believe that you will accomplish incredible things in your lifetime. Whenever you make a School Skill Roll, you gain a bonus of +1k0 to the roll.

Cost: 12 Type: Physical

Quick

You can react quickly to others, seizing advantage where previously there had been none. If you did not act first during a Combat Round, during the Reactions Stage of combat you may add your Reflexes Trait to the total of your Initiative Score for all subsequent rounds of this skirmish. This may be done each Round that you did not act first.
Ninja characters may purchase this Advantage for 5 points.

Cost: 6 Type: Physical

Quick Healer

Any time you are healed (whether magically or with the Medicine skill), you heal an additional 5 Wounds.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Read Lips

Either through natural ability or incredible patience and practice, you have the ability to understand what others are saying even if you cannot hear them, simply by observing how their lips move. When you are in a situation where others are speaking and you cannot hear them, you can understand what they are saying by making a Perception Trait Roll against TN 15 + 5 for every twenty feet away from you the speakers are.
Courtier characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Mental

Reincarnated

Despite having passed through Meido, you retain some faint recollection of your previous life. You gain +1k0 to any three non-School Skills of your choice (subject to GM’s approval). Any time you spend a Void Point to enhance a roll using one of those Skills, you suffer the effects of the Anachronism disadvantage for 1-10 hours. In addition, you will occasionally have dreams or vague memories from your previous life, which may or may not become relevant to your current existence.

Cost: 6 Type: Spiritual

Ruined City Shadow

Being stationed in the Ruined City is a dangerous assignment, even for the most sinister samurai among the Spider Clan. If the environment were not dangerous enough, the area is rife with potential enemies, and remaining undetected is the first priority for both Yotsu patrols and Spider operations within the city. You gain a bonus of +1k0 to the total of all Stealth (Ambush) Skill Rolls made in urban environments.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Rogue Leader

You are an ace among aces when it comes to piloting a fighter craft. You gain +1k1 on any Piloting rolls made within a fighter.
This advantage costs 2 points for Tsuruchi characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Sacred Forest Native

The spiritual folk of Sacred Forest Village consider you one of their own due to the nature of your ancestry, which includes someone from that region. You gain +1k0 to rolls with Lore: Theology and Lore: Spirit Realms.

Cost: 2 Type: Spiritual

Sacred Weapon:
Crab: Earth Breaker Tetsubo

4k3 Tetsubo.
You may spend a Void Point to enhance damage with this weapon as with a katana.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Crab: Kaiu Blade

3k3 Katana.
Unbreakable; -2 to target's Reduction.

Cost: 4 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Crab: Slayer’s Edge Axe

3k3 Masakari.
Add +3 to attack rolls when striking an unaware opponent.

Cost: 4 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Crab: Oyasu Ono

2k4 Ono.
Counts as Jade and deals +1k0 damage to tainted targets.

Cost: 6 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Crane: Heavenly Spear

3k2 Yari.
Can be thrown up to 50’, and deals normal damage when thrown.

Cost: 4 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Crane: Kakita Blade

4k2 Katana.
You may reroll damage once per Iaijutsu duel.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Dragon: Kitsuki Blade

4k2 Katana.
Grants a Free Raise when fighting any opponent who you reasonably believe is acting in violation of Rokugani law.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Dragon: Twi Sister Blades

Daisho.
+5 to the TN of all Disarm Maneuvers against you.

Cost: 3 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Lion: Akodo Blade

4k2 Katana.
Your honor rank is considered 1 higher than it actually is while carried.

Cost: 6 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Lion: Shingen’s Tessen

1k1 Tessen.
Doubles all Armor TN bonuses from the War Fans skill.

Cost: 4 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Lion: Safir’s Wroth

3k4 No-dachi.
Grants 1 Free Raise towards the Increased Damage Maneuver.

Cost: 6 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Mantis: Storm Kama (Pair)

2k2 Kama.
+1k0 to attack rolls when wielding both of them.

Cost: 6 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Phoenix: Inquisitor's Strike

3k2 Wakizashi.
Considered Jade against tainted targets.

Cost: 6 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Scorpion: Shosuro Blade

4k2 Katana.
Add +5 to the TN to resist poisons applied to blade.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Spider: Black Steel Blade

4k2 Katana.
Any exploding damage dice require the target to make an Earth Ring Roll (TN 15) or gain 1 point of the Shadowlands Taint.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Sacred Weapon:
Unicorn: Moto Scimitar

3k3 Scimitar.
+3 to Damage Rolls made while on horseback.

Cost: 5 Type: Material

Sacrosanct

Because of some great service you or perhaps your parents performed on behalf of the Emperor, the Son of Heaven has placed you under his protection. You may not purchase this Advantage unless you possess an Honor Rank of 6.0 or higher. So long as your Honor does not drop below 6.0, no one of Honor Rank 5 or higher may attack you unless you attack them first; their rigid code of honor simply will not allow them to blatantly go against the Emperor's wishes. Willingly entered duels ignore the effects of this Advantage.
Imperial characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Social

Sage

Whenever you make an Unskilled Roll when using a Lore Skill, you are considered to have one rank in that skill. Your TN on these rolls is 5 higher than it otherwise would be.
This advantage costs 3 points for Asako and shindoshi characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Mental

Sensation

You are capable of enrapturing the crowd, no matter the circumstances. Whenever you would be required to make a Skill Roll using a Perform Skill you do not possess, you are considered to have 1 rank in that skill.

Cost: 3 Type: Spiritual

Shadowed Heart

You have trained your mind to be nigh-inscrutable to those who surround you. Rolls made to discern your true intentions or motivations, including Social Skill rolls and Spell Casting Roll for any spells which might lay bare your thoughts, have their TN increased by +5.

Cost: 5 Type: Mental

Silent

You have a natural talent for moving silently at all times. You add +1k0 to the total of all Stealth rolls.
Ninja characters may purchase this Advantage for 2 points.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Sniper

You make impossible long-range shots seem routine. You gain +2k0 on any ranged attack roll at more than 200’.

Cost: 2 Type: Physical

Social Position

You have received an illustrious social appointment, whether through your own accomplishments or purely because of political reasons. You gain +1 Status Rank.

Cost: 6 Type: Social

Soul of Artistry

Your soul soars with the spirit of creativity. Choose either Artisan Skills or Craft Skills when purchasing this Advantage. Any time that you would be required to make an Unskilled Roll using a Skill of the chosen type, you are considered to have 1 rank in that Skill.
Crane and courtier characters may purchase this Advantage for 3 points.

Cost: 4 Type: Mental

Spy Network

You have access to an intelligence network that can provide you with a variety of covert information. Once per session if you can contact your spy network you can acquire a piece of useful information which would otherwise be unavailable. The GM has the final say on what you learn, but it will always be something useful to your current endeavors. This Advantage cannot be used in environments where it would be impossible to make contact with your spy network (e.g. wandering the desert, exploring the Shadowlands or the Shinomen Mori, etc).
Daidoji family characters may purchase this Advantage for 7 points, Scorpion characters may purchase it for 6 points, and Kolat characters may purchase it for 5 points.

Cost: 8 Type: Social

Stolen Identity

The city of Otosan Uchi was once the largest and grandest in Rokugan, and remained so for more than one thousand years. Even in its ruined state, there are secrets buried within that can reach across the face of an Empire. Among the ruins, you have discovered the trappings of another life, and can masquerade among the Great Clans in an established identity, complete with all the proper equipment. You may choose any one family and School from another Great Clan, as well as an alias. When using the Acting Skill to deceive others as to your identity, and using this alternate identity, you gain two Free Raises on any Acting Skill Roll. You gain the Outfit (but not the koku) of the selected School as well. Needless to say, getting caught in your false identity will lead to dire consequences.
Spider characters may purchase this Advantage for 5 points.

Cost: 6 Type: Social

Strength of the Earth

In your soul can be found the spirit of the mountains and the strength of stone. You can overcome injuries that would cripple other men. Your Crippled threshold is reduced by 5 x your Earth (10 at Rank 2, 15 at Rank 3, 20 at Rank 4, etc.).
This advantage costs 2 points for bushi characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Student of Shourido

Truly dedicated followers of the Way of Victory are able to prevail despite their rejection of Bushido. When rolling to resist Temptation, Intimidation, or Fear, you may choose to add +5 to your roll instead of adding your Honor Rank to the roll.
This advantage costs 6 points for Spider characters.

Cost: 9 Type: Mental

Technophile

You have a natural affinity for technology of all kinds. You gain +2k0 when using or repairing any modern electrical device. This does not apply to starships.
This advantage costs 2 points for Phoenix and Otter characters.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Chikushudo

You gain a bonus of +1k1 on all Animal Handling rolls.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Gaki-do

When you resolve an attack that kills (or knocks out) an opponent, you immediately regain a number of Wounds equal to five times your Earth rank.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Jigoku

You may add your Taint Rank to any attack roll and any Skill Roll or Trait roll that uses a Physical Trait. If you are Lost, you add twice your Taint Rank rather than your normal bonus. You may not take this Advantage unless you possess the Shadowlands Taint.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Maigo no Musha

When you are awarded Glory in an amount greater than 3 points, you receive one additional point.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Meido

You gain a bonus of +2k0 to Contested Rolls versus attempts to manipulate you in social interactions, such as use of the Courtier Skill.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Sakkaku

You gain a bonus of +1k1 on Sincerity (Deceit) rolls.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Tengoku

You gain a bonus of +2k0 on Earth Ring Rolls made to resist the Shadowlands Taint.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Toshigoku

When making a Move Action to get into range to attack an opponent, the distance of your move is increased by 5 feet.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 7 points.

Cost: 8 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Yomi

Select one School Skill. You gain a bonus of +1k0 on all Skill Rolls made using that Skill.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 6 points.

Cost: 7 Type: Spiritual

Touch of the Spirit Realms: Yume-do

You can recover all expended Void Points with only four hours of rest, rather than the normal full night of eight hours of rest.
Shindoshi characters may purchase this Advantage for 4 points.

Cost: 5 Type: Spiritual

Utility Belt

You always seem to have random objects on hand; no one knows where you keep these things. Once per mod, you may pull any mundane non-weapon item out of your pocket.

Cost: 1 Type: Material

Virtuous

You embrace virtue in your every thought and action. You possess one additional rank of Honor above your normal starting value (as determined by your School).

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Voice

You have a voice that others find pleasing in virtually every respect. You gain a bonus of +1k1 on any Perform Skill Roll that utilizes your voice, such as Perform: Singing or Perform: Oratory.

Cost: 3 Type: Physical

Void Versatility

You have a great capacity for drawing upon the strength of the Void as it exists within other elements. Select any one non-Void Ring. You may expend spell slots associated with that Ring to use Void spells in addition to their normal use.
Only shindoshi with an Affinity for Void spells may purchase this Advantage.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Wary

You are constantly on alert, always looking out for the unexpected. When rolling Investigation (Notice) / Perception against Stealth (Ambush) / Agility to detect an ambush, you add +1k1 to your roll.

Cost: 3 Type: Mental

Watanu-Trained

The Watanu ronin of Iron Heart Village are well known throughout the region for their superior skills in smithing. Select one Craft Skill related to the creation of metallic goods (not weapons or armor). When making Skill Rolls to create such items, you gain a bonus of +1k1.

Cost: 1 Type: Mental

Water Hammer Citizen

Your time spent within Water Hammer City has given you an affinity for crafting, even if you have not devoted your life to the pursuit of such things. You gain one rank in a Craft Skill of your choice (this may not take you over the maximum beginning rank of 4). When determining the time required to craft any particular item, the cost of the item is considered one coin type smaller for you (for example, an item that has a cost measured in koku would determine its crafting time as if it were measured in bu, and an item with a cost measured in bu would determine the time as if it were measured in zeni).

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Way of the Land

You are intimately familiar with a particular region, having traveled it extensively to the point that you know it as well as the interior of your own house. Select the lands of one family, a major city, or some other reasonably sized region. While you are within that region, it is not possible for you to get lost, and you know the location of any available resources to be found there.
Unicorn characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 point.

Cost: 2 Type: Mental

Wealthy

Your branch of the family is particularly wealthy, and they have granted you additional resources in order to facilitate your fulfillment of your dury. For each point spent on this Advantage, you gain one additional koku, to be added to the amount in your School outfit.
Crane, Unicorn, and Imperial characters may purchase this Advantage for 1 point less than normal (the first rank always costs 1 point).

Cost: 1 Type: Material

Well-Connected

Choose one court when you purchase this Advantage. One time each session per level of the Advantage, you may roll Courtier / Awareness at TN 20. If successful, you gain the benefit of one minor favor from someone else at court. This favor should not be something that inconveniences the benefactor, and it will only be a small piece of information (e.g. "the daimyo intends to go hunting tomorrow") or a simple bit of assistance ("I assigned you to a later guard shift"). The favor, however, will always be useful to some task you are currently pursuing.
Courtiers may purchase this Advantage for one point less.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Zakyo Toshi Citizen

Being raised in a city that wholly embraces commerce, gambling, and other such pursuits has allowed you many opportunities to improve your financial lot in life. You gain an additional rank in one Games Skill of your choice. The starting koku of your School’s Outfit is increased by 50%.

Cost: 3 Type: Social

Zatoichi

Where you’re going, you don’t need eyes to see. You are immune to any mechanical effects of the Blinded condition. You are still considered Blinded when hit by it – you simply ignore the associated penalties.
This advantage costs 3 points for Dragon characters.

Cost: 4 Type: Spiritual

Zero-G Training

You are well-trained in operations conducted in the vacuum of space. You suffer no penalties for acting in Zero-G (which normally confers a -1k1 penalty to all physical actions).
This advantage costs 1 point for Crab and Boar characters.

Cost: 2 Type: Physical