Name: Kakita Tama
Clan: Crane - Kakita
Appearance: In his late 30s. He wears a full suit of Samurai armor, which he took off a rogue samurai that had ran from his master. He carries a large katana on his left hip, and a sake bottle on his right. He has long black hair, which he keeps tied back in a pony-tail.
Profession: Swordsman
Bio: Tama was an incredible swordsman, very well known by any who use a sword. He had a habit of taking the sword of his opponent when he won. It didn't matter who it was. Those that didn't know Tama knew his alter ego. He was the Sword Beast. The Sword Beast would kill anyone for their sword. Whether it was a trained samurai, or simply a novice. No one could tell that the Sword Beast and Tama is the same person, but if anyone did, he would make a whole new bunch of enemies. His best friend used the swords to make new ones. His friend's name was Kame Sami. Kame Sami was a master swordsmith. As a team, they were unbeatable with Kame supplying Tama with the best swords around. But, Kame belonged to the Yogo family of the Scorpion Clan. Hence, there friendship was doomed from the start. Once, while Tama was out for a stroll at night, an assassin appeared and challenged Tama to a duel. He accepted, and they fought in the forest. During the fight, Tama's sword shattered. He managed to use a fragment from his blade to slit his enemy's throat. After the fight, Tama took the assassin's sword, but found something horrible. The sword was specially crafted by Kame in order to shatter Tama's blade. His friend had betrayed him, and Tama left. He now sits around in any bars that will take him.

Fire: 2
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 2

Air: 3.5
Reflexes: 3
Awareness: 4

Earth: 2
Stamina: 2
Willpower: 2

Water: 2.5
Strength: 3
Perception: 2

Void: 2

Primary Weapon: Katana
Primary Armor: Heavy Samurai Armor
T.N. to be Hit
(Reflexes x 5 + Armor)

Skills: Horsemanship-2
Kenjutsu-3
Defense-2
Etiquette-2
Sincerity-2
Iaijitsu-2
Torture-3
Archery-3
Nofujutsu-2
Techniques / Spells: Way of the Crane

School: (Look under the clans. To be posted later this week.)
Rank: 1 (see insight)

Advantages / Disadvantages:
Overconfident +3
Kakita Blade-3
Soft Hearted +2
Voice-2
Vanity +1
Compulsion +3
Ambidextrous -3
Crafty -3
Quick -3
Death Trance -3
Dangerous Beauty -2
Dark Secret+5


Glory: 4

Honor: (Dependant on School)

Insight: [(Sum of your Rings)x 10 + Sum of your Skills]
(Rank1: 0-150 pts
Rank2: 151-175 pts
Rank3: 176-200 pts
Rank4: 201-225 pts
Rank5: 226-250 pts)
Experience Points: (I'll give these out and instructions for their use when the RP starts)

Wounds (Earth ring x 2)
-0:
-1:
-2:
-3:
-4:
Down:4
Out:4
Dead:4

Sworn Enemy: Yogo Sami

Allies and Enemies: Yogo Sami-enemy

Weapons and Equipment: (All items are of fine quality) bow, 20 arrows, katana, wakizashi, Grappling Chain, heavy armor, helm, kimono, traveling pack, steed, 10 koku

Gifts, Bestowments and Recognitions: (None yet)

History and Glorious Deeds: (None yet)

Geez, that was hard.

Crane family names are Daidoji, Doji, Kakita, and Asahina, Also you don't have an ally since you pruchased neither the True friend, or ally advantage.

I know. I couldn't find a place to put the family. I'll do it now.

Also deadliness is not a skill.

Really? But it was in the skills.....

Alright, I'll change it.

Things to change.

Kakita Tama or Kakita Kayate.

I'd recomend Defense over traps. Also if you want to not hurt yourself with your chain. you need nofujutsu. To bad that it's considered a low skill, You'll lose one point of honor for every point of skill you take in nofujutsu.


I seriously reccomend trimming the fat here. Having as few disadvantes as possible is best. Cause invariably they all come to bite you in the ass latter.


Either true friend or Ally for you to have an ally. Sworn enemy or nemesis to have an enemy. also from your bio his name would be Yogo Kame

Got it. Like I said, it took a while. There was quite a bit to read.

It's worse if your a shugenja. I reccomend the Kakita school.

Which is why I chose it.

You know, you use Iaijutsu instead of Kenjutsu for sword fighting. You only need a one in Kenjutsu and a 3 in Iaijutsu and for terms of fighting you have a 3 in both. that would give you an extra skill point. Also for your bio I'm giving you the social disadvantage Ronin.