How to Create a Character

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In order for a character submission to be considered, it must have the following items:
1) A character sheet
2) A fulsome background/back story for the character
3) A House your character comes from. Houses may be either selected from the Other Houses, Other Clans compendium of houses thread (link) or created by you in bespoke fashion using the House Creation rules thread (link), which can be a good time and gives you another way to influence the campaign. 9/10, would recommend.
4) Answers to the Additional Questions listed below.

Brass Tacks
Characters will be built with 125 points. Characters must have rank 3 in Etiquette and either an Influence or Status rank of 2. Characters without these things are not suitable for Winter Court.

All player characters will be Great Clan samurai or Brotherhood monks. Minor clans, Imperial Families, and Ronin may open up in later games in the campaign, but we need them to be NPC delegations for this game.

Please read carefully the discussions of the Great Clans and their leaders in the campaign almanac before making your decision–some clans look a little different this far in the past than we might be used to. As a suggestion–-consider playing a clan that you are unused to or do not have strong preconceptions about and see what kinds of stories you think would be interesting to bring to them.


Additional Character Creation Questions

In addition to your character sheet, background, House selection or original House stats and write-up, please include in your submission the answers to the following game-specific questions. Your answers to these questions will inform your game experience.

1. What justifies your having a place in your clan's delegation to the Imperial Court?

Every position on a delegation is important, and the pool of candidates is quite large. Why you and not someone else? Are there flaws in the personality or design of your character that would in other circumstances cause your superiors or delegation head to have reservations about you? If so, why and how were they overridden?

2. What does your family owe and to whom for your receiving your spot on your delegation?

Each position on a delegation to the Imperial Winter Court represents the end of a year of political maneuvering. No one would be so foolish as to give one away for free. Alright, perhaps some people are. But even so, social rules will have created obligations that must be repaid. Perhaps your family had to give up something precious. Perhaps your merit was recognized in return for a favor to be named later. There are many permutations here, but the specifics must be hammered out.

When you have the above things completed and it is December 27th or later, you may submit your character to windrisegm@gmail.com

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Please use the following format to submit your character sheet.

Name:
School Rank: (Insight)

Honor:
Glory:
Status:
Influence:

Rings [Points Spent] Please mark your Family and School bonuses with an asterisk (*).
Earth:
Stamina:
Willpower:

Water
Strength:
Perception:

Fire:
Agility:
Intelligence:

Air:
Reflexes:
Awareness:

Void:

Skills [Points Spent] Please mark your school skills with an asterisk.
Skill: Rank
Skill: Rank

Advantages [Points Spent]

Disadvantages [Points Spent]

Character Background


House
Name:
Location:

Defense:
Influence:
Lands:
Law:
Population:
Power:
Wealth:

Age:
Events

Defense
Kind of defensive structure [points spent]

Lands
1 ri of Mountains, with a small town and a ruin [points spent]

Units
2 units of Veteran Samurai Infantry [Points spent]
1 unit of Elite Ashigaru Archers [Points spent]

Background/History:


Characters
Lord Miono Goro [Influence 3]
Lady Miono Suzako [Influence 2]

Miono Ichiro [Influence 2]
Miono Nanako [Influence 1]
Miono Tetsu [Influence 1]

Granny Miono [Influence 2]

[Asako Emiko]

Here is an example character. Sasaki Emiko will be showing up to demonstrate events and so on over the course of the game. Please be kind to her!

Name: Asako-ke no kashin Sasaki Emiko
School Rank: Asako Loremaster 2 (159 Insight)

Honor: 6.5
Glory: 2
Status: 1
Influence: 2

Rings [98 points] Please mark your Family and School bonuses with an asterisk (*).
Earth: 3
Stamina: 3
Willpower: 3

Water 2
Strength: 2
Perception: 3

Fire: 2
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 4*

Air: 3
Reflexes: 3
Awareness: 4*

Void: 3

Skills [30 points spent] Please mark your school skills with an asterisk.
Artisan: Calligraphy 3
*Courtier (Gossip) 3
*Etiquette (Courtesy*) 3
Games: Go 1
Games: Letters 1
Investigation 1
Lore: Crane Clan 1
*Lore: History 1
Lore: Imperial Families 1
Lore: Law 1
*Lore: Lion Clan 1
*Lore: Theology (Fortunes*) 1
*Meditation 1
Perform: poetry 1
*Sincerity (Honesty) 2
Tea Ceremony 1

Advantages [6 points]
Ally: Michishita Erina (1/2)
Luck 1

Disadvantages [10 points]
Doubt: Etiquette (4)
Fascination: Powerful Women (1)
Idealistic (2)
Obligation: Isawa Orimitsu (3)

Character Background
Would go here.

House: House Sasaki of the Asako, Other Houses, Other Clans Thread.