Homebrew

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Custom Personality: Kakita Tsuruke

This is not a conversion of my existing RPG character per se, but rather a conceptual representation of him based on the Custom Personalities rules and a little bit of my own Homebrew. He is aligned with the Crane, but built more or less on a Phoenix template, since the RPG character trained at the Shiba School through the Different School advantage.

Kakita Tsuruke:

Air: 4
Earth: 3
Fire: 3
Water: 3
Void: 6
TN: 7
Wounds: 3
ATT: +1
DAM: +1
#S: 2
Cost: 140 koku
Profession: Crane Samurai (Phoenix trained)
Glory: 4
Honor: 3
Skills: Battle 2, Leadership 3, Defense 2, Iaijutsu 1
Special: May lead Phoenix units without penalty. When leading a Phoenix unit in a Crane army, or a Crane unit in a Phoenix army, that unit's Cost modifier (including the cost of this personality) is +10%. Tsuruke is considered to have 2 honor when serving in a Phoenix army.
Equipment: Katana, Light Armor

Kenku Troops

The Kenku (AKA Tengu) are my favorite creatures in the L5R setting. They are a mysterious race of crow-men who usually are solitary, and are uncomfortable around large groups of people. However, they are known to be very wise, in fact the Crow itself is a symbol of Shinsei, and many of these crow-people follow his ways. Frequently they will share their knowledge with humans, in barter for the supplies they need. Also, their fingers are adept at using human tools and weapons, and many are masters of Kenjutsu. In fact, it is said that many of the great Kenjutsu masters of Rokugan had Kenku for teachers. Who knows what would bring these solitary teachers into the Clan War? It would be a dark day indeed that would bring the Kenku to the field of battle, but by the time the Day of Thunder comes, all manner of strange creature will have come to the battlefield, on one side or the other, to determine the fate of Rokugan.

For my Kenku, I use the Tengu models from Ral Partha's Bushido line.

These homebrew stats have not been playtested yet. When I do playtest them, I will post a report. If you get a chance to playtest them, and would like to give me feedback, email me at the address at the bottom of the main page.

Kenku Swordmasters

TN:        6

Wounds:    1

ATT:       +1

DAM:       +1

#S:        1

TL:        8

ML:        6

Cost/Model: 15

Affiliation: Unaligned

Honor: 1

Special: Nonhuman, Flight, May be led by Kenku Teacher, Kenku Teachers which are removed from table because their unit commander is slain may instead be placed in command of this unit. Maximum 1 unit, 6 models total.

Equipment: Katana

Kenku Teacher

Air: 4
Earth: 3
Fire: 5
Water: 3
Void: 4
TN: 6
Wounds: 3
ATT: +2
DAM: +1
#S: 2
Cost: 145
Profession: Bushi, nonhuman
Glory: 4
Honor: 2
Skills: Battle: 1, Leadership: 2, Defense: 1, Iaijutsu: 3
Special: Nonhuman, Flight, Individual. May join a unit as an assosciated personality. When assosciated with a unit, Kenku Teacher gives that unit's commander +1 ATT and +1 Iaijutsu, but is removed from table if that personality is destroyed. Kenku Teacher may buy one Air spell (at standard Koku cost) with a spell rank of Kenku Teacher's rating in that ring, or less. This spell may be cast as an Innate Ability which requires no scroll, and may not be removed from Kenku Teacher or destroyed. Spells which normally cause the scroll to be destroyed after casting may only be cast once by Kenku Teacher.
Equipment: Katana