Sanjuro

 

Sanjuro is a member of the Horimata family and therefore distantly related to the Arai Clan. He became a shinto priest while still quite young and rapidly rose in the temple hierachy. Although his talent for sniffing out dissent among his fellow monks earned him the support of several powerful patrons within the temple, it also made him many enemies. When the temple hierachy was up-ended after the disastrous rebellions in the Kanto, and the subsequent reprisals by several samurai lords against the temples that had supported them, Sanjuro felt it was time to take a long meditative retreat, preferrably somewhere far away from the Kanto. He came to Ariki, where, concealing his past career, he obtained the position of baliff on the strength of his tenuous family connection. Although the position comes with a house in the upper part of the town, he feels that his talents are wasted there and would prefer some position in the castle. Sanjuro is slightly below middle height, but heavily built, with a thick, corded neck and a craggy, forbidding face. This has been accentuated since he shaved off his beard and hair, to alter his appearance. His personality is not abrasive, but he is stubborn - even relentless. Although he might not appreciate it, he was born to the job of Doshin.

CHA	VAL	COST
STR	15	+10
DEX	14	+12
CON	13	+6
BOD	14	+8
INT	13	+3
EGO	9	-2
PRE	20	+10
COM	8	-1
PD	6	+3
ED	4	+1
SPD	3	+6
REC	6
END	26
STUN	31
Total cost		56
OCV: 5 DCV: 5 ECV: 3 Run: 6" Jump: 3" Swim: 2"	±2 with martial arts ±2 with martial arts

	Powers, skills, etc
4	FAM : Common melee weapons, Staff, Jitte
2	Perk: Priest (right to shelter and perform ceremonies)
3	Scholar
1	Languages: Japanese (native, literate)
4	KS: Shinto, KS: Kempo, Shinto Rituals, Monastery politics (all 12-)
23	Multipower: Temple martial arts training, 23 point reserve - also usable barehanded
1 (u) Bind weapon (21) +7 STR for bind only (-1), -1 DCV 1 (u) Defensive Strike (11) +1 OCV +3 DCV 1 (u) Legsweep (23) +7 STR (for throw only, -1), +1 OCV, -1 DCV 1 (u) Martial Block (10) +2 OCV, +2 DCV 1 (u) Martial strike (22) +7 STR (only for Strike, -1), +1 OCV, +2 DCV
6	+2 CSL with martial arts
3	Bribery (13-)
3	Bureaucracy (12-)
3	Concealment (12-)
3	Deduction (12-)
3	Interrogation (13-)
3	Stealth (12-)
3	Streetwise (13-)
69	Total powers and skills
125	Total character cost

Normal Equipment

Armour: Hachi and Haidate (only if expecting open combat) DEF 6 on locations 4, 5, 10-13

Good quality clothes

Tachi

Jitte

Rice-straw sandals

75+	Disadvantages
20	Hunted (Bafuku secret police, 8-, more powerful, NCI)
15	Secret ID: Sanjuro the baliff
15	Psychological limit : Hates disorder, like people to obey "the rules" (common, strong)

  

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