Takaai
Takaai is a huge towering man, with muscular forearms laced with
scars, short-cropped hair and bristling eyebrows and beard. He looks
the very picture of muscular strength - and he is. A dyer's son from
Aizu, Takaai neglected his family duties to drink and gamble with
other young men in his town. His size brought him to the notice of a
local gang leader who recruited him into the Machi-gumi, a gang which
offered the local merchants and farmers protection - at a price.
Takaai became a leading enforcer for the gang, but his aggressive
nature caused him to overstep the mark. Takaai was supposed to warn
off a new Doshin who had been interfering with the gang's activity.
When the Doshin reacted angrily, Takaai killed him - and 4 of his men
for good measure. After that, even the Machi-gumi could not offer him
protection and he had to flee town. However, Osawa had heard of his
deed and recruited him to his gang.
Despite his size, Takaai is not a bully. He doesn't go out of his
way to pick fights, but he is proud of his strength and his
reputation as a killer. If he thinks he has to fight, his natural
instinct is to pile in and kill his opponent as fast as possible. He
is particularly sensitive to other men who claim to be great fighters
- in that case, it doesn't take much to push him into a fight.
Sometimes, if the opponent looks weak, Takaai will ask the rest of
the gang to wait so he can finish them off himself.
In combat, he tends to use the chain to bind his opponent's weapon
arm, then drag them close for the coup-de-grace with his huge
sickle.
The other assassins in the gang are Masu,
Ujikiyo, and Osawa.
Although they work well together and will take some risks for one
another, they are by no means faithful comrades. If things go all to
hell, they wil seek to escape rather than risk their lives to save
one another.
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Char
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Val
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Cost
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STR
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20
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20
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DEX
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16
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18
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CON
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10
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BODY
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14
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8
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INT
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11
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1
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EGO
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10
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0
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PRE
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23
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16
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COM
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10
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PD
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5
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1
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ED
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3
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1
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SPD
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3
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4
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REC
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6
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END
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20
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STUN
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29
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Total
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69
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OCV
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5
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DCV
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5
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ECV
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3
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Cost
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Powers and Talents
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2
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FAM: Common Martial arts weapons
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4
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+1 OCV with chain weapons, +1 OCV with thrown weapons
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6
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+2 CSL with chain weapons
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3
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Concealment (11-)
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3
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Persuasion (13-)
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5
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Stealth (13-)
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3
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Forgery (11-)
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2
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Weaponsmith (muscle-powered weapons)
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4
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KS: Major traders and Merchant houses (11-), KS: Local
criminals
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2
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Contact - Okai of the Machi-Gumi
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34
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Powers and skills cost
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103
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Total character cost
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Currently carrying:
Armour: Light chain shirt hidden under Kimono. DEF 3 on locations
10 -14
Sword (1+1 d6 HKA)
Oh-gama (heavy sickle with weighted chain) :
Chain (3d6N. +2" Range. +1 to Grab etc. 7d6 with STR)
Sickle (1d6+1K AP - 2d6 AP with STR)
Plain Kimono, straw sandals.
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75+
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Disadvantages
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15
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Psch Lim: Aggressive in Combat
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5
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Rivalry - other warriors
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8
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Experience
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