Advantages and Disadvantages
Core Book
Allies (GM permission)*
Blackmail (GM permission, permission of the other player if another PC is involved, who must take the Blackmailed disadvantage)
Blissful Betrothal (permission of the other player if another PC is involved, who must also take Blissful Betrothal)
Dangerous Beauty (alteration: works on targets of any gender)
Dark Paragon (Banned)
Darling of the Court (Banned)
Forbidden Knowledge (GM permission)**
Gentry (Banned)
Inheritance (GM permission for unusual items)
Kharmic Tie (permission of the other player if another PC is involved)
Sage (alteration: does not grant a "phantom rank" in any skill granted by Forbidden Knowledge)
Bad Fortune (GM permission, except for Moto Curse and Yogo Curse as required by family)
Bitter Betrothal (permission of the other player if another PC is involved, who must also take Bitter Betrothal)
Blackmailed (GM permission, permission of the other player if another PC is involved, who must take the Blackmail advantage)
Contrary (alteration: TN is always 20)
Dark Fate (GM permission)
Sworn Enemy (GM permission)*
Touch of the Void (alteration: Willpower test made before any test for which a Void point is spent to enhance the roll).
*New Allies and Sworn Enemies should be limited only to NPCs who are present in the area. Alliances or clashes between PCs will be handled exclusively via role-play, and will not be represented by any advantage or disadvantage.
**Forbidden Knowledge (Kolat) or (Gozoku) will be considered to be members of those conspiracies. Characters with Forbidden Knowledge (Maho) may begin play with one Rank 1 Maho spell known.
All other Advantages and Disadvantages from the book may be taken without restriction.
Enemies of the Empire
Inheritance: Trained Falcon
Shadowed Heart
Spy Network (GM permission)
Sleeper Agent (GM permission)
Child of Chikushudo
Medium.
All Advantages and Disadvantages specific to Nezumi are available to Allied Nezumi characters, by GM permission
Naga-related Advantages and Disadvantages may only be taken by characters with the Naga Ancestry Advantage (see below)
Emerald Empire
World of the Daimyo and Daimyo’s Path are
banned.
Great Clans
Enlightened Madness
Heartless
Void Versatility
Strongholds of the Empire
Characters may only take advantages and disadvantages from a single location, chosen at character generation.
Broken Wave Citizen
Broken Wave Stigma
Inheritance: Kobune (GM permission)
Clear Water Native
Clear Water Stigma
Dark Edge Native
Dark Edge Reputation
Inheritance: Asahina Blade
Nikesake Citizen
Nikesake Stigma
Ruined City Shadow
Stolen Identity (GM permission)
Ruined City Survivor
Inheritance: Water Hammer Armor
Water Hammer Citizen-
For this game, revise to read "Your time spent within Water Hammer City has given you an affinity for crafting, even if you have not devoted your life to the pursuit of such things. You gain one rank in a Craft Skill of your choice (this may not take you over the maximum beginning rank of 4). Once per session, when you spend a Void Point on your selected Craft skill, you roll +2k2 instead of +1k1."
Water Hammer Stigma
Imperial City Citizen
Imperial City Veteran
Imperial City Stigma (GM permission)
Trials of the Imperial City (GM permission)
Zakyo Toshi Citizen
Zakyo Toshi Stigma
Bounty (GM permission)
Wanderer
Imperial Histories
Imperial Scribe
Anachronism is banned.
Social Advantage: Ronin Family (Social, 5; required for membership in a recognized ronin Family)
Imperial Histories 2
Sacred Weapon: Owl Blade is banned.
Member of the Chrysanthemum Court is banned.
Naga Ancestry (GM permission)
Book of Water
Battle Healing
Book of Void
Reincarnated
Uncentered
Watanu-Trained. Iron Heart Native, Laughing Plains Native, and Sacred Forest Native are allowed, but cannot be combined with each other or any of the location-based advantages and disadvantages from Strongholds of the Empire or the Naishou Province.
Sword and Fan
Sage of the Sword and Fan
Strategist
Unexpected Allies 2
The versions of Allies and Sworn Enemy presented here will be used to represent NPCs not present, and may only be taken with GM permission.
Naishou Province
Naishou Citizen, which cannot be combined with any of the location-based advantages and disadvantages from Strongholds of the Empire or The Book of Void.
Imperial Archives
Student of Shourido (Banned)
Well Connected (GM permission)
Debt (GM permission)
Shadows over Naishou Original
New Advantage: Citizen of Kudo
Social, 2 points
Having lived among the Minor Clans, you are familiar with their ways and their quirks. You gain +1k0 on any Social Skill Roll made when interacting with Minor Clan samurai. (This may not be combined with any of the location-based advantages and disadvantages from Strongholds of the Empire, Book of Void, or Naishou Province.)
New Disadvantage: Kudo Stigma
Social, 2 points
Having lived among the Minor Clans, you find yourself looked down upon by Great Clan and Imperial samurai. They respond to you as if your Status is 5 points lower than it actually is. Receiving an Imperial appointment will mitigate this somewhat--an Emerald Magistrate is an Emerald Magistrate, after all--but you will still be treated with less respect than others in the same position. (This may not be combined with any of the location-based advantages and disadvantages from Strongholds of the Empire, Book of Void, or Naishou Province.)
About Ancestors
Most published Ancestor advantages will be allowed for the game. Due to the high cost of many of those advantages, Ancestors will not count against a character's maximum number of Advantage points. Note also...
- Ososuki & Akomachi (GC 170) are Fox Clan Ancestors, and are not available to members of the Mantis Clan.
- Characters of any Clan or other background can take Shadowlands Ancestors (Hida Atarasi, Kuni Yori, Chuda Bikimi, Yogo Junzo), but there will be consequences...
- Komori Iongi, Toku, and Morito Garen (SoE 244 - 245) are not available as Ancestors, as those characters are still among the living.
- Hida Heichi may only be taken as an Ancestor with GM approval.