Goju Namazu
Spider Clan
Spider Clan. Monk. Shugenja. Master of Void.
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Post by Goju Namazu on Jan 14, 2011 7:05:47 GMT -5
For those of you who've played the RPG, what are some of your most memorable Tainted / Spider characters?
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Kakita Natsumi
Crane Clan
Enlightened Duelist of the FAQ Team
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Post by Kakita Natsumi on Jan 14, 2011 7:13:44 GMT -5
Well, i play without Spider as the game is set Pre-SCC. But i had one Crane Duelist looking to redeem his family honor and struggling to keep his taint hidden.
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
Spider Clan
Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Jan 14, 2011 8:35:29 GMT -5
I've never actually played a tainted character before, no one ever lets me.
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Post by Shoju on Jan 14, 2011 9:10:32 GMT -5
My first RPG character was Togashi Shoju. He took the name of his former clan champion upon becoming a Togashi Monk. During the campaign, I contracted the taint trying to save a village from an Ogre Attack.
Because I was a Yogo prior to being a Togashi, I had the curse, which we roleplayed me struggling with. The Curse made me very conflicted, and Curse + Taint = a lot of fun
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Goju Namazu
Spider Clan
Spider Clan. Monk. Shugenja. Master of Void.
Posts: 39
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Post by Goju Namazu on Jan 14, 2011 12:34:32 GMT -5
I've got to say that my favorite was Toritaka Hideo, who had been abducted as a child, raised untainted by the Spider hidden in Crab territory and trained in the Toritaka Bushi school. All his knowledge of ghosts, spirits, gaki, and tainted things didn't stand out since he was a Toritaka, his long scouting missions alone into the near Shadowlands didn't raise any eyebrows, and his obsessive penchant for collecting jade just seemed like a good idea. For most of the campaign, the party was tasked with rooting out Spider cells and conspiracies (this was in the recent storyline time where tainted Spider were to be hunted down). While he never actually harmed any party members, he would arrange for the party to find decoy cells and destroy them instead of the real ones, plant evidence to lure them into other directions, or allow key enemies to escape. He also made koku on the side selling the location of caches of controlled substances and contraband material that the party found to smugglers. And since I never actually interfered with the other character's enjoyment of the game, no one knew and everyone had fun. It was great fun, but the only downside to playing a party-friendly Spider character like that is that you and the DM are the only people who really know what you're doing and so you can't really share your exploits. After a while it feels a bit like you're just writing your own fan fiction instead of roleplaying.
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Post by daigotsukentaro on Apr 5, 2011 20:56:40 GMT -5
Haven't gotten to, yet. But must say that the 4th Ed Spider Monk tickles my fancy. Finally, a monk that looks like a sohei, and not Kung Fu.
Oh yeah, a warrior monk, heavily armored, with a naginata? Damn right, that's my first choice.
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