"How have they been killed? Are all the deaths from the same causes?" Dai asks.
Matsu Niko scratches her chin and says, "Whomever is behind this is definitely unwise. So the going theory is that the Scorpions are behind this? Typical. Well is there anything else we should be made aware of before setting off?"
"How have they been killed? Are all the deaths from the same causes?" Dai asks.
"No," explains the aid. "One has died by poison, another had a hand cut off, and another was stabbed through the heart."
Matsu Niko scratches her chin and says, "Whomever is behind this is definitely unwise. So the going theory is that the Scorpions are behind this? Typical. Well is there anything else we should be made aware of before setting off?"
"We think the Scorpions did it, but Kachiko has denied it," said the aid.
Niko smirks, "Well, we need to get to the bottom of this."
Niko smirks, "Well, we need to get to the bottom of this."
"You will be meeting with Akodo Toturi," said the aid. He gives you two dockets with the Lion Clan mon on them. "You will need these."
Dai will take the dockets and asks, "Are we expected by a certain time?"
Dai will take the dockets and asks, "Are we expected by a certain time?"
"You are expected within a week," says the aide.
Matsu Niko says, Is there anything else pertinent we need to know?
If not, she will grab her things and get on the road.
"Yes, be careful of bandits!" the aide warns.
Dai nods and rises to leave.
The aide bows and shows you to his door.
Matsu Niko says, "Let's go. We will meet my family on the way."
It takes you two days to reach Lion lands. So, do two perception checks or tests. This is to check for bandits or ronin bandits.
Perception exploding 24
Perception exploding 24
On day two of your journey, Matsu Niko has discovered signs of an ambush.
Battle 5k3 =20
Battle 5k3 5d10 =20
There are four bandits rather than Samurai.
With bows, wakisashi's, and bamboo armor.
Matsu Niko whispers, "How do you want to spring this trap? "
Dai gives a shrug and smile and says, []b]"Charge them down before they scatter."[/b]
She shrugs and unsheathes he Odachi blade attacks the closest one, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 = 25 damage 4k4 +16
She shrugs and unsheathes he Odachi blade attacks the closest one, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 7d10 = 25 damage 4k4 +16 4d10+16
The bandits try to attack you, Niko. They raise their swords and attack, hoping their numbers can overcome a lion's rage. Oh, and you critically wound one of them.
Bandit swordsmanship 3k2 = 16
Bandit damage 3k2 = 7
Dai charges in!
Dai charges in!
Kenjutsu (Katana) 5K3: 5d10 ⇒ (10, 8, 5, 10, 1) = 34
Explosions: 2d10 ⇒ (7, 1) = 8 36
Katana Damage 4K2: 4d10 ⇒ (4, 3, 3, 10) = 20
Explosion: 1d10 ⇒ 5
Mirumoto, you seriously wound one. There are two left.
She continues with her Odachi blade attacking one them, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 =27 damage 4k4 +16
She continues with her Odachi blade attacking one them, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 7d10 ⇒ (1, 3, 9, 7, 2, 2, 7) = 31 =27 damage 4d10 + 16 ⇒ (3, 4, 2, 4) + 16 = 29
You kill one of the malefactors.
Dai will attack the one he is fighting again.
Dai kills another bandit.
She continues with her Odachi blade attacking one them, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 21 damage 4k4 +16 exploding 28+16 =34
She continues with her Odachi blade attacking one them, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 7d10 21 damage 4k4 +16 4d10 exploding 1d10 28+16 =34
Niko cuts a bandit in half. "I surrender!" says the last bandit.
Matsu Niko says, "Who is your leader and where can we find her?"
Matsu Niko says, "Who is your leader and where can we find her?"
"His name is Tatsuo," the bandit says. "No surname. Tatsuo is mighty in word and in deed. He lives in the Mountains between the Crane and the Lion."
Matsu Niko says, "Take us to him."
Matsu Niko says, "Take us to him."
The bandit nods, and then bids you to follow him. It takes an hour of travel, but you soon see a dark cave. "He's in there," says the bandit.
Matsu Niko whispers, "Summon him"
"Tashiro!" says the bandit. "Tashiro! Come out!"
You hear a deep voice, "Hai! Toki, is that you?"
Out comes the leader of the bandits. Muscular, with brown eyes, and a bottle. "Who are you?" he asks you Niko and Dai.
Matsu Niko smiles as she says, "My name is Matsu Niko, current Topaz Champion. Your boy Toki and his friends thought it prudent to attempt to ambush my colleague and I on the road. I present two choices: rope or steel."
Taking a defensive stance just in case he chooses steel: Defense 5k2 =14
Dai rests his hands on the hilts of his blade and watches the man.
"Rope or steel?" says the bandit leader. He draws his own Wakizashi. "Steel."
Niko smiles because surely the Gods smile upon her life today, lion's roar Kenjutsu 7k4 exploding exploding =42
damage 4k4 +16 exploding =48
Matsu Niko does a diagonal crescent moon attack whereby her blade cleaves the man from his trapezoid to his sternum leaving his digestive organs seeing the sun for the first and ultimately the last time. She then wipes her blade clean, not wanting it to rust.
She then says, "Negligence is an extreme thing."
You subdued them all.
Matsu Niko says, "Let's drop off his head to the local lord."
Dai nods and produces a bag and orders one of the men to hold the head as they travel.
Okay, one last perception test before you are in lion lands.
Perception 3k3