Game Worlds
Yaranaika
Yaranaika (Japanese: やらないか, yaranaika, 'Won't you do it?') is a campaign set in the world of Mythical East at the late 1500s. All the supernatural creatures, monsters, and magic of the Orient actually exist in this world. Some martial artists and ninjas actually have supernatural powers. Ki is a very real thing.
Character Creation
Classes
Cleric (Bokushi)
Fighter (Bushi)
Komusō (lit. "straw-mat monk")
Majo (witch or magic girl)
Monk
Ninja
Sōhei (soldier-monk)
Character Origins
Backgrounds
Homelands: China, Hokkaidō, Kansai region, Kantō region, Korea, Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, Gaijin (most from Portugal, some from Spain and Netherlands, rarely English). Ainu, Chinese and Koreans are not really considered gaijins.
Examples of professions:
butcher*
carpenter
chef
fireworks maker
fisherman
gatherer
grave digger*
jeweler
leatherworker
paper maker
swordsmith†
sword polisher†
tatami maker
†Highly prestigious professions.
*Traditionally only burakumin or foreigners work in these professions.