Yaranaika
| If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it 鳴かぬなら、殺してしまえほととぎす |
| If the cuckoo does not sing, coax it 鳴かぬなら、鳴かして見せようほととぎす |
| If the cuckoo does not sing, wait for it 鳴かぬなら、鳴くまで待とうほととぎす |
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.
The campaign starts at Mythical Japan, where the characters may get involved in the power struggle...
The three senryū refer to the three most important people of that period: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Character Creation
Classes
Bard (Shijin)
Cleric (Bokushi)
Fighter (Bushi)
Komusō (lit. "straw-mat monk")
Majo (witch or magical girl)
Monk
Ranger
Rogue
Druids, Paladins and Warlocks are almost non-existent. (TODO maybe there's some local kind of warlock?)
Character Origins
Backgrounds
Homelands: China, Hokkaidō, Kansai region, Kantō region, North Honshu, South Honshu, Shikoku, ; 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
farmer
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.
Species (humanoid)
Species (yōkai)
Equipment
Bundles of 100 copper coins are the official currency. There are also silver and gold coins, and locally minted coins. For easiness, all coins normally have the same value as standard Coins. There's also koku, an unit of dry volume, about 180 litres, which was considered an amount of rice to feed one person for one year. Koku measured the magnitude of a feudal domain. A lord was considered a daimyō when his domain amounted to at least 10000 koku.
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