Allies Characters living on Asakaze may take take local characters as allies.

Asako Naokuni can be bought as Influence 4 / Devotion 1 ally.

Asako Chiruha can be bought as Influence 1 / Devotion 1 ally.

Asako Ryo can be bought as Influence 1 / Devotion 1 ally.

Asako Saneyuki can be bought as Influence 2 / Devotion 1 ally. Saneyuki may not be taken as an Ally without taking 3 point Obligation to Shinri-sect.


Atemi - Atemi emphasis is not needed to deliver Atemi attacks. The emphasis does convey the usual bonuses (rerolling 1's) for Atemi attacks.

Chi Protection - Willing ally is hit automatically.

Medium - Medium Advantage does not allow you to travel to Tengoku or Meido as both are closed to Ningen-Do. Visiting spirit realms via Medium Advantage does not incur Jealousy.

Shiba Artisan - Shiba Artisan R2 tech can only used to target one person per month.

Touch of the Void - The Willpower Trait Roll happens before the Roll the Void Point is used to augment.

Paragon of Perfection - Paragon of Perfection may not be applied to Unskilled Rolls as Unskilled Rolls may never explode. You are perfect, just not that perfect.

Prestigious Line
Status and Wealth purchases are discounted from the whole amount used. E.g. Status 4 would cost 6+6+6-2 = 16 xp. Wealth 5 would cost 5-2 = 3 xp. This worked differently in the previous two games and is now adjusted so that Wealth and Status are treated the same way. Characters who purchased this Advantage before this game get to keep the 'extra' discount they have.

Evil Eye - Evil Eye disadvantage cannot be fully hidden with contacts perfectly. Anyone observing the character will realize that there is something wrong with their eyes.

Horsemanship - Otori can be ridden with Horsemanship skill.

Craft: Explosives - This is no longer a low skill.

Fires of Purity
Neither the target nor anything he carries takes damage from the spell, but anyone who comes into contact with him or strikes him with a melee attack takes 2k2 Wounds. Missed melee attacks do not trigger Fires of Purity.

Strength in Terror
You can only add the difference between your Honor and that of your opponent to the total of attack rolls made when your opponent is capable of convincingly harming you. Wild bests and spirits count. Targets on a shooting range and beer cans don't.

Purity in Purpose and Deed
See above

Shooting while engaged
Firing a weapon while an enemy is at the melee range with the attacker will incur a penalty of -10 to the total of the attack roll.

Crafty, Sensation and Soul of Artistry
These Advantages do not grant you a phantom rank in skills where emphasis changes the type of the skill.
For example, Soul of Artistry does not grant phantom rank in Use Computers even if Use Computers (Music) is an Artisan skill. Use Computers is a Merchant Skill as far as Soul of Artistry is concerned. Similarly Crafty does not grant a character access to Use Computers even if Use Computers (Hacking) is a Low Skill.

However you do gain the phantom rank in the skill IF the emphasis would apply.