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Low-Honor Social Penalties

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Samurai are representatives of their clans, wherever they go. Even the gruffest bushi is an ambassador for his daimyo when he is in another clan's lands. Because of this, a samurai's clansmen will often judge him or her much more critically than any daimyo or courtier.

Optional Rule: Low-Honor Social Penalties

  • The Clans do not like samurai making them look bad. If a character ever drops below 1 Honor, his clan will be very upset with him: +10 to all the character's TNs in social situations with clan members.
  • If a character ever drops to .5 Honor or less for any reason, he will be on very thin ice with his clan and his ancestors -- +20 to social TNs with his clansmen, and the character loses his family's bonus.
  • If a character's Honor ever, ever drops to 0, he will be cast out of his clan as a ronin.