Ide Duelist

Benefit: +1 Reflexes

Starting Honor: 5.5

School Skills: Defense, Etiquette, Horsemanship, Iaijutsu, Investigation (Notice), Kenjutsu, Any one Bugei or High skill.

Outfit: Sensible Clothing, Light Armor, Daisho, Any One Weapon, Horse (Unicorn Riding Horse), Kubi Bukuro, Salt Bag, Tatami Mat, Travelling Pack, 10 Koku

Techniques:

Rank 1 - Strength of Tradition

While you assume the Center Stance, you may add your School rank + ½ your Honor Rank rounded up to all your Assessment and Strike rolls. You gain +1k0 to your Etiquette Skill rolls.

Rank 2 - Law of the Unicorn

Spend a void point to reduce the damage on any of your attacks that would kill an opponent to instead dropping him to the out level. While mounted you receive a free raise to your Investigation and Hunting skill.

Rank 3 - Inner Focus

In an Iaijutsu duel, the number of raises that you can make is increased by your Honor Rank. When in the Center Stance, your Armor TN is increased by twice your Honor Rank

Rank 4 - Perfection of Style

You may make melee attacks with samurai weapons and jitte as a Simple Action instead of a Complex Action.

Rank 5 - Will of the Fortunes

A number of times per session equal to your Void Ring and only once per round you can spend 1 Void point to re-roll any roll. You add your Honor Rank to the new roll keeping the second roll in all cases. This bonus can be used in the Center Stance and stacks with Rank 1 Technique.