Alternate Paths
If you take an alternate path, normally that path technique replaces the same rank technique in your base school (Hida Berserker replaces the rank 2 Hida Bushi technique, for example). You can choose to have it work that way, or if you want, you can choose to pick up the ‘replaced’ technique when you reach the next insight rank. So in our previous example, at Insight Rank 3, the Crab who took the Hida Berserker alternate path at Insight Rank 2 could decide to take the Hida Bushi Rank 2 technique and then continue up the Hida Bushi school from there. It would cause you to defer your school’s higher ranked techniques until later, but it would mean you don’t have to lose out on a technique entirely.
Altered Skills
General Note: You won’t always roll the Trait with a Skill that the rulebook says you will. Kenjutsu, for instance, is normally rolled with Agility, to attack someone, but you might roll Perception + Kenjutsu to assess another swordsman’s ability, or the quality of a sword you’re examining. As another example, Athletics will be rolled with Strength only for athletic tasks where strength is the primary physical attribute (lifting things, climbing, etc.). Running an obstacle course or chasing someone through a crowded market place would be Agility + Athletics or Reflexes + Athletics.
Lore (Your Clan): Add your Insight rank to the total of your roll when rolling your Lore (Your Clan) skill
Altered Advantages
Wealth: Each point of wealth gets you 10 koku, not 2 koku, and also adds 10 koku/year to your stipend
Mechanical Changes
Normally, for Wound Ranks, you get your Earth * 5 at the Healthy level and Earth * 2 for all other ranks. I’m modifying that to give you your Earth * 5 at Healthy, your Earth * 2 for Nicked through Down, and then your Earth * 5 again for the Out rank.
Equipment and Money
1 koku = 12 bu = 336 zeni
On the first of every year, you receive a stipend from your lord. This stipend equals your Status Rank plus your Insight Rank times 10 koku.
