Tales of the Jewel

Moto Bushi (Warrior)

Owing to their descent from the wild, nomadic, barbarian tribes of the northern steppes, the Moto practice an unfettered fighting style that makes them awe-inspiring opponents on the battlefield.

The Moto Bushi are cavalry raiders, striking quick and hard, a role around which their Techniques are unabashedly centered. They excel at the Full Attack Stance, and many of their Techniques are geared towards allowing them to do additional damage with any of an assortment of weaponry.

Benefit: +1 Strength
Skills: Athletics, Defense, Horsemanship, Hunting, Swordsmanship (Scimitar), any one Warrior Skill, any one Skill
Honor: 3.5
Outfit: Riding or Heavy Armor, Sturdy Clothing, Scimitar, Heavy Weapon or Polearm, Traveling Pack, Horse (Unicorn riding horse), 5 koku, any one weapon

Techniques

Rank 1: The Way of the Moto
The Moto combat style is a wild, unfettered fury that intimidates witnesses. You may wield any two-handed weapon with one hand (except for bows). You gain a bonus of +1k0 to damage rolls while mounted, using a scimitar, or while using a two-handed melee weapon (these bonuses do not stack).

Rank 2: Mekhem's Smile
The Moto are famed for slicing their enemies' throats from ear to ear, a gruesome display they proudly call Mekhem's Smile. You take advantage of your opponent's weakened state, gaining a bonus to your attack rolls equal to half of his Wound Rank TN penalties, rounded down. For example, if your opponent is unhurt and in the Healthy Wound Rank, you do not gain a bonus. If your opponent is in the Crippled Wound Rank, you gain a bonus of +10 to the total of attack rolls.

Rank 3: Desert Wind Strike
Power and precision are equally valuable to the Moto. You may make attacks as a Simple Action instead of a Complex Action when using a melee weapon.

Rank 4: The Charge of Madness
The Moto fighting style is utterly relentless, allowing him to move from one foe to another without ceasing. Once per skirmish, if you successfully bring a target down to the Out Wound Level, you may immediately make an additional attack as a Free Action. This attack may not target the same target as the attack that activated Technique. You may not make Raises on this attack.

Rank 5: Moto Cannot Yield
A Moto never surrenders. While mounted or while assuming the Full Attack Stance you keep an additional number of damage dice equal to half your strength, rounded down. You only gain this bonus while wielding a two-handed weapon or a weapon with the Samurai keyword.

Moto Fanatic (Warrior)

The Moto prefer an extremely aggressive outlook on warfare. Moto warriors use the mobility of their horses to quickly close the gap to their enemy, and the Fanatics fully embrace that ideal of war. They charge the front lines of opposing armies with alarming frequency, often suffering surprisingly few casualties for their brash behavior. It seems these Fanatics survive the harshest battlefields through a mixture of skill and compete disregard for their own safety. They believe an all-out crazed assault disorients the enemy, forcing them to commit mistakes they would otherwise avoid, and their success would seem to prove the point.

Replaces: Moto Bushi School 4
Technique: Reckless Abandon - The Moto Fanatic charges into the thick of battle with no thought to his own safety. If you are in the Full Attack Stance, you may spend a Void Point as a Simple Action to activate this Technique. You gain Reduction equal to your School Rank so long as your remain in the Full Attack Stance.

Moto Raider (Warrior)

The Moto are ruthless and hardy raiders. No matter how often the Caliph, Dahabi merchants, or other forces think they have quashed them the Moto always return striking from their hidden oases encampments.

Benefit: +1 Agility
Skills: Athletics, Defense, Hunting, Swordsmanship, Archery, Stealth, Horsemanship
Honor: 1.5
Outfit: Light Armor, Sturdy Clothing, Scimitar, any 1 weapon, Horse (Unicorn riding horse), Traveling Pack, 2 copper

Technique: Strength of the Sands - The Moto Raiders are a formidable group who allow only the toughest and most durable of their warriors to join their bands. You gain additional Wounds per Wound Rank equal to your Stamina. You may also add your Stamina to the total of all damage rolls resulting from melee attacks.

Moto Outriders (Warrior)

Among the Moto raiders the Outriders are those to strike first against their targets. Taking them unaware and often ensuring victory before the battle even starts.

Benefit: +1 Strength
Skills: Athletics, Defense, Horsemanship, Hunting, Swordsmanship, Archery, any 1 Skill
Honor: 4.5
Outfit: Partial Armor or Light Armor, Sturdy Clothing, Scimitar, Bow with 20 Arrows or Knife, Horse (Unicorn riding horse), Traveling Pack, 1 copper

Technique: Heaven’s Curse - The sheer ruthless, nature of the Moto Outriders' fighting style overwhelms their targets. Whenever you surprise an opponent in a skirmish, you may double your Strength for the purposes of determining how many damage dice you roll on that attack.

Moonless Riders (Warrior)

The Moonless Riders are an extremely small and specialized group. The Riders specialize in cavalry tactics – but unlike most they train at night. As a result they are among the preeminent nocturnal scouts and couriers in the Sands.

Technique Rank: 2
Requirements: Horsemanship 3, Way of the Land
Replaces: Moto Bushi 2

Technique: Moving the Shadow – Moonless Riders are experts at all things nocturnal. You do not suffer any penalties that might be incurred due to natural darkness. When active at night or in other forms of darkness (such as a basement or cave), you gain a bonus of +2k1 instead of +1k1 when you spend a Void Point to enhance any non-Weapon Warrior Skill.