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[Heart of the Tiger]

How am I supposed to read the +1 to Ki Accumulation? Is it a +1 to one of your accumulations but you can choose every time you use techniques or abilities? I use it that way.
Or is it a +1 to all of your accumulations?

Also, what abilities would you improve or add if someone decided to put more creation points in this legacy? Would you just give +2 to accumulation, would you make it depend on what kind of weapon was chosen? Opinions please.
OR am I misreading the whole section and the Genus Loci and Lord of War abilities already are the improved ones you get if you put two creation points in it?

[Smilingknight]

I guess if you wanted to add an extra creation point, you could have the Legacy be of a greater Kami legacy, like the domo of swords, and give the bonus over an entire weapon type.

Another option would be to give a greater bonus to a single unique weapon that has been passed down through the family and is the physical embodiment of the Kami. So regular bonuses with katanas, double bonus with the family heirloom (which would probably already have a quality bonus).

I don't think there are any official extras you can add but those seem reasonable if not entirely equal.



As for the +1 to ki accumulation, I don't know. For the other Blood of Kami legacy, Genis Loci says that it is ALL the accumulations that gain +1 so I would go with that.

[exarkfr]

"The powers presented are for someone whose blood as been diluted over time.
IF the GM allows it, a  player can invest more CP to get additional powers"

=> the powers presented are for 1 CP


As for the Kami of War
"the heir gets a +1 to one specific accumulation"

[Heart of the Tiger]

As for the Kami of War
"the heir gets a +1 to one specific accumulation"

Do you mean that I have to choose the bonus to accumulation at the time of taking the advantage and can't change it? Well, could be, but that's not how it's written.

[exarkfr]

That's how it's written in French, at least.
"l'Héritier obtient un bonus de +1 à une Accumulation de Ki précise"

Could you give me the text in English ?


EDIT
Spanish text is "el Legado obtiene un bono de +1 a una Acumulacion de Ki determinada"

[Heart of the Tiger]

"... and the legacy recieves a bonus of +1 to Ki Accumulation."

[exarkfr]

Looks like they forgot a word... 

[Heart of the Tiger]

Doesn't matter, now that we know the intention behind the wording.

I'm just a little disappointed that there are no rules for adding more creation points to the legacy.

[Lia Valenth]

It's supposed to be open ended, I think, to allow a GM and players to have fun with it. But not having examples is a bit annoying.

[Heart of the Tiger]

I was thinking of something like this:

Lord of War:
for every creation point you invest in this legacy you get a bonus of 1 to one specific accumulation. You may choose the same characteristic for the bonus each time.
You also get access to a specific ability that varies depending on the weapon you chose for your first creation point in this legacy This ability is considered active if you run Ki energy through the weapon.

1st creation point:
As normal.

2nd creation point:
Katana, Wakizash, No-Dachi:
The Batejutsu Ars Magnus has it's initiative bonus doubled. Your blade's hardness increases by 10 points and it's breakage increases by 5 points.

3rd creation point:
Katana, Wakizash, No-Dachi:
Your blade's first attack after drawing it halves all penalies for hitting a specific body part. Also it's base presence increases by 10 points as long as it is energized.

Too powerful?

[Lia Valenth]

Sounds fine to me. Obviously tailored to a specific character as that these are not generically useful abilities (even for a person wielding the weapon). But that isn't a bad thing, just means you would have to make a different ability for each character instead of each weapon (which is probably easier).