Illustrations for Way of the Samurai (PFRPG)

[Jaxilon]

"Behold this paper bird, for it will soon be where the sun does not shine."

Hehe, just my first ridiculous thought. I'm full of those though.

I think those crests are cool.

[Gamerprinter]

Here's my complete set of House crests (kammon) for the supplement. These are real house crests, but I did not assign family names to each, rather making them available for choice as one's own house crest. While many of these crests belong to families that aren't known by the general public, the last kammon design in the second to the bottom row is Honda (for example).

Interestingly, Japanese house crests are generally based on plants and flowers (as well as most Samurai clan names are also plants, flowers, rivers, mountains.) Unlike the European use of lions, dragons and bears (oh my). The flowers and plants most prevalent within the regions of each family usually becomes their symbol and even clan name.

[Gamerprinter]

Next illustration ... the Teppou Bushi (for those wanting to play a gunslinger in Kaidan)

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This one is the Kuge Samurai archetype. The Kuge is a noble born samurai of high station given more diplomacy and courtly skills than the standard samurai and destined for a senior bureaucratic position in Kaidan society. (He starts his samurai class levels two levels later than his base skills.) Although less martially trained than the standard samurai, since Kaidan society leans towards who you are and not what skills you have, the kuge is given higher standing above his peers.