[UA] Ninja Magick Redux

[Chris Cooper]

--- On Sun, 6/1/08, Eric Cazzoli <ecazzoli at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Eric Cazzoli <ecazzoli at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [UA] Ninja Magick Redux
> To: "The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List" <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
> Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008, 3:49 AM
> >
> >  > Hi all.

> The Warrior (with a "war on open war" or
> something compatible to the
> essential ninja traits) would work too

That's perfect. I think Courtney's example of a ninja party covering all the bases is the closest. Personomancy disguises, chaos mage sneaks, mechanomancy shuriken...

The
> romanticized version of
> Japanese history describes Samurai as honorable warriors
> and Ninja as
> dishonorable assassins, but this version was created in the
> 19th-20th
> century (mainly for dramaturgical purposes in stories). 

And grossly overembellished by cheesy 80's flicks. Go American Ninja!

> Spies and espionage
> were always an open element of historical Japanese
> warfare.

That's what I heard, as well as secretly hired covert ronin mercenaries.

C.