[UA] Ninja Magick Redux

[Chris Cooper]

--- On Sat, 5/31/08, Courtney <lynxa at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
> As
> far as avatars go, I REALLY like the Executioner for
> ninjas.  Being
> assassins they don't ever kill without payment in hand,
> and their
> orders always come from higher up.  

Yeah, but I think the orders from higher up can include hit money. They're not mutually exclusive.

I could also see
> Thanatomancer
> since they have so much ritualism and mystique built up
> around death.

I still get the impression that thanatomancers are merely "evil necromancers" out of my head.

> 
> The
> problem with trying to "ninjafy" UA is that
> ninjas are extremely
> diverse and usually come in large groups.  I could see a
> large
> (coterie? cabal? gaggle?) group of ninja containing several
> avatars and
> a mixture of cultists in order to do their jobs as quickly
> and
> efficiently as possible.

I do know that certain ronin who went to do hits, went with one or two associates, dressed identically, same equipment, but each with their own specialty giving the impression that their was one ninja possessing a godlike skill set. 

The legendary "ninja" came about from hearsay, unsubstantiated peasant milita, and careful PR work.

Theoretically, one could do a donut and use Cryptomancers as ninjas. Are the Cryps a bunch of gaywad homo pushovers?

C.