Foreign Mercenary

Your character was born in a country other than Japan. You served as a mercenary in a regiment under the Wako unit, and your service with them ended by one means or another shortly after arriving in Japan. Forced or choosing to remain in Japan (likely because of lack of boat fare), your character has decided to start living for themselves.

Gameplay Features
Mercenary Experience: Your character has learned to use Two-Handed, One-Handed, Bows, Light Armor, and Medium Armor.

Combat Veteran: +2 STR, +15% HP first 5 levels

Scary Foreigner: Has the Intimidation skill.

Lower Class: Your character starts with barely any wealth, but suffers no consequences when interacting with members of the Lower class.

Fraternity: Your character has a bonus to CHA checks against other members of their nationality.

Army Japanese: Speaks Japanese very poorly, higher chance for critical failure on CHA checks.

CHOOSE 1 GROUP

Mongolian: Your character can speak Mongolian.

Horsemanship: Your character can ride a horse quite skillfully.

Horse Archery: Your character suffers no penalties when firing from horseback.

Mongol Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to Mongol weapons.

Chinese: Your character can speak Mandarin or Cantonese.

Chinese Herbology: Has the Medicine skill.

Chinese Martial Arts: +2 DEX, can fight unarmed.

Chinese Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to Chinese weapons.

Korean: Your character can speak Korean.

Admiral Yi: Bonus damage against Japanese Upper class characters.

Seoul Sourcing: Access to Koreatown Import Markets.

Korean Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to Korean weapons.

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Viet: Your character can speak Vietnamese.

South Seas Pirates: Has the Acrobatics skill.

Southeast Connections: Has access to occasional goods from Southeast Asia.

Vietnamese Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to Vietnamese weapons.

Filipino: Your character can speak Tagalog or another native Philippine language.

Staunch Catholics: Has the Religion skill.

Pacific Connections: Has access to occasional goods from Indonesia, Polynesia, and Oceania.

Philippine Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to Philippine weapons.

Russian: Your character can speak Russian, and optionally one Turkic language.

Cossack Heritage: Your character can ride a horse quite skillfully, as well as having learned how to use Firearms on horses.

Russian Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to Russian weapons.

Oriental Connections: Has access to occasional goods from The Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Central Asia.

Westerner: Your character can pick two of the following languages: Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, English.

European Weapons: Your character is proficient with and has access to European weapons.

Japanophile: Doesn't suffer from Army Japanese.

Colonial Connections: Has access to occasional goods from Africa, India, and the Americas.