Bosan

Class Overview
The Bosan are the priests and monks of feudal Japan. Either born higher up or lower down on the ladder, priests and monks in Japan typically live in a shrine and spend their lives performing religious rituals. As martial arts are seen as a spiritual practice, it is one of the few activities available to a Bosan. This came in useful during the Sengoku Period, but now they primarily hunt evil spirits and monsters. Characters of the Bosan class would be expected to be a caster proficient with polearms.


 * Primary Attributes: INT, WIS

Class Features

 * The Elemental Wheel

Bosan spend their entire lives reflecting on all aspects of the spiritual and physical world. As the Bosan goes on their journey towards true understanding, they will learn to use the Elements.


 * Godai Learning

Bosan learn the elements using the ancient Chinese Wuxing philosophy, adapted to Japanese philosophy as Water, Fire, Earth, Void, and Wind (Void = Wood and Wind = Metal). These 5 represent the stages which life itself goes through every year, being roughly analogous to the old Chinese seasons.


 * The Effects of Wuxing

Learning an element in a specific Godai category gives different stat bonuses.

Wood: +1 CON

Fire: +1 DEX

Earth: +1 STR

Metal: +1 INT

Water: +1 WIS