Law Enforcement Upbringing
Resumo
- Anéis
- +1
Earth ou 
Air - Perícias
- +1 Government, +1 Command
- Status
- +5
- Riqueza inicial
- 1 koku
Descrição
In Rokugan, one of the most common forms of traditional law enforcement, apart from regular samurai who are expected to uphold the Emperor’s will and the tenets of Bushidō at all times, are dōshin. Dōshin are deputies to a yoriki, a permanent magistrate’s assistant. Their powers are normally restricted to the routine investigation of crimes involving commoners. They may also have the authority to take up arms and assemble enforcers, particularly to eliminate bandits. As the lowest-ranking law enforcement authorities within Rokugan, they stand at the boundary between government and governed, justice and chaos, samurai and heimin. There, they learn the nuances of the shades of grey in the way the Empire operates. They have learned how they can enforce what laws they can while wrestling with organized crime, but they have also seen how the law can be undercut by those of greater status and rank.
A dōshin learns to play politics to keep the peace and might ignore a samurai’s indulgence in criminal activities. On the other side of the divide, while a dōshin must make heimin suffer more under the weight of the law, the dōshin must also balance the need to enforce the law against the power of an angry mob, especially when only a few fellow deputies are available as backup.
Texto do livro
Path of Waves – The Essential Guide to Rōnin · Chapter 2: Creating a Character › Part I: Core Identity (Region and Upbringing) › 2. What was yur character’s upbringing? · p. 45
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In Rokugan, one of the most common forms of traditional law enforcement, apart from regular samurai who are expected to uphold the Emperor’s will and the tenets of Bushidō at all times, are dōshin. Dōshin are deputies to a yoriki, a permanent magistrate’s assistant. Their powers are normally restricted to the routine investigation of crimes involving commoners. They may also have the authority to take up arms and assemble enforcers, particularly to eliminate bandits. As the lowest-ranking law enforcement authorities within Rokugan, they stand at the boundary between government and governed, justice and chaos, samurai and heimin. There, they learn the nuances of the shades of grey in the way the Empire operates. They have learned how they can enforce what laws they can while wrestling with organized crime, but they have also seen how the law can be undercut by those of greater status and rank.
A dōshin learns to play politics to keep the peace and might ignore a samurai’s indulgence in criminal activities. On the other side of the divide, while a dōshin must make heimin suffer more under the weight of the law, the dōshin must also balance the need to enforce the law against the power of an angry mob, especially when only a few fellow deputies are available as backup.