Equipment

Samurai must rely on more than merely their own wits and prowess to secure their lord’s interests on the battlefields or in the courts. Countless arms, armor, and implements of war have been devised to suit any and every combat situation, while the courtier has an arsenal of their own to maintain, including clothing and jewelry, art and artist’s tools, and other signifiers of status. More important than the tools themselves, however, are the hands that have wielded them—the most precious items aren’t the most expensive to create, but rather the ones that have figured in the lives and legends of great samurai.

When a character wishes to acquire an item, they can buy it, requisition it, or find another means to obtain it, at the GM’s discretion. Every item has a rarity, which affects how difficult it is for a samurai to acquire the item through requisition (see below), as well as a price, which is the going market rate for such an item, if it can be purchased at all.