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[Devastator]

You go to the dojo to finish off the week.  It's not the ideal time, with your leg hurting and all, but who knows when the ideal time will be?

Although you are slowed down noticeably by your wound, it isn't quite as bad as all that.  You do manage to pick up a few more tricks, and go over some of the things done in battle with your instructor, who doesn't seem that surprised that you'd have to defend yourself.

Anyway, you do feel you have learned something at the end of the week, although you don't think there is much more there to be learned here. the Wind school has some more advanced defensive techniques, and further training is available, but your dojo is a fairly low-end city dojo intended for beginning students.  Furthermore, they teach unarmed techniques.  Some things are fairly universal, but if you're fighting with a weapon, further unarmed instruction may not help much.
This week, you experience no dreams.

The weather continues fair with the flowers blossoming and the city full of sun and calm ocean breezes.

It's a good week for shopping and travelling, with the roads clear and a great many caravans and ships arriving.  The markets are full of goods, both mundane and exotic, in addition to more than the usual amount of travellers and rural folk, coming to the city for their annual purchases.  The city is full of action and there's much hustle and bustle going on, with people going about their business.

You have six actions available this week, as the weather is excellent and the city is full of people, so everything takes that much less time.

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Week 8

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
36 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Assassin's signet ring.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook.
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals.  Versatile dust triggering rune.  Thought communication? rune?  One ritual remains.
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.
Miscellaneous magical diagrams, captured from one of your dreams.  Uncertain accuracy.

Skills:
Charming, +1
Combat, +1/+1.  Unarmed combat training.  Also applies while armed.
Magic:
Versatile Dust triggering rune.

Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Upscale Weapon Shop.

[ZBridges]

I'd like to hear what others would suggest, but I thought it might make sense to get a referral from our current dojo for a more advanced studio that teaches a blade martial art, specifically something that would be appropriate for the type of blades we have.

[Superdorf]

I'd like to hear what others would suggest, but I thought it might make sense to get a referral from our current dojo for a more advanced studio that teaches a blade martial art.

+1

Also: we need a sword. A nice longsword, perhaps, for all-purpose emergency murderizing.

[Naturegirl1999]

I'd like to hear what others would suggest, but I thought it might make sense to get a referral from our current dojo for a more advanced studio that teaches a blade martial art.

+1

Also: we need a sword. A nice longsword, perhaps, for all-purpose emergency murderizing.

don’t we have one?
let’s read about Instruction on an unknown magical field

[Superdorf]

We've got a couple daggers. I'd like to have on hand something with a bit more reach.

[King Zultan]

I'd like to hear what others would suggest, but I thought it might make sense to get a referral from our current dojo for a more advanced studio that teaches a blade martial art.

+1

Also: we need a sword. A nice longsword, perhaps, for all-purpose emergency murderizing.

don’t we have one?
let’s read about Instruction on an unknown magical field

+1

[ZBridges]

We have two serviceable weapons, one of which is magical.  Do we really need more?

[Superdorf]

On a brutal realism front: knife-fighting is really dangerous. Unless this new dagger of ours turns out to be really unusually amazing, I want something long enough that we don't have to get into knife range in the first place.

On a heroic fantasy front: we're supposed to be a great hero, fit to break the forces of evil! T'would be only proper to employ the traditional weapon of such derring-doers.

On a shameless munchkin front: we're an adventurer. Why on earth would we not go about armed beyond all semblance of rationality? 

[ZBridges]

You don't fight the same way with a longsword as you would with a pair of knives.  Rather than accumulating more weapons and trying to learn how to use all of them, it makes more sense to me to learn how to use the weapons we already have.

A sword isn't particularly useful if you don't know how to use it effectively.

However, you might be right.  I think we should clear this up ahead of time.  GM: may I ask if there is a range bonus for using a sword in combat instead of a knife or two knives?  Similarly, does learning to use one type of blade give bonuses to wielding all types of blades?

[Devastator]

There may be bonuses from using swords (or other weapons) in combat over knives, yes.  It isn't a range bonus.  Some skill bonuses may apply to other weapons, and some may not.  Your unarmed combat training is being applied to your knife fighting right now, for instance.

[ZBridges]

If I'm understanding correctly, the extra range that the sword provides, to keep us out of knife range, is not factored into the game.  There isn't a range bonus.

At this point we do not know if skill with a knife transfers over to skill with a longsword, but admittedly it is possible.  At this point it is premature to buy a sword, as we don't know if training with the sword would give us skill with the knife or vice versa.

[Devastator]

Weapons may have bonuses for being weapons.  It just isn't a 'range bonus'.  Many swords are a flat +1 to combat, for instance, just for being swords.  Your knife, for instance, is a weapon that gives no bonus, but it counts as being armed.

[ZBridges]

Fair enough.  In that case, I would support buying a sword.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[King Zultan]

Fair enough.  In that case, I would support buying a sword.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.

+1 Sword time!

[Egan_BW]

Why not a spear?