Samurai Resources (Teoryran World Supplement)
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The Red Shogunate actually have an economical system as opposed to the western Kingdoms.
- Salary
Samurai can be simple paid soldiers from privileged nobility with no home other than a barracks, or have their stake in the feudal commando economy. It is best to have both a little money and a little land.
- Feudal Property
Platoons of lesser samurai often live together in barracks and share the feudal land of a village or two. Feudal land can be a farm where you put your children to hard work. If you are an officer of higher sorts, you probably have a village that produces what you need for yourself and maybe even your soldiers.
- Money
Lesser samurai can expect requisition money or manpower from his clan if it serves his mission. Samurai can also command the lower classes to lend them money in the name of the Shogun.
- Obligations and Honor Debts
All samurai repay boons and keep oral agreements with each other. If a samurai has helped another samurai or has a family reason to feel obligated, they may offer services or help. If you save another samurai's life, you may own him for life depending on your rank.
- The Clan, Friends and Family
If you don't have feudal property, you can still get backup or confiscate a citizen's property with justification. The Clan is a security net that can send family members as proxies to the Shogun for you. Brothers or cousins will volunteer to help in any way they can. Superiors will lend you their entourage of ninjas and spies, if you need it.
- Manpower
Unless he is on a suicide mission, a samurai may request assistance. This usually takes the form of lower ranking samurai manpower. This manpower consists of peasant warriors from the nearest bastion. Higher ranking samurai are able to garner more support than lower ranking Samurai.
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