Editing Ryuutama (section)

==The characters==
The players assume the role of low power characters that are more in line with usual NPCs than of typical TTRPG heroes. The main activity they'll be doing will be travelling from one town to another doing different adventures and sometimes getting in fights fending off monsters that roam the land. 

===Classes===
Each travaller can be one of the seven following classes. The only difference between classes is that each gain three unique skills to be able to do certain tasks, but they are all fairly flexible in what role they can fill in the party, reinforced even more by the fact that at level 5 players have the option to gain a second class with all its skills or to make all the skills of their class stronger.


====Minstrel====
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A traveler among travelers, minstrels trek from town to town while showing off their skill in song or dance. The Minstrel has various skills that can support the party in a variety of situations.

Skill: Well-traveled; Knowledge of Tradition; Music
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====Merchant====
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Traveling tradespeople who exchange goods from various locales for gold and jewels. Merchants have skills that allow them to buy goods for cheap and sell them for a higher price. They are also good at negotiation using conversational skills.

Skill: Well-spoken; Animal Owner; Trader
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====Hunter====
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Workers who make their living amidst nature, using wisdom and technology to shoot down their prey. Hunters are able to find food in any land or climate while en route to their destination. They can even eat monsters.

Skill: Animal Tracking; Trapping; Hunting
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====Healer====
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Medics who earn respect from everyone by curing illness and healing injuries with herbs. You’ll want to make sure you have a Healer with you if you are traveling through potentially dangerous lands.

Skill: Healing; First-Aid; Herb Gathering
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====Artisan====
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Craftsmen who make useful things, beautiful things, delicious things, and other varieties of items. Artisans are able to fix things that break along the way to their destination. They can also create the everyday objects they need.

Skill: Trapping; Crafting; Repair
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====Farmer====
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Workers who lives in harmony with the providence of nature. In order to procure their food, they’ve got to set their hand to a number of different tasks, giving them practice with a single skill from another class.

Skill: Robust; Animal Owner; Side-job
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====Noble====
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A member of a noble house, they are accomplished in both the literary and military arts, and have been instructed in correct etiquette. However, nobles are not quite suited to outdoor life and are not very good at traveling.

Skill: Etiquette; Trivia; Weapon Grace
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====Navigator====
The first of the two supplement books added a new class called the Navigator, and an optional variant called Navigator (Pilot). The first was released in the free 2014 New Year supplement, while the second had a fan translation. Both classes deal with supplement 1's vehicle rules, the first applying it to water, while the Pilot only applies it to airships or other flying vehicles, suffering a -4 penalty to Navigation checks on the other. They both can however do it on land vehicles, and both gain a bonus to direction checks that is not penalized regardless if on land, water, or air.

Skills (Navigator): Navigation; Grog drinker; Repair

Skills (Pilot): Navigation; Shipwise; Repair
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====Koneko Goblins====
The second supplement released the Konekogoblin race as a playable option, which were also released in the free 2014 New Year PDF. Unlike races in most RPGs, this one gives you predetermined stats, being STR of 4 and DEX of 8, and allowing you to distribute a 4 and 6 between INT and SPI. You may notice that they start with slightly lower scores, but in turn they gain three skills. They still choose a Class and Type as well. This has further been used in Zeldatama, a Ryuutama hack set in the Legend of Zelda universe, allowing you to play Gorons, Hylians, and other Zelda races, though other hacks have made races give bonuses to stats and skills instead.

Skills: Jar Cap; Seasonal; Cat's Eye

===Types===
Players then have to choose one of three Types that determinate mostly how they act during combat but carry benefits outside of it. They can choose to either be an Attack Type, who gets extra health and deals extra damage, a Technical Type who gets extra initiative and carrying capacity or a Magic Type who gets extra mental points and access to spells. Magic is too fairly simple and low power level, with effects being usually handful support to help with the many checks that will happen during travel. As with classes, characters are able to get an extra Type at level 6, or to make the effects of their type twice as strong, like learning double the amount of spells per level.

===Roles===
Finally, the players must be assigned one of 4 different roles that give them extra responsability, as taken directly from the book these are:

LEADER: The person that keeps the party together. The leader has the last word on any discussion concerning the party. The leader also keeps track of initiative and turn order during battle.

MAPPER: The person that makes sure that the party is heading in the right direction toward the destination. They are responsible for the Direction Check part of the Traveling Check phase and keeping the Map Sheet up to date. A character with high {INT} is recommended.

QUARTERMASTER: This person keeps track of the party’s food and water, as well as takes responsibility for buying the necessary items for the trip. Keeping food and water in barrels and trunks is much easier than each PC holding their own. This person will be responsible for the Ration Sheet. A character with a pack animal is recommended.

DIARY KEEPER: The person who keeps a detailed diary of events that happen in the game, as through the viewpoint of their character. It might also be a good idea to have the diary written by all members of a party, switching off once every day or every few days, to get an interesting diary at the end of the journey.