Shiki

A massive battle against your greatest enemy is fought and your clan is lost. Your master has resolved to die in battle, but you are forbidden to follow him. Instead, you must safeguard his infant son, Tadano Kozo, and spirit him away to your lord's half-brother in a neighboring fief within Suruga province.

You must be brave and cunning, for the enemy will be hunting you. And once the young heir is safe, that is only the beginning...

Shiki is an epic adventure anthology for Sengoku: Chanbara Roleplaying in Feudal Japan, written by Michael Montesa (pictured at left). Spanning a total of 18 years, the book contains four epic adventures, each set in a different period of Kozo's life amidst the backdrop of a different season. Each adventure pits the player characters against overwhelming odds, but they must prevail, for the very future of the Tadano clan is at stake!

Shiki contains four adventures for 4 to 6 Chanbara-level PCs; a complete backdrop and setting (Suruga province) for an ongoing Sengoku campaign; cinematic (yet simple) rules for running and resolving large scale battles involving the PCs as pivotal figures in the battle's outcome; an evil sorcerer and epic villain, In'yu; dozens of NPCs, dozens of adventure seeds for playing continuing adventures between the published scenarios, or even an entire campaign.

Shiki is compatible with the Usagi Yojimbo RPG and all other Fuzion-powered games, including: Champions: New Millenium and WildStrike! (by Hero Games); Dragonball Z, Bubblegum Crisis and AT Votoms RPGs (by R. Talsorian Games), as well as WildBlades! and Shards of the Stone: CORE (from Obsidian Studios)!