Shinobi (TCG)

Shinobi was a covert agent who excelled in espionage, sabotage, infiltration, assassination and guerrilla warfare. They usually dressed in jinbei cloting In the Garden of Lies (Part 2), by Marie Brennan and mastered the ninjutsu techniques. Whispers of Shadow and Steel, by Mari Murdock The Cat Clan was a Minor Clan of mercenaries shinobi. Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 18 Shinobi existed in secret, training in secret, defying the laws of the Emperor and accepting Great Clan gold in exchange for carrying out clandestine deeds. Path of Waves, p. 234
=== Recruitment ===
Young samurai and the occasional peasant who showed particular proclivity and skill in agility, precision, stealth, or mercilessness would be handpicked to become shinobi. Before they were invited to join a shinobi school, they first passed secret tests administered by shinobi sensei. Once they entered the school, they adopted one or more less-conspicuous identities in the public eye, and other destoyed their public persona entirely to disappear discreetly from society. 
== Training ==
Shinobi was the term for those who uses stealth, those who endured. These samurai forfeited their own personal honor, fulfilling the most dishonorable duties for the good of the clan. Selected samurai were imprinted with Shadow Brands, which gave them magical powers, Dreams of Shadow, by D. G. Laderoute and their art was known as kagenari. 
=== Three Oaths ===
Because shinobi disobeyed the tenets of Bushidō they must live by their own ethics, a code called the Three Oaths: Secrecy, Sacrifice, and Patience. 
=== Hinin ===
Shinobi became hinin, as they had to deal with torture, filth and other elements unproprer for samurai. They often abandoned their real public lives to adopt new identities. A shinobi's caste allowed their clan to disavow responsibility should they get caught. 
=== Retirement ===
When a shinobi reached retirement age, the shinobi must be slain to preserve their secret knowledge, usually done by the shinobi's students or disciples. Very rarely, the old shinobi might win, and worse yet, decided they were not ready for retirement, as an infamous sensei of the Scorpion's Tail School. 
=== Shinobi Tools ===
When a shinobi was unsure what tools to bring on a mission, the six tools were a good place to start: amigasa, sekihitsu, herbal medicines, tenugui, uchitake, and bamboo cane. Courts of Stone, p. 107
== Ninja ==
Shinobi were often called ninja in popular legend, and they were officially banned by Imperial Edict. Legend of the Five Rings: Roleplaying Game (Beta), p. 37 The term "ninja" was a grave insult to the shinobi profession, as ninja acted for money or personal gain. While ninja evoked a fictional flair, shinobi evoked the most illegal of criminal activities, only spoken in whispers. 
== Secret Shinobi Texts ==
* A Chronicle of One Hundred Million Sacrifices
* The Book of Silence
* The Sea of Merging Rivers
== Shinobi of Rokugan ==
Clan 	Family 	School
Crab Clan 	Hiruma family 	Hiruma Scout
Crane Clan 	Daidoji family	Daidoji Harrier
Crane Clan 	Daidoji family	Daidoji Spymaster
Lion Clan 	Ikoma family 	Ikoma Shadow
Scorpion Clan 	Bayushi family	Bayushi Deathdealer
Scorpion Clan 	Shosuro family	Shosuro Infilrator
Scorpion Clan 	Shosuro family	Shosuro Shadowweaver
Scorpion Clan 	Soshi family 	Soshi Illusionist
Deer Clan 	- 	Shika Speardancer
Rōnin 	- 	School of Leaves
Rōnin 	- 	Student of the Talon
Kolat 	 	Kolat Saboteur Conspiracy
Mercenary Ninja	 	
== See also ==
* Cat Clan
* The Urchins
* Mercenary Shinobi/Meta
== External links ==
* Infiltrator's Tools (Children of the Empire)
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