Crab Defenders

The limited Crab dueling tradition is maintained in the Unbreakable Blade Dojo. It emphasizes endurance rather than speed, teachings its students to endure their opponents’ first blow in order to survive to deliver their own. Due to the Crab Clan’s martial and pragmatic nature, the sensei of the Unbreakable Blade focus their training on lethal duels (both on the battlefield and in court) rather than on the duels to first blood that are more common in other clans.

Crab Defender [Bushi]
 * Rank: 2


 * Replaces: Hida Bushi 2, Hiruma Bushi 2


 * Requirements: Awareness 3, Agility 3, Iaijutsu 4

Technique: Warrior of Earth
The Defenders are taught there is more than one way to win a duel. Rather than try to strike faster than their opponents, Defenders learn to call on their own Earth to endure the foe’s first strike, allowing them to defeat their enemy in a longer fight. During the Strike step of an iaijutsu duel, you are considered to have additional Reduction equal to your Earth x3.