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Bushi Weapon Proficiencies
  The Bushi is the standard fighter class of the orient, and can use any weapons or armor, but can only begin with equipment available in an oriental setting.  Certain other Oriental classes are unrestricted in weapon use, and so can use any weapon here.

  This armor is available within the Oriental milieu and useable by a Bushi:
  • Banded Mail
  • Chain Mail
  • Do-maru
  • Haidate
  • Hanburi
  • Hara-ate
  • Hara-ate-gawa
  • Haramaki
  • Haramaki-do
  • Kabuto (Great Helmet)
  • Small Helmet
  • Hide Armor
  • Horo
  • Jingasa
  • Kote (Armored Sleeves)
  • Leather Armor
  • O Yoroi (Great Armor)
  • Padded Armor
  • Ring Mail
  • Leather Scale
  • Metal Scale Mail
  • Buckler
  • Large Shield
  • Medium Shield
  • Sode (Pair)
  • Splint Mail
  • Studded Leather Armor
  • Sune-ate
   These are the weapons available in the Oriental culture:
  • Battle Axe
  • Hand or Throwing Axe
  • Blowgun/Blowpipe
  • Boku-toh (Wooden Sword)*
  • Bo Stick
  • Short Bow
  • Short Composite Bow
  • Tetsubishi (Caltrop)
  • Chain
  • Chijiriki (Spear & Chain)
  • Chu-ko-nu (Repeating Crossbow)
  • Club
  • Heavy Crossbow
  • Light Crossbow
  • Dagger and Scabbard
  • Daikyu
  • Dart
  • Eggshell Grenade**
  • Fang (Goad)
  • Gunsen (Iron Fan)
  • Halberd
  • Hankyu (Little Bow)**
  • Javelin
  • Jitte
  • Jo Stick
  • Kama (Sickle)
  • Katana & Scabbard*
  • Kau Sin Ke (Whipping Chain)
  • Kawanaga (Grappling Hook)
  • Kiseru (Iron Pipe)
  • Knife & Scabbard
  • Kumade (Climbing Rake)
  • Kusari-gama (Sickle & Chain)
  • Kyoketsu-shogi (Bladed Rope)**
  • Lajatang
  • Light Lance
  • Lasso
  • Oriental Mace
  • Man Catcher
  • Metsubishi (Pepper Blower)
  • Nagimaki (Horseman's Glaive)
  • Naginata (Footman's Glaive)
  • Needle**
  • Nekode (Pair--Climbing Claws)**
  • Ninja-to & Scabbard (Sword)**
  • Nunchaku
  • Parang
  • Pellet Bow
  • Sai
  • Sang Kauw
  • Shaken**
  • Shakujo-yari (Concealed Spear)
  • Shikomi-zue**
  • Large Star Shuriken**
  • Small Star Shuriken**
  • Spike Shuriken**
  • Siangkam
  • Sling
  • Sode Garami (Sleeve Entangler)
  • Yari (Spear)
  • Staff Sling
  • Broad Sword & Scabbard
  • Long Sword & Scabbard
  • Short Sword & Scabbard
  • Two-handed Sword
  • Tetsubo (Iron Staff)
  • Three-piece Rod
  • Trident
  • Tui-fa (Tonfa)
  • Uchi-ne (Small Javelin)
  • Wakizashi & Scabbard (Small Sword)
  • Whip

*The Boku-toh is designed to be a practice version of the Katana; as such, MyWorld rules define proficiency in either to be proficiency in both.  Some classes may not take proficiency in the katana, but only in the Boku-toh; in such cases, the use of the sword version is considered inappropriate, but not non-proficient.

**Most classes who are not Ninja take an honor penalty for the use of these Ninja-preferred weapons.

  The character may also use the weapons and armor of the occidental fighter, provided he is able to acquire these by some means.

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