The lives of ninja are much akin to a candle’s flame. Fickle. Fleeting. Easily extinguished. This is all too clear to you now, as the Great Ninja World War rages around you.
You are one of the aforementioned wicks, burning away in service to your village. Your only commandment? Survive.
Okay, fuck it, I need to start writing again. I'm going to make a oneshot/mini-quest for the ttrp Fated to Die. Who's in?
Ryoko is a clanless Leaf ninja. Despite not coming from a noble clan, she has managed to claw her way to the rank of special jonin by sheer virtue of her skill with a blade.
She is given command of a three-man squad and ordered to investigate a farming hamlet that's stopped contact with Leaf.
Legacy of the Goddess is a rational-deconstruction take on the Legend of Zelda setting, as an AU cross with the cosmere setting. See infopost threadmark for more information.
Note: This quest is active. Pay no attention to the "self-requested ban" tag on the OP. :whistle:
This is a hybrid character/civilization quest, though the main character is going to be a bit deadpan, hence the majority of the mechanics are about resource management and what we do with those resources. Also key to this quest is an arcanist aspect (which is exploring not just the world, but they mechanics of it), both you and the characters will be in the dark. It's also difficult and unforgiving, we may lose, and if we do, well, I have legacy mechanics in mind. But importantly this is a...