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| − | |Requires='''Buildings''':<li>[[No-Dachi Dojo (TWS2)|No-Dachi Dojo]]</li>'''Arts''':<li>[[Sword Expertise]]</li>'''Resources''':<li>Iron</li> | + | |Requires='''Buildings''':<li>[[No-Dachi Dojo (TWS2)|No-Dachi Dojo]]</li> |
| + | '''Arts''':<li>[[Sword Expertise]]</li> | ||
| + | '''Resources''':<li>Iron</li> | ||
|Enables='''Buildings''':<li>[[Legendary Kenjutsu School (TWS2)|Legendary Kenjutsu School]]</li> | |Enables='''Buildings''':<li>[[Legendary Kenjutsu School (TWS2)|Legendary Kenjutsu School]]</li> | ||
|Spawned Defence Forces=- | |Spawned Defence Forces=- | ||
| − | |Basic Building Statistics=-1 to sword samurai recruitment times in this province | + | |Basic Building Statistics=<li>Cost: 4000</li> |
| + | <li>-1 to sword samurai recruitment times in this province</li> | ||
|Clan Effects=-}} | |Clan Effects=-}} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | + | '''The edge is the dividing line between life and death.''' | |
| − | + | The sword master school both improves the quality of sword-armed units recruited here and reduces the amount of time needed to train them. A sword takes many weeks of patient labour to forge, but the swordsman takes even longer. The sword is the soul of the samurai, and long hours of practice are necessary to master this apparently simple weapon. | |
| − | + | A kenjutsu school was more than a building: it was also the philosophy and ideas of its teachers and leaders, and each had its own style of combat and teaching. Although all schools shared the idea of kata, or forms, for practice, how these were used could vary greatly. Rivalry between schools was, at times, quite fierce, almost bordering on feuds, and duels to settle which school had the best style were not uncommon. The sword saint, Miyamoto Musashi, was, at one point in his career, particularly given to duelling with adepts from different schools. In his most famous duel he used a bokken, or wooden practice sword, against a man armed with a no-dachi. Accounts differ as to how his opponent, Sasaki Kojiro, died (and even as to why they fought) but all agree that Musashi beat him with a wooden blade! | |
[[Category:TWS2 Building]] | [[Category:TWS2 Building]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:57, 19 January 2013
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| See main article; FotS Buildings | |
Description
The edge is the dividing line between life and death.
The sword master school both improves the quality of sword-armed units recruited here and reduces the amount of time needed to train them. A sword takes many weeks of patient labour to forge, but the swordsman takes even longer. The sword is the soul of the samurai, and long hours of practice are necessary to master this apparently simple weapon.
A kenjutsu school was more than a building: it was also the philosophy and ideas of its teachers and leaders, and each had its own style of combat and teaching. Although all schools shared the idea of kata, or forms, for practice, how these were used could vary greatly. Rivalry between schools was, at times, quite fierce, almost bordering on feuds, and duels to settle which school had the best style were not uncommon. The sword saint, Miyamoto Musashi, was, at one point in his career, particularly given to duelling with adepts from different schools. In his most famous duel he used a bokken, or wooden practice sword, against a man armed with a no-dachi. Accounts differ as to how his opponent, Sasaki Kojiro, died (and even as to why they fought) but all agree that Musashi beat him with a wooden blade!
