Ninja (TWS2)

Ninja

Overview

The ninja acts as an assassin, spy, saboteur and scout and is recruited via stealth buildings. In addition to their subterfuge skills, ninja also increase the movement of and prevent the demoralisation of your armies when placed inside them. They can also establish criminal networks within your own castle towns that increase the distance you can see into a neighbouring province and decrease the likelihood of rebellion. Ninja are generally invisible to the enemy unless detected.

Recruitment Cost: 500

Actions

• Assassination: Determines the chance of wounding or eliminating an enemy agent or general.
• Sabotage: Determines the chance of damaging enemy infrastructure.
• Army Sabotage: Determines the chance of damaging an enemy army and preventing movement for one season.
• Scouting: Determines the chance of detecting enemy agents and/or armies. Also increases line of sight, movement speed, and reduces the chance of demoralization when attached to an army.
• Spying: Determines the Ninja's ability to detect enemy armies and agents in the field.
• Criminal Network: Increases a province's line of sight and chance of detecting enemy armies and agents. Also reduces the likelihood of rebellion.

Requires

• Buildings:
  • Sake Den

Skills

Below is the chart showing skills of a ninja in chronological order:-

Effects & Description

Below is the table containing info on the effects and descriptions of various skills of a ninja.

Skill	Effects	Description
Spy	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when spying +5% increase to campaign map line of sight Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when spying +10% increase to campaign map line of sight Level 3 +4 to subterfuge when spying +15% increase to campaign map line of sight	In silence much may be learned.
Saboteur	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when sabotaging buildings Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when sabotaging buildings	There is beauty in destruction, and in flames.
Assassin	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when assassinating Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when assassinating	A knife is truly dangerous only in the right hands.
Military Spy	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when scouting in the field Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when scouting in the field Level 3 +4 to subterfuge when scouting in the field	An army, for all its strength, can be a delicate thing.
Infiltrator	Level 1 +5% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful Level 2 +10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	Leave no footprints, even in darkness.
Misdirection	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when sabotaging armies Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when sabotaging armies Level 3 +4 to subterfuge when sabotaging armies	Confusion is a powerful ally and friend.
Exotic Weapons	Level 1 +2 to convalescence time for characters wounded by ninja Level 2 +1 to subterfuge when assassinating +5 to convalescence time for characters wounded by ninja	Anything is a weapon, a weapon anything.
Criminal Contacts	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when establishing spy networks Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when establishing spy networks Level 3 +4 to subterfuge when establishing spy networks +10% increase to campaign map line of sight	In the service of the great, a man must choose strange friends.
Master of Disguise	Level 1 +5% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful +5% to campaign movement range for the army this agent is embedded into Level 2 +10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful +10% to campaign movement range for the army this agent is embedded into	Lies made flesh are not falsehood.
Gunpowder Alchemist	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when sabotaging buildings Level 2 +2 to subterfuge when sabotaging buildings	Fire, sulphur and demon's breath are tools for the cunning.
Escape Artist	Level 1 +10&% to the chance of escaping from enemy agents +10% to the chance of escape following an unsuccessful action Level 2 +20&% to the chance of escaping from enemy agents +20% to the chance of escape following an unsuccessful action	There is always a way out. Always.
Poisoner	Level 1 +1 to subterfuge when assassinating	Death comes in many forms, not all of them edged.
Noble Bandit	Level 1 -15% reduced action cost Level 2 -30% reduced action cost	Giving away another's riches is wisdom
Invisible	Level 1 +5% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful +5% to campaign movement range for the army this agent is embedded into +10% to the chance of escape following an unsuccessful action Level 2 +10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful +10% to campaign movement range for the army this agent is embedded into +20% to the chance of escape following an unsuccessful action	To hide is one thing. To walk abroad another.
Ninjutsu	Level 1 +3% to the agent's success chance Level 2 +6% to the agent's success chance Level 2 +9% to the agent's success chance	A lifetime to master the art of stealth is time well spent.
Notorious Killer	Level 1 +10% to the agent's critical success chance Level 2 +20% to the agent's critical success chance	Reputation is a weapon forged from your enemy's fears.

Retainers

Retainer	Effects	Description
Incredible Disguise!	+10% to the Chance that the Ninja will Avoid Detection when Unsuccessful	"Look, I'm not a squid, right?"
Sushi Chef	+3% to the Agent's Critical Success Chance	A man can die in many ways, but choking on a fish bone is truly unfortunate.
Boastful Samurai	+1 to Subterfuge when Assassinating	"This is a sword! Your blade - Ha! - I would not scrape out a peasant's dungheap with it!"
Townsman Disguise	+10% to the Chance that the Ninja will Avoid Detection when Unsuccessful	"He went that way!"
Fugu Chef	+5% to the agent's critical success chance	A brave man never thinks of the dangers when he eats Fugu. His guard is down.
Shuriken	+1 to subterfuge when assassinating	Every ninja has his tricks.
Komuso Disguise	+1 to subterfuge when assassinating, +5% to the chance of escape following an unsuccessful action	Poverty is sometimes the best concealment.
Monk Disguise	+10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	"I am a man of God!"
Blowpipe	+5% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	Nothing is what it seems.
Ronin Disguise	+10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	"I'm too drunk to be an assassin!"
Flash Powder Bombs	+1 to subterfuge when assassinating, +5% to the chance of escape following an unsuccessful action	"...And like that, he's gone!"
Poisoned Tanto	+1 to subterfuge when assassinating	One cut, one death.
Tiger Claws	+10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	The Tiger climbs, and rends, as he will.
Madman Disguise	+10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	"Let them look in all the wrong places!"
Unmannered Samurai	+7% to campaign movement range for the army this agent is embedded into	"Pass the rice, fatty, before you eat it all!"
Geisha Disguise	+10% to the chance that the ninja will avoid detection when unsuccessful	"Oooh, you have got rough hands!"
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Traits

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