Samurai Warrior

You are a proud and noble warrior from a far off land. You are honorable and live by a strict code. You are also deadly with a blade, striking quickly and precisely.  You come from a long line of samurai and trained under the master of your village. Through meditation and practice, you have honed your skills and have been given the title of Samurai.

You gain the following features:

Samurai Training

You are given a katana and scabbard (almost always your family's sword - passed down through the generations), with which you are proficient and a traditional katana maintenance kit which contains blade oil, an oiling cloth, a powder ball for blade polishing, and a brass awl and hammer. The kit is contained in a fitted wooden box.

You are proficient with the katana, the wakizashi and the tanto.

When attacking with either your katana, wakizashi or tanto, you can choose between doing either slashing or piercing damage, by doing either a swinging or thrust/stab attack.

Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

Way of the Blade

When attacking with your katana, on a critical hit, you gain 1 extra melee attack with either your katana or your wakizashi  or tanto (if dual wielding). This feature can stack.

You can draw and slash in one swift, fluid motion. Drawing your weapon in/during combat is a free action.

Soul Blade (Katana)

Not only is your katana an extension of your arm, it represents your soul. As such, you will not allow yourself to be more than arm's reach from your blade under ANY circumstance. Should it be taken/stolen, its retrieval becomes paramount. 

(Non-Combat)

 ANY attempt to take your weapon from you is considered an aggressive act. You immediately grab your sword by the handle and take a defensive stance. Should ANY creature grab your katana without your permission, you immediately remove their grasp (on a successful contested strength check, if applicable), grab the handle and make a melee attack against them.