Fantasy Core RPG: Jianghu Setting-Other Government Officials

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© Jerry Harris 2013

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Jianghu Setting

Other Government Officials

As a ruler, make sure that problems must climb over many underlings before they reach you.

Each of the four wards have a Daimyo (a samurai lord) in charge of them.  They are to ensure the smooth running of their part of the city and to represent their citizens’ interests to the Governor.  They are all appointed by the Governor and serve at his pleasure.  Obviously there is some tension between serving the people they represent and the Governor who appointed them.  All of the Daimyos have the primary goal of making sure that no problem within their ward ever gets to a point where it reaches the Governor’s ears. 

The leopard may share the waterhole with his prey, but it is not a formal dinner invitation.

Three of the four Daimyos are Manchus, but the most senior lord is a Han, Lord Sho in charge of the Civic Ward.  He is considered their leader and is the Governor’s most trusted civil representative, in addition to being one of the most admired officers in the city.  Sho’s background, disposition, and motivations will be left undefined here, but he would certainly be the kind of person most of the people of Shang-tu would rally around in the event of a revolution.  To this point, Sho has shunned the subtle invitations of the White Lotus and the Triads.

9th Level Samurai, Hp 78, AC 13 (no armor) Enhanced Initiative +3        

Fort +8*, Ref +6*, Will +6*

Melee: Katana +11 to hit 1d10+2, on Nat 16 and up, 17 dam

Or Dual Strike: 2 att. Katana and Wakizashi +11 to hit 1d8+2 

Detection +6

Immune to Charm and Fear

*Magic Resistance ring (Covenant) Add +4 to any save against magic, immune to any magical surveillance.

Democracy allows the people to decide who will rob them.

There is a small amount of democracy in Shang-tu, which is fairly uncommon in the Empire.  Each district (neighborhood area) in a ward elects their own Aldermen to represent them in their Daimyo’s audience chambers.  These individuals run the gambit from earnest to completely unscrupulous (such as those owned by the Tongs).  Assume any civic issue will have at least one Alderman either pushing it or fighting it.