ORIENTAL CLASSES
 

Character Classes and Races	-	-	-	Classes and Subclasses
-	-	-	-	Oriental Adventures

Q: Which Oriental classes are open to
females?

A: All classes are open to women, although
certain sects might forbid female shukenja or sohei.
(121.20)
 

Table 12: CLASS ABILITY SCORE REQUIREMENTS
 

Character  Class	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Barbarian	15	14	15	-	16*	-
Bushi	9:14	8	8	-	-	-
Kensai	12	14	-	-	12:14	-
Monk	15	15	11	-	15	-
Ninja	-	14	-	15	-	14
Samurai	13	-	13	14	13	-
Shukenja	9	-	9:15	-	12:15	-
Sohei	13:15	-	10	-	10:15	-
Wu Jen	-	-	-	13:15	-	-
Yakuza	11	15	-	15	-	16

* Barbarians must have Wisdom 16 (or less)

Numbers after colons are minimums required for the 10% bonus on earned experience.

Table 13: ARMOR AND WEAPONS PERMITTED BY CLASS

Class of Character	Armor	Shield	Weapons	Oil	Poison
CAVALIER	-	-	-	-	-
Samurai	any	none	any*	no**	only if evil
CLERIC	-	-	-	-	-
Shukenja	leather, padded, hara-ate, haramaki, jingasa, studded leather	none	axe (hand), bo stick, boku-toh, chain, gunsen, jitte, jo stick, kama, kiseru, sai, sling, sling staff, spear, tetsubo, three-piece rod, tui-fa	yes	never
Sohei	any	none	Any but blowpipe, katana, needle, nekode, shaen, shikomi-zue, shuriken (any)	yes	only if evil
FIGHTER	-	-	-	-	-
Kensai	none	none	any*	yes	DM's option
Barbarian	any	any	any*	yes	DM's option
Bushi	any	any	any	yes	DM's option
MAGIC USER	-	-	-	-	-
Wu Jen	none	none	Bo stick, boku-toh, blowpipe, bow (short)*, chain, dagger, dart, gunsen, jitte, jo stick, kiseru, metsubishi, sai, shaken, shuriken (any), siangkam, sling, sword (short), tui-fa, uchi-ne	yes	DM's option
MONK	none	none	Martial arts weapons (any), axe (hand), boku-toh, chikiriki, crossbow (any), dagger, daikyu, halberd, javelin, kama, kusari-gama, lasso, naginata, parang, spear, trident	no	DM's option
THIEF	-	-	-	-	-
Ninja	leather, padded, leather, scale, chain	none	any<+>	yes	yes
Yakuza	leather, padded	none	any	yes	yes

* Proficiency in or use of ninja preferred weapons will lead to a loss of honor for the character.
** The use of oil in personal combat is unacceptable, but the character can use oil in siege warfare.

<+> Ninja characters must use their proficiencies to gain ninja preferred weapons.