Namahage Clan (N5E Clan)

## Namahage Clan
*"Iona, Ishtar, Livewire Employee, Traitor; so many masks. Too bad none of them carried power, unlike mine..”*

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*— Emeria Namahage*  </div>

Proficient mask carvers and festival performers, the Namahage are extreme even by the standards of a Shinobi. When their mask is removed, they live the life of an
ordinary person. Only when their faces are concealed do they take action.

### Sacred Masks

It is believed the masks came about after an ancient ritual long ago, binding the spirits of the Namahage to ancient heroes, legends, mythical beasts, and even the elements themselves.

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When a Namahage fully matures, a charm will appear to them in a time of great need. Utilising this charm in a Kabuki-esque dance, it will shift to their forehead before swiftly changing into a mask. With their mask, they are able to fight even the strongest of ninja. These masks are often carried around in their charm state, hanging on special loops placed along belts or sashes.

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Upon the death of a clan member, their masks shatter into pieces. The mask carvers of the clan will remake the fallen's original mask, storing it within a sacred shrine.

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### Namahage Traits
Your Namahage character has the following traits.
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- ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Dexterity score increases by 1.
- ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
- ***Skill Proficiencies.*** History, Performance.
- **Clan Divide.** Pick History or Performance; you gain expertise in the chosen skill.
- **The Mask's Price.** You cannot use or Learn Ninjutsu with an Elemental Release Keyword.

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### Namahage Features

***Stage Presence.*** Your ability to don a persona goes beyond the ordinary. While disguised or acting as another person, you may roll Persuasion, Intimidation, or Deception for any social checks. Including checks meant to conceal your identity.

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***An Honored Tradition*** You gain proficiency in the crafting skill. Whenever you roll crafting in regards to masks or their talismans, roll at advantage.

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***Known Customer*** Whenever you purchase materials required for a performance, masks, or attire; you may do so at half the listed price. These items cannot be enhanced or serve a combat function.

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***Too Many Roles*** You are unable to learn the Bloodline, Latent feat. Namahage cannot be chosen as a Latent Bloodline.

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***Your True Face.*** Starting at 1st level, you manifest a mask of your own in the form of a trinket small enough to hang from your belt. As an action you may pay 10 chakra to don this trinket, allowing it to form into a mask over your visage. The design of your mask often reflects your personality in some way. For the next minute, you gain the following benefits;

* **Iconic Power:** Select one of the following; Taijutsu, Bukijutsu, Ninjutsu, or Genjutsu. You may use your charisma ability modifier in place of the original ability modifier for your chosen jutsu type. This choice cannot be changed later.
* **A Performer's Attire:** Your attire, height, and weight change slightly as you don Your True Face. You may make a disguise check when activating Your True Face at advantage, donning your persona or another role of your choosing. Additionally, donned armor and equipment of your choice change appearance to match your current self.

At 3rd level, select two of the following features. You may benefit from one of them when you use 'Your True Face', making your selection upon its activation. At 7th level you may learn an additional feature and activate two instead of one. At 14th level, you may learn another technique and activate up to three instead.

* **Power of the Elements:** Choose one nature release and five ninjutsu with its keyword that are equal to or lower than your current rank. You may cast these normally for the duration of 'Your True Face'. At 14th level, you may select three nature releases instead of one. At 18th level, you gain access to all nature releases.
* **Sword Lord's Regalia:** You may manifest one melee simple or martial weapon of your choice. Weapon attacks made with this weapon use your charisma ability modifier. If this weapon leaves your possession, it vanishes after one round. As a bonus action, you may manifest it again. At 14th level, you may manifest your weapon with one enhancement seal equal to or lower than your current rank.
* **Grand Master's Fist:** Power envelopes your hands, allowing you to make unarmed attacks with your charisma ability modifier. Additionally, strength skill checks are made using charisma ability modifier. At 14th level, you may enhance your unarmed attacks with one enhancement seal equal to or lower than your current rank.
* **Mesmerising Manifold:** Your ability to sway a battle or an audience grows, you may roll all Charisma Skill Checks at advantage. At 7th level, you gain the benefits of Mesmerising Manifold while not using 'Your True Face'.
* **Timekeeper's Clock:** Time distorts and swirls around you, changing how you play your role as you consider it from all temporal angles. You may roll initiative using your charisma ability modifier instead of dexterity. Additionally, you may activate 'Your True Face' using a reaction when initiative is rolled or as a bonus action. at 7th level, add your full proficiency bonus to initiative rolls.
* **Athlete's Triumphs:** You become fleet of foot, gaining speed rivaling the Namikaze. Your movement speed is increased by 15 feet, and dexterity skill checks are made using your charisma ability modifier. This does not affect initiative rolls. At 14th level, double your movement speed.

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### Prized Possessions
#### Tools of the Trade
The trinkets and masks of the Namahage are more than techniques, material reminders of history and the world itself. Although they are fiercely guarded, they are not invulnerable.

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The features 'Your True Self' and each additional feature selected are kept as individual trinkets that must be carried on your person to be activated. The trinkets have an ac of 20 unless your current ac is higher. Their total hp is equal to your proficiency bonus times five. They are immune to area of effect attacks and damage dealt to them may be taken by their owner instead.

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Trinkets can be targeted for theft using sleight of hand, taking one random trinket per successful roll. These attempts are always contested. Stolen trinkets can be activated once by other Namahage, granting them their benefits before breaking. Losing your trinket removes access to its corresponding feature until it is recovered or remade.

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If you are unable to retrieve your trinkets before their destruction, you must forge them anew. The process is extraneous at the best of times, requiring two succesful crafting checks with DC's equal to your current rank times five plus ten with an additional cost of one thousand ryo per your current rank. Each success restores one trinket. The difficult process takes one month to complete.

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When trinkets are activated, they mold together to form your mask. Masks cannot be damaged or stolen.

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*"To some, these trinkets are nothing. The garnishes of a decadent performer. Let them indulge in their misconceptions, as you must never, ever lose your most prized possessions.”*

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*— An Ancient Maskcarver on the nature of Namahage Trinkets*  </div>

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## Feats

### Signature Masks
*Prerequisite: Namahage Clan, Level 4*
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You grow even more adept at assuming your roles, doing so with greater versatility and efficiency. You gain the following benefits:
 - Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
 - The activation cost of 'Your True Self' is reduced to 5 chakra instead of 10.
 - You may activate one additional feature when using 'Your True Self'.

### Devilish Diend
*Prerequisite: Namahage Clan, Sword Lord's Regalia, Level 4*
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Having studied ancient as well as modern ranged weapons, you have increased the power of your talismans so that you too may bring them to bear. You gain the following benefits:
 - Whenever you activate 'Sword Lord's Regalia', you may conjure a ranged simple or martial weapon of your choice instead of a melee weapon.
 - Your chosen weapon persists outside of 'Your True Face' and may be used as a substitute for a talisman. For example, it may serve as your primary mask's talisman if it is shattered, lost, or otherwise unavailable.

### Thrilling Escapades!
*Prerequisite: Namahage Clan, Level 8*
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Your presence demands the attention of those around you, a spectral orchestra announcing your greatest feats. You gain the following benefits:
 - Increase your Constitution or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
 - Whenever you roll a critical hit, reduce an enemy to 0 hit points, or have an enemy fail your saving throw by 10 or more; you may allow a musical score to play for all to hear until the end of the round. The music can be heard out to 100ft., granting all allies who can hear it temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.

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### Saikō! Saizen! Saidai! Saikyō ō!
*Prerequisite: Namahage Clan, Signature Masks, Thrilling Escapades!, Level 16*
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Your prowess and strength exceed even the legends you enact. You have become a mighty lord of the stage and the battlefield, inheriting gifts of the world. You gain the following benefit:
 - You may craft a unique trinket with the aid of a willing player character who is not a Namahage or Non-clan. The cost of this trinket is triple the normal price and takes the shape reminiscent of their primary clan.
 - This unique trinket may activated in place of one additional feature from 'Your True Self', increasing the chakra cost by 10. Doing so grants you all clan features of your ally up to half your current level. Using this ability disables all clan features, including those from Bloodline, Latent, from your ally until 'Your True Self' ends. These unique trinkets are destroyed immediately if they ever leave your possession or if your ally dies. Other Namahage cannot use this unique trinket, even if they possess this feat. This trinket can only be activated if your ally is in the same initiative or within 20 feet of you.

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