#Era School Index

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With the core's Sengoku period (about 1467~1603) as the reference point, schools are classified by era. PCs can choose schools that fit the campaign's era setting.

#§ Era Divisions

Era	Years	Distance from Core Campaign
Ancient	~500 CE	very far (many fictional·mythic)
Early Medieval	500~1000	far (some foreign appear)
Late Medieval	1000~1450	middle (West·Arab begin to appear)
Early Modern (Sengoku Period)	1450~1650	the core's era
Early Modern Period	1650~1800	future (in Bakumatsu·late-Edo campaigns)

#§ Ancient (~500)

School	Skill	Source
Pankration	Unarmed Combat	13-11 (Greece)
Sicarii	Ninjutsu	14-04 (Jewish 1st century)
Greek Oracle	Prophecy	19-05-02

#§ Early Medieval (500~1000)

School	Skill	Source
Katori Shinto-ryu	Swordsmanship	core (15th century, the orthodox line is Late Medieval)
Viking Seafaring	Navigation	16-04-05 (8th~11th centuries)
Viking Berserker (discipline)	Fighting Spirit	20-02-04
Orthodox Exorcism	Exorcism	19-02-02 (Eastern Orthodox)
Brahmin Exorcism Verses	Exorcism	19-02-05 (ancient India~)

#§ Late Medieval (1000~1450)

School	Skill	Source
Hozoin-ryu	Spearmanship	core
Kan-ryu	Spearmanship	core
Yagyu Shinkage-ryu	Swordsmanship	core
Takenouchi-ryu	Unarmed Combat	core
Iga-ryu	Ninjutsu	core
Koga-ryu	Ninjutsu	core
Liechtenauer Style	Swordsmanship	10-07 (14th-century Germany)
Fiore	Swordsmanship	10-08 (14th~15th-century Italy)
English Longbow	Archery	12-04 (Hundred Years' War, 14th century)
Hashashin	Ninjutsu	14-05 (11th~13th centuries)
Mongol Mounted Bow	Archery	12-03 (13th century)
Mongol Guard Cavalry	Horsemanship	15-02
Saracen Cavalry	Horsemanship	15-04 (10th~13th centuries)
Kabbalah Barrier	Barrier	19-04-04 (refined in the 12th century)
Onmyodo (Abe·Tsuchimikado)	Sorcery	core (Heian~)
Shugendo	Exorcism	core
Manzai	Medicine	core
Arab Medicine	Medicine	19-03-04 (Avicenna, 11th century)
Astronomy-Style Geography	Geography	17-03-02 (Islamic Golden Age)
Islamic Mathematics (discipline)	Stratagem	20-05-03
Sufi Whirling (discipline)	Bearing	20-06-04 (13th-century Mevlevi)

#§ Early Modern (Sengoku Period 1450~1650) — ★ the core's era

School	Skill	Source
Nito-ryu	Swordsmanship	core
Jigen-ryu	Swordsmanship	core
Jikishinkage-ryu	Swordsmanship	10-03 (16th century)
Ono-ha Itto-ryu	Swordsmanship	10-04
Ogasawara / Field Battle / Inatomi / Nanban	Archery (bow·matchlock)	core
Takeda-ryu Spear	Spearmanship	11-01 (16th century)
Qi Jiguang Spear Method·Jixiao Xinshu	Spearmanship·Military Science	11-08·18-01-02 (16th-century Ming)
Majia Spear	Spearmanship	11-03 (late Ming)
Swiss Pike Square	Spearmanship	11-04 (15th~17th centuries)
Landsknecht	Spearmanship	11-05 (16th century)
Destreza	Swordsmanship	10-09 (16th~17th-century Spain)
Tangdao Collected Methods	Swordsmanship	10-10 (16th~17th-century Ming)
Shaolin Sword / Wudang Sword	Swordsmanship	10-11·12
Joseon Sebeop / Bonguk Geombeop / Joseon Spear Method / Joseon Horn-Bow Archery	various	10-05·06·11-02·12-02 (16th~17th-century Joseon)
Kito-ryu Jujutsu	Unarmed Combat	13-09 (17th century)
Muay Boran	Unarmed Combat	13-15 (16th~17th centuries)
Negoro-ryu / Fuma-ryu	Ninjutsu	14-01·02 (16th century)
Joseon Geomgye	Ninjutsu	14-03 (late Joseon, 17th~18th centuries)
Jinyiwei	Ninjutsu	14-06 (Ming, 16th century)
Mounted Warrior / Saracen·Cossack·Jineta	Horsemanship	15-01·04·05·06
Japanese Ninjutsu Secrets (Lightness Skill)	Lightness Skill	16-02-02
Wako Naval Tactics	Navigation	16-04-01 (16th century)
Joseon Navy	Navigation	16-04-02 (Imjin War)
Ming Zheng He Style	Navigation	16-04-03 (15th-century Ming·influence on the war situation)
Portuguese Shipbuilding	Navigation	16-04-04 (16th~17th centuries)
Feng-Shui Style / Bencao Style	Geography·Herbalism	17-03-01·17-06-01
Sun Tzu-Style Military Science	Military Science	18-01-01 (universally applicable)
Joseon Mugyeong	Military Science	18-01-03
Tea-Ceremony Diplomacy	Negotiation	18-02-01 (the era of Sen no Rikyu)
Ikko-Ikki Style	Agitation	18-05-01 (15th~16th centuries)
Nanban Black Magic	Sorcery	19-01-02 (dangerous)
Catholic Exorcism	Exorcism	19-02-01 (the Jesuit Order introduction period)
Joseon Musok·Daoism	Sorcery·Exorcism	19-02-04·19-01-03
Chinese Daoshi / Daoshi Ghost-Expulsion	Sorcery·Exorcism	19-01-04·19-02-03
Ming-Era Bencao / Joseon Medicine / Nanban Medicine	Medicine	19-03-01·02·03
Japanese-Style / Daoist Five-Element / Korean Feng-Shui Barrier	Barrier	19-04-01·02·03
Onmyo Yi-Studies / Tarot	Prophecy	19-05-01·03
Iga Poisoncraft / Persian / Arab Poison-Scent	Poisoncraft	19-06-01·02·04
Tea-Ceremony Mastery / Court Etiquette (discipline)	Bearing	20-06-01·02

#§ Early Modern Period (1650~1800)

School	Skill	Source
Tennen Rishin-ryu	Swordsmanship	10-01 (Bakumatsu, 19th century)
Hokushin Itto-ryu	Swordsmanship	10-02 (Bakumatsu)
Hisagitani-ryu	Archery	12-01
Dutch Gun Drill	Archery (matchlock)	12-05 (17th century)
Aikido	Unarmed Combat	13-14 (Japanese modern era, 20th century)
Catch Wrestling / Savate	Unarmed Combat	13-13·12 (19th century)
Japanese Post-Station Operation	Riding	16-03-01 (Edo)
Kaf (Western Acrobat)	Lightness Skill	16-02-03 (early modern~modern)
Maurice / Gustavus Military Science (Western Military Science)	Military Science	18-01-04 (17th century)

#§ Era-Independent / Fictional Media / Universal

School	Skill	Source
Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms	Unarmed Combat	13-06 (Jin Yong-style fiction)
Monastery Medicine	Medicine	19-03-05 (medieval~early modern)
Many Self-Taught Styles	various	16-01-02 etc.
Many Secret Transmissions	various	many (era ambiguous)

"Even on the same mountain in the same era, a different person sees a different path. The same path, too, takes a different shape in a different era."