#Chapter 13 — Quick Reference + Glossary

Contents

In the thick of the round there is no time to leaf through the rulebook. This chapter gathers the one-line check, the combat sequence, Energy costs, conditions, and the vocabulary a swordsman must know into one place. The earlier section is a reference table to spread on the table and roll from; the later section is the sole place of definition for the terms that rise and fall in a rules context. If a number in a table seems to disagree with the main-text chapters' narration, the main-text chapter takes priority.

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#13.1 Quick Reference

#Check

2d10 + attribute + proficiency >= target number

The final modifier after all bonuses and penalties must remain within -10 to +10.

• Ordinary-difficulty target number: 11 | Easy 7 | Hard 13 | Extreme 17
• Combat fixed values: Defense, Breakthrough/Blockade/Core, Overload, and status resistance follow the fixed number of each rule.
• Attack: 2d10 + attribute + proficiency >= Defense. The attribute used differs by technique.

Source: co-11-01 §check / co-03-03

#Double (10%)

• Success + Double = Critical Hit (usually 2 Wounds)
• Failure + Double = Fumble (Defenseless)
• 10-10 = Heavenly Mandate / 1-1 = Karmic Retribution (see d100)

Source: co-11-01 §double / co-03-01

#Fate Intervention

After 2d10, adjust one d10 by ±1. You may use it per battle up to your Fate (運) modifier, at least 1 time. The post-combat life-or-death check is 2d10 + the higher of Physique or Fate >= 11.

Source: co-11-01 §Fate Intervention / co-03-01

#Combat Sequence (round structure)

Everyone at max Energy → count descending → one breath (base 5) → alternate with the enemy → everyone at 0 → lull

Count progression:

1. Round start: reset everyone's Energy to its maximum.
2. Proceed in descending order from the one with the highest remaining Energy. Those at or above that value take a breath.
3. On a tie, the higher Finesse (技) goes first; on a further tie, allies take priority.
4. If Energy drops after a breath, the next count is the highest of the remaining Energy.
5. As long as Energy remains, one character may breathe multiple times in a single round.

Source: co-11-01 §round structure · count progression / co-03-06

#One Breath

• Base limit: Energy 5. It can be extended by rapid-strike, Speed, or special effects.
• Exceeding the limit = Overload: 2d10 + Physique - the excess >= 11.
• Success: the action is carried out, and immediately afterward the limit drops to 3 for 1 breath.
• Failure: the action is carried out, but the round's remaining Energy all vanishes and you become Defenseless.
• Reservation: prepay a defensive technique on your own breath and it costs 0 Energy on trigger. Used off the cuff without a reservation, it costs 1.5 times.

Source: co-11-01 §one breath / co-03-04

#One-Breath Limit Variation (baseline cap 7, absolute cap 10)

Different sources stack, but the total is capped at 10. The official-balance baseline cap is 7, while 8–10 is reserved for exceptional peak effects. The Overload baseline varies to match the actual limit after applying the cap.

Source: co-11-01 §one-breath limit variation / co-03-04

#Maneuver Types

Source: co-11-01 §maneuver types / co-03-07

#Common Maneuver Costs

Source: co-11-01 §common maneuver costs / co-03-04

#Energy-Cost Handling (4 rules)

1. Absolute floor: every maneuver is at least 1 Energy. 0 Energy holds only under an explicit exception.
2. Offset first: compute base cost + penalty - bonus first, and if the result is below 1, raise it to 1 Energy.
3. Short weapon in the Core: a 1-Energy weapon converts the Energy -1 into combo-fatigue -1 instead.
4. 0-Energy active: an [1 per round] limit is attached automatically. Up to 2 times in a single round.

Exceptions: the scholar's Energy transfer (received Energy is the same as ordinary Energy), stance release, an always-on [aptitude], the trigger of a reserved defense.

Decimal handling: every value is rounded. No exceptions.

Source: co-11-01 §energy-cost handling · decimal handling / co-03-04

#Weapon Technique Slots

Source: co-11-01 §weapon technique slots / co-07-01

#Defense-Bypass · Pierce Tags

Defense-bypass effects are written in 3 families: [Pierce], [Direct], [Incorporeal]. Defense -N is a debuff, and [Break] is an equipment-damage support effect that keeps the [Pierce N] reduction written alongside it until repaired. The check formula keeps the single form >= Defense, and the tags are written in the effect area: 2d10+Finesse+Swordsmanship >= Defense | [Pierce 2]. 1 Wound.

Source: co-11-01 §defense-bypass · pierce tags / co-03-05

#Armor

Source: co-11-01 §armor / co-07-20

#Unit Wounds

Source: co-11-01 §unit Wounds / co-06

#Zone Maneuver Modifiers

Front ↔ Front is adjacent, so with a range-adjacent technique you can engage without a Breakthrough.

Source: co-11-01 §zone maneuver modifiers / co-05-01

#Breakthrough / Forced Charge / Pincer

• Breakthrough: enter a zone where enemy Domination is superior. 3 Energy + 2d10+Courage ≥ 11 / 13 / 15 (enemy superior / full control / Blockade).
• Chain Breakthrough: there is no separate rule for entering the Rear. The target number is the higher of the Front Domination and the Rear Domination.
• Forced Charge [Kata]: 5 Energy. Head straight into the enemy Rear in one breath. Target number = Front + Rear Domination +5. On failure, Defenseless in the middle of the enemy Front + Energy 0 + next round's Energy −3 (exhaustion).
• Pincer: both sides adjacent and attack at once. Enemy Defense -2, enemy Cohesion check -1.

Source: co-11-01 §breakthrough/forced charge/pincer / co-05-03

#Domination Contribution

Core special: all Domination bonuses are void. The two sides cancel out (ally − enemy).

Source: co-11-01 §domination contribution / co-05-02

#Conditions

Source: co-00-03 §conditions / co-11-02

#Non-Corporeal / [Incorporeal]

• Non-corporeal yoma: even if a physical attack hits, it is void on d100 01–50. Exorcism initiate (1 point)+ exempts it.
• [Incorporeal] attack: bypasses Defense itself. The defender applies the Exorcism-tier exemption table.
• For armor/Barrier bypass notation, use the Defense-bypass · Pierce tag standard above.

Source: co-11-01 §non-corporeal · [Incorporeal] / co-03-05

#Surprise Attack (奇襲)

• Basic surprise (Flank → adjacent move + attack, first strike of infiltration): first attack check +2
• Enhanced surprise (Outside → anywhere): first attack check +2 + target cannot use a reaction technique
• shinobi [surprise] 3rd-dan specialty: a true automatic Critical Hit (no check needed). No added Defenseless
• Weapon Licensed/masterwork techniques and school Licensed/secret arts also gain surprise (regardless of maneuver type).
• Surprise immunity: [Danger Sense] specialty, Perception Master

Source: co-11-01 §surprise / co-03-06

#Non-Combat Checks

Source: co-11-01 §non-combat checks / co-03-09

#Squad Order Cost

Source: co-11-01 §squad order cost / co-06-06

#Bonus-Stacking Rules

• Effects of the same name do not stack (only the highest applies).
• Numerical bonuses from different sources are summed.
• A stance + a Tactic:stance are separate, so they can be maintained at the same time.

Source: co-11-01 §bonus-stacking rules / co-03-07

#School Quick Reference

Each school replaces a skill's Licensed maneuver (3 points) and secret art (Master-tier maneuver) with the dedicated maneuvers below.

Source: co-11-01 §school quick reference / co-04-04.

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#13.2 Glossary

The definitions of the vocabulary that rises and falls in a rules context are carried here as in the original. Advancing-side terms — detailed yoma data, GM tools, domain management — are found in the core rulebook.

#Dice and Checks

• 2d10: the basic check method of rolling two 10-sided dice at once and summing them. Range 2–20, a bell curve averaging 11.
• d100 (percentile): the method of reading two 10-sided dice as the tens digit / ones digit. Range 01–00 (100).
• Double (雙目): when both dice come up the same number on a 2d10 roll. A 10% chance. Triggers a Critical Hit or a Fumble.
• Critical Hit (会心): Double + a successful check. The critical hit. 2 Wounds or a special effect.
• Fumble (失着): Double + a failed check. The fumble. Defenseless, weapon breakage, etc.
• Heavenly Mandate (天命): Double 10 (sum 20) + success. A decisive great success.
• Karmic Retribution (業報): Double 1 (sum 2) + failure. A fatal great failure.
• Fate Intervention (運命介入): the act of spending the Fate (運) attribute to adjust one d10's value by ±1.
• Target Number (目標値): the minimum sum needed for a check to succeed. Base 11.

#Attributes

• Courage (勇, Courage): spirit and might. Attack modifier, Breakthrough check, fear resistance.
• Finesse (技, Finesse): hand-work and nimbleness. Maximum Energy (10+Finesse), initiative order.
• Physique (體, Physique): toughness and endurance. Wounds derivation (3+Physique), Overload resistance.
• Wisdom (智, Wisdom): strategy and Sorcery. Command Energy efficiency, Sorcery power.
• Presence (美, Presence): grace and charm. Domination aura bonus (+Presence), morale rousing.
• Fate (運, Fate): heaven's fortune. Fate Intervention (dice ±1), used per battle up to the Fate modifier but at least 1 time.
• Modifier (修正値): the bonus/penalty derived from an attribute. The base range for a PC and an ordinary character is -3 to +3.

#Combat — Action

• Energy (活力, Energy): the action resource within a round and the count timeline. Maximum 10+Finesse. Reset each round.
• Overload (過負荷, Overload): triggered when Energy spent within one breath exceeds the current limit (base 5). Check 2d10 + Physique - the excess >= 11. On success, the next 1 breath's limit is 3; on failure, the round's remaining Energy all vanishes + Defenseless.
• Breath (呼吸, Breath): the unit of continuous action on your own count. The base limit is Energy 5, extended by skill/equipment/special effects. Overload when exceeded.
• Round (間合, Round): 1 round of combat. The cycle of everyone's Energy reset → count progression → everyone at 0 → lull.
• Count (Count): the action order proceeding in descending order from high Energy. Enemy and ally cross.
• Reservation (豫約, Reservation): prepaying a defensive maneuver within a breath. Triggers at the enemy's breath for 0 Energy. When unreserved, off the cuff (1.5 times the cost).

#Combat — Damage

• Wounds (戰力, Wounds): the number of fatal blows a unit can withstand. Lord-grade = 3+Physique. Loses a base 1 on a hit. At 0, incapacitated.
• Defense (防備, Defense): the value that blocks an attack. A hit if 2d10+attack modifier >= Defense.
• Defenseless (無防備, Defenseless): release the maintained stance and Defense -4. Cannot use a defense reservation, evasion, or riposte-type defensive technique.
• Weapon Seal (武器封印, Weapon Seal): 1 of the target's weapons becomes unusable for a set number of rounds (usually 1). A sealed weapon cannot attack or use techniques (other weapons and unarmed strikes still work). It is usually granted on a defense Critical Hit by a weapon-binding defense (e.g., Blade-Body Block). Unlike [Break] (permanent damage), it clears automatically when the duration ends and does not damage the weapon.
• Critical Expansion (会心擴張): only when a stated specialty, Relic, or expansion effect is present, a successful check whose two dice differ by exactly 1 also counts as a Critical Hit. A basic surprise does not use Critical Expansion.
• Incapacitated (戰鬪不能): Wounds 0. Fallen and can no longer act.

#Combat — Phases

• Initiative Phase (先攻, Initiative): decide count order at round start. In descending order of Energy.
• Action Phase (行動, Action Phase): the main phase where you spend Energy to act.
• Lull Phase (小康, Lull): after the round ends, handle recovery, buffs, and environmental variables.
• Retreat (戰場離脫, Retreat): a 3-Energy maneuver. Exit off the battlefield from your own Flank or your own Rear. If there is an adjacent enemy, a 2d10+Finesse pursuit opposition. When accompanied by a squad, a Cohesion check 2d10+Presence >= 11.

#Zones

• Zone (區域, Zone): the spatial unit that divides the battlefield. There is no grid.
• Domination (制壓, Domination): the value of control over a zone. Calculated from the quality and quantity of units.
• Breakthrough (突破, Breakthrough): entering a zone where enemy Domination is high. Extra Energy or the risk of Defenseless. Target number 11/13/15, three tiers.
• Blockade (封鎖, Blockade): the state in which one faction has reached the Domination cap of a narrow path. The opposing faction cannot enter by ordinary movement, and the only forcing means is a Blockade Breakthrough target number 15 (on failure, Defenseless + no entry until your own next count). Everyone on the blockading side long weapon +1 / short weapon -1.
• Core (心府, Core): an extreme-melee zone where friend and foe cannot be told apart. Special entry conditions, Domination cancellation, friendly fire.
• Front Zone (前列, Front Zone): the zone where the two factions engage directly. The ally Front and the enemy Front are directly adjacent.
• Rear (後列, Rear): the safe zone behind the Front. Archers and commanders wait here.
• Flank (外廓, Flank): a side-flanking route.
• Outside (外部, Outside): a special stealth zone beyond the battlefield.

#Unit Grades

• Mob (Mob): Wounds 0. The weakest existence, dying instantly on a mere attack declaration.
• Minion (Minion): Wounds 1. Holds Defense. Instant death on a hit. Operated in squad units.
• Veteran (Veteran): Wounds 2–3. Minus 1 Wound per hit.
• Elite (Elite): Wounds 3–4. Its own Energy pool. An enemy lieutenant grade.
• Lord (Lord): Wounds 3+Physique. Player characters and enemy generals.

In a rules context, only the official terms Mob/Minion/Veteran/Elite/Lord are used. Customary words like "mob" or "boss" are not rule terms, and when a check hinges on it, the side reduced to the official grade takes priority.

• Squad (部隊, Squad): the unit that groups Minions/Veterans for operation. It holds Cohesion.
• Individual Unit (個別部隊, Individual Unit): a unit operated as 1 person = 1 block. Not a target of Squad Order, overall command, Squad Tactics, or Cohesion. A shikigami, puppet, Elite-grade lieutenant, or Lord-grade PC falls here.
• Cohesion (結束力, Cohesion): a squad's morale and durability. At 0 it collapses.
• Rout (崩壞, Rout): Cohesion 0. The state where squad members have broken apart and fled or gone into hiding. Wounds may remain, and rescue is possible with a Lord's Presence (美) check each lull. Automatic reassembly after combat.
• Destruction (潰滅, Destruction): the state where a squad has been physically annihilated by Wounds 0 or a special effect. No return during combat. A named lieutenant is lost permanently.

#Weapons

• Size classification: the physical size of a weapon. Affects Energy cost within the Core.
• Short weapon (短): Energy -1 within the Core (a dagger, etc.).
• Standard (標準): no modifier within the Core (a katana, etc.).
• Long weapon (長): Energy +1 within the Core (a yari, a nodachi, etc.).
• Ranged (遠): can shoot into an adjacent zone. Risk of friendly fire in the Core (a bow, a teppo, etc.).
• Overburdened (過積載): the state of directly carrying a large load or an obviously heavy object with no squad or mount. Maximum Energy -1, Infiltration -2.

#Three Ways and Six Hearts

• Three Ways and Six Hearts (三道六心): a disposition system based on Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist roots. Used in place of D&D's 9 alignments.
• Way of Rites (禮道): the Confucian root. Order, loyalty, human ethics. "What is the duty of a human being?"
• Way of Emptiness (空道): the Buddhist root. Compassion, karma, liberation. "Why does suffering exist?"
• Way of Mystery (玄道): the Taoist/Shinto root. Nature, harmony, the divine. "Is the world complete just as it is?"
• Loyalty (忠): the light heart of the Way of Rites. Keep order. | Hegemony (覇): the dark heart of the Way of Rites. Force order.
• Compassion (慈): the light heart of the Way of Emptiness. Embrace suffering. | Void (虛): the dark heart of the Way of Emptiness. Let go of everything.
• Truth (眞): the light heart of the Way of Mystery. Become one with the world. | Demon (魔): the dark heart of the Way of Mystery. Follow instinct.
• No Heart (無心): the state of leaning to no Way. One who has lost the path, or one who has not yet found it.
• Heart Shift (心轉, Heart Shift): the mind switching from the light side to the dark, or the reverse.

#Maneuver System

• Maneuver (Maneuver): every individual action that can be carried out in combat. The 6 sources of technique/Kata/aptitude/upkeep/stance + Squad Tactics.
• Technique (技法): a maneuver from a weapon/armor/consumable. Attack A / Attack B / defense / Licensed / masterwork technique per weapon.
• Kata (型, kata): an active maneuver from a specialty. Triggered by spending Energy.
• Aptitude (素養): passive. Always in effect on acquisition alone.
• Upkeep (整備): a Lull-phase-only maneuver.
• Stance (構え): a maintained passive. Only 1 at a time.
• School (流派): a martial school that replaces a skill's Licensed maneuver and secret art (the Master-tier replacement maneuver).
• Secret art (秘技): a dedicated maneuver by which a school replaces the base Master maneuver at the Master tier. Separate from a masterwork technique.

#School Types

• Famous School (有名門派): Negotiation +2 with dojos/fellow disciples in various regions. Expulsion on damaging its honor.
• Secret Transmission (秘人秘傳): a connection to a master NPC. If the master dies, the secret art is left unfinished.
• Self-Taught Style (自己流): self-study. "Cannot be read" (-2) on your first opponent.
• Expulsion (破門): cast out from a Famous School. Loss of the school Licensed/secret art, return to the base maneuver, slots not refunded.

#Growth

• Dual Build (二重構成): Dan belongs only to the primary class. At 3rd-, 5th-, 7th-, or 9th-dan advancement, pay a general-trait slot to borrow an eligible secondary-class 1st-, 3rd-, or 5th-dan trait at or below the current Dan; Master-eligible skills are the union of both class lists. The secondary class has no Dan, the character gains exactly 1 Renown Title, and a combination Renown replaces only the class-capstone branch.
• Squad promotion: promotion Mob → Minion → Veteran → Elite → Lord through combat experience.

#Squad Tactics

• Tactic (戰術): a combat action a squad holds. Triggered by the commander's Squad Order. The 6th source of maneuvers.
• [Tactic:Kata]: a squad's active tactic. Triggered by the commander's Energy expenditure.
• [Tactic:stance]: a squad's maintained formation. 1 at a time, released when moving.
• [Tactic:aptitude]: a squad's passive trait. Always applied. Includes faction traits.
• Faction trait (陣營基盤): a force-shared passive [aptitude]. Built into Minion–Elite, treated as a Lord-grade specialty, acquirable by a PC.

#Faith and Philosophy

• Shinto (神道): Japan's native polytheism. Kami dwell in all things. The spiritual base of living gods / wild folk.
• Buddhism (佛教): the teaching of compassion and liberation. In the Warring States it is both the base of Exorcism and a political force.
• Onmyodo (陰陽道): Taoism + yin-yang and the five phases + Japan's native Sorcery. The scholarly base of the onmyoji.
• Confucianism (儒教): a system of human ethics. The root of bushido. The root of the Three Ways and Six Hearts' Way of Rites (禮道).
• Kirishitan (吉利支丹): Christianity. Faith in a single god from beyond the sea. Its own three Ways: the Way of the Lord of Heaven (Faith/Madness).
• Kegare (穢): impurity. The defilement of death/blood/yoma. Shinto's interpretation of spiritual pollution.
• Kamuy (神威): the majesty and power of the kami that the Emishi / wild folk revere.

Source: co-00-03 (an excerpt of the player's vocabulary). The detailed definition and reference links for each entry are in the core rulebook's glossary.

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#Summary

• A check is 2d10 + attribute + proficiency >= target number, and the ordinary target number is 11.
• A round is the cycle of everyone's Energy reset → count descending → lull, and the base limit of one breath is Energy 5 (Overload when exceeded).
• Every maneuver is at least 1 Energy, and values are rounded.
• A Breakthrough check is the three tiers of enemy superior 11 / full control 13 / Blockade 15.
• The unit grades in a rules context use only the official terms Mob/Minion/Veteran/Elite/Lord.