Create your own clan?

[Yagyu Jubei]

I heard somewhere (cant find it now) that you can create your own clan with custom officers (not starting out with a clan already in game). can anyone confirm this. From what i remember reading, they were saying you start off in a small castle or fort and it is much harder starting with a custom clan. I really hope we can make custom clans. I know you can always marry your custom officer into your daimyo's clan and then retire making him the successor, but id rather start out with my own custom Yagyu clan!!!

[felinowottgald]

Yes you can make a custom clan (in fact you can make more than one as a IA), if you want i can post some screenshots

[felinowottgald]

Three custom clans

http://i.imgur.com/F2ntL0Q.jpg

My custom clan as player and three more as IA

http://i.imgur.com/Hso73LE.jpg

[Yagyu Jubei]

Sweet! Thanks Felino. Thats what ive been dreaming of for this game. I have been researching the Yagyu clan (Disciples incuded), the Yoshioka Clan, and the Hozoin monks. With this I can put all of them into the game! I have 40 Yagyu clan members ready to go, 13 Yoshioka clan members, and 6 Hozoin members.

[Yagyu Jubei]

I am happy to share the information with anyone upon request. (when i see the post that is lol)

[Blahto Blahtoto]

Originally posted by Yagyu Jubei:

I am happy to share the information with anyone upon request. (when i see the post that is lol)

lol 40!? I only know 3

[Oðinn]

Originally posted by Yagyu Jubei:

I am happy to share the information with anyone upon request. (when i see the post that is lol)

I would I actually really like to know about those 40 Yagyu clan members, because I have no been looking into the Yagyu clan much and only have knowledge of the more prominent members of the clan (Muneyoshi, Toshiyoshi, Muneori, Mitsutoshi, Munefuyu and Renya).

[Yagyu Jubei]

Its collecting 5 generations of Yagyu family, and yagyu Shinkage Ryu disciples. (Not sure how long the game lets you play before end, so some of them may not be around more then a few years in game). I have a geneology file im working on, ill try and share it via google, drive. Note some of the births i had to make a place holder guess at for the game. Some (not all) have bio information on who they are (usually not the main ones cuz they are easy to find).
Few notes, Cuz of the way the site works i hade to choose either partner or brother to make some of the other clan trees. So the Yoshioka are in no way related to the Yagyu, same for the Hozoin.
The other 10 swords of the Yoshioka are in the Bio for Seijuro.
Yagyu Retainers/Disciples are the tree on the far right starting with Muneshige Matsuda. The tree sprouting from him are NOT related family members (Though Tamiya Botaro and Ganpachiro are father and son to eachother) These are as I said, Practictioners of the Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, students, disciples, retainers, ect. The Senior Disciples of the Yagyu were supposed to be branched togehter but the program was wonky, these include Kizaemon Shoda, Magobei Idebuchi, Yozo Murata, and Sukekuro Kimura.
If you get lost in the tree just click back on Ietoshi to see all the trees again, if you cant see him click on the highest person you can see and navigate back.
Also note I am using some characters that are taken from line wolf and cub, Goseki and Kojima were extremely good historians and as such often and likely based their stories and actual characters, even if these were just mentioned somewhere as a student of Yagyu Shinkage, IE in the case of Kikuma Toyama, who may have studied Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, but was likely NOT an assassin. But since the game has lots of characters based on myth and legend (Koji Kashin) I am also including these for the clan. There are still some more members out there.
Heres the link, apologies for any typos here or in the geneology, this was meant more for my own personal game use. Also its still a work in progress so if anyone has any input or other Yagyu members/practitioners of the time please let me know.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GaohylSbo7dDhXLUlBc2J0LWc/view?usp=sharing

Let me know if this does now work. Enjoy :)

[Yagyu Jubei]

Also I have access to the names of the Ura Yagyu ninja from the old Sony Chiba Yagyu Conspiracy tv show, and the Lone Wolf and cub, I am on the fence about adding them as again I am not sure if the game would allow them to be playable for very long.

[Yagyu Jubei]

Hm havent used goggle drive in awhile, not sure how to make the zip downloadable
Ah ok think i did it, when yo go to the link hover your mouse around the top middle and you will see a download button. Download the file open the zip and click the thingy that says double click to view family, if that doesnt work extract the zip toa temp folder and then click the thing. Lemme know if theres still issues

[felinowottgald]

this sound interesing, I gona check it later, this Yagyu clan sound cool

[Yagyu Jubei]

They learned the Shinkage Ryu from Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, one of the greatest sword masters of his time. His technique focused on sword capture and taking the opponents sword away and using it against them. Yagyu Muneyoshi Sekishusai inherited the school and created the Yagyu Shinkage Ryu. He like Nobutsuna become one of the greatest martial artist to ever live. His son Yagyu Munenori showed the same prowess and skill as his father. Munenori however become involved with the Tokugawa clan and politics. Munenori served as Sword instructor to the Tokugawa Shogunate and was promoted to Ometsuke, Inspector General and watchdog of all of Japans Daimyo, making him one of the most feared men of the Bakufu.
Munenori's skill was said to rival that of Miyamaoto Musashi and while the whole country often speculated on who would in in a match, a recorded battle never occured.
Munenori's son however became even more famous then his father or grandfather. Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi was said to have been blinded in one eye by his father Munenori during a training match. Jubei is classicly depicted as wearing a sword guard for an eye patch. He was squire to the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. But one day when Iemitsu wanted to train, Jubei refused saying it was like fighting a child. Iemitsu attacked him with a real sword and Jubei using Muto Dori (sword capture technique) basicaly put the beat down on the most powerful man (boy) in Japan.
Jubei was banished from Edo and became a Ronin. Or so the story goes. Whats interesting to note here is that later Jubei was restored, right around the time the goverment stoped a plot to revolt against the Shogunate. Also the records of Jubeis activities during this time are practically non existent. Considering his fathers position and regular use of the Iga Ninja, it is a good guess that Jubei was acting as a Shinobi agent for the Shogun, and that his banishment was a staged occurence to establish him as a rouge with no connection to the Shogunate.
However many stories and legends have been passed down putting Jubei in the light as a Hero for the people, stopping brigands and corrupt officials.
Many current stories show Jubei turning against his father who has been corrupted by politics.
Whatever the case Jubei died young, official report states likely heart attack while hawking or fishing. But the most likely case was that the goverment had him posioned to keep their secrets, or becuase he had indeed turned against them.
Many other members of the Yagyu clan became exceptional sword masters and there are plenty of stories about them. Such as Araki Mataemon and the Revenge of Iga Ueno. Yagyu Retsudo who is made out to be the villain in the Lone Wolf and Cub manga/movies. Yagyu Hyogonosuke, Yagyu Renya, Yagyu Matajuro ect.

[Blahto Blahtoto]

If I remember the Yagyu in this game has one of the highest Valor stats, Muneyoshi has 113 in Iron Triangle. Other stats though are kind of average/ below average. So they are a good sub- general ^_^

Also how small is the starting castle of a custom clan compare to a standard clan?

[felinowottgald]

Originally posted by Blahto Blahtoto:

If I remember the Yagyu in this game has one of the highest Valor stats, Muneyoshi has 113 in Iron Triangle. Other stats though are kind of average/ below average. So they are a good sub- general ^_^

Also how small is the starting castle of a custom clan compare to a standard clan?

is a fort, the game has two types, castles and forts, castles are more resistant, give more resourses, have more soldiers, let you modify the castle much more, and the province is considered yours in the main map, forts are smaller, give less resourses and having only a fort and no castle make you a small clan (you can ask to be vassal of some mayor clan for protection).

If you ara a vassal and you conquer a castle automatically you become a medium clan and you are no longer a vassal of your master clan (in case you become a vassal for protection)

Depend on were you start the game can be easy or a real nigthmare, as I say before there are some places that are on constant battles and you can be on crossfire very easy, For example is not recomended to be in a place where is a very large clan, and much less a place where is a free for all like near the hojo clan.

Pro tip: ever, ever in your games have at least one big clan as a friend, this can save you in more than one ocasion, even better you don't need to worry about them as an inmediate enemy

The game has a quest system, they give you some quest that help you become a great clan, develop you fort and conquer a castle, i can't say much about them (my game is in japanese) but i can say that they are helpfull for a nice start

In conclusion you start from the dirt and you must overcome the odds to be someone in this game, use politics, war, make friends or even betrayal to win

[Blahto Blahtoto]

Did they remove the Offspring feature?

[felinowottgald]

Originally posted by Blahto Blahtoto:

Did they remove the Offspring feature?

What about Offspring you mean exactly?