Requirements: Novice, Athletics d6+, Stealth d6+
When the wealthy and the powerful need an enemy eliminated quietly and without fail, they call upon the ninja. When a general needs to sabotage the siege engines of his foes before they can reach the castle walls, he calls upon the ninja. And when fools dare to move against a ninja or her companions, they will find the ninja waiting for them while they sleep, ready to strike.
These shadowy killers are masters of infiltration, sabotage, and assassination, using a wide variety of weapons, practiced skills, and mystical powers to achieve their goals.
Armor Restriction (Light): Ninjas are nimble and deadly acrobats. While wearing medium or heavy armor or using medium or heavy shields, the hero cannot use any abilities granted by this Edge or any Edge that has this Edge as a Requirement.
Mystic Powers (Ninja): As a limited free action, the ninja can invoke one of the following "ki" powers: lower Trait (pressure points), darksight, deflection (duplicate ninjas), and disguise. All but lower Trait are self only and lower Trait has the Range Limitation (hitting the target's Parry with a success), but the ninja gains no benefit from the Limitations.
The ninja has 10 Power Points that recharge normally. She automatically activates the power with success for its regular cost, or with a raise for an additional 2 Power Points. She may use applicable Power Modifiers if desired (at the usual cost).
Mystic Powers doesn’t grant access to Edges that require an Arcane Background. If the ninja also has an Arcane Background, none of its Edges or abilities can be used with Mystic Powers (and vice-versa).
Requirements: Seasoned, Ninja
A ninja knows how to cover her tracks, remain hidden, and conceal her presence. Creatures attempting to detect, track, or see through the ninja's disguise suffer a -2 penalty to the roll.
The ninja must still be capable of hiding or disguising herself to benefit from this.
Requirements: Veteran, Ninja
The ninja further nurtures and refines her ki. She adds the following powers to her Mystic Powers ability: detect arcana, fly (air walking), intangibility, and invisibility. All of these powers are self only.
Requirements: Heroic, Ninja
The ninja can invest a portion of her ki into a single thrown weapon, such as a shuriken or dagger. Investing this energy is a limited free action and costs 1 Power Point.
When a target is hit with this weapon, place a Small Blast Template over it. All creatures under the blast template suffer weapon damage plus the ninja's Spirit.
A raise on the attack still provides an additional d6 damage to all targets under the template.
Requirements: Wild Card, Legendary, at least two Ninja Edges
Once per encounter, a ninja can attack with a previously hidden weapon. The target of the attack must not have been aware of the weapon before the attack (such as a hidden blade). The ninja benefits from The Drop for this attack.