Holy crap. :P<br/><br/>Okay... Kotone is dead. She's Charismatic 3, Adept 2... with a focus on Charisma and long-range fighting. She's meant to be a glass cannon and Tashi just threw a rock at her. Now, since that might... complicate things, I figure I'll put my GM fiat face-up on the table. I could;<br/><br/>A. Assume she rolls the maximum for her hit die (Which still isn't much)<br/>B. Move around some ability scores or give her some extra points to bring her Con up a modifier or two. She's only Point Buy 30 as it is. :P<br/>C. Give her Ryokujun no Jutsu and at least a step in mastery. Granted this nullifies Tashi's 'surprise'...<br/>D. Let her die, quite possibly starting a war... or at least not help matters much. :P<br/><br/>For her to survive, it would have to be a combination of A and either B or C... since 5d6 maximized is still only 30. Assuming I give her +4 Con, that'd bring her at least into dying. Ryokujun no Jutsu, if successful, would negate about 6 damage... Which puts her into dying without messing around with her ability scores. If she survives, I'd wager she's terribly burned and suffers a permanent circumstance penalty to any disguise or charisma check that physical appearance might involve, on top of whatever temporary problems she'll have.<br/><br/>In any event, I think this might actually activate Tashi's Red Eyes. If it's a bloodline trait that usually maddens and frenzies its users, wouldn't it make sense for a particularly bloody or deadly scene to activate it? Perhaps with limited mechanical benefit and a bit of fluff benefit, since an early activation would require a little homebrewery or rule bending.<br/><br/>Well... End result; Tashi suffers Chakra Depletion, Kotone's dead/dying, while Kaori and Kinsuke are going to flip out... And the Kawa Daimyo won't be able to decide if he wants to punish Tashi for nearly starting a war or reward him for his ferocity. If news of this reaches his ears, it'll arouse his interest... might try to snag Tashi away from the Mibu Clan's influence.... Oh, and Maki and Keiji will probably have to stop seeing eachother. ::)<br/><br/>See now why Kotone wanted to Kinsuke to fight Tashi? ;)<br/><br/>Anyways, since I like to be fair- it's your call as to what happens. :P