Kyujutsu and Technique Adaptation (Targeted Attack)

[Peter V. Dell'Orto]

Originally Posted by Fwibos

So it is a 1 point UB saying you can learn other targets. And, if we, as the GM say that this school of Kyujutsu added TA (Bow Shot/Limb Artery), we could add it without it?

Sure. It would be very unusual in Japan, but it would make a good uruwaza (hidden technique). I think I explain it in the book - the face was one of the only unarmoured parts of a mounted samurai archer's body, so the face was considered the best target. An early-era samurai wouldn't be served well by aiming elsewhere.

Later ones, sure - an arm-crippling bowmaster would be a very cool character to have in a Tokugawa Shogunate-era game, for sure.

Originally Posted by Fwibos

I get the UB bit, but I guess I don't see it as very much worth it. Why wouldn't you just ask your GM to allow you an extra technique?

You can ask your GM for anything, of course. This perk is letting you buy a UB that says the GM shouldn't say no to additional Targeted Attack options.