Thoughts on Disciplines and Schools

I'm just going to take a minute here (and stall on reading more Aristotle, because I just spent hours reading Plato) to talk about Disciplines.

Yes, they're Schools. Big whoop. And Path Disciplines are Paths and Advanced Disciplines are Advanced Schools. Naturally.

Now, the kicker is how incredibly complex and frankly bloated the entire corpus of Schools got to be under all the Editions. Sometimes it made perfect sense. And sometimes... not.

So what I want this initial overhaul to do is pair all the schools down to 10 per profession. So, 10 Bushi Disciplines, 10 Shugenja Disciplines, 10 Teishin (Courtier) Disciplines. And 10 Gakusho Disciplines. And 6 Ronin Okuden, +4 Ronin Advanced Disciplines.

For the Bushi, Shugenja, Teishin, AND Gakusho there are 7 Disciplines that are considered basic, most popular styles. These are found throughout Hachigoku in various "dojo," and each of those will have 1 Advanced Discipline and 2 Path Disciplines. The other three in each profession will have no Advanced Disciplines (due to history and resources), but will have a single Path Discipline.

A lot of these will be reinterpretations of old Schools, of course, but some will be brand spanking new and tailored for these alternate rules.

Since grabbing all my various notes is a constant chore, putting a list up here will help me consolidate. It's not complete, by any means, and subject to change.

Bushi

The 7:
Akodo Bushi Discipline; Soul of Thunder Advanced Discipline; Katai Sekko Path; Akodo Yari-sha Path
Bayushi Bushi Discipline; Kochako Sekko Advanced Discipline; Nanbu Kenshi Path; Bayushi Kenshi Path
Hida Bushi Discipline; Hida Avenger Advanced Discipline; Hida Tetsubo-sha Path; Tsuru's Kishu Path
Kakita Bushi Discipline; Kakita Odoriko Advanced Discipline; Kakita Kenshinzen Path; Tsume Bushi Path
Mirumoto Bushi Discipline; Zurui Kenshi Advanced Discipline; Dragon's Flame Ito Path; Dragon's Claws Mosenshi Path
Shiba Bushi Discipline; Shiba Chanbara Advanced Discipline; Shiba Naginata-sha Path; Shiba Kenshi Path
Shinjo Bushi Discipline; Shinjo Metsuke Advanced Discipline; Shinjo Ito Path; Moto Mosenshi Path

& 3:
Daidoji Bushi Discipline; Nobuto Bushi Path
Tsuruchi Bushi Discipline; Tsuruchi Kyoukan-sagasu Path
Yoritomo Bushi Discipline; Watanabe Anjin Path

Shugenja

The 7:
Agasha Shugenja Discipline; Dragon Channeler Advanced Discipline; Agasha Ikakeya Path
Asahina Shugenja Discipline; Asahina Onmyoji Advanced Discipline
Isawa Shugenja Discipline; Elemental Guard Advanced Discipline; Isawa Taryu-jiai-sha Path; Asako Inquisitor Path
Kitsu Shugenja Discipline; Kitsu Soden-senzo Advanced Discipline; Kitsu Sohei Path
Kitsune Shugenja Discipline
Kuni Shugenja Discipline; Kuni Yamabushi Advanced Discipline; Kuni Heika Path; Kuni Hari-sha Path
Soshi Shugenja Discipline; Soshi Metsuke Advanced Discipline; Soshi Taryu-jiai-sha Path; Kuroiban Shugenja Path

& 3:
Iuchi Shugenja Discipline; Iuchi Traveler Path
Tamori Shugenja Discipline; Tamori Yamabushi Path
Yogo Shugenja Discipline; Yogo Natsuin-sha Path

Teishin:

The 7:
Bayushi Teishin Discipline; Bayushi Bengoshi Advanced Discipline
Doji Teishin Discipline; Doji Bensha Advanced Discipline; Hiramichi Shounin Path
Ide Teishin Discipline; Ide Sage Advanced Discipline
Ikoma Teishin Discipline; Ikoma Omoidasu Advanced Discipline
Kitsuki Teishin Discipline; Kitsuki Kyougishukan Advanced Discipline; Kitsuki Kenshi Path; Kitsuki Metsuke Path
Miya Shisha Discipline
Otomo Teishin Discipline; Roju Teishin Advanced Discipline; Otomo Metsuke Path; Otomo Bensha Path

& 3:
Chukan Teishin Discipline
Kakita Shokunin Discipline; Kakita Teishin Path
Yasuki Teishin Discipline

So, there are a lot of holes there, and I haven't made any firm decisios about the Ronin or Gakusho either... And a lot of names changed or moved around from previous books and some things I just have to make up. But there's still the first two chapters to finish a rough draft of anything. But I'll keep updating this list.