Regarding Honor-dar

[MetalBard]

When a player is seeking out the most honorable foe on the battlefield, whose high honor makes the ob lower, the seeker or the target? I couldn't tell from the text if it was harder or easier to find someone with high honor.

[Merritt Baggett]

You're looking at Bushi-wise on page 159, right?

Huh, usually I'd say "the character" would be the player's character...

but thinking about it, you'd think that the more famous and honorable the opponent you're looking for, the easier it is to spot him.

On a related note, honorable characters initially position with things like Etiquette and Conspicuous, so they'd be easier to spot on a battlefield right? I mean, you're talking about moving in formation with fluttering, legit (aka not using someone else's stuff for deception) banners and overtly honoring right of way and other arcane, ceremonial aspects of war. Then there's Conspicuous; the whole point is that you're drawing attention to yourself.

Conversely, shameful characters initially position with things like Speed or Perception, which to my mind conjures images of rushing one's enemy before he can react or spotting one's enemy and sneaking up on him before he can react. If that's right, shameful enemies have a tendency to use tactics that make them harder to spot on the battlefield.

Sure, that's sort of overgeneralizing a character's behavior but kinda works as a shorthand, especially for NPCs made up on the spot.

Thoughts, critiques?

EDIT: well, ok, you have both Honor and Shame, so, I guess I'm more talking about characters who tend to be driven by one more than the other. Again, overgeneralizing but shorthand.

[MetalBard]

Thank you for the substantive response, Merritt.