Chapter 46 — Jade Veil (Feudal Mystery Demo)

Chapter 46 — Jade Veil (Feudal Mystery Demo)

Part VI — Starter Worlds

A walkthrough of the feudal mystery starter.

Setting

A feudal castle during a tense political summit. Lord Takeda has been poisoned. The player — a ronin hired for protection — must find the poisoner while navigating a court where every accusation costs honor and silence costs lives.

Contents

Element	Description
Castle Gate	Starting zone — stone archway, guard post, courtyard bridge
Great Hall	Social zone — war banners, tatami mats, ancestral shrine
Tea Garden	Investigation zone — stone lanterns, koi pond, whispering pines
Lord’s Chamber	Restricted zone — silk screens, medicine table, poison residue
Hidden Passage	Secret zone — narrow tunnel, dust, concealed door mechanism
Lord Takeda	NPC — poisoned lord, bedridden (composure 7)
Lady Himiko	NPC — lord’s wife, suspect (composure 8, perception 6)
Magistrate Sato	NPC — investigator, potential ally (perception 7, discipline 5)
Shadow Assassin	Enemy — hidden killer (discipline 7, perception 8)
Corrupt Samurai	Enemy — bodyguard turned traitor (discipline 8, composure 4)
Incense Kit	Item — restores 5 ki
Way of the Blade	Progression tree — steady-hand → inner-calm → righteous-fury

Ruleset: ronin-minimal

Stat	Role
Discipline	Martial skill, blade technique, focus
Perception	Awareness, deduction, reading intent
Composure	Social control, emotional mastery, interrogation

Resource	Range	Notes
HP	0–30	Physical health
Honor	0–30	Fragile — false accusations cost -5, hard to recover (+1 for righteous acts)
Ki	0–20	Spiritual energy, regens 2/tick, powers special actions

Unique verbs: duel (formal martial challenge), meditate (restore ki and composure at the cost of a turn).

How the Systems Interact

1. Dialogue — Magistrate Sato briefs the ronin on the poisoning and court suspects. Completing the briefing sets the magistrate-briefed flag and grants an incense kit.

2. Environment — Two hazard types: poison-residue in the lord’s chamber drains HP from lingering toxins, shadow-watch zones drain ki as unseen eyes track your movements.

3. Cognition — The assassin perception rule makes shadow operatives perceive the ronin as “a blade without a lord — unpredictable and dangerous.”

4. Combat — Two enemy archetypes: Shadow Assassins are perception-heavy ambush fighters (detect before they strike), Corrupt Samurai are disciplined but emotionally unstable (provoke their composure to break).

5. Factions — The Takeda clan controls the castle with waning authority, while the shadow-network operates with near-perfect cohesion from the hidden passages.

Install

npm install @ai-rpg-engine/starter-ronin

import { createGame } from '@ai-rpg-engine/starter-ronin';
const engine = createGame(42);

This pack includes 3 abilities (precision-cut, inner-calm, shadow-mark), the marked status with debuff tag, and cleanse support. See Chapter 48: Abilities System.