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→Gaining and Losing Honor
All characters start off with 11 Honor at first level, because they are Average and haven't done enough to be labeled yet. Any class that swears an oath or has a code of conduct (ie the samurai and knight) add 4 to their honor for obvious reasons, giving them a starting honor of 15. Characters who are part of a [[The Empire of the Rising Sun (3.5e Campaign Setting)/The Clans|clan]] take their clan's starting honor score, plus any bonus honor granted by class choice.
Players should only be aware of their honor score when they create their character, reflecting how honor is up to others to decide and judge. After that, it should be handled by the DM, reflecting the highly personalized nature of honor. Players should be told when they gain or lose a level of honor, but should never be told their actual honor score. Acts only count as honorable or dishonorable if they are witnessed by NPCs, or if NPCs hear of them (because there will be few peasants around when you slay a demon, but people will hear eventually know about it). Things that are honorable include, but are not limited to:
*Telling the truth, especially if it will result in repercussions
