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==Difference between Ancestral Schools and Disciplines==

The ancestral school is a variant of one of the existing disciplines, but behaves in many ways as a discipline proper. By definition, "ancestral schools" act like the different styles of a same martial art (such as Shotokan Karate, Shitō-ryū Karate, Gōjū-ryū Karate, etc.), teaching the basics of the primary discipline; however, unlike the different styles of martial arts, ancestral schools teach an entire new set of maneuvers (not merely variants of maneuvers). Maneuvers thought by ancestral schools share some traits of their parent discipline (or disciplines, as some ancestral schools are hybrids of two different disciplines), but each school has a specific trait that makes it distinctive. Some ancestral schools specialize in one aspect of the discipline, others offer an alternative approach to the key aspects of the discipline, and others require specific traits (such as racial or class features) to execute the maneuvers.

In game terms, ancestral schools offer a completely new set of maneuvers and stances. Due to their connection to a discipline (or disciplines, in certain occasions), maneuvers of the ancestral school qualify as maneuvers of the primary discipline. To gain maneuvers from ancestral schools, the character must choose the corresponding ancestral school feat. "Ancestral school" feats work as Martial Study feats, granting a free maneuver from the ancestral school, a benefit appropriate to the school, and grants the ability to choose maneuvers and stances from the ancestral school whenever the character has access to maneuvers from its primary discipline. A character may also learn maneuvers and stances from ancestral schools by means of the Martial Study and Martial Stance feats, but this doesn't allow the ability to learn additional maneuvers as the "ancestral school" feats allow; being based off primary disciplines, gaining one of these maneuvers through the Martial Study feat grants the primary discipline's key skill as a class skill, instead of offering its own.

Because ancestral schools are not fully developed disciplines, they lack a legacy weapon (though that doesn't mean a character can't found a legacy weapon based off them), and lack a signature tactical feat. Items granting maneuvers from ancestral schools are largely unknown; the DM is free to determine if magic items from their primary disciplines can be reworked to offer maneuvers from their ancestral schools, if desired.

{{3.5e Martial Discipline
|name=Night Wind
|class=None (requires the [[Night_Wind_Disciple_(3.5e_Feat)|Night Wind Disciple]] feat)
|skill=Hide
|skillreason= Being an ancestral school based on two disciplines, Night Wind also has Tumble as a class skill.
|weapon=As [[Desert_Wind_(3.5e_Martial_Discipline)|Desert Wind]] and [[Shadow_Hand_(3.5e_Martial_Discipline)|Shadow Hand]] disciplines
|weaponreason=Being an ancestral school based on two disciplines, Night Wind teaches fighting with both weapon types.
|saves=10 + maneuver level + Wisdom modifier
|special=Treat maneuvers or stances from Night Wind as if they were Desert Wind or Shadow Hand maneuvers for purposes of qualifying for new maneuvers or stances.
}}
Author	T.G. Oskar +
Class	None (requires the Night Wind Disciple feat) +
Identifier	3.5e Martial Discipline +
Rating	Unrated +
Skill	Hide +
Summary	A hybrid school combining the powers of Desert Wind and Shadow Hand, allowing the practitioner to execute cold and shadow-based maneuvers based on existing Desert Wind maneuvers +
Title	Night Wind +
Weapon	As Desert Wind and Shadow Hand disciplines +