Editing Ninja (section)

===[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons#AD&D 1st Edition|1st Edition]]===
Ninja made its D&D debut in the [[Oriental Adventures]] book, as a "secret" sort-of-multiclass rather than an independent class in its own right. The idea is that since ninjas aren't supposed to exist, they each have another class as an undercover identity. Any bushi, sohei, wu jen, or yakuza you meet might be a ninja in secret: they get most of the traditional thieving skills ([[Derp|except picking pockets or hearing noises]]), disguises, thief-acrobat tightrope-walking and pole-vaulting, slow falling they stole from the monks, some escape-artistry, backstabbing and assassination, and finally some rudimentary ki abilities. Most of the time they can only use these abilities when nobody's looking: if their true identity is ever discovered, they're almost guaranteed to get killed by their own clan in retaliation. All Oriental Adventures characters take [[Honor]] [[Serious Business|pretty seriously]].