A samurai's disgrace skill

Skill 'hazukure'.

• This is a passive skill, it works automatically.

Fleeing from battle is a tremendous disgrace for a samurai. A samurai who flees from combat "reddens with shame" and loses his grip on his combat skills. His name is whispered with contempt, and the spirits of his ancestors refuse to bless his blade. The only way to cleanse himself is to perform harakiri and send his soul before the judgment of the ancestors.

This penalty begins to apply after reaching level 20 -- young samurai are yet to know the meaning of shame.