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Into the Void (Legend of the Five Rings)

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"The truth of the world can be found sitting at the riverside, The river never begins, the river...
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    "The truth of the world can be found sitting at the riverside, The river never begins, the river never ends. All of life is like the river, lessons never begin and lessons never end." - The Tao of Shinsei

    Welcome to Rokugan! Home of the Emerald Empire, seat of the blessed Kami themselves. Many mysteries and wonders abound in the rolling fields and high mountains of this glorious land, many dangers too. One can find strong burly Samurai fighting terrible monsters with nothing more than their hands and wits, or peaceful artisans crafting great works that shine with the inner light of the awakened kami. Monks wielding great powers or strange animal spirits who fall in love with humans, the powers of magic run strongly through the land leading to great and terrible wonders. From the mighty Kaiu Wall to the Burning Sands, from the Sapphire Sea to the edge of the Northern Wall Mountains, Rokugan shines bright!

    First, choose your timeline:

    [X]Hantei Genji's Reign
    Year 50 by the Isawa Calendar
    The reign of the second Hantei is beginning its 5th year and the Winter Court is being called to session in Otosan Uchi. This court promises to be one of the most memorable, as the Empire celebrates 5 decades after the decent of the Kami with festivals held in every hold from the greatest city to the humblest village. However not all is joyous in Rokugan, rumors of skirmishes between the great Clans and even talk of outright war abound. Comrades who a decade ago fought side by side against the tide of Shadowspawn led by Fu Leng find themselves on the opposite sides of the battlefield.


    CHARACTER SHEET



    Name:     Togashi Hideo
    Insight Rank: 2
    Insight : 158
    Honor: 6.8
    Glory: 1.6
    Status: 1
    Current EXP: 3

    Wounds:     57

    Inventory:
    Wealthy Clothing
    Sturdy Clothing
    Katana
    Wakizashi
    Tanto
    Traveling Pack
    3 Koku
    1 Brick

    Rings

    Awareness: 3
    Reflexes: 3
    Air: 3

    Strength: 2
    Perception: 2
    Water: 2

    Agility: 3
    Intelligence: 2
    Fire: 2

    Stamina: 3
    Willpower: 3
    Earth: 3

    Void: 4

    Skills:
    High Skills
    Courtier 1
    Etiquette 1
    Investigation 2
    Lore: Bushido 1
    Lore: Heraldry 1
    Lore: Theology 1
    Meditation 1
    Sincerity 1

    Bugei Skills
    Athletics 1
    Defense 1
    Hunting 1
    Iaijutsu 3
    Kenjutsu 3
    Jiujutsu 1

    Merchant Skills

    Low Skills

    Tattooes:
    Ocean

    Advantages:
    Paragon (Compassion)
    Seven Fortune's Blessing (Ebisu)
    Absolute Direction
    Togashi Tattoo (Ocean)

    Disadvantages:
    Sworn Enemy (Matsu Hiro)
    Asectic
     
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    • [X] Reign of Hantei XVI

    Blessed are we to live beneath the greatest Emperor since Hantei himself. May the Golden Chrysanthemum reign for 100 years!
     
    It's live! Hooray!

    [x]Hantei Genji's Reign

    Maximum disruption to the burgeoning Empire! Let's horribly disrupt all of the traditions! At this point nobody has centuries of inertia keeping them in place, and the leaders of the various Clans are still Supernatural Titans. FUN TIMES!
     
    All of you people wanting to play under 5th worst Hantei (after Yugozohime, Hantei XX, Hantei XXXIX and Daigotsu) sadden me. Why can't we just play a simple Crab who is glad that the Shadowlands are quiet and wishes to serve his lord?
     
    She challenged Soujiro to a duel he was under no compulsion to accept. You're presupposing that Soujiro wasn't trained as a bushi, when it's not like he'd be trained as a Shugenja, and given he had no champion, wasn't trained as a courtier either.

    Gozaku needed taking down from her perspective and while her methods might leave something to be desired, I don't know how else she could have done it reasonably Soujiro was a puppet.
     
    gman391 said:
    She challenged Soujiro to a duel he was under no compulsion to accept. You're presupposing that Soujiro wasn't trained as a bushi, when it's not like he'd be trained as a Shugenja, and given he had no champion, wasn't trained as a courtier either.

    Gozaku needed taking down from her perspective and while her methods might leave something to be desired, I don't know how else she could have done it reasonably Soujiro was a puppet.
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    Thing is she didn't really have the right to challenge him, he was the rightful heir and she should have taken the Otomo name by then. Even if she had won her next eldest brother should have taken the throne, they literally passed over several entirely legitimate Hantei just to hand the throne off to her. It also set a horrible precedent for the succession that should have by all rights have had serious repercussions for centuries. Can you imagine what would have happened if Iuchiban had challenged his brother to a duel for the throne?

    Also given how little we know about how the coronation duel went down and how she was the one to implement the "no armies on the Plain of Fast Troubles" law I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she showed up at the coronation with a half a dozen Matsu Berserkers and forced the duel.
     
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    You have the right to challenge people if you think that they're shaming your family. Better a duel than a titanic civil war.
     
    gman391 said:
    You have the right to challenge people if you think that they're shaming your family. Better a duel than a titanic civil war.
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    Except that that is again an invitation for any ambitious Hantei to claim the throne for themselves by throwing out an accusation and demanding a duel. Still since it doesn't currently look like Hantei VI is going to be chosen this is rather off topic.
     
    Well I was supposed to post again for Character Sheet and the like, but I guess I will just edit the OP.

    Some GM notes, house keeping things, and other details.

    I do in fact accept questions, ask me and I will give you the answer your question deserves.

    Stunts are a thing, they can change the TN necessary, provide backstory, or get you killed. Choose wisely.

    There will be a post coming soon which talks about the pros and cons of picking individual time periods, as well a summary of what I think of canon pertaining to that set of events. (Hint: Some canon events will be changed to avoid blatant metagaming.) Also included or in a second post will be skill notes, and other details to inform those who know nothing about Rokugan.

    I need a map, getting me a not shit map of Rokugan gets you a free raise or XP, your choice.

    Special thanks to @gman391, @Maugan Ra, @storybookknight, and most of all @Winged Knight, for their amazing quests which got me introduced to the L5R RPG.

    Legend of the Ronin (Legend of the Five Rings)
    In Thunder's Echo (Legend of the Five Rings Quest)
    [L5R] Minor Clan Quest
    Glory of the Emerald Empire (Legend of the 5 Rings Quest)

    Legend of the Five Rings uses the Roll and Keep system, normally represented XkX. There are Target Numbers (TN) which need to be hit for an action to pass. Raises can be called to do extraordinary things. 10's explode. As an example:

    Ryoma needs to break three boards with his head in order to prove to his sensei that he is ready to master the Iron Head technique. He has Strength 2 and so gets +2k2 (2 dice rolled, highest 2 kept) as well as his rank in Jiujutsu (wrestling that isn't sumui or sumo) which is +1k0. Breaking three boards isn't normally that impossible though doing so with his head instead of his hands means it will cost him a raise, taking his TN to 25. Ryoma smashes his head into the boards:

    Jiujutsu: 3k2: 22 vs TN 25

    Ryoma has failed his roll and did not break the three boards. However Ryoma can try to convince his teacher that he is still worthy to try the technique because he almost succeeded. So Ryoma will try a Courtier roll and he has the Rhetoric emphasis meaning he rolls with Awareness 3, getting +3k3, a Courtier skill of 1 so another +1k0, and he spends a Void point to get +1k1. Ryoma explains to his teacher that he really does deserve to learn the Iron Head technique because he tried really hard and almost made it and he is sure that if he had a little more time he could get it down just right:

    Courtier (Rhetoric)/Awareness: 5k4: 35 vs ???

    Ryoma is successful and manages to convince his teacher that he should learn how to break boulders with his skull.
     
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    Hello said:
    Well I was supposed to post again for Character Sheet and the like, but I guess I will just edit the OP.

    Some GM notes, house keeping things, and other details.

    I do in fact accept questions, ask me and I will give you the answer your question deserves.

    Stunts are a thing, they can change the TN necessary, provide backstory, or get you killed. Choose wisely.

    There will be a post coming soon which talks about the pros and cons of picking individual time periods, as well a summary of what I think of canon pertaining to that set of events. (Hint: Some canon events will be changed to avoid blatant metagaming.) Also included or in a second post will be skill notes, and other details to inform those who know nothing about Rokugan.

    I need a map, getting me a not shit map of Rokugan gets you a free raise or XP, your choice.

    Special thanks to @gman391, @Maugan Ra, @storybookknight, and most of all @Winged Knight, for their amazing quests which got me introduced to the L5R RPG.

    Legend of the Ronin (Legend of the Five Rings)
    In Thunder's Echo (Legend of the Five Rings Quest)
    [L5R] Minor Clan Quest
    Glory of the Emerald Empire (Legend of the 5 Rings Quest)

    Legend of the Five Rings uses the Roll and Keep system, normally represented XkX. There are Target Numbers (TN) which need to be hit for an action to pass. Raises can be called to do extraordinary things. 10's explode. As an example:

    Ryoma needs to break three boards with his head in order to prove to his sensei that he is ready to master the Iron Head technique. He has Strength 2 and so gets +2k2 (2 dice rolled, highest 2 kept) as well as his rank in Jiujutsu (wrestling that isn't sumui or sumo) which is +1k0. Breaking three boards isn't normally that impossible though doing so with his head instead of his hands means it will cost him a raise, taking his TN to 25. Ryoma smashes his head into the boards:

    Jiujutsu: 3k2: 22 vs TN 25

    Ryoma has failed his roll and did not break the three boards. However Ryoma can try to convince his teacher that he is still worthy to try the technique because he almost succeeded. So Ryoma will try a Courtier roll and he has the Rhetoric emphasis meaning he rolls with Awareness 3, getting +3k3, a Courtier skill of 1 so another +1k0, and he spends a Void point to get +1k1. Ryoma explains to his teacher that he really does deserve to learn the Iron Head technique because he tried really hard and almost made it and he is sure that if he had a little more time he could get it down just right:

    Courtier (Rhetoric)/Awareness: 5k4: 35 vs ???

    Ryoma is successful and manages to convince his teacher that he should learn how to break boulders with his skull.
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    I agree with you that the maps of Rokugan are mostly terrible. Talk to @HastyGaming, he made the one that I am using for Minor Clan Quest.

    Also, I would LOVE to see a Steel Chrysanthemum game.

    [X] Reign of Hantei XVI
     
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