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Post by Stu Venable on Nov 5, 2017 22:05:30 GMT -8
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Post by angelis1974 on Nov 6, 2017 4:54:40 GMT -8
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Post by SirGuido on Nov 6, 2017 9:55:27 GMT -8
Oh yeah, Kaze no shiro is awesome for fluff like that. If you were doing 4th I'd have a bunch of crunch references for you too. I do have a few things you can use though: 59f896f4e033e_L5R5-notes.pdf (335.75 KB) 59d6b0d2c379f_dicestickerscolor.pdf (171.6 KB) 20 QuestionsFF.pdf (91.51 KB) The first one is a cheat sheet type thing I found on the L5R forums. It basically has all the tables on it, very useful. The second is a file to be printed on sticker paper to turn regular dice into L5R dice. The third is my 20 Questions pdf that is form fillable.
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Post by SirGuido on Nov 6, 2017 9:56:25 GMT -8
Also these: Campaign Sheet.pdf (140.2 KB) L5R Cheat Sheet.pdf (74.22 KB) L5RBetaCharSheetFF.pdf (195.14 KB) The first one is the campaign sheet from the beta test rules, if you want it form fillable let me know it won't take long. The second is my version of a cheat sheet which is lame compared to the other one, and the last is my form fillable character sheet.
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Post by SirGuido on Nov 6, 2017 15:11:20 GMT -8
Do you know yet who's playing or what clans they will be playing?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 16:44:20 GMT -8
Another really good piece of advice I've seen is to break tropes in half. Kakita duelists can get boring. What about a Matsu duelist? Matsu Seijuro was a pretty awesome character in the RPG. A Matsu who trained at the Kakita Dueling Academy. His breathren would ridicule him and his school, and his honor demanded he defend his school's honor. After about the sixth or seventh person he had seriously maimed, they learned to respect him and to also use him as a resource about the Crane In the old books, Doji Kuwanan had serious military background; training with the Daidoji, the Hida and the Akodo. Yes, he was the Champion's son so it was easy to get him between schools, but he represented a side of the Crane you tend not to see. Or Hiruma Kage, who was a honorable tea-ceremony practicing Crab bushi... I think you have a good idea with the Shinsei quotes. It tells you at a glance what they believe beyond school and clan.
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Post by ayslyn on Nov 6, 2017 17:30:46 GMT -8
Small clarification. Kuwanan was the youngest son, which was part of why he was able to go against the grain.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 17:57:52 GMT -8
Small clarification. Kuwanan was the youngest son, which was part of why he was able to go against the grain. In theory, yes. But, primarily since he took after Satsume and Hoturi took after their mother, he got to be indulged in more 'manly' things. That was actually something Bayushi Shoju took into consideration during the Coup; with Satsume's death, Hoturi didn't have the background to lead the armies effectively, especially with a rabid Matsu Tsuko. #AncientLoreIsAncient
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 4:17:50 GMT -8
If you have The Great CLans 4th ed book you can find Akodo’s Ten Orders from Leadership in the Lion section.
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Post by cursedmonkey on Jan 6, 2018 11:56:27 GMT -8
Ooh, I look forward to this AP!
Something very interesting about the Crab Clan is that they don't usually do seppuku when dishonored. Seppuku is actually a rare occurence and largely done at the pressure of foreign influence.
The Crab clan logic is simple: our people die on the wall against armies of demons, undead and goblins so why kill a servicable warrior in such a wasteful manner?
The usual type of punishment that replaces seppuku is the trial of the cage. The offender is put in a cage along with an innocent friend/family member and left to starve but freed before death. Not only do you wither away but see a loved one do so as well to bring you the understanding that, on the wall, your failures affect not only your but your friends, family, clan and possibly the Empire as well so don't do it again.
If her father was killed off for political reasons then it is possible that many amongst the crab resent the move. The daimyo might also be one of them.
The Crab clan lands are not very fertile and are *very* dependent on imported good from their neighbors and Imperial supplies. It is possible that the Clan Champion or daimyo was forced to execute Kimi's father to save the crab legions from possible starvation under an Imperial sanction.
Just my two cents ^^
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Post by tappy on Jan 6, 2018 13:26:01 GMT -8
Crab samurai will still commit seppuku for may reasons; if their lord demands it, if they refuse to follow their lord's order and commit seppuku instead, or even to make a statement about what their lord or clan is doing. The fact that it is deeply ingrained into Crab culture that every warrior is vital to the survival of the empire makes the value and reach of this statement that much greater. Crab are pragmatic, but not barbarians or dishonorable. In fact, they struggle against the physical manifestation of dishonor and evil every day. To embrace or ignore honor all together is a step closer to becoming lost, and Crab would rather die than fall to evil.
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Post by cursedmonkey on Jan 6, 2018 13:45:28 GMT -8
Seppuku is still unusual and they value their duty above all else.
For exemple many crabs don't commit seppuku when becoming tainted. They instead join a regiment that is akin to the suicide squad where they are sent against impossible odds for the greater good of the clan.
Not unlike the Lion deathseekers but with taint.
The variant known as Kanshi is also fairly different from other seppuku variants
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Post by tappy on Jan 6, 2018 21:36:47 GMT -8
Seppuku is still unusual and they value their duty above all else. For exemple many crabs don't commit seppuku when becoming tainted. They instead join a regiment that is akin to the suicide squad where they are sent against impossible odds for the greater good of the clan. Not unlike the Lion deathseekers but with taint. The variant known as Kanshi is also fairly different from other seppuku variants I' m going to have to disagree with you again. Scorpions value duty above all else, even more than their own honor or even their families honor. Crab are pragmatic and care little for social niceties, but they are still honorable samurai. They may not care as much about honor as say, the Lion or Crane, but it is still important. Committing seppuku for being tainted is not something I would expect a Crab to automatically do anyway, being as that is not nessisarily due to a breach of bushido. Now if their lord demands it, that is a different story, but with a pragmatic clan like the Crab it would be a notable thing for a lord to dispose of a samurai that was simply fulfilling their duty fighting the shadowlands. To say that the Crab simply do not commit seppuku or that they do not care about bushido to the point where someone should change their backstory to eliminate seppuku is overstating it significantly. The Crab know that Honor and bushido are some of the ways that the descendants of the Kami are better than the festering evil of the shadowlands and give it the deferance it deserves while still being pragmatic warriors.
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Post by tappy on Jan 6, 2018 21:38:53 GMT -8
Also, if a Crab samurai commuting seppuku IS unusual and notable, wouldn't that make it a BETTER back story hook rather than something that should be changed?
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Post by cursedmonkey on Jan 7, 2018 5:59:57 GMT -8
I am afraid you are wrong: Crab is duty and Scorpion is loyalty as confirmed by official sources.
Also, what are you arguing exactly? Because I am not arguing anything, I am just providing information about the Crab and their seppuku habit in the hope it can be useful for fluffing Kimi's character family drama
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