Interest Check: Legend of the Five Rings

Prolly the most recent, the one found in the Core Book...which makes things a little easier to search for families.


On the list so far:


- Kitsune


- Kuni


- Isawa


- Soshi


- Iuchi
 
So now all we need is for the GM to show up...


I always wanted to play a married character. Like say, a Kakita married to a Bayushi...
 
I'm game. Hell- if I take Blissfull Betrothal + True Love...


This is if I make the Pheonix or Monkey, of course...
 
Woah, sudden spike of activity.


Anyways, preference are currently Scorpion, Dragon (though they seem a little hard to rp) or Crab. Not going for shugenja until i have more experience with the game.


And i do agree it'll be interesting playing a recently married/engaged character.
 
I was just going to take a high-Devotion Ally and say that we're blissfully wedded, just not to the level where we get to own towns or share void points.
 
The thing is- if i make the Pheonix Ishikin, I'll have spells that make the /entire party/ share void points, when needed. xD
 
My thinking is phoenix void shugenja, or unicorn horse archer. But i nees to read the rules and setting and such before settling.
 
Whipped up a character template for the game if anyone's interested.

Code: 
[tabs][tab=Character Summary]

[b][u]Personal Name[/u][/b]

[i]Year of Birth - [b]Current Year / Year of Death[/b][/i]


Insight -

School -

Honor -

Status -

Glory -

Shadowland Taint -

Experience Points - Total: 00 / Spent: 00 / Unspent: 00


Clan -

Family -

School -

Element Affinity -

Element Deficiency –


[spoiler=Game of 20 Questions]

Game of Twenty Questions:

01. What Clan does you Character belong to?

02. What family does your Character belong to?

03. Is your Character a Bushi, Shugenja, or Courtier?

04. How would others describe your Character's appearance?

05. What is your Character's primary motivation?

06. Who is the person your Character trusts most in the World?

07. What is your Character's Greatest...

07a. Strength?

07b. Weakness?

08. What does your Character think of Bushido?

09. What is your Character's opinion of their Clan?

10. Is your Character married?

11. Does your Character have any prejudices?

12. To whom does your Character owe the most loyalty?

13. What are your Character's...

13a. Favorite thing?

13b. Least favorite thing?

14. Does your Character have any recurring mannerisms?

15. What about your Character's emotions?

16. How would your Character handle a subordinate's improper behavior?

17. How would your Character's parents describe him?

18. What is your Character's highest ambition?

19. How religious is your Character?

20. How will your Character die?

[/spoiler]

[/tab]


[tab=Personal Information]

Sex -

Age -

Height -

Hair -

Eyes -


[spoiler=Family]

Father –

Mother –

etc

[/spoiler]


[spoiler=Background]-Stuff-[/spoiler]

[/tab]


[tab=Advantages and Disadvantages]

[spoiler=Advantages]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Disadvantages]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[/tab]


[tab=Rings and Skills]

[b]Air Ring (-)[/b]

Awareness -

Reflexes -


[b]Earth Ring (-)[/b]

Stamina -

Willpower -


[b]Fire Ring (-)[/b]

Agility -

Intelligence -


[b]Water Ring (-)[/b]

Perception -

Strength -


[b]Void Ring (-)[/b]


[b]Skills:[/b]

[spoiler=School]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Non-school]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Skill Rolls]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[/tab]


[tab=Techniques and Spells]

[b]Techniques:[/b]

[spoiler=Rank]-stuff-[/spoiler]


[b]Spells:[/b]

[spoiler=Notes]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Spell Rolls]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Universal Spells]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Air Spells]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Earth Spells]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Fire Spells]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Water Spells]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[/tab]


[tab=Combat]

[b]Initiative[/b]

Reflexes + Insight keeping Reflexes


[b]Armor TN[/b]

Reflexes x 5 + 5 + Armor Bonuses + Stances


[b]Damage[/b]



[spoiler=Health Levels]-stuff-[/spoiler]


[spoiler=Weapons]-stuff-[/spoiler]

[/tab]


[tab=Micellaneous]

[spoiler=Equipment]

School Satchel -

Travelling Pack -

Money - 1 koku / 5 bu / 50 zeni (Note: This is the exchange between the three denominations of currency)

[/spoiler]


[spoiler=Yojimbo](if applicable)[/spoiler]

[/tab]

[/tabs]
 
Do what I do and make a Mantis wild child with seven pet monkeys (Hida, Doji, Togashi, Akodo, Shiba, Bayushi and Shinjo).


Hmm. The idea of a monk of some kind (Togashi Tattooed monk?) is also intriguing.
 
Esbilon said:
My thinking is phoenix void shugenja, or unicorn horse archer. But i nees to read the rules and setting and such before settling.
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Unicorn! We'll be a bunch of fun cavalry.
 
I have had 2 PMs telling me that they would help me out if i wanted to play. That said, this seems so much fun that i think i am going to change from lurker to interested player. Still, i have never played this before, so while i will be very active, some of that might be asking basic questions. But this seems like too much fun, and too rare an experience, to pass up.
 
SephirothSage said:
Aww dangit... If there's already an Ishiken, I'll have to make the Ronin or the Monkey.
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Mei said:
Unicorn! We'll be a bunch of fun cavalry.
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After looking over the selection of spells available, I've gone off the idea of a Shugenja. Unicorn it is!


Also, a question for the more knowledgeable. Is it possible to pick a School within your Clan, but not associated with your Family? It seems that way from the rules texts, but not from the flavor text. My current leaning is an Utaku Battle Maiden, but I'd rather have the Shinjo Family bonus.
 
Yes you can Esbilon, the one other character I created was a little guy from the Mantis. He's Tsuruchi, but was trained by the Moshi in their ways.


Think of it as not just choosing classes, but think of the politics behind it. There's honestly nothing stopping say, an Isawa Shugenja from being taught by the Moshi, except that the Phoenix and the Mantis have some serious beef with each other.


My example's background behind being taught by a family infamous for not training men in the ways of the Shugenja all revolved around his grandmother (who was also taught by the Moshi) and his connection to one of the Moshi's Ancestors. So in a way, his training was a test by the Moshi and his grandmother...still don't know where my ST is going with it, but it terrifies me considering it's during the Four Winds Era.


So yes, you can have an Utaku Battle Maiden who was from the Shinjo Family, but you need to have a really good background behind it.
 
There's an Asset you have to take to be trained by a School not of your clan.


Now, you can train in any of your /clans/ schools, regardless of family, without real worry. But training an Isawa in the Moto school, or a Crane in a Dragon school- that is possible, but requires spending some of your starting EXP on an Asset.
 
Yeah, you can train in a variety of schools in your clan with just a backstory reason. Especially since there is a canon MOTO Battle Maiden who is also the reborn spirit of Shinjo.
 
solyrflair said:
I have had 2 PMs telling me that they would help me out if i wanted to play. That said, this seems so much fun that i think i am going to change from lurker to interested player. Still, i have never played this before, so while i will be very active, some of that might be asking basic questions. But this seems like too much fun, and too rare an experience, to pass up.
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Or help you out if you want to run--new GM's are a precious resource and should be aided in anyway we can, IMO.
 
Oh sweet Jesus, this blew up o_o


Um...as previously noted, I will be accepting somewhere between 3 to 5 players. Within the week, I'll try to have a roleplay submission up and ready with some fleshed out story and what not.


Thank you so much everyone for putting forth so much interest in the feeble attempts of this new GM :)
 
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