Interest Check: Legend of the Five Rings




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    Moto Khutulun


    Year of Birth - Current Year / Year of Death


    Insight - 126


    School - Moto Bushi


    Honor - 3.5


    Status - 1.0


    Glory - 1.0


    Shadowland Taint - 0.0


    Experience Points - Total: 40 / Spent: 40 / Unspent: 0


    Clan - Unicorn


    Family - Moto


    School - Moto Bushi






    Game of Twenty Questions:


    01. What Clan does you Character belong to?


    Unicorn!


    02. What family does your Character belong to?


    Moto, FOR THE KHAN!


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


    So very Bushi.


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


    Sturdy, physical-wise. She tends to wear clothes that those outside the Unicorn find... Taboo.


    05. What is your Character's primary motivation?


    To serve her Khan and rise through the ranks of the Khol.


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


    Her brother, Sartal.


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


    07a. Strength?


    Her tenacity!


    07b. Weakness?


    Her temper...


    08. What does your Character think of Bushido?


    It's constraining, but we must live by it anyway.


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


    There is nothing better than the Unicorn!


    10. Is your Character married?


    No.


    11. Does your Character have any prejudices?


    Pompous Imperials.


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


    Besides the current Emperor/Empress and the Khan? Her brother.


    13. What are your Character's...


    13a. Favorite thing?


    Boar. It's tasty.


    13b. Least favorite thing?


    Leeks.


    14. Does your Character have any recurring mannerisms?


    She tends to go off and blow off steam by going for hunts.


    15. What about your Character's emotions?


    Angry ball of Moto.


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


    Corporal punishment!


    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?


 
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You already have a sheet?! Jesus. I was waiting on the DM to approve, and then was going to PM with Ideas... Woah.
 
I'm pretty fast at making L5R characters, man.


And I can tell stories for days about my samurai exploits.
 
I already had a sheet since last week, I can post it up if needed.


The thing is at home, but this is what I remember of it:


Name: Doji Kenren


School: Kakita Bushi


Insight: 144


Earth 2


Water 2


Fire 3


Air 3


Void 2


Renown 1.0


Status 1.0


Honor 6.5


Bugei Skills


Athletics 1


Battle 1


Defense 1


Horsemanship 1


Hunting 1


Iaijutsu (Focus) 2


Jiujutsu 1


Kenjutsu 1


Kyujutsu 1


High Skills


Artisan: Poetry 1


Calligraphy 1


Courtier 1


Etiquette 1


Games: Go 1


Investigation 1


Lore: Bushido 1


Lore: Heraldry 1


Lore: Law 1


Medicine 1


Sincerity 1


Tea Ceremony 1


Low Skills


Stealth 1


Temptation 1


Advantages


Ally: Bayushi Suzuha (Devotion 4 Influence 2)


Benten's Blessing


Voice


Disadvantages


Cursed By The Realm (Gaki-Do)


Wrath of the Kami (Earth)


Wrath of the Kami (Water)
 
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  • Name: Shinjo Liyan


    Clan: Unicorn


    Family: Shinjo


    School: Utaku Battle Maiden


    Sex: Female


    Age: 15


    Height: 163 cm (5'4")


    Hair: Long, black, tied in a "maiden's foxtail."


    Eyes: Deep, dark blue, almost violet.


    Insight: Rank 1 [121]


    Honor: 6.5


    Glory: 1


    Status: 1


    Shadowland Taint: 0


    Appearance




    01. What Clan does you Character belong to?


    Unicorn


    02. What family does your Character belong to?


    Shinjo


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


    Bushi


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


    Wiry, swift and certain in her movements, and hiding a deceptive strength beneath a slender form. While she is proud of her clan, and her loyalty to it unquestioned and unquestioning, her manner of dress is closer to the Rokugani norm than is sometimes seen among the Unicorn.


    05. What is your Character's primary motivation?


    To bring honor to her clan while staying true to herself.


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


    *****


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


    07a. Strength?


    Her dedication.


    07b. Weakness?


    Her naïveté.


    08. What does your Character think of Bushido?


    It is the source of our strength, not as individuals, but as an Empire.


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


    The clan is her home, it is where she belongs, and she will die for it if she must, but she would much rather live for it.


    10. Is your Character married?


    No. But her parents are in the process of arranging her betrothal.


    11. Does your Character have any prejudices?


    She does not understand the Scorpion clan. She knows they are supposed to put the Empire above Bushido, but she does not understand how that is possible.


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


    Utaku Tashiko, the Battle Maiden who allowed her to join their ranks despite her parents being from the Shinjo family, and who oversaw her early training.


    13. What are your Character's...


    13a. Favorite thing?


    Matsukaze, her horse.


    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?


    If possible, make the subordinate realize that their faults create a weakness that may hurt not only themselves, but those who depend on them as well, and indeed the Empire itself. Those she judge incapable of understanding this lesson will be stripped of responsibilities, or in extreme cases ordered to commit seppuku.


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


    ****


    18. What is your Character's highest ambition?


    To see the Unicorn clan a fully accepted part of the Empire.


    19. How religious is your Character?


    Quite, though she puts the greatest emphasis on ancestor worship, and to a certain extent Empire worship.


    20. How will your Character die?


    Alone on the a battlefield where she has secured the safe retreat of her fellows.






    Father: Shinjo


    Mother: Shinjo (formerly Utaku)


    Siblings:


    -Stuff-
 
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Well much as I'd love to play I will gladly step aside so as not to over-burden a new GM. But it looks like if anyone else wants to run an L5R game there is not shortage of interest. wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
 
Was going to wait until the ST chose who would play, but I'll work on my character and post him later today.
 
Here's mine:



  • Name: Kaze (No noticeable clan affiliation)


    Clan: True Ronin


    Family: Unknown


    School: Disciples of Sun Tao


    Sex: Male


    Age: Unknown (Appears mid-twentiesh)


    Height: 5'6"


    Hair: Dark brown, sometimes tied back haphazardly


    Eyes: Bright Blue


    Insight: Rank 1


    Honor: 4.5


    Glory: 1


    Status: 0


    Shadowland Taint: 0


    Appearance


    Always shaggy, Kaze usually wears a walnut-dyed simple kimono, or simply a grey set of hakama, with a light brown obi. He keeps a surprisingly well maintained daisho, although all decorative elements have been removed, most likely sold for food or a place to sleep. A straw hat keeps out the sun, and a traveling pack is filled with various knickknacks. He carries an odd object on his back, wrapped in weathered white silks, long and narrow.


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    01. What Clan does you Character belong to?


    Ronin


    02. What family does your Character belong to?


    No Family


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


    Bushi


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


    That of a standard wave-man, scruffy, dirty, untrustworthy, but wholly unremarkable and beneath notice


    05. What is your Character's primary motivation?


    To redeem past mistakes


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


    He remembers her face, but the name seems to be lost, just at the tip of his tongiht...


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


    07a. Strength?


    His ability to adapt to any situation


    07b. Weakness?


    Overconfidence in said ability to adapt


    08. What does your Character think of Bushido?


    A perfect ideal,. Unfortunately, man is not perfect. Samurai are men.


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


    -


    10. Is your Character married?


    No. Betrothal doesn't come easy to the wave-men


    11. Does your Character have any prejudices?


    The Lion Clan, especially their tendency to hold others to an impossible standard of Bushido that they themselves often break.


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


    If he trusts any, he has not said


    13. What are your Character's...


    13a. Favorite thing?


    A good pipe near a babbling brook


    13b. Least favorite thing?


    His lot in life


    14. Does your Character have any recurring mannerisms?


    Tends to tilt his straw hat when pondering things


    15. What about your Character's emotions?


    Jovial to those he trusts, but otherwise quiet and pensive


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


    In the off chance someone was under his command, most likely with caution, looking at every angle of said behavior. What may seem inappropriate may have a different story behind it.


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


    A failure to the family line


    18. What is your Character's highest ambition?


    To redeem her soul.


    19. How religious is your Character?


    The Kami have touched his life more than many samurai. Yet, he seems to keep a distant attitude to honoring one's ancestors and venerating the Kami.


    20. How will your Character die?


    In a duel, against him.
 
Gahh! But I hadn't picked one..! Screw ittt. Courtier-Genja.


That is, a Shugenja with some social skills it is. Bear with me- Isawa Shugenja INC.
 
SephirothSage said:
Gahh! But I hadn't picked one..! Screw ittt. Courtier-Genja.
That is, a Shugenja with some social skills it is. Bear with me- Isawa Shugenja INC.
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I have reevaluated my disdain for the Shugenja and am working on one at the moment as an alternative to Layin. Not at all a courtier concept though, this one would (probably, not done yet) be an Isawa seeking true enlightenment and learning as much magic as possible, including Void and possibly (purely as an interlectual exercise, you understand) Maho and Gaijin magic.
 
See. The thing is...


Learning Maho /will/ drive you insane, because it incurs shadowlands corruption.


And there are no rules for learning Gaijin Magic..... and dangit, but I was going to- gah.. If I'm forced for Social Fu, I'll be making an Air Shugenja, not a Void Shugenja... which works differently and is all around less impressive, but hey.. So I need to know if you are for sure there. If not, I'll make both.
 
I'm certain of nothing, and enjoy making characters, it's a decent way of learning the system :)
 
I am working on a character, but since my experience with the system is so new, it is taking a while. I hope to have something up by the end of the night.
 
Here, is, the Void Shugenja.





  • Name: Isawa Tokito


    Clan: Pheonix


    Family: Isawa


    School: Isawa Shugenja


    Affinity: Void


    Sex: Male


    Age: 15


    Height: 163 cm (5'4")


    Hair: Long, black, straight- cut in to a topknot.


    Eyes: Emerald Green, with a smile in them.


    Insight: Rank 1 [130]


    Honor: 4


    Glory: 1


    Status: 1


    Shadowland Taint: 0

    01. What Clan does you Character belong to?


    Pheonix


    02. What family does your Character belong to?


    Isawa


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


    Shugenja


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


    He is an unobtrusive, humble looking young man, whose eyes rarely show much beyond analysis. He is steady, slow, cautious in his movements.


    05. What is your Character's primary motivation?


    To perform the will of the spirits, and of his clan and family.


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


    *****


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


    07a. Strength?


    His spiritual stability


    07b. Weakness?


    His lack of dedication


    08. What does your Character think of Bushido?


    It is an important code, responsible for much that is right with our people.


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


    The Pheonix clan deserves his respect and loyalty, but that is second to his respect and loyalty for the Emperor, and the Spirits.


    10. Is your Character married?


    No. But his parents are in the process of arranging his betrothal.


    11. Does your Character have any prejudices?


    Clearly, Gaijin are dishonorable dogs; they do not speak to the spirits!


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


    The Oracle of the Void, who alerted the Elemental Masters of the young Ishiken


    13. What are your Character's...


    13a. Favorite thing?


    His Ofunda


    13b. Least favorite thing?


    Ignorance


    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?


    Patiently at first, but with growing impatience; Stupidity, far less kindly.


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


    18. What is your Character's highest ambition?


    To see himself upon the council of Elemental Masters, and to commune with the void dragon.


    19. How religious is your Character?


    Immensely, devoutly, and completely. The spirits are our life.


    20. How will your Character die?


    Consumed by his own foolish hunger for knowledge.






    Father –


    Mother –


    etc


    -Stuff-
 
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Esbilon said:
learning as much magic as possible, including Void and possibly (purely as an interlectual exercise, you understand) Maho and Gaijin magic.
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Be careful about this. Even KNOWING a spell, and not casting, is grounds for execution unless specifically required for your job (Kuni witch hunter or Isawa inquisitors are pretty much it). Also, gaijin magic can be found in Legend of the Burning Sands, but is considered heresy as it's forceful instead of a prayer entreating the kami.
 
Guys, my two cents since this is not my game here, but the GM here has stated he's new. He asked for an interest check and the next thing that happens is people start posting characters. I know people are eager but give the new guy a break and don't overwhelm him is all I'm saying. I've seen many a new GM freaked out of running a game because they had tons of people want in on a game and they could not pick who to let in when they wanted to keep the game small, but at the same time did not want to disappoint anybody. I only speak up because I PMed the GM after I withdrew my lot after the massive interest when he wants a small game, he seemed glad for the interest but a bit overwhelmed.
 
From what I understand, we're likely to lose half the group at every combat in any case, so I don't worry too much about capital crimes ;)


And I know there will be temptation to use Maho, that's what makes it fun! That said, I don't think I'd be able to afford it, 5 xp would be a very large fraction of my Skill budget.
 
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