(IRR) The Rokugan IR (Recruiting Players)

[Xeriar]

The Ten Master's are the Ten Master's of the Kolat, all spelled out in Way of the Ninja, though unless you are including the Kolat it's nothing to worry about. The Four Winds are the four children of Toturi I who are manuvering for the throne in the current storyline. I can give more information if needed. At present I'm not even sure where you are starting, though since Kuroda is still Crab Clan Daimyo, I can guess after the start and first battles of the Crane-Crab War and before the Shadowland assault on the Carpenter Wall. Assuming most past history is not being disregarded.

The Merchant's Guide to Rokugan details the Kolat pretty well. Their little village, the Oni's Eye...

Reading Rokugani history, it seems a lot of things have gone to hell :-( Literally. Damn Naga waking early...

I suppose. The only question it begs of me is, if you want to do a IR based in Rokugan, why toss out everything but place names and character names? Your game though, so it'sjust a comment.

? I guess I'm going to learn about all of this soon enough.

 

[Xeriar]

Hehe, going to have to snuggle up nice and close with our Crane and Shadowlands friends here...

Since I had not looked at the map that you were drawing this from, I would like to withdraw my selection of:
Saigo no Kamae Heigen (Last Stand Plain) PL 3 : IR 0

Since it makes little sense.

My PC will be: Hida Sonoru, Sumurai 14 (PL 1)

Crab:
* Oga Province PL 5 : IR 1

Southwestern stuff:

* Kawa Sano Saigo No Kamae (River of the Last Stand) PL 1 : IR 0
* Jinshin Sakana Wan (Earthquake Fish Bay) PL 3 : IR 0
* Shio Senyo no Riku (Tidal Landbridge) PL 1 : IR 0
* Koten (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Nishiyama (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Sunda Mizu (City) PL 3 : IR 4
* Watchtower of the East (Tower) PL 5 : IR 3
* Heiwa na Kaze Heigen (Quiet Wind Plane) PL 3 : IR 0
* Kabe ue no ho ni sa Umi (Wall above the Ocean) PL 3 : IR 0

South West:
* Kaiu Shiro (Castle) PL 7 : IR 5
* Kakita Bogu (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Kuda (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Maemikake (Town) PL 2 : IR 3
* Watchtower of the West (Tower) PL 5 : IR 3

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I believe that rounds out to 120

 

[Black Omega]

The Merchant's Guide to Rokugan details the Kolat pretty well. Their little village, the Oni's Eye...

Though the information in Way of the Ninja supercedes all this. Merchant's Guide is all about 30 years before the present, same deal as with all the 'Way of' Clan books. Akodo Kage was revealed as a Kolat Master, the existence of the Kolat became known, Shinjo herself returned and killed allthe Kolat in the Unicorn clan. The Hidden Temple still exists, with the Oni's Eye.

Reading Rokugani history, it seems a lot of things have gone to hell :-( Literally. Damn Naga waking early...

It's been a bad few decades for the Kolat. Really, the Four Winds period has been more politics. The Clan Wars and Oblivions Gate battles nearly saw the Empire destroyed. While the Shadowlands are now more of a threat again, they aren't making a serious effort to destroy the empire at the moment.

 

[Lichtenhart]

Nearly last claim:

from the West
* Duzaki (Town) PL 2 : IR 3
* Hae Moete (Firefly River) PL 1 : IR 0
* Hisatu-Kesu (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Kawa Sano Fui no Dansei wo Sasu (River of the Unexpected Hero) PL 1 : IR 0
Mizu (Town) PL 2 : IR 3
* Mizu-Umi Kiku Hanabira (Chrysanthemum Petal Lake) PL 3 : IR 0
* Naga Doro Heigen (Naga Road Plain) PL 1 : IR 0
* Shiroi Kishi (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Shiroi Kishi Heigen (White Shore Plain) PL 1 : IR 0
* Turo Kojiri (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Utaku Seido (Shrine) PL 6 : IR 2 (it's Otaku)

from the North West
* Egami (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Exile's Road Watchtower (Tower) PL 5 : IR 3
* Oshindoka (City) PL 3 : IR 4

I'm going to create 3 NPC each with PL 1 (I haven't decided classes yet)
Moto Chagatai, leader of the Khol
Iuchi Lixue, leader of the Baraunghar
Moto Chen, leader of the Junghar

I'm still undecided about the provinces: what's the gain in claiming a province instead of the cities in it?
Consider reserved, but not claimed yet, Ito and Kugoi.

 

[Creamsteak]

Ok, well I was thinking about provinces in this light:

Control over a province represents official governement control. You actually are the "official" owner of that province, and you control provincial law. However, if players control territory inside your province, like a small city, they have jurisdiction over that city. If both a province and a land-mass overlap, and are controlled by different forces, then the province represents the true law, while the territory represents the "underground" governement and the loyalty of the citizens.

Does that help you? If you control none of the unicorn provinces, but everyone in those provinces is loyal to you -you are not the official ruler of the Unicorn clan -however, you have many loyalists in the clan structure, and you have many loyal citizen-states under you.

If your contact with another player in these situations is peaceful, that is what it means. However, if your contact is violent, it represents an uprising, rebelion, or terrorism and martial law.

Does that help?

 

[Lichtenhart]

http://www.rpweld3.com/Rokugan/hist4w.html
This is the page of the current storyline. My vote would be to begin just before A Perfect Cut.

It's an interesting moment to start because Shadowlands have attacked but their plan isn't clear yet, there are two wars between clans, and nobody knows who is going to sit on the throne.

And for anyone interested in past Rokugan history, don't miss these pages:
http://l5r.alderac.com/rpg/feature_history_01.html
http://l5r.alderac.com/rpg/feature_history_02.html

 

[Knight Otu]

Hi, all!

Better late than never, I'll update my claims for the new PL cap!

To my current claims, which are

Phoenix Clan Champion: Shiba Tsukune (Female Sam 17) PL 2
Shiba (Samurai/Shiba Protector/Honor 3) Daimyo: Shiba Tsukune (Female Sam 17) PL 7 : IR 14
Agasha (Shugenja/Honor 3) Daimyo: Agasha Hamanari (Male Shu 10) PL 1 : IR 1
Asako (Inkyo/Henshin Mystic/Honor 3) Daimyo: Asako Toshi (Male Inkyo 12) PL 2 : IR 2
Isawa (Shugenja/Void Disciple/Honor 2) Daimyo: ruled by the Council of Elemental Masters. This council also rules the Phoenix. PL 10 : IR 28

Kyuden Isawa (Palace) PL 6 : IR 4
Reihado Uikku (Shrine) PL 6 : IR 2
Mamoru Kyotei (City) PL 3 : IR 4
Shiro Asako (Castle) PL 7 : IR 5
Mori Isawa (Phoenix Woodlands) PL 1 : IR 0
Kanawa Taki (Iron Ring Cascade) PL 1 : IR 0
Tani Giza (Jagged Valley) PL 3 : IR 0
Shinsei na Sumai (Village) PL 1 : IR 1

I'll add the following:

* Shijen Province PL 5 : IR 1
* Tenza Province PL 5 : IR 1
* Giryu Province PL 5 : IR 1
* Osu Province PL 5 : IR 1
* Iyado Province PL 5 : IR 1
* Ryujo Province PL 5 : IR 1
* Seido Jurojin (Shrine) PL 6 : IR 2
* Reihado sano Ki-Rin (Shrine) PL 6 : IR 2
* Michita Yasumi (City) PL 3 : IR 4
* Ukabu (Village) PL 1 : IR 1
* Shiro Shiba (Castle) PL 7 : IR 5
* Nikesake (Town) PL 2 : IR 3
* Omoidoso (City) PL 3 : IR 4
* Shiro Agasha (Castle) PL 7 : IR 5

That should bring me up to PL 115. I am thinking about adding some NPCs to bring me up to the full 120. If I recall correctly, I am limited to level 10, right? Another thought I had was the explicit inclusion of the Elemental Legions (Tsunami Legion, Firestorm Legion, Hurricane Initiates and Avalance Guard). Would that be acceptable?

 

[Creamsteak]

Actually, you guys already are outsmarting each other, and me! You discovered that levels 14 and 19 are PL 1 and 2 respectively, and are only 1 level from PL 2 and 3!

So the cap for NPCs is 14. I want them to start with 1 PL and the more you use them (and they survive) the more PL they will have.

I'm going to set the NPC limit to 10 total NPCs with no more than 1 PL to start with. This is enough NPCs for you to do a lot, and should suffice. Back-histories are optional, but recomended. That good nuf' for yall?

Oh, and I'll add your units to the PL stats. Will you be claiming them? I think giving them PL 5 / IR 5 is appropriate if they are each called legions.

Military-wise a legion is one size class below what is called an "army" by the french... thats what I remember at least. 5 PL each to represent enough combat strength to hold a province, and IR 5 to represent an average adaptability...

 

[Creamsteak]

Allright, the claims are furious, and I think I will get one last lists update done tonight. Glad to see most of you are bulking up on your power levels early, but we still need to leave room for Mr. Draco and anyone else that comes in. As of right now, everything looks very good to me.

Good... very good... I'll be wanting everyone to email me once, with the subject line being [Hello: (Insert your name here)] so that I can add you all to a mailing list. You each emailing creamsteak@hotmail.com saves me a tiny bit of time and effort, thank you all for being so well organized and such. And thank you for correcting a spelling error in the lists, Lichtenhart.

The Elemental Legions will be added to the lists. Under Pheonix Clan. I am going to wait for you to confirm how your spending your last 5 PL, or if you are going to drop some other claims to still summon some NPCs up and stuff. Well not really summon... eh ramble...

And I updated my claims.

 

[Kalanyr]

I'll drop my previous claims and pick up the Fox. If someone could give me some info on the area's important to them I'd be grateful. If the Kitsune do turn up I'll lay claim to them.