Legend of the Five Rings RPG

[Donovan Morningfire]

My group has played a couple of L5R campaigns using 3rd edition.

As far as the setting goes, the GM used the "Heroes of Rokugan" approach and simply time-skipped about 500 years after the coronation of Toturi I. So for our games, a Toturi has been on the throne so long that the Hantei are a distant memory, and all the recent card game silliness is brushed aside.

As for clans, we pretty much ran the gamut and had a very bizzare mix of clans, as well as a Ronin (played by myself), who survived by virtue of proving to be a very useful second for the courtiers if they got called upon to duel (the Scorpion temptress used this to her benefit quite often; get someone riled up, further insult them by choosing a "random wanderer" as her replacement, then sit back and watch the carnage unfold).

 

[Thaed]

I'll trade you three pieces of jade.

I have not kept up with the changes in the setting. My knowledge of 2nd and 3E are of the mechanics only.

Also I have not kept up with the card game since they were forced to change the logo on the back. (Silly olympics.)

Can someone give me a short snyopsis of what the changes are?

When last our group played, the GM had taken the 1E setting and moved it towards a Rokugan wide war.

The "bad guys" were the Unicorn and Crane.

As a crab player it was satisfying to see the Jade Champion cut down by Hida Kisada (or Yakamo can't remember). Of course the Jade champion far outclassed him in dueling stats. But when the JC strikes and the Mountain does not move, (Hida shook off all the damage.) Not much was left of the Jade CHampion when Hida struck.


Anyone try out Legends of the Burning Sands yet?

 

[Treebore]

We really don't pay attention to the setting material anymore, in the historical sense. Our campaigns have altered the path of history so radically we simply cannot follow it. In our campaign there is no Mantis Clan, they were subsumed into a new clam, the Sea Dragon Clan. This new clan was so powerful in its founding because the founding members discovered a reliable cure for the taint. Plus they did several other things that shook the foundations of Rokugan. All of that was possible because we played d20 3E for a good while. Then we were introduced to 2E L5R and fell in love with it, but continued on with our story line. Since then the biggest story event we have had is the destruction of the City of the Lost.

Our next segment of our campaign is centered around offenses the Empire is making into the Shadowlands themselves.

So we are far off the beaten path of "official" history.

 

[Treebore]

In case anyone is not aware, L5R does have its own official message board.


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[Scars Unseen]

Ah, L5R.... haven't played it in a while, but that's mostly because my gaming group kinda dissolved(military people moving to different bases) and I haven't been able to get others interested... and possibly also because I'm in Japan.

It is one of my favorite systems, though.