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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tzarevitch" data-source="post: 50481" data-attributes="member: 1792">That confused the hell out of me too. Dates are hard to come by in the L5R supplements, but in general they seem to be set about 20 or so years before the d20 Rokugan materials. I can't pin down the dates exactly but it seems that the d20 Rokugan info is about a generation after most of the L5R stuff. In followup of my earlier post, my local game store just got Magic of Rokugan. I must say I am VERY, VERY pleased. There is a lot of information on how magic works in the setting and the role of the shugenja in Rokugani society.  I love the bit about spontaneous enchantment of ordinary items. (Since all things that aren't corrupt and tainted have spirits within, it is possible for non-spellcasters to cause the spirits within their equiptment to "awaken" and cause the item to become a magic.) No longer are other PCs dependent on the party spellcasters to make magic items for them. If the PC uses his normal equipment enough the kami within awaken on their own and grant the item magic properties appropriate to the item, its owner and the manner in which the owner uses it. The book is also a must because it clarifies how the samurai's ancestral daisho ability works and provides a great deal of information on the role of magic in the world. It also adds several prestige classes including: The Jade Magistrate (the emperor's magic police), The Master Smith (a samurai add-on prestige class that allows the creation of superior equiptment, high-grade Rokugani steel and eventually magic arms and armor and no spellcasting required), The Medium (Reibai) (talks with spirits), The Phantom Hunter (the Yorei-Ryoushi) (undead and spirit hunter). There is also a large number of new magic items included within. My personal favorites are the Imperial Writs. Anyone who possesses one of these writs from the emperor can break the seal and read the contents aloud to invoke the writ's power. The book itself is softcover and features grayscale artwork (which is actually quite well done) similar to the Creatures of Rokugan book. It also uses the same heavy, durable paper. All in all, the book is a great buy. I recommend it highly. Tzarevitch</blockquote>

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