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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gaiden" data-source="post: 461153" data-attributes="member: 103">I named the subject so broad because such a broad topic is what I am looking for.I am a huge fan of Rokugan and all of its D20 supplements.  However, there seems to be some gross errors (in need of some errata at the very least).  In my online searches I have come across a few websites and even came across a forum dedicated to Rokugan.  Problem is, the websites are more focused on Lot5R format and the forums are never updated.  I have been waiting for over a month just to get a response to my request for membership.Basically, what I am looking for is any resources you all can point me towards.Specific questions that I have right now include:How does the Shadowlands Taint work?  First off there are conflicting rules in OA and Rokugan.  It seems that you acquire taint points in one of 3 ways:spontaneously - usually DM thingcreatures that can spread the taint - each creature will have a specific ability designating it as able to spread taint (usually with natural weapons or unarmed attacks - e.g. Mamono)[As an aside, the Mamono says it spreads 1 point of taint with a failed For Save in the text but in the stat block says damage equals 2 points of taint per hit].The last way is by traveling in the Shadowlands.  A For save at base DC 10 increasing by 5 each additional day - with one point accumulated per failed save and no reset.This all seems fairly straight forward.  However, how many points can you acquire?  In OA they mention that after acquiring 10 you become an NPC, wander into the Shadowlands and either become a Maho Bujin or a Maho-Tsuki.  In Rokugan they have a table that lists points in the 90's.  Do these tables overlap or contradict one another?  Which is the right format to use.  WHat are the effects of the taint?  In OA it specifically states that the only in game effect is a penalty to constitution and wisdom equal to your taint mod and that all of the descriptive manifestations for the taint are for description only.  In Rokugan it says that you apply your taint modifier (different than taint score) to all chr and chr based skill checks as a penalty but can apply that modifier as a bonus to str, con or dex but increase their taint score by 1 for doing so.In OA it mentions that when a character dies in the SHadowlands, a few rounds later they raise as a zombie.  What about the various other undead in OA that mention specific ways people die.  Moreover, if you raise in the shadowlands as an undead creature, do you have the shadowlands type modifier?  It appears that you need the shadowlands type modifier to be immune to the taint but this doesn't make sense in a lot of scenarious, especially with undead.  What about gaki, ghosts, hopping vampires, pennal (whatchyamacallits), do they acquire taint when in the shadowlands and then have to adopt the Maho PrC's?  What happens if a monster's advancement is not listed by character class but an increase in hit die and it goes to the shadowlands and gets a score higher than 10 using the OA?  Does that at all apply if using Rokugan?The next thing relates the Challenge ratings of many of the monsters in OA, Rokugan, Creatures of Rokugan, and Fortune and Winds.  They have a unique creature that has all the abilities of a 15th level shugenja with greater hit points, MANY other special abilities including all of the oni abilities, lots of skills and feats set at CR 15.  The errata for OA says that the KiRyn should be CR 29?!?!  The Shinen Gaki is CR 4 with some really cool special abilities but a +4 attack once per round that is a tendril of flame - shouldn't it be a touch attack?  Etc., etc., etc.Next comes style mastery/dojo/clans/and schools.  First off, in order to enter a dojo, do you have to train as one of the classes listed under the description?  Moreover, which families/clans can you belong to.  Take the Kakita dueling academy.  Do you have to be Kakita to enter the academy?  The Kakita dueling academy is the only dojo listed that trains Iaijutsu Masters.  Do you have to then attend this dojo to enter the class?  Many PrC are not listed at all under the dojo for their respective clans.  Which feat chains grant style masteries?  What are all of the different style masteries?  Are there certain style masteries specific to certain clans/families/dojo/shools?  Do you have to take the feat allowing you to gain a feat from another clan to gain another clan's kata?  Can a member of one clan enter PrC for a different clan - is that same feat required for this?  In order to take ancestor feats do you have to belong to that specific family or just the clan in general?  Can you take more than one ancestor feat at 1st level?How does the taint affect Maho characters?  Do the maho tsuki get to suppress it at all?  What is the relationship between the maho and the blood speakers, the kolat and the two previously mentioned groups, the goju and all 3?Who has access to the samurai class - i.e. can non-humans gain levels in the class?  Can nezumi?  Naga?  Tsuno?Is there some expanded list of general spells out there such that the shugenja can actually fill up his list of 0th level spells known or do you have to use the new spells in Way of the Shugenja and Magic of Rokugan?I could continue for pages and pages and pages.  I would appreciate any and all help.</blockquote>

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