[L5R 4e] Topaz Championship of Rokugan {Off Topic}

Roleplaying
#121

I looked at the ToC and felt my will to actually work on it drain out of my soul

#122

whatā€™s ToC

#123

Table of Contents

#124

table of contents

#125

I have started working on it, but I usually spend a lot of time reading systems
so this may take a while

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#126

Read the section on culture too. Itā€™s important.

#127

One of my friends said that the fact that the culture part of the book comes first is what gave L5R an edge over other books for them. You arenā€™t reading first how the god of thunder scattered seven pieces of his sword at its creation and how he chose a demigod as his hero, you are reading how people fucking work at this society and thatā€™s way more important.

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#128

Iā€™m thinking in running the adventure recommended to beginners.
So donā€™t read anything after the Book of Void section of the core book.

#129

I donā€™t even read the book, so all is well.

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#130

So
You are playing children.
There are a lot of versions of this adventure @maximusprime so you wonā€™t receive any spoilers of the game we are playing.

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#131

Basically there is this samurai adulthood cerimony
You will playing characters who are completing it.

#132

neat

#133

A Level 0 Samurai starts with Level 1 in all Attributes, plus School and Family bonuses. The character starts with 4 Skills that a samurai beginner receives from his school training, and 25 Initial Experience Points to build your character. They only receive five Disadvantage points, and cannot have Advantages or Disadvantages based on social promotion or demotion (such as Social Position). They donā€™t have a Level 1 School (shugenjas do not receive Affinity/Disability) and receive only the most basic equipment.
Level 0 characters cannot carry a katana, although they are allowed to carry other weapons (including a wakizashi) as a mark of his samurai position.

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#134

itā€™s really only likeā€¦ 200? pages

a lot of lore then a decent bit of mech

the advanced stuff isnā€™t really that necessary i think

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#135

Advanced stuff is for big brainers

#136

The first 70 pages are lore
The next 25 pages are how the game works
Then you get a whooping 110 pages listing the options you can pick, 40 of those being a list of spells
Then there are 60 pages for advanced mechanics
And a whooping 100 pages for the GMā€™s book

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#137

So expect to read about 130 pages

#138

My choice: Skip all pages.

#139

I found a free character manager for this game (L5R 4e) which Iā€™m probably going to use as the next best thing since, sadly, this system does not exist in herolab, officially or fan-made.

Hereā€™s the link if anyone is interested: https://sourceforge.net/projects/l5rcm/

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#140

I really think it is better to use the text thing because I also need to see how you guys are instead of guessing what is your HP right now and if you have or not used a void point