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Imperial families (3rd Edition)
*End of the Hantei* *dynasty : * Hantei XXXVI (m) Hantei Yatoshin (m), crowned Hantei XXXVII, wed a Kakita who had for sister Kakita Ryoku (writer of the fiction “winter”), aunt and godmother of Hantei XXXVIII Hantei Jodan (m), crowned … Continue reading
The Koga family (4th Edition)
Shadows of the night The Koga family is a ronin family who can track back her history to the dawn of the Empire. They have never been recognized as a family by the Emperor, but they still cling to the … Continue reading
Heroes of Rokugan Rules (3rd Edition)
In general, it will not be necessary to “convert” characters to the 3rd Edition Revised rules, since almost all the changes do not directly impact a character’s stats or abilities. Players who feel that the 3rd Edition Revised has had … Continue reading
The Four Winds
*The Four Winds *By Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman Recently, Rokugan, the d20 Companion for Legend of the Five Rings, was released containing background for each of the Four Winds and statistics in the d20 system. The following article presents … Continue reading
The Firefly clan (3rd Edition)
NB : the Firefly clan is an official creation that was printed in Way of the Daimyo. But it was created only as an example of creating a school and creating a minor clan. Then, it doesn’t exist in canon … Continue reading
Of bushi and shugenja (1st and 2nd Edition)
Why does bushis can’t become shugenjas ? The fact of having the gift to talk to the kamis is rare. Only 10 % of the samourais at best have it, even if it’s true to be more common among some … Continue reading
Armies and Organizations (1st and 2nd Edition)
*Lion Clan: * Death Seekers: The Death seekers are not really a unit or an organization, that just a group of dishonored samourai looking for death in glorious battle to rehonor themselves. They are on the first rank of the … Continue reading
Hours of the Day
The Rokugani day is split into twelve hours, six of which are daylight hours, six are night hours. There are two nomeclatures, the Common (used by heimin, hinin and eta) which uses animals to denote the hours, and the High … Continue reading
Tokigogachu Torid e (3rd Edition)
Tokigogachu Torid-e, the watchtower of the village of Tokigogachu, is both old and new. It’s an image of the eternal changing seas and the Mantis clan that made it his home. The story of this building is linked to the … Continue reading
A Book of Five Rings
Written by Miyamoto Musashi * Translated by Victor Harris Translator’s Introduction * Japan during Musashi’s lifetime * Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584, in a Japan struggling to recover from more than four centuries of internal strife. The traditional rule … Continue reading
History of the Black Scrolls (3rd Edition)
1123 : Yogo Junzo was the keeper of the wasting disease (1st scroll), that he opens after the Scorpion clan coup. This created the first wave of plague zombies. He then goes in the Shadowlands and open the Iron citadel … Continue reading
Rokugan 2nd Edition Errata
*The following changes are official errata which were incorporated into the second printing of Rokugan. If you have a first-printing Rokugan, you can update it by making the following changes. Page 2: Rokugan Equipment entry corrected from page 51 to … Continue reading
Rebirth
By Jed Carleton and Rich Wulf “The Elements are not the means to an end they are the beginning and the end.” – Shinsei Thunder crashed from the Heavens, shaking the earth below. The Shrine of Osano-Wo responded with its … Continue reading
The Samurai’s Primer
Part 1: Behavior The society of Rokugan is a very polite one, and very firmly divided into three strata; your equals, your superiors, and your inferiors. Equals should be treated politely, but not overly so, unless of course you’re trying … Continue reading
Naga Dojo (3rd Edition)
Youth at Vyakarana. You were born and raised into the city of magic. Even if you aren’t a cobra, you touched the pearls and learned among them. You learned the rituals of crafting pearls and the spells of the Jakla … Continue reading
AEG April Fools-Way of the Tiger (3rd Edition)
Dawn of the Tiger By Shawn Carman The Rokugani coast, north of Otosan Uchi Hotaru Zenko pulled her horse to a stop and hopped down from the steed, eager to take a break from after over an hour in the … Continue reading
