Tag Archives: Dragon
Love and Madness
High in the Dragon mountains, the lovelorn Agasha Kyoso struggles to come to terms with her inner demons, even as the Phoenix petition her jailors for her immediate execution. Love & Madness By Rusty Priske & Shawn Carman Edited by … Continue reading
The Destroyer War, Part 18
The final chapter in the saga of Rokugan’s ongoing war with the Destroyer horde, as determined by the results of our Kotei Season tournaments! But the story doesn’t end here! Tune in next week for part 1 of Goddesses, the … Continue reading
The Destroyer War, Part 16
The ongoing saga of the Emerald Empire’s desperate war against the invading force of the Destroyer horde, as determined by the results of our Kotei Season tournaments. The Destroyer War, Part 16 By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan The … Continue reading
The Destroyer War, Part 15
The ongoing saga of the Emerald Empire’s desperate war against the invading forces of the demon goddess Kali-ma, as determined by the results of our Kotei Season tournaments! The Destroyer War, Part 15 By Shawn Carman Only a short time … Continue reading
Masters of Court Web Supplement
3rd Edition RPG Legend of the Five Rings Masters of Court Web Supplement The Crab Clan Kaiu Shiro [Dojo] * The forges of the Kaiu are as renowned as they are massive, and their use is often restricted 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
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
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
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
Imperial Gift I, II and III Flavor Text
A Samurai’s Soul – The soul of a samurai is contained within his blade, and the eldest of each generation is blessed to carry the katana of his grandfather. It is an honor, and a burden. A Life for a … Continue reading
The Burden of Becoming
by Nancy Sauer Edited by Fred Wan Several weeks ago, the Battle of Shiro Utaku Shojo Yu Pan smoothly ran another Yobanjin through with her lance and just as smoothly flung his corpse off it. He had been the last … Continue reading
The War of Dark Fire, Part 16
By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan The Lion troops stretched out nearly as far as the eye could see along the edges of the Dragon Heart Plain. It was something of an illiusion, of course; Akodo Shigetoshi had ordered … Continue reading
The War of Dark Fire, Part 15
By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan Nearly three dozen men descended from the mountains, moving like shadows through the plains in the northern portion of the Empire. They moved at night, rapidly, covering as much ground as possible as … Continue reading
