Tag Archives: Soshi
Flavor Text: Emperor Edition
Booster Display Quote – The Empire of Rokugan has expanded after more than one thousand years of xenophobia, and now resources from the Colonies, once known as the Ivory Kingdoms, pour into the war-torn Empire. With new riches come new … Continue reading
Scenes from the Empire, Part 20
A series of three vignettes from across the Emerald Empire! Scenes from the Empire By Robert Denton & Yoon Ha Lee Special Guest Author Sean Holland Edited by Fred Wan Unlikely The Month of the Goat, 1193 In over 800 … Continue reading
The Celestial Edition Dead List
THE CE DEAD LIST by Shawn Carman Crab Hida Fosuko Hida Harou Hida Kashin Hida Kuon Hida Otoya Hida Rokurota Hida Shimonai Hida Tatsuma Hiruma Aki Kaiu Kyoka Kaiu Taru Kuni Iyedo Toritaka Okabe Crane Daidoji Bosan (sic, Daidoji Botan) … Continue reading
How to Address a Samurai
Traditional Japanese will tell you that you cannot use the san or sama ending without a name to precede it. Its traditionally rude to call someone by their first name without their permission first. However Rokugan is not Japan and … Continue reading
3rd Edition Errata
WAY OF THE SAMURAI – The Kakita Duelling Acadamy dojo list on page 25 identifies the Kenshinzen Prestige Class as being available. There is no such class, this is an error. – The Mantis section includes a dojo at Kyuden … 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 War of Dark Fire, Part 10
By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan It was the dead of night on moonless evening at White Oak Castle, but the blaze of fire kept the sky illuminated as if it were dawn. The buildings that surrounded the castle … Continue reading
The War of Dark Fire, Part 4
By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan The notion that a watchtower could burn would have seemed ridiculous only a short time ago, and yet now Shinjo Aniji was looking at the aftermath. It had been a sizeable structure, more … Continue reading
Fires of the Heart
Fires of the Heart ****************** By Lucas Twyman Edited by Fred Wan “The fires of the heart Will burn us all to nothing Ash floats in the wind” -The Poet Rezan Year 1133, One night prior to the Battle of … Continue reading
Flavor Text: Glory of the Empire
Card Flavor Text: A Game of Sadane – “Your kimono is most lovely. My grandmother had one like it when she was your age, I believe.” Akaru no Oni – “Never enter one’s layer. Burn it from without. Enter its … Continue reading
Preparations, Part II
Preparations, Part II ********************* By Lucas Twyman, Nancy Sauer, Brian Yoon, & Fred Wan Edited by Fred Wan The Crab The Jade Champion had returned to the Wall. The Fifth Watchtower of the Kaiu Wall loomed large in the evening … Continue reading
The Heaven’s Will, Part II
The Heaven’s Will, Part II ****************************** By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan The Moshi provinces, in the Spine of the World Mountains Moshi Amika, the Lady of the Moshi and one of the Mantis lords, stopped writing for a … Continue reading
Scenes from the Empire VIII
Scenes from the Empire VIII *************************** By Brian Yoon Edited by Fred Wan Kyuden Kitsune “This is preposterous,” Hiruma Aki snarled. He rose to his feet and paced the length of the room. His impressive body structure and his long, … Continue reading
Keeping Secrets
By Shawn Carman Somewhere in the shadows& LADY MOON WAS ONLY REVEALING HALF HER face to the Empire, casting the landscape in a dim, almost impenetrable light. A mile away to the west, a vast forest loomed, the thick growth … Continue reading
Scorpion Clan Letter #11
Yokuan, You must abandon your mission. There are new matters of even greater importance. Three great battles have been fought on Rokugan’s soul: one in Unicorn lands, one deep below the belt of the Kaiu Wall, and the third on … Continue reading
Flavor Text: Honor Bound
A New Teacher – “The Shashakar passed his Bright Eye spells to his successor. “When I am gone, you will need these,” he said, and lifted high the Pale Eye’s pearl.” Abresax – “Some will say he betrayed his people. … Continue reading
