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Credits.Indd ENEMIES OF THE EMPIRE LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS RPG, 4TH EDITION: ENEMIES OF THE EMPIRE WRITTEN BY: Shawn Carman, Robert Hobart, PRODUCTION MANAGER: David Lepore Brian Yoon; Kevin Blake, Mikael Brodu, Patrick Duke, SENIOR BRAND MANAGER: Todd Rowland Dave Laderoute, Maxime Lemaire, Jacob Ross, Ray Rupp, Rich Wulf, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: John Zinser Ryan Reese HEAD PLAYTESTER: Brian Bates EDITED BY: Robert Hobart, Todd Rowland PLAYTESTERS: Team 1 (Dave Smith, Patrick Chen, Aien Elmi, Jason kang, Ki Chang Kim, PROOFREADERS: Dace, Ryan Reese, Roger Liang, Arthur Nguyen), and Richard Whitney Team 2 (Lucas Twyman, Lee Masheter, Amanda Martyn, Chad Kirby, Andrew Flynn, ART DIRECTOR: Todd Rowland Lauren Murray), Team 3 (Kit LaHaise, Catherine Pickett, Bret David Hewes, Francois Martineau), COVER DESIGN: David Ardila Team 4 (Becca Hobart, Todd Stites, Will Stampley, GRAPHIC DESIGN: David Ardila Kevin Blake, Lewis Fleak, Daniel Briscoe), Team 6 (Dace, Erykah Fasset, Tracy Pinkelton, Daniel Walters, LAYOUT: Edge Studio Laura Harvey), Team 7 (Jason Shafer, Nathan Shafer, Matt Strout, Liza Strout, Joe White, Terry “Dingo” Moore, Eric Newlin), Team 8 (Robert Knight, Brebouillet Mathieu, Credits ARTISTS: Aaron Acevedo, Christopher Appel, Aaron Rubman, David Whitney, Richard Whitney, Steve Argyle, Drew Baker, beet, Heather Bruton, Stuart Biggs, Edward Reynolds, Ryan Gossens, Ron Chironna, Miguel Coimbra, Conceptopolis, Ed Cox, Jean-Phillipe Lanfond), Team 10 (Luke Fleman, Joseph Schuster, Edwin David, Thomas Denmark, John Donahue, Andrew Snow, Christopher Myers, Michael Neer, Paul Siebuhr, Chris Doranus, Randy Elliott, Jason Engle, Anthony Francisco, Ryan Flynn), Team 11 (Cory Mills, Caitlin Mills, Molly Poole, 1 Thomas Gianni, Paul Prof Herbert, Rob Hinds, Jon Hodgson, Darren Walters, Lynne Ahlgren, Jeremy Bullens, Albert Koenig), Jon Hunt, IFS, Hugh Jamieson, Veronica V. Jones, Team 12 (Don Eisele, Kate Adams, Matt Ussary, Janet Bozarth, ENEMIES OF THE EMPIRE Janine Johnston, Michael Kaluta, Heather Kreiter, Nate Hedrick, Mike Shimek, Chester Decker), Team 13 Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, April Lee, Monika Livingstone, (Howard Hooven, Jen Oney-Hooven, David Farmer, Eric Lofgren, Anson Maddocks, Craig Maher, Slawomir Maniak, Scott Smith, William Hart, Gentry Trimble, Kevin Witt), Thomas Manning, Britt Martin, Malcolm McClinton, Team 14 (Stephanie Dane, Mike Brodu, Greg Krywusha, William O’Connor, Jim Pavelec, Ramon Perez, Bob Martin, Reginald Garth, Ryan Reese, Elliot Smorodinsky, Michael Phillippi, Joseph Phillips, Eric Polak, Mike Raabe, SampleRandy Schneider), file Team 15 (Mason Crawford, Allen Cantrell, Angga Satriohadi, Chris Seaman, Douglas Shuler, Julien Vallette, Kristof Parker, April Hamilton, Mark Butler, Ron Spencer, Charles Urbach, Luis Vasquez, Eric Wasden, Luis Fernando de Vasconcelos), Team 17 (Tom Lewis, LA Williams, Matt Wilson Jamie Kipp, Gavin O’Hearn, Shawn MacLean, John Taylor) LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS AND ALL RELATED MARKS ARE © AND ™ ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP NC LL RIGHTS RESERVED I . A . ™ WWW.L5R.COM Steel Sect . 41 Naga Specific Disadvantages . 82 Table Tiger Sect . 42 New Naga Schools . 83 Resources and Methods . 42 New Equipment . 86 of Contents Enemies and Weaknesses . 42 Cobra Jakla and Pearl Magic . 86 The Kolat as Adversaries . 44 Special Pearls . 86 Kolat Player Characters . 44 Sample Naga Characters . 87 Kolat of the Empire . 46 Notable Naga . 88 Introduction . 5 Kolat Assassins . 46 Naga Archetypes . 90 Wily Trader . 46 Gauging the Threat . 7 Hand of the Masters . 47 Chapter 6: The Nezumi . 95 A Sample Kolat Master: . 48 Chapter 1: Bestiary . 9 Ne w Mech a ni cs . 49 Yesterday and Tomorrow New Spells . 51 – A Nezumi’s View of Time . 95 Ne w Mech a ni cs . 10 Nezumi Physiology . 96 Beasts of Rokugan . 10 Chapter 4: The Lost . 53 Nezumi Communication and Psychology . 97 Chapter 2: The Bloodspeakers . 19 The Long Peace . 54 The Before Time The Origins of Iuchiban . 19 The Early Champions . 55 (Rokugani Pre-History) . 97 Iuchiban’s Early Plots . 20 The Akutenshi . 55 The Race Against Tomorrow The Battle of Stolen Graves . 21 The Fall of the Moto. 55 (After the Fall of the Kami) . 98 The Second Rise of Iuchiban . 21 Emergence of Daigotsu . 56 The Alliance with the Crab . 99 The Bloodspeaker The “Code” of Shourido . 57 The Restoration of the One Tribe . 100 Cult Without Its Master . 22 The Rise of the Spider . 58 Facing Tomorrow . 100 The Death of Iuchiban . 23 The Minds of the Lost . 58 The After Time . 100 The Bloodspeaker Cult Using the Lost in a Game . 59 Major Nezumi Tribes . .101 in Modern Times . 23 The Lost as Adversaries: Third Whisker . .105 Bloodspeaker Philosophy . 24 Brutal Power . 59 Campaign Options: Cult Organization . 25 The Lost as Adversaries: Seducers . 59 The Nezumi as Allies . .105 The Bloodspeakers as Adversaries . 25 The Lost as Adversaries: Campaign Options: Nezumi as PCs A Sample Cult Cell: The Black Wind 26 Grand Guignol Horror . 60 (or, Can I Play A Ratling?) . .105 Ne w Mech a ni cs . 27 Ne w Mech a ni cs . 60 Campaign Options: ENEMIES OF THE EMPIRE New Maho Spells . 27 Notable Lost Villains . 64 The Nezumi as Adversaries . 106 New Mechanics: Creating 2 Mastery Rank One . 27 Mastery Rank Two . 28 Chapter 5: The Naga . .69 Nezumi Characters and NPCs . 108 Mastery Level 3 . 29 Naga Physiology. 70 Step 1: Pick Your Tribe . 108 Mastery Level 4 . 29 Naga Religion: Step 2: Pick Your School . 108 Mastery Level 5 . 30 The Atman and the Akasha . 70 Step 3: Customize Your Character . 108 Mastery Level 6 . 30 Naga Culture and Customs . 70 Step 4: Derived Attributes . 108 Noteworthy Bloodspeakers . 30 A Brief History . 72 Nezumi Physical Abilities . 109 Table of Contents Table SampleThe Bloodlines file of the Naga . 73 Nezumi-Only Advantages . .110 Chapter 3: The Kolat . 35 Th e Asp . 73 Nezumi-Only Disadvantages: . .111 Nezumi Schools . .111 The Early Centuries . 36 Chameleon . .74 Rememberers and Memory Sticks . 113 Centuries of Plotting . 36 Cob ra . .74 Mastery Level 1 Memory Sticks . .114 The Age of Man . 37 Constrictor . .74 Mastery Level 2 Memory Sticks . .115 Reorganization and Defeat . 37 Greensnake . 75 Mastery Level 3 Memory Sticks . .115 Organization of a Conspiracy: Abomination . 75 Mastery Level 4 Memory Sticks . .116 The Masters and the Sects . 38 The Naga as Adversaries . 76 Mastery Level 5 Memory Sticks . .116 Chrysanthemum Sect . 38 Threat One: Menacing Sacred Land 76 Shamans and Name Magic . 117 Cloud Sect . 39 Threat Two: The Foul . 77 Learning Name Magic Spells . 117 Coin Sect . 39 Threat Three: Ancient Enemies . 78 Casting Name Magic Spells . .118 Dream Sect . 39 Naga Tactics . 78 Nezumi Shaman Spells . .118 Jade Sect . 40 Campaign Options: The Naga as PCs Mastery Level 1 . .118 Lotus Sect . 40 (or, Can I Play a Naga?) . 78 Mastery Level 2 . .121 Roc Sect . 40 Snakes in Some Plains: Mastery Level 3 . 123 Silk Sect . 41 A Naga Campaign . 79 A Naga Diplomat in a Daimyo’s Mastery Level 4 . .124 Court: One Naga. 79 Mastery Level 5 . .125 Character Mechanics: Creating a Naga 79 Mastery Level 6 . 126 Bloodlines . 80 Sample Nezumi . 127 Character Option Differences . 80 Caste Ranks, and How to Gain Caste . 81 Chapter 7: The Nothing . 129 Naga Specific Advantages . 81 In The Beginning . 129 The Lying Darkness and the First Day of Thunder . .131 The Goju . .132 The Ninube . .132 The Darkness and the Scorpion . .132 The Obsidian Hand . .133 Utogu no Oni, the Endless Hunger .1 70 New Game Mechanics: A Shadow Deepens Uzaki no Oni, Creatures of the Shadowlands . 216 Across Rokugan . .133 the Demon Commander . .1 71 Goblin (Bakemono) . 220 The Battle of Oblivion’s Gate . .134 Wakeru no Oni, Monstrous Plants . 226 The Naming of the Lying Darkness .134 the Demon of the Endless Horde . .1 72 Ogres . 229 After Oblivion’s Gate . .134 Wanizame no Oni, Tr o l l s . .233 The Nothing As An Adversary . .135 the Finned Maw . .1 72 The Nothing As Subtle Manipulator . 136 Yuhmi no Oni, Chapter 12: Spirits . 239 The Nothing As Feral Killer . 137 Flesh of the Dark Lord . .1 73 Vulnerabilities of the Shadow . 137 The Different Spirit Realms . .239 The Nothing In A Campaign . 137 Chapter 9: Chikushudo, The Realm of Animals . 24 0 Shadow Mechanics . 139 The Five Ancient Races . 1 75 Gaki-do, The Realm Shadow Ranks . 139 of the Hungry Dead. 241 History of the Five Races: The Scorpion Shadow Brands . .142 Jigoku, The Realm of Evil . 241 The Beginning . .1 75 Shadow Bolts . .142 Maigo no Musha, The Powers of Shadow . 143 The Rise of Jigoku . .1 76 the Realm of Thwarted Destiny . 241 Creatures of Shadow . 145 The Kenku . .1 76 Meido, The Realm of Waiting . .242 Kenku Sensei . .177 Ningen-do, The Realm of Mortals .242 Chapter 8: Oni . 151 The Kenku and Shinseism . .178 The Kenku Swordsmen . .178 Sakkaku, The Realm of Mischief . .242 Oni as Adversaries . 150 Sample Kenku . .179 Tengoku, The Celestial Heavens . .242 Creating a New Oni . 150 New Mechanics: Toshigoku, The Realm of Slaughter . 243 Rings and Traits . 150 The Kenku Swordsman School . .180 Yomi, The Realm Shadowlands Taint Rank . .151 The Ningyo . .181 of Blessed Ancestors . 243 Reduction . .152 The Orochi Alliance . .181 Yume-do, The Realm of Dreams . 243 Derived Values: Attacks, Damage, The Naga and Pearl Magic . .182 Unique Mechanics of the Spirit Realms . 244 of Contents Table Initiative, Wounds . .152 Sample Ningyo . .183 New Advantage: Attacks . .152 The Trolls . .184 Child of Chikushudo . .244 Simple or Complex Attacks . .152 The Kitsu and the Tsuno . .185 Damage . .152 The Shapeshifter . .244 The Fall of the Kitsu . .185 Initiative . ..
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