
M1 P5 P8 4 H S MC3 I4 M3 G9 I9 I13 P2 P3 I11 I2 CN7 P4 I1 CN4 I5 I3 P1 I8 CN2 P10 M11 P7 P6 CN10 CN9 CN1 P9 G4 I16 CN3 L9 MC7 L8 [MC14] G22 P11 G20 MC10 G18 L3 G7 L6 MC13 M5 L4 G12 L10 D10 SC2 G1 L7 SC7 D8 L5 L2 D4 G5 G8 SC1 MC5 D9 SC10 D7 D2 SC3 SC9 SC6 SC11 SC5 D3 D6 SC4 D1 G11 G16 D5 MC11 I15 U1 U9 U6 I7 G15 U7 I17 5 U8 H S U3 MC12 G24 U4 Sample fileI6 U5 MC9 G13 U2 M4 M9 M10 MC2 M6 CN4 M2 M11 CN1 CN6 CN5 M8 CN8 G17 CB11 M7 G19 G6 G23 CB1 MC1 I12 CB4 SC8 MC4 CB5 MC6 G11 G14 I10 CB10 1 H G21 S G3 I15 I14 8 H S CB3 CB8 CB2 6 H CB9 S SampleCB6 file 2 MC8 H S CB7 G2 G10 7 3 H H S S LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS RPG, 4TH EDITION Matt Strout, Liza Strout, Joe White, Terry “Dingo” Moore, WRITTEN BY: Shawn Carman, Robert Hobart, jim pinto, & Brian Yoon Eric Newlin), Team 8 (Robert Knight, Mathieu Brebouillet, Aaron Rubman, David Whitney, Richard Whitney, Stuart Biggs, EDITED BY: Robert Hobart, Todd Rowland Edward Reynolds, Ryan Gossens, Jean-Phillipe Lanfond), Team 10 (Luke Martinez, Joseph Schuster, Andrew Snow, PROOFREADERS: Eoin Burke, Jim Chatham, Christopher Myers, Michael Neer, Paul Siebuhr, Ryan Flynn), Mason Crawford, Daniel Dineen, Team 11 (Cory Mills, Caitlin Mills, Molly Poole, Darren Walters, Erykah Fassett, Laura Harvey, Lynne Ahlgren, Jeremy Bullens, Albert Koenig), Team 12 Daniel Jacobsen, John Merholtz, (Don Eisele, Kate Adams, Matt Ussary, Janet Bozarth, Legend of the Five Rings RPG, 4th Edition Jen Oney-Hooven, Todd Stites, Nate Hedrick, Mike Shimek, Chester Decker), Team 13 Ralph Tropeano (Howard Hooven, Jen Oney-Hooven, David Farmer, Scott Smith, William Hart, Gentry Trimble, Kevin Witt), Team 14 RPG RULES TEAM: Dace, Mason Crawford, (Stephanie Dane, Mikael Brodu, Greg Krywusha, Bob Martin, Aaron Rubman Reginald Garth, Ryan Reese, Elliot Smorodinsky, Randy Schneider), Team 15 (Mason Crawford, Allen Cantrell, ART DIRECTOR: Todd Rowland Julien Vallette, Kristof Parker, April Hamilton, Mark Butler, Luis Fernando de Vasconcelos), Team 17 (Tom Lewis, Jamie Kipp, COVER DESIGN: David Ardila Gavin O’Hearn, Shawn MacLean, John Taylor) GRAPHIC DESIGN: David Ardila SPECIAL THANKS: SH AW N THANKED everyone in the Foreward, but thanks again LAYOU T : Edge Studio anyway! ARTISTS: Christopher Appel, Steve Argyle, Gonzalo Ordonez Arias, Mathew S. Armstrong, Daren Bader, BRIAN WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Drew Baker, Jason Behnke, Tom Biondolillo, Leonardo Borazio, c My best friends, who’ve stayed by my side and fueled my Beet, Manuel Calderon, Mike Capprotti, Paul Carrick, love of L5R and gaming for over ten years. Love you, 1 Miguel Coimbra, Audry Corman, Ed Cox, Edwin David, guys. Molly Denmark, Thomas Denmark, Randy Elliot, Steve Ellis, c My family, who’ve always believed that I could do CREDITS Jason Engle, Anthony Francisco, Carl Frank, Randy Gallegos, everything I want. Joachim Gmoser, Anthony Grabski, Troy Graham, c The Fourth Edition team, writers and playtesters. We’ve Andrew Hepworth, Jeff Himmelman, Quinton Hoover, created something to be proud of. David Horne, IFS, Paul Prof Herbert, Jonathan Hunt, c Angela, who listens to me complain about esoteric gaming Llyn Hunter, Hugh Jamieson, Michael Kaluta, Michel Koch, issues. Michael Komarck, Heather Kreiter, Amandine Labarre, Stephanie Law, April Lee, Monika Livingston, Eric Lofgren, ROB WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Anson Maddocks, Slawomir Maniak, Thomas Manning, c My wife Rebecca, who always believed I would get to write Britt Martin, David Martin, Malcolm McClinton, Patrick McEvoy, for L5R someday. Peter Mohrbacher, William O’Connor, Glen Osterberger, c My first L5R gaming group – Jaime, Allen, Keith, Jason, Jim Pavelec, Ben Peck, Ramon Perez, Eric Polak, Mark Poole, and Tim – especially our GM Jaime, who introduced me to Angga Satriohadi, Erich Schreiner, Chris Seaman, L5R way back in 1997. Douglas Shuler, Steve Snyder, Ron Spencer, Beth Trott, c The players, writers, and GMs of Heroes of Rokugan, for Charles Urbach, Luis Vasquez, Diana Vick, Franz Vohwinkel, ten years of glorious samurai drama. Byron Wackwitz, Corene Werhane, Mario Wibisono, Matt Wilson, c Shawn Carman and the rest of AEG, for giving me the Jarreau Wimberly, Wackwitz & Daily chance to work on this project. c PRODUCTION MANAGER: David Lepore John Wick, for creating such an amazing world and game for all of us to play in. SENIOR BRAND MANAGER: Todd Rowland JIM WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: John Zinser c you — the reader — for taking the time to read this part of the book. HEAD PLAYTESTER: Brian Bates TODD WOULD LIKE TO THANK PLAYTESTER: Team 1 (Dave Smith, Patrick Chen, c My wife Kathy, who still sits patiently as I talk about Aien Elmi, Jason kang, Ki Chang Kim, Roger Liang, magical samurai. Arthur Nguyen), Team 2 (Lucas Twyman, Lee Masheter, c Mike Webb and the Mungbeasts who ran the first L5R RPG Amanda Martyn, Chad Kirby, Andrew Flynn, Lauren Murray), game I ever played in back in 1st Edition. Team 3 (Kit LaHaise, Catherine Pickett, Bret David Hewes, c Everyone on this credits page, you all went above and Francois Martineau), Team 4 (Becca Hobart, Todd Stites, beyond. Will Stampley, Kevin Blake, Lewis Fleak, Daniel Briscoe), Team 6 (Dace, Erykah Fassett, Tracy Pinkelton, Daniel Walters, EDGE STUDIO WOULD LIKE TO THANK: SampleLaura Harvey), Team 7 (Jason Shafer, Nathan Shafer, c To Yayoi-san, for her help writing the Kanji. file LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS AND ALL RELATED MARKS ARE © AND ™ ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP NC LL RIGHTS RESERVED I . A . ™ WWW.L5R.COM The Three Sacred Substances . 41 Table The Tenets of Bushido . 42 The Concept of Face (On) . 44 of Contents Shame and Disgrace . 44 Seppuku . 45 Poli ti cs . 46 Economics . 47 Book of Fire Crime and Punishment . 48 Character Creation . .99 Dueling . 49 Blood Feuds . 52 Character Creation War in Rokugan . 52 Quick Summary . 99 Armies and Tactics . 53 Character Creation, Expanded . 100 Introduction The Game of Twenty Questions . 100 Sieges . 53 Example of Character Creation . .103 Welcome to Rokugan . 7 The Great Clans of Rokugan . 55 Improving Your Character . 104 Welcome to the Emerald Empire . 8 The Crab Clan . 56 The Great Clans . .105 What is a Role-Playing Game? . 8 The Crane Clan . 58 The Crab Clan . .105 But Why The Dragon Clan . 60 The Crane Clan . 109 is it Called “Role-Playing”? . 9 The Lion Clan . 62 The Dragon Clan . 112 Why Use Dice? . 9 The Mantis Clan . 64 What is Rokugan? . 9 The Lion Clan . .116 The Phoenix Clan . 66 Why Play The Mantis Clan . 120 The Scorpion Clan . 68 Legend of the Five Rings? . 9 The Phoenix Clan . 123 What is in This Book . 10 The Unicorn Clan . 70 The Scorpion Clan . 126 The Unicorn Clan . 129 Skills . .133 Emph ases . .133 Mastery Abilities . .133 Skill List . .133 High Skills . 135 Legend of the Five Rings RPG, 4th Edition Bugei Skills . 139 Book of Air Merchant Skills . 143 2 Book of Earth The Emerald Empire . .13 Low Skills . 144 The Birth of the Universe . 13 General Mechanics . 75 Advantages & Disadvantages . 145 The Fall of the Kami . 14 Basic Mechanics: Subtypes . .146 Pre-History of the Empire . 14 The Roll & Keep System . 75 Advantages . 146 The History of an Empire . 15 Target Numbers . 76 Disadvantages . 156 The Geography of Rokugan . 24 Magic & Spells . .163 Rings & Traits . 76 Social Classes Spell Casting Rolls TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE Skills . 79 and the Celestial Order . 26 & Spell Target Numbers . .163 Raises . 79 Rituals of Life . 29 Actions & Casting Time . .163 Types of Rolls . 79 Day-to-Day Etiquette . 31 Affinities & Deficiencies . .164 Visiting . 32 Skill Rolls, Expanded . 80 Spell Descriptions. 164 Gift-Giving . 33 The Combat Round . 81 Universal Spells . 164 Time and the Seasons . 34 Definition of Terms . 81 Air Spells . 167 Fo o d . 35 Sequence of Events . 81 Hair . 35 Earth Spells . 1 73 Attack & Defense . 82 Clothing . 35 Fire Spells . 180 Wo u n d s . 82 D wellings . 36 Water Spells . 187 Stances . 84 Tr a v e l . 38 Void Spells . 193 Men and Women . 38 Actions . 85 Equipment . .198 Religion and Philosophy . 39 Maneuvers . 85 Armor . .198 Kharma and the Celestial Wheel . 39 Iaijutsu Dueling . 87 We a p o n s . .198 The Spirit Realms . 40 Grappling . 88 Bo ws . 199 Conditional Effects . 89 Chain Weapons . 200 Fear . 90 Heavy Weapons . 200 Honor, Glory, & Status . 90 Knives . 201 Honor . .90 Ninjutsu Weapons . 201 Glory . 93 Polearms . 202 Status . 93 Sp ea rs . 203 Staves . 203 Sample fileSwords . 204 War Fans . 205 Miscellaneous Equipment . .205 Clothing & Accessories . 207 Kata . .259 Myths: The GM as Entertainer Kiho . .261 / The GM as Adversary . .313 Utilizing Kiho . .261 Actions Have Consequences . .314 Air Kiho . .262 The Rules as a Toolbox . .314 Earth Kiho . .263 Changing the Rules . .315 Fire Kih o . 264 Alternate Playstyles . .315 Water Kiho . .265 Anime Style . 316 Book of Water Void Kiho. .265 Cinematic Style . 317 Advanced Mechanics . 211 Maho . 267 Grim Realism Style . 317 Learning Maho. 267 The GM’s Toolbox . .318 The Spider Clan . .211 Using Maho . 267 The Minor Clans . .215 Creatures of Rokugan . .318 Maho Spells . 268 Creature Statistics . 318 The Badger Clan . .215 The Shadowlands Taint . 2 74 Special Abilities: . 319 The Bat Clan . .216 Living with the Taint . .2 76 Standard Special Abilities . 319 The Boar Clan . .217 Gaining the Taint Natural Creatures . ..
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