Strange Assembly - Your L5R/Tabletop Podcast

By Daramere, in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game

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15 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

These are the answers I want most.

It will impact lots of things.

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1 hour ago, wolfien8 said:

Card seems either decent or really good depending on these questions: we know that bowed characters don't contribute force, but what about bowed attachments? Or Bowed Holdings? Or Bowed Stronghold? If the Crane uses theirs to defend does it still contribute force?

So far, FFG has only said bowed characters do not contribute skill to a conflict.

What do you mean by bowing the Stronghold not contributing force? Strongholds act as strength modifiers to the Province they are sitting on. Do you think there is the potential for Strongholds to NOT add their Strength to the Province they are on while bowed? That would certainly be interesting.

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7 minutes ago, Danwarr said:

So far, FFG has only said bowed characters do not contribute skill to a conflict.

What do you mean by bowing the Stronghold not contributing force? Strongholds act as strength modifiers to the Province they are sitting on. Do you think there is the potential for Strongholds to NOT add their Strength to the Province they are on while bowed? That would certainly be interesting.

I guess there was no indication either way, that is my point. Say if you are playing Crane and someone attacks your stronghold politically. If I bow my stronghold to bow an attacker, will I get the +2 or whatever to the province strength. My inclination is that yes I will, but we don't have confirmation. The only rule we know is that bowed characters don't contribute strength, so Strongholds/holdings/attachments we do not know about yet.

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Attachments boost the character they are attached. The attachments bowed or unbowed don't matter. It matters what the character's unbowed/bowed state is.

Holdings and Strongholds just are there to give an ability or action and a boost to the province. Bowing is only to pay for the action and we haven't seen any holdings yet that need that. There is no Military or Political Force to contribute just Bonus province strength.

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1 hour ago, Kakita Katai said:

Holdings and Strongholds just are there to give an ability or action and a boost to the province. Boeing is only to pay for the action and we haven't seen any holdings yet that need that. There is no Military or Political Force to contribute just Bonus province strength.

Boeing, huh? Well that's unexpected. Didn't think they played L5R.

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Hey, I finally got our Crab episode done! All the Crab discussion you can shake a stick at, plus some free history lessons for those not steeped in the classic lore.

http://www.strangeassembly.com/2017/episode-218-crab

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I was waiting G for two weeks to hear your reaction to Nezumi being back. Not bad but I would enjoy hearing more next time.

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On 7/20/2017 at 6:22 PM, Daramere said:

Hey, I finally got our Crab episode done! All the Crab discussion you can shake a stick at, plus some free history lessons for those not steeped in the classic lore.

http://www.strangeassembly.com/2017/episode-218-crab

So near the beginning of this one, you mention one of the reasons Shoju leads the coup is he thinks the Hantei emperor is weak and bad for the Empire.
I'm curious why people like to put Kisada's personality on Shoju so often? ;)

Shoju was always motivated by the Akodo/Hantei prophecy, not a dislike for (his friend) Hantei XXXVIII.

Unless there's some sauce I'm unaware of?

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I like the theory that Ujimitsu died by spontaneous combustion because:

1.) He decided to write a death poem while he was burning, which takes a heroic level of self discipline.

2.) They didn't need to cremate him afterwards which is very convenient. They just sweep him up and put him in an urn.

I think part of the reason people want Ujimitsu's death to be more important (than just he died because he was sick) is probably because he was a significant character in the legacy story. Though with Phoenix it seems like they can have their cake and eat it too if Tsukune can talk to Ujimitsu's spirit so it is possible his death was completely mundane.

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While downloading this on my RSS feed, I got episode 218. :blink: It was trippy for a few moments.

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yeah the itune feed looked like it was messed up when I checked it. I direct downloaded it from their website.

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So not just my feed. I'm listening off the website right now. :)

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Sorry for the inconvenience. I will check the various links and feeds when I can later today (alas, it would not be the only time I've messed up something like that).

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Should be fixed now.

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And finally our main Gen Con L5R episode (there will be another), covering the launch of the L5R LCG with last year's Jack Vasel Memorial Fund auction winner. Bid on a charity auction, and maybe next year that will be you getting your picture taken with the King of Gaming (North America).

http://www.strangeassembly.com/2017/episode-223-once-more-with

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A sister. Episode 223 has a sister ... if you did not listen then, perhaps you will listen now ...

This one has the live L5R-related recordings from Gen Con - including what I suppose was the last official Utz Banzai. Mike and I discus our launch parties, and thoughts on the Imperial Cycle announcement.

Strange Assembly - Episode 224 - Launch Party

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Organized plays starting up and a new product getting previewed? Maybe it's time for another L5R episode on Strange Assembly. We talk the overall state of the game, the story so far, and look at some of the early Disciples of the Void previews.

Strange Assembly - Episode 233 - Jay's Happy