5/26 L5R Live for Crane Discussion

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

9 minutes ago, Suzume Tomonori said:

Question: Any change for male gay character in the cast?

Answer: They will not ignore taboo sorts of romances in the story. This goes into their themes of ninjo (personal feelings) vs giri (duty.)

I'm just hoping romances in general won't be the focus of most of the stories.

Question: Can skills become a negative value?

Answer: They are considered zero when you need to reference them, but the negative modifier remains when figuring out if bonuses later cancel it out or not (I think I got that right?)

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Just now, Suzume Tomonori said:

Questions: Conflict cards w/o influence pips.

Answer: Cannot be splashed.

Actually, it's "clan-aligned conflict cards without influence" that cannot be splashed.

Obviously, neutral cards can still be included.

Question: Do traits have rules?

Answer: No, none at all by themselves. But other cards key off traits.

Lion is next. Arasou, Tsuko, and Toturi show up next week in the fiction.

Card preview going on for Lion but I can't see the image in the comment box...

3 minutes ago, Suzume Tomonori said:

Card preview going on for Lion but I can't see the image in the comment box...

Akodo Gunso, but I just remember it from the video itself.

And it's done. Everybody please mercilessly correct any mistakes I made summarize the answers.

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16 minutes ago, Suzume Tomonori said:

Question: When can we take actions?

Answer: Varies. (Non-answer?)

He mentioned that you can take actions in the dynasty phase, which I believe is what the person asking that question in the forum was getting at anyway.

5 minutes ago, Suzume Tomonori said:

And it's done. Everybody please mercilessly correct any mistakes I made summarize the answers.

Rules questions that were in the Lingering Questions thread have been updated in the OP.

5 minutes ago, Yogo Gohei said:

He mentioned that you can take actions in the dynasty phase, which I believe is what the person asking that question in the forum was getting at anyway.

Good catch. I missed the point of the question, it seems...

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BTW, thanks for doing this! For those of us unable to listen, it was a great boon!

1 minute ago, profparm said:

BTW, thanks for doing this! For those of us unable to listen, it was a great boon!

I'm glad it was a help! I have to put my weird work schedule and non-US time zone to good use somehow.

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Getting mentioned twice? Look at all my glory now! Lucky me that I am with the crane, so now I play a Way of the Crane on me and go wreck some provinces!

1 hour ago, Suzume Tomonori said:

Question: Can skills become a negative value?

Answer: They are considered zero when you need to reference them, but the negative modifier remains when figuring out if bonuses later cancel it out or not (I think I got that right?)

This going to be headache enducing at times. So many people are going to get this wrong or mess it up.

2 minutes ago, Spawnod said:

This going to be headache enducing at times. So many people are going to get this wrong or mess it up.

It's how negative values work for all of their LCGs. It's not that tough.

You apply all modifiers to the value. Add up all those +s and -s! End result, if it's below zero, becomes zero. That's it.

If a new + or - gets thrown on the pile, add it all back up. Is it above zero yet? Congrats, now it's whatever it is. Is it still below zero? Then it's zero.

3 minutes ago, Spawnod said:

This going to be headache enducing at times. So many people are going to get this wrong or mess it up.

Eh... probably not. It works the same way in MTG and L5R CCG.

5 minutes ago, Gaffa said:

It's how negative values work for all of their LCGs. It's not that tough.

You apply all modifiers to the value. Add up all those +s and -s! End result, if it's below zero, becomes zero. That's it.

If a new + or - gets thrown on the pile, add it all back up. Is it above zero yet? Congrats, now it's whatever it is. Is it still below zero? Then it's zero.

I do not know why, but that explanation was so much clearer/easier to me. Thank you.

1 hour ago, Suzume Tomonori said:

Question: Any change for male gay character in the cast?

Answer: They will not ignore taboo sorts of romances in the story. This goes into their themes of ninjo (personal feelings) vs giri (duty.)

I would love to see Toturi and Toku being shipped. But I guess that is just a fantasy of mine, wonder what other here think could be the actual shipping they might have already in mind, at least if it contains character we already know from the old canon?

Just now, Drudenfusz said:

I would love to see Toturi and Toku being shipped.

That would explain why Toku got special treatment.

What I'd like to see is Toturi and Hotaru having the same friendship Toturi and Hoturi had, and for it NOT to turn romantic just because of the gender-swap.

Lion is a great breeding ground for potential gay characters. There is a lot of brothers in the arms fantasy to tap in. Ditto for Crab; love in face of war and love in face of marching onis sounds like bittersweet stories that really would fit their clans.

13 minutes ago, Drudenfusz said:

I would love to see Toturi and Toku being shipped. But I guess that is just a fantasy of mine, wonder what other here think could be the actual shipping they might have already in mind, at least if it contains character we already know from the old canon?

Why do they need to ship anybody? Not all characters need to have romance be major parts of their stories. There are other sorts of interpersonal relationships.

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2 minutes ago, JJ48 said:

Why do they need to ship anybody? Not all characters needs to have romance be major parts of their stories. There are other sorts of interpersonal relationships.

Sure, I am not saying that everybody should get shipped, just asking for who people would like to see being shipped.

So, lets start the shipping wars!