Hey all,

So I know FFG doesn't usually allow the use of dice instead of tokens/counters. I haven't gotten my stuff yet, but I've been watching some L5R videos and it seems a bit difficult to keep track of the skill score during a conflict. On TTS there's a handy dial/counter that you can use to keep track of your total skill. Does anybody know if, in real life, it would it be okay if I used dice to keep track of the skill totals?

I think dice to track skill totals is probably okay. Since it isn't a resource that you need to track. You are, after every action, supposed to say what the new totals are during a conflict. Those ARE listed in the base rules, and is a good habit to get into.

Agreed.
If I were judging, I'd have zero issue with using dice during a conflict.
If knocked, the skill totals should not be too difficult to recalculate, as opposed to an Honor total.

You could also steal numbered tokens from others games.

Star Wars LCG, for example, comes with a bunch of 1 and 3 tokens.

38 minutes ago, selderane said:

You could also steal numbered tokens from others games.

Star Wars LCG, for example, comes with a bunch of 1 and 3 tokens.

That's a good idea, especially seeing as I still have my Star Wars LCG collection

Here's some so-so tokens I made for tracking skill totals:

I now imagine a beautifully themed score tracking app you just tap including score threshold sounds effects, including Katana shwinks and a subtle but indignant clearing of the throat when adding political strength.

There is probably already plenty of applicable life total tracking apps.

I don't think using dice to monitor conflict strengths is a problem. I, too, was looking for a simple solution to quickly monitor conflict strength given how dynamic scores can go up-and-down.

I was looking at maybe using countdown dice (it's less likely that either side will be over 20, and if so, you just deal with it in those limited circumstances or get a 3rd/4th die).

I was also looking at using those old MTG dual life dials they used to make, and found some small dual calculators (with +1/-1 and resets) like on TTS are available from lifecalc.

Not sure which I'll go with or which might ultimately be easiest for quality-of-life, but all three seem perfectly acceptable for that particularly aspect of the game.