Because this is the Amaterasudamned
RPG
forum, might as well keep an eye on the fictions.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/10/31/better-to-be-certain/
Better to be Certain - New L5R Fiction
You mean all of these here?
Just want to comment on this:
QuoteBe sure to check back every other Wednesday for new Legend of the Five Rings fiction, as well as new information on Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game , Battle for Rokugan , and the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game Beta .
Please, FFG! Don't set a schedule for L5R fiction! That can kill the quality of the writing. It is infinitely better to have fiction only a couple times a year and it be amazing than to have it frequently and have craptastic pieces...
4 minutes ago, Yandia said:You mean all of these here?
Good link, but I made this post for discussion of the last one, posted yesterday. I believe the RPG forum should carry the tradition of discussing the fiction every time it is posted.
Oh right, that was a thing long long time ago...
I liked it very much. It gave a nice insight into the pure survival mode you go when staying in the Shadowlands.
A fiction posted on Halloween by Robert Denton III too.
Go Spooky!
"Of that you can be certain"
Such an excellent fiction. I really like the much deeper and subtler characterization of the clans FFG is going with. First the Dragon, then the Scorpion, and now the Crab. Clans whose characters could easily devolve into caricature. But so far, the essence of their Clans has been captured with nuance. Great job. I don't know how well the broad plot strokes will work, but the small personal stories have been excellent so far. Except for the Lion. The Lion fictions, and there depictions therein have been bad. The rest are excellent though.
A new fiction has gone up - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/12/13/wildcats-and-dragon-teeth/
Whilst all of the L5R card game short stories have been good, this one is particularly poignant given the week's duelling rules updates.
It's unlikely that the average L5R RPG character is going to be training or even meeting the Imperial Heir, but the concept that a character could find themselves in a duel which it is socially unacceptable to win, but equally socially unacceptable to obviously 'throw' is a fairly easy one to picture...
It might be an interesting narrative thought experiment to see how such a duel might go if a player and a relatively poor opponent (let's use the Seasoned Courtier for the sake of argument and having some stats) were to be fighting a sparring bout with Bokken.
Edited by Magnus Grendel
I did just that last night, @Magnus Grendel . One of the PC's asked the Tower Three commander for a practice duel. Tomonatsu whammied him. He opted to take the miss rather than damage the loaner bokken.