3 hours ago, Serazu said:

Take your time, try out all the clans, read their lore.

Then, before committing yourself to a clan, read the Way of the Scorpion sourcebook of the old L5R RPG, especially the short stories in there.

And, inevitably, become a Scorpion for life.

Way of the Scorpion is probably the best of the original 1st edition clan books, and Way of the Dragon is a very close second.

Some people may have legitimate gripes with John Wick, but he was (and probably still is) one of the best gaming 'lore' creators around.

2 hours ago, Togashi Gao Shan said:

Way of the Scorpion is probably the best of the original 1st edition clan books, and Way of the Dragon is a very close second.

Some people may have legitimate gripes with John Wick, but he was (and probably still is) one of the best gaming 'lore' creators around.

It's incredible how much better the 1E Ways of than the 2E Secrets of were. And Wick is an excellent RPG designer and thinker in general. Just look at the 7th Sea or his insight concerning the post-AD&D.

It's also incredible how naturally it comes to every Scorpion to like the Dragon and to every Dragon to like the Scorpion. Even if a guy knows zip about the lore. The instinct guides him. In all my years in the L5R RPG never did I meet someone who had one of the two as his favorite clan and didn't have the other as his second favorite. Absolutely incredible. Almost mystical.

1 hour ago, Serazu said:

It's incredible how much better the 1E Ways of than the 2E Secrets of were. And Wick is an excellent RPG designer and thinker in general. Just look at the 7th Sea or his insight concerning the post-AD&D.

It's also incredible how naturally it comes to every Scorpion to like the Dragon and to every Dragon to like the Scorpion. Even if a guy knows zip about the lore. The instinct guides him. In all my years in the L5R RPG never did I meet someone who had one of the two as his favorite clan and didn't have the other as his second favorite. Absolutely incredible. Almost mystical.

Dragon is my favorite, and I always hated Scorpion as a bunch of self interested edgelords.

Now that I know the setting better I like Scorpion and Phoenix. The Scorpions are pretty great when they are living up to the "sacrifice the safety of conformity to get things done for the good of all" schtick.