Non-Unique Character Names (Crafting Names for Fun)

By BlindSamurai13, in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game

Now more seriously:

Aspiring Gunso

Attractive Courtier

Relentless Berserker

Inspiring Kenshinzen

Imperial Scion

Discreet Bloodspeaker

It's funny, before any cards were previewed, there was huge debate as to whether non-unique cards would have non-unique names. Those of us who had played FFG's LCGs before and knew their system insisted they would be much as they are now, and those dedicated to the old format thought we were crazy to expect otherwise, proposing that once you name a card "Asako Shugenja," you can no longer make non-unique shugenjas belonging to the Asako, and other miscellany no one here should still honestly believe.

Here are a few names I proposed back then:

Shinomen Warden

Master of Waves (envisioned as a Lindsey Stirling shoutout, now mostly overwritten by Adept of the Waves)

Believer in the Old Ways (Meishodo wielder, also a reference to another LCG)

Also. Not a name, but I'm a K-pop fan who would kill for a non-unique Unicorn in the likeness of Hyeri from Girl's Day. I would naturally nickname the card "Shinjo Hye-ri."

How about the Damned from the Crab?

Damned Berserker, or a Damned for every Family, with similar abilities: Damned Hida, Damned Hiruma, Damned Kaiu...

Even, more, now that I think about this, maybe a Tainted for every clan:

Tainted Kuni

Tainted Kakita

Tainted Kitsuki

Tainted Shosuro

Tainted Matsu

Tainted Isawa

Tainted Moto

All with a very similar ability, and an honor cost?

Crab

  • Kuni Biologist
  • Macabre Kuni
  • Kaiu Toy Maker
  • Jade Miner
  • Kaiu Quartermaster
  • Wall Warrior
  • Heavy Hitter Hida

I kinda like that we have a peasant card (Meek Informant) and I think I'd like to see more of how the non-samurai of Rokugan can contribute to the game. Here's some I think I'd like to see (apologies for any repeats/rehashes from other posts):

Talented Geisha

Influential Merchant

Gaijin Smuggler

Opium Farmer

Perfect Land Revolutionary

Perfect Land Organizer

Desperate Mudcrow

1 hour ago, Zesu Shadaban said:

I kinda like that we have a peasant card (Meek Informant) and I think I'd like to see more of how the non-samurai of Rokugan can contribute to the game. Here's some I think I'd like to see (apologies for any repeats/rehashes from other posts):

Talented Geisha

Influential Merchant

Gaijin Smuggler

Opium Farmer

Perfect Land Revolutionary

Perfect Land Organizer

Desperate Mudcrow

Conscripted Heimin.

Lowborn Shugenja.

Rice Farmer.

Shunned Burakumin.

Vengeful Maho-tsukai.

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Shadowlands cards. Now that we have the Goblin Sneak:

Powerful Oni

Undead Horde

Hiruma Castle Remnant

Spawn of an Oni

Devoted Ruinbringer

Goblin Warchief

Goblin Sapper

Dark Kami’s Chosen.

Fu Leng Worshipper.

11 minutes ago, Tabris2k said:

Shadowlands cards. Now that we have the Goblin Sneak:

Powerful Oni

Undead Horde

Hiruma Castle Remnant

Spawn of an Oni

Devoted Ruinbringer

Goblin Warchief

Goblin Sapper

Dark Kami’s Chosen.

Fu Leng Worshipper.

Bakemono Warmonger.

Lost Samurai.

Ogre Bushi.

Shuten Doji.

Tainted Shugenja.

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On 11/10/2017 at 6:07 AM, Tabris2k said:

How about the Damned from the Crab?

Look, I already find myself saying "Damned crab..." a lot during my games.

Akodo Sensei
Matsu Gunso
Shattered Samurai
Worldly Monk
Disgraced Ronin
Swift Sword Student
Yojin Castle Defender

Phoenix-

Sinister Inquisitor

Henshin Adept

Golden Arm Prodigy

Dedicated Pacifist

Steadfast Shiba

Asako Loremaster

Silent Scribe

Avalanche Guard
Firestorm Legionnaire
Hurricane Initiate
Tsunami Legionnaire

Legion of Flame Gunso
Legion of Stone Infantryman
Legion of the Wave Scout
Legion of the Wind Archers

Unearthly Ishiken
Mad Ishiken
Oracular Ishiken

Scorpion

Simple Gardener

Expendable Pawn

Corrupt Wardmaster

Doomed Junshin

Ruthless Magistrate

Crab

Forsaken Berserker

Kaiu Engineer

Kuni Witch-Hunter

World-Weary Hida

General Purpose:

Ashigaru Veteran

Fortunate Farmer

Pious Headman

Serene Geisha

Tsuruchi Marksman

Tsuruchi Bounty Hunter

Tsuruchi Fletcher

Tsuruchi Mercenary

One Tsuruchi

Two Tsuruchi

Red Tsuruchi

Blue Tsuruchi

This one has a little bow

This one plays a little Go

What a lot of Tsuruchi there are to know!

Seeing as we have an attachment and a holding with this adjective:

Magnificent Isawa

Here's seven you're unlikely to see.

Courteous Hida.

Uncouth Doji.

Foolish Togashi.

Cowardly Matsu.

Humble Isawa.

Honest Bayushi.

Cruel Shinjo.

Edit: And one you might see.

Honorable Ronin.

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5 hours ago, Mangod said:

Humble Isawa.

I dunno, that one could actually be pretty neat and evocative...

9 hours ago, Mangod said:

Honest Bayushi.

We already got this one, but he's a unique: Bayushi Yojiro :)

And the "Doomed Junshin" mentioned by @Shiba Gunichi might be an "Honest Bayushi" by another name