The chance of me not trying my hand at making L5R characters for a Meet the Party was basically zero. For MtP's L5R debut we've got a band of samurai who, one way or another, have come together to hunt Mahō-tsukai, kansen, Shadowlands beasts, and anything else of Jigoku!

Kuni Otoya, a Purifier of the Crab Clan hunting Mahō-tsukai and looking to force the other Great Clans to respect the sacrifices made by his.

Kaito Jorihime, a Shrine Keeper of the Phoenix Clan protecting her charges and looking to overcome the criticism of her resentful father.

Yogo Chen, a Wardmaster of the Scorpion Clan keeping dark artifacts from use and scoffing at the curse of his family.

Kitsuki Geriel, an Investigator of the Dragon Clan working to keep the Empire's peace and bring her clan out of isolation.

Kasuga Rikyu, a Smuggler of the Tortoise Clan tasked to track dark artifacts on the black market, yearning for the respect of others.

Give Meet the Party: L5R: Mahō Hunters a read! Maybe they can find a home at your table, hopefully they at least plant a few useful ideas/morsels of inspiration. Thanks for reading!

Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that they certainly will be used at our table.

We have a similar party composition: a Kuni Wardmaster, a Shinjo Investigator, a Kaito Shrine Keeper, a Kakita to defend the honor of the Investigator and be her dueling champion and a Shiba to protect the Shugenja. They need allies and mentors and your characters are perfect for that! You have simplified our lives a lot. ?

Sweet! I came across this article independently of here, so big shout out to you on that as well.

I especially appreciated it, because in the Crab AMA a question came up about the Crab not having much to do in concert with the rest of the Empire in the RPG. This shows it just takes a little creativity!

On 10/27/2018 at 7:34 AM, Nheko said:

Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that they certainly will be used at our table.

We have a similar party composition: a Kuni Wardmaster, a Shinjo Investigator, a Kaito Shrine Keeper, a Kakita to defend the honor of the Investigator and be her dueling champion and a Shiba to protect the Shugenja. They need allies and mentors and your characters are perfect for that! You have simplified our lives a lot. ?

That’s awesome! Hope they serve you well.

22 hours ago, Hida Jitenno said:

Sweet! I came across this article independently of here, so big shout out to you on that as well.

I especially appreciated it, because in the Crab AMA a question came up about the Crab not having much to do in concert with the rest of the Empire in the RPG. This shows it just takes a little creativity!

Glad to hear it!

I think a certain amount of planing does have to go in to how multi-clan parties get together and interact, especially if they’re from clans with historical .... conflicts. You can slap the Emerald Magistrate title on everyone and call it a day, which is perfectly fine, but if that’s not what you want to do you need to think about it a bit.