Building L5R Characters – Skills. Advantages might not even be an option after character creation. Rolling Nk2 dice pools for skills sucks.
Add in Courtier, Etiquette, Sincerity unless you are a masochist. Master Besides R-1 in about 15-20 skills pretty quick, what actually matters to play?
Resources • • - A good resource for lore about Rokugan. • - a community for the Legend of the Five Rings card games (CCG and LCG). • - General tabletop RPG discussion.
So many see every bushi having Iaijutsu 3, or, at least, every katana bushi. I hardly ever give my bushi Iaijutsu 3. Does that mean I lose duels? I never get into duels to lose.
I never get into duels to lose. For those who love dueling, I understand why they cripple their other abilities to monomaniacally pursue a rather annoying activity. After all, R-5 and R-7 are all about the arms race when facing other “really? What do you do in your off time?” duelists. R-3 is for punchers. R-5 is when you have nothing better to do than overkill grappling. R-7, punchers.
Because I play as much HoR as I play, I just assume every character will go to Courtier 3 and Etiquette 3 quick (when not sandbagging). So, it’s kind of interesting when I play in games where R-1 skills give Insight and the payoff of 6xp for 6 Insight is far less important. Meanwhile, Courtier 5 and Etiquette 5 are hardly necessary – far better pumping Awareness repeatedly. R-7 in either is kind of interesting from an Insight perspective and potentially very funny with an Awareness 2 character, but it’s a massive waste in effectiveness. Rank 3 is fantastic for the most used skill in the game (outside of possibly your primary attack roll). R-5 is somewhat redundant as you would already have a strong dice pool by virtue of having R-5 in the skill.
These points are spent to raise the level of the character’s, to raise the level of the character’s skills, and to purchase new skills. In previous versions of the game, characters started with 30 points, or 45 for ronin. These points may also be used to purchase Advantages, which give the character some extra bonus or ability that is designed to help in certain situations (such as 'Large', which increases the damage a character can inflict, or 'Social Position', which increases that character’s standing in the courts of the land). Conversely, if a player so chooses, he can select a number of Disadvantages for his character, which give extra Character Points to spend in other areas, but imposes some penalty on the character during play (such as 'Small', which decreases the damage the character can inflict with certain weapons, or 'Bad Reputation', which causes a great number of NPCs to dislike the character). Lethality [ ] The Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game is renowned for its lethality.
This process is repeated until the player rolls something other than 10. The second edition and most books made for it were written to work both with this system and with as presented in the; this was discontinued after 3rd edition was published. Roll & Keep [ ] The mechanic for which the game is most widely known is the 'Roll & Keep' system, designed by Dave Williams and. When dice are rolled, there are two quantities given: a number of dice to be rolled and a number of dice to be 'kept'. The totals of the kept dice are added together, giving the player the total sum for his or her roll.
Okay, first off some general notes about 4th edition: Lethality: Although its not as deadly as 1st edition or other infamously deadly RPGs (Aces and Eights, Twilight 2000, Advanced Recon, etc.), L5R 4th edition is still a pretty deadly game when compared to most mainstream RPGs. Player health is low compared to weapon damage, wound penalties can be severe enough that your character is unable to do anything useful, and instantaneous healing is highly limited.
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Essential skills for the Void 3 newb: Iaijutsu, Meditation, Tea Ceremony. How do you think I keep winning duels with Tattooed Monks Essential skills for all PCs: Athletics, Investigation. Add in Courtier, Etiquette, Sincerity unless you are a masochist.
4k3 or 7k5 vs. For instance, TN 25. 5k4 gives you a 63% chance of hitting it. 6k4 gives you 77%. Those sound like close numbers, both are between 50% and 100%. But, I’m not a happy camper to have a 63% chance of success on something that matters when I’m keeping that many dice. Let’s raise the TN to 30.
If you want to go all in on being a super discrete Soshi Shugenja who can cast illusions in front of others without them noticing, then spending some XP to commit spells to memory is probably a good investment. Edit: Actually knowing what you specifically want to be good at would be very useful. As a Shosuro Shugenja, in addition to your generally illusion focused spellcasting, you are also well positioned to build into good at manipulating people, being sneaky and underhanded, and knowing a lot about spirits and magic. Knowing which of these you are interested in (or even all of them) would be helpful.
Main article: The of Legend of the Five Rings is similar to, though it also includes aspects of other cultures, as well as and beasts. There is no given name for the entire world which the setting describes, so 'Rokugan' is used alternately to refer to the specific nation within the setting or to refer to the entire world. Rokugani society is based on a structure, with seven (and later eight) so-called 'Great Clans', as well as a number of minor clans. Great Clans are made up of several family lines, each with their own general purpose within the clan. Minor clans generally only have one family. Each clan also has areas of land bequeathed by the emperor under their control.
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Those sound like close numbers, both are between 50% and 100%. But, I’m not a happy camper to have a 63% chance of success on something that matters when I’m keeping that many dice. Let’s raise the TN to 30. 39% with 5k4 and 52% with 6k4. +1k0 gets to a coin flip. Let’s go lowlander and say TN 15, with 3k2 at 47% and 4k2 at 62%. As with many numbers things, diminishing returns on more 1k0’s, which is why you don’t ever go above R-2 in a skill unless you are going for a mastery or you feel like some “reason” compels you.
How do you think I keep winning duels with Tattooed Monks Essential skills for all PCs: Athletics, Investigation. Add in Courtier, Etiquette, Sincerity unless you are a masochist. Master Besides R-1 in about 15-20 skills pretty quick, what actually matters to play? Mastery abilities, first. Later stuff, later.
This was a PC who had very little possibility of advancement after starting with 110xp and who was playing in a pure court game. Also, this was a 110xp character who gained some XP who still didn’t make it to IR-2. Sum Bottom line. Don’t buy up skills until you gain XP.
I have yet to see R-7 – people don’t have that many XP to burn. Poor Medicine. It was actually decent healing in 3e. It is the crap in 4e. I’m down on Void in 4e. Even when I don’t intentionally leave Void at 2, I have a hard time sinking points into raising Meditation, as it’s so not only campaign dependent as to whether you get to Meditate often but also player dependent to make sure the PC takes the time.
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In home play, range has actually mattered to where it’s annoying to take range penalties. In HoR, it’s just something to do to overkill your archer character – Reflexes 5 is way more important. Meanwhile, some weapon masteries are garbage. The lack of offhand penalties thing is a joke with how the game words offhand penalties and how the masteries have been written. War Fans 7 in 3e (or was it 3r) was so awesome. In 4e, complete waste of XP to care about these things unless you have some school ability. Readying masteries are also dumb, as I never see anyone require a PC to ready anything besides a sword or a small weapon.
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If this second result is a 10, the player rolls a third time, totaling all three results. This process is repeated until the player rolls something other than 10. The second edition and most books made for it were written to work both with this system and with as presented in the; this was discontinued after 3rd edition was published. Roll & Keep [ ] The mechanic for which the game is most widely known is the 'Roll & Keep' system, designed by Dave Williams and. When dice are rolled, there are two quantities given: a number of dice to be rolled and a number of dice to be 'kept'.
Best mastery abilities for certain characters. Specifically, every shugenja who doesn’t eschew Reflexes should get to Defense 5 as efficiently as possible. Plus 8 + Air Ring to ATN to someone at all times in combat is hot. R-7 is for those goofy Full Defense schools or even for Shiba types who want to be crazy “don’t touch this” while Guarding.
What about combat skills? Yes, Jiujutsu 3, Kenjutsu 3, or Kyujutsu 3 are options.
There is a fifth Ring, called. This ring, like the other four, is taken from 's, although 'Nothingness' is a better translation of the text. In the game, Void represents a character’s inner strength, and its use allows a character to perform extraordinary actions, or to perform normal actions more efficiently.
• Disadvantages are limited to no more than 10 Character Points and Advantages are limited to about 15 points; Anti-social has no place in my games so don't choose it. If you want to go beyond these values, please speak with me first. • You get 7 more points that must be spent on Kata, Kiho, or spells--if you don't use these they are forfeit; for spells, use them to purchase additional spells that are within your casting potential at its mastery level in cost. I have found that most folks run out of points or forget to get these. If there is a Kata, Kiho, or spell that you want but isn't a part of your Clan or School we can repurpose it as a common ability that everyone has access to or you can create your own--before doing this, please get my permission first. • Purchase your starting items, if any. • Calculate your Insight Rank, it should between 130 and 149, if not then move points around until you are within the insight range.
If you Meditate often enough, R-3 is huge, potentially large. Higher isn’t important. Sincerity has the problem that so many Sincerity rolls I see aren’t contested. GM comes up with some TN, and you roll. Even if you see more contested rolls, Awareness first. The mastery ability for this skill is extraordinary.
Besides, many PCs want to sandbag at IR-2 in HoR play to play low rank mods (or, in my case, to build up some in effectiveness to not be as useless to midrank parties). Journey There are, of course, stops along the road to no dachi 7 and Medicine 10.
Even when I don’t intentionally leave Void at 2, I have a hard time sinking points into raising Meditation, as it’s so not only campaign dependent as to whether you get to Meditate often but also player dependent to make sure the PC takes the time. If you Meditate often enough, R-3 is huge, potentially large.
A place to discuss the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game. Rokugan, which meant Emerald Land in the language of the Celestial Heavens, is the central location of the Legend of the Five Rings universe and its ruling Rokugani Empire's culture is similar to that of feudal Japan.
Seduction just doesn’t get used enough. Examples Hey, why not, here are some of my characters’ skills: Usagi Kidai Athletics (Running), Kyujutsu (Yumi), Polearms (Nagamaki) 5 Athletics is an obvious decision for an Usagi Bushi. Kyujutsu 5 and Polearms 5 were necessary for an advanced school technique, bought up Kyujutsu before that because of the range issue and because I was getting kind of left behind combatwise as I built my character towards courtierdom. Defense, Hunting (Tracking), Investigation (Notice), Courtier, Etiquette, P: Storytelling (Fantasy), Battle 3 Huh? Defense does actually have a mastery ability, plus I Guard all of the time. With more XP, it would eventually be 5. Hunting was to establish a group niche.
If you Meditate often enough, R-3 is huge, potentially large. Higher isn’t important. Sincerity has the problem that so many Sincerity rolls I see aren’t contested. GM comes up with some TN, and you roll. Even if you see more contested rolls, Awareness first. The mastery ability for this skill is extraordinary.
R-2 is for being more consistent or for gaining Insight in HoR play. R-3+ are for masteries (or thematics). Do buy lots of different skills, unless you hate fun and effectiveness. If just a powergamer, can ignore the P: Storytelling (Fantasy) selections, et al. Emphases are not necessarily good math, but they might not be bad math, so don’t forget them, plus they ooze flavor if you choose some goofy emphasis, like Takumi having the Non-human Lions emphasis for his R-1 Medicine. Focus on Awareness, Perception, and Agility if you want to be good at skills outside of combat.
Besides, many PCs want to sandbag at IR-2 in HoR play to play low rank mods (or, in my case, to build up some in effectiveness to not be as useless to midrank parties). Journey There are, of course, stops along the road to no dachi 7 and Medicine 10. But, that’s far less important than talking about R-2 skills. In HoR, R-2 skills are going to be many of the things that push you up in Insight Rank. I spend far more time trying to figure out which skills and when to pump them to R-2 than anything else about character advancement.