L5R Storytime thread: Crane Dredd overtaking Stonewall edition

Allright, need to go prep some stuff from my group tomorrow, hope this'll hold some of you over until Ishigaki-san gets back

As for Ishigaki-san, can't wait until your next bit of story

>The spider is not behaving suspiciously
>That's suspicious!

Yes, this is the status Quo.

Burp

How many days a week does this faggot play that he needs an eternal fucking general up?

It's a previous campaign he had. Crab user shared a couple of quick stories in another thread, people wanted to hear the whole thing, he's been retelling the story from his characters point of view since.

Crane user recounts his stories to keep the thread alive, and because anons wanted to hear it as well.

Its far better than the 50th 40k thread.

Two L5R threads actually increases the diversity of the board.

This is just like any big storytime thread Veeky Forums has, just like Twodee's Shadowrun storytime or the All Guardsmen Party.

It's not that big for being deserved a separated thread, moron.

This is just one of the two people posting. The other has already hit something like 23 or more screencaps.

No matter how much screencaps it shit has, it doesn't need a separate thread.
We already have a L5R, thank you very much. Post this shit there.

This thread is for the writefaggotry and discussion of said writefaggotry that crab-user and Crane-san give to us.
This type of writefaggotry exists in its own thread as it has throughout Veeky Forums's history so this thread should remain separate from the respective general.
This is a fact plain and simple, if you don't like it don't go to this thread and shitpost. Instead ignore it and find something else to look at.

Everything up to this point on Ishigaki's side.

Editing is still light.

The PDF is now over a Mb. So that's cool.

You seem mad.

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I am. Because i have to bump this thread with shitposting rather someone else do it

You guys think people on the discord would like to help with the Ishigaki editing?

Each spring blinds sad toads
See birds soar, envy returns
Try haiku next time
Shitposting is for faggots
Wanka is true bro-tier stuff.

You never know until you ask. I think they wouldn't mind though.

>Wanka
Tanka, user.

IRL shit is intruding, I don't know how long I'll be able to be with you today, anons.

First, thank you Crane-san for slapping up a new one while I was out

Secondly, I was able to find an Ishigaki,

>>And the dark green of the Spider mon

Hida Ishigaki Rank 3 Hida Bushi/Rank 2 Defender of the Wall
Insight 233

Fire 2
agi 3
Air 3
ref 4
Earth 5
Water 4
str 5
Void 3

Skills:Caligraphy (cipher 1) Etiquite 1 Investigation (notice search) 3 Lore: Crab Clan Heraldry Bushido Law Maho 1 Shadowlands 5 Medicine(disease) 3 Meditation 1 Sincerity 1
Athletics 3 Battle (mass battle) 5 Defense 7 Heavy Weapon (tetsubo) 5 Horsemanship 1 Hunting 3 iaijutsu 3 jiujutsu 3 Kenjutsu 3 Kyujutsu 1
Craft weaponsmith and armorer 1 Enginering 1 Intimidation (Bullying 5) Stealth 1

Advantages: Blood of Osano-Wo, Kharmic Tie 3 (Hida Naomi) Large, Strength of the Earth
Disadvantages: Disturbing Countenance, Obtuse, True Love (Hida Naomi)
Kata: Indomitable Warrior Style, Strength in Arms Style, Strength of the Crab, Strength of the Mountain, Striking as Earth,

Honor : 3.1
Glory 2.7
Status 3.5

Ishigaki's Honor could fluctiate quite a bit. He was always making minor slips of ettiqute LIke not using Honorifics for Naomi and Toshiro in public, but he was so hell bent on Courage and Duty that he would frequently get huge jumps up. usualy in the 2 to 3 range

Glory also swings, but since he he had lost in the first round of the iaijutsu tournament he'd just taken a hit.

Oh. Oh God. The shame.
Like a thousand sunrises
On my burning face.
Waka plus Tanka, I think
Either way, I really suck.

An user in the last thread wanted to know what Naomi's disadvantages were, and also what was up with those avatars

For Naomi's disadvatages, I might be forgetting some, and we'll find out if ForeverGM can find other char sheets in his storage Locker (the Ishigaki I found was in my house) but the main ones were Small, Bad Health, Soft Hearted, and True Love(guess who?)

As for the Avatar, no they really did just use plain old rise earth. The fancy forms were pure fluff to allow Shoji and Toshiro to trade barbs over who was a better shugenja.

>thank you Crane-san
you're welcome

was a bit busy myself today, prepping some supervillains for an M&M session tomorrow (running Emerald Knights for a knock-off Green Lantern, a knock-off Iron Man, a knock-off Vision and a hobo mage whose powers come from the city/is a halfway knock-off of Constantine)

gonna write up some more greentext, then come up with one or two more villains just in case

Gave them a knock-off of some other famous villian. Someone from Silver Era.

>I couldn't help stare as my home came into view
>Probably because there was a new building that looked suspiciously like an Inn right where the old inn of Ishigaki Mura had stood.
>Naomi giggled as I stared
>Surprise, Ishigaki-kun
>H-how did we afford all this?
>Assitance from Satoshi-san's wife mostly. We will be paying her back for a while, so it may be some time before I can give you any real spending money...
>But for now at least, we have some income to hire enough servants to look after the children and a Gokenin to run things while I'm away.
>As we aproached the door to my home opened and a man I didn't recognize stepped out
>How bowed to us
>Welcome Home, master, mistress.
>Ishigaki-kun, this is our new Goekenin, Kakeguchi Shino-san
>I am pleased to meet you at last, master.
>I bowed to cover up for the fact that I had to search my memory for the name.
>Oh, right! Kakeguchi was a Vassal family of the Hida, thier founder had been one of the first to follow Hida, right along with Kuni, Kaiu, and Hiruma.
>You could always count on a Kakeguchi for steadfast loyalty.
>I looked at Naomi again
>OKay, when did you get all this done?
>Well, the Yasuki I mentioned, who I knew could help get the sake works running, he handled most of the hands on things.
>Like recommending Shino-san here
>Toshiro perked up a bit at the mention of a sake works
>Shino spoke up
>Sadly that will have to wait. It's a day to the nearest source of fresh water, save for the well here.
>Naomi smiled, pleased that her plan to rebuild Ishigaki Mura had commenced
>I set all this in motion secretly before we left, I wanted to surprise you when we got home!
>Well, I'm very surprised.
>This is wonderfull, Naomi.
>I meant it. I could care less about the income, but we needed it so we could provide for some ji-samura to protect the children while we were away.
>But of course, with more income came more expense just managing it all.
>Money could become a vicious cycle.

>The tiger was bleeding quite heavily by now
>Togashi-san becomes even more daring
>While riding the tiger, she reaches up and grabs its head
>She breaks the neck of the beast
>It slumps down, bringing her with it
>Almost falling on top of her
>We help her get out from there, then continue
>As we continue on our path, from a distance, a noise
>An deep, rumbling percussive sound
>Drums
>Drums in the deep of the jungle
>Daigotsu-san tells us that some of the natives, and some of the non-native monsters use drums to show their might as war parties, both scaring off and inviting any others nearby to test their might
>We should do well to avoid it, as we'd most likely be outnumbered and outmatched
>As we make camp for a night's rest, Daigotsu-san notes that we should arrive in the next village by tomorrow evening
>If all goes well, our group will be able to sleep between four walls again soon
>Let' just hope nothing happens in the meantime

>Something did happen, though
>As we wake up, we find ourselves surrounded by hulking figures in the underbrush
>One of them, quite large, steps forward
>Wielding a large, barbed blade, covered in thick armor, and giant horns protruding from the side of its head
>Tsuno
>Descendants of the Kitsu race that had been stuck in Toshigoku for centuries
>Until recently
>Daigotsu remarks that it's rare for a Tsuno war party to find its way into the Ivory Kingdom jungle
>He seems surprisingly calm considering the hulking form before us
>It barks at us, a language we do not understand
>As if it were trying to command us, waving an arm in our direction
>We ready ourselves for whatever he might be throwing at us
>Turns out he wasn't commanding us
>4 Tsuno, rather small, come forth and face us
>that is, small for a Tsuno
>Every single one still stands a full head taller than even Daidoji-san
>Who of course is the first one to react
>"What in the name of the Fortunes is going on?"
>Then, it struck me
>"I think i know, Daidoji-san"

I've convinced some friends to try out l5r, which edition should we run with?

4e, as far i can heard. Someone advised 2e though, dont know a difference between them desu.

Any edition that isn't D20.

>We all got our things unpakced as the children ran about trying meet all the new people
>I was thankful I only heard TITS! once during all that.
>Naomi frowned at me
>I thought I told you to handle that, Ishigaki-kun.
>I shrugged at threw up my hands
>Best I could do!
>She sighed
>Fine. I will have a talk with them
>I saw Naomi take the seeds Katsuie-sama had gifted her and go off
>Hey now, didn't you hire that Shino guy so you wouldn't have to work as hard?
>She blinked at me
>Figuring out where to plant the tea leaves, and when, is not hard Ishigaki-kun...
>Just, take it easy, okay?
>Hai, Hai. I shall endeavor to obey, my husband.
>She disappeared down the hall.
>She was very good at ignoring me when it suited her.
>Fortunately, it only rarely suited her
>Unfortunately, when it did it was usually because she felt I was babying her.
>I mean, I was...
>But given her health, and her condition, she deserved to be babied.
>I went and sat down in the garden, watching the handful of servants go about tending to menial chores.
>I was feeling just bit like a stranger in my own home.
>Toshiro thumpdraged up beside me, saving me from having to think any more on this
>He had a bottle of sake with him
>So, Toshiro
>Yeah?
>Since Naomi is really doing it, would you like to build a new home here?
>He looked over at me
>I have a duty though.
>Oh, right.
>The lands of the Kuni family had been swallowed by the forces of the Maw, just as the lands of the Hiruma had
>But the Crab Clan had retaken the Kuni lands.
>However, the mark of the time spent under the influence of the shadowlands had left the Kuni provinces deeply tainted.
>So the family did the only thing they could
>They burned the taint from the land, killing it completley.
>Now the Kuni family slowly, painstakingly nurtured the kami.
>setting to the task of restoring the so called Kuni Wastes back to thriving, prosperous land.
>After centuries, they had only just begun

Does anyone remember Daidoji Gisei (some female member of the "story team")?

I hope she is homeless now.

not second ed, anything but second ed!.....or oriental adventure.

Crap, I had hopped I would get more than two freaking posts in.

Sorry anons shit has to be dealt with

>oriental adventure
Oh yeah, i heard about IT.
Man, what a fucking clusterfuck it was. Thank kami it had been forgotten

No idea who she is.
Why do you want her homeless?

You magnificent bastard. Can't wait to hear what it is.

definitly 4th edition, first edition is number 2 for me

see it like this for power levels: *base, pretty lethal moderately powerful* first edition, *born to suck* second edition, *mad overcompensation samurai super hero* edition, 4th edition

hahahahahaha, oriental adventure dnd edition, why?

seriously, 4th is like first ed but easier to understand and play. would play again.

>"Look at them
>How small they are compared to the others
>Those are not adults
>Not yet, at least
>They're here for their gempukku"
>The Tsuno were known for having a strange sense of honor
>The delighted in combat and slaughter, but did not do so with complete abandon
>Only mostly
>Most of Tsuno culture, other than the joy they take in killing, is unknown
>It would make sense that they had a ceremony for entering adulthood
>Similar to the Rokugani gempukku
>The 4 young Tsuno are standing in line
>One after the other
>Suddenly, a fifth comes running from the underbrush
>Another Tsuno youngling
>The other 4 growl at him while their leader barked at him
>No doubt chastising him for his lateness
>One for every one of us, including the heimin Jun
>Daigotsu-san went first
>Drawing his sword, he stand calmly before his opponent
>The Tsuno growls at him
>Wielding a sword almost as long as a no-dachi, handling it as if it were a katana
>With a scream, it brings down the barbed blade with an overhead strike
>Daigotsu-san steps quickly to the side
>The Tsuno breaks the ground with his strike
>The Spider rushes forward, slashing at its side
>Then ducks under a massive sweep
>Slashes at the legs of the monster
>Then parries another mighty strike from the beat
>Manages to lead the Tsuno into an opening, barbed blade sliding off the smooth katana
>And stabs it in the chest
>A scream
>Then a thud
>Daigotsu-san won his duel
>Some Tsuno of the war party take the dead body and bring it to a Tsuno that looks markedly differently than the others
>Wielding a staff instead of a blade or club, wearing no armor, but cloth
>A Soultwister, the Tsuno equivalent of a shugenja
>Calling forth the power of Toshigoku itself, it uses magic to revive the fallen youngling
>Then punches it unconcious, as punishment for failing its gempukku

>Daidoji-san would be up next
>And the Tsuno opposing him seemed to wield what seemed like an oversized testubo

thanks, friends

That heinin is fucked.

this4th edition has the main advantage that it was built with the idea that you could play in any point of the timeline, while previous editions were specifically tied in with the current CCG storyline

>The general image of a Hida is that of a samurai in heavy armor
>With a tetsubo resting on his shoulder
>Daidoji-san looked rather similar, with his no-dachi
>I'm even starting to wonder if he might have been adopted in secret
>His parents not fully aware of his heritage
>The Tsuno youngling opposing stomps on the ground, wanting a fair fight for his trial into adulthood
>Daidoji-san obliges, readying his no-dachi
>The Tsuno starts trampling with its clawed feet, readying to charge
>But the Steel Crane is quicker
>Rushing forward, with one quick slash he disembowels his opponent
>The Tsuno drops its tetsubo, then follows suit
>Two thuds, one mightier than the next, rumbling through the ground
>As the battles go on, the rest of the war party starts becoming more and more agitated
>If they're upset that their younglings are being defeated
>Or if they're excited and the display of combat prowess
>I decide that I need to make sure they'll be at least somewhat pleased for now
>"Jun. You will go next"
>The smell of piss coming from the heimin wafts through the air as he walks past me
>The third Tsuno throws his weapon to the side, with a quick succession of huffs
>It sounded like it was laughing
>Mockingly
>"Come on, Jun, you can do it!"
>Togashi-san's attempt at encouraging seemed compassionate, but futile
>Then again, maybe he turns out to be rather lucky
>With a battlecry, he runs at the Tsuno
>Yari prepared to be thrust into its chest
>The Tsuno grabs the yari
>And snaps it in twain
>Jun stands there, paralyzed, as his opponent approaches
>The mighty beast grabs the heimin, lifting him to eye level
>With one arm
>Jun's fear overwhelms him, and he starts crying
>The Tsuno growls at him, and I can feel its disgust at such a weak opponent
>Then it grabs Jun's head with its free hand
>And rips it off
>Alongside the spine
>Raising it high above its head, it screams
>And the war party replies
>The drums are beating once again

>Why do you want her homeless?
Guessing that poster did not like her stories.

>If the Tsuno had been upset before, at least now, they're happy
>One of their younglings passed his gempukku
>The sight of the bloody spine causes a massive cheer from the other beasts
>For us samurai, it causes quite the opposite reaction
>From the sounds around me, we can all just barely suppress the need to empty our stomachs
>Togashi-san steps forward as the next combatant
>True to her monk nature, without any weapons
>The fourth Tsuno, not wanting to let the third take all the glory of this ceremony, throws down his weapon as well
>Expecting another easy victory
>Little did he know what the tattoos on Togashi-san's now-bare chest meant
>Both start rushing towards each other
>The Tsuno baring the claws on its hands with deadly intent
>Togashi-san's brow showing her determination
>The beast of Toshigoku lunges forward, arms wide to grab and rip apart the lean monk's body
>Togashi-san slips between them
>And punches
>Hard
>I can barely believe my eyes when i see her bloody fist protruding through the back of the Tsuno
>Neither can the Tsuno war party
>A tense silence sweeps across the area
>Then, they erupt in a great cheer
>It seems as though they do enjoy a good showing of brutality, even against their own
>Now, however, was the time for them to see true elegance of a Kakita blade used to kill
>I step forward as the last Tsuno youngling starts calling attention to itself
>Much like the one that face Daigotsu-san, it carries a barbed blade
>I take my stand, set myself in the basic stance of my school
>Blade at my side, sheathed, one hand holding it stead, the other on the hilt
>The Tsuno waits, confused
>I stand motionless
>It starts growling
>It starts barking
>It's demanding i ready myself for combat
>I stand motionless
>It approaches me, screaming
>Once it's close enough, I unsheathe my sword and strike in one swift motion
>Slashing across its chest
>With a mighty roar, it lifts its own blade, ready to strike
>That could've gone better

takign a quick mental break here, will finish up the tsuno gempukku tonight, then try and write the next bit after tomorrow's M&M session

>Someone advised 2e
Never trust them again.

Must have been a Spider in disguise.

Or Gozoku.

>The barbed blade comes crashing down
>I try to catch it with my katana
>The Tsuno weapon glides along it, down to the hilt
>And deep into my shoulder
>This is the most intense pain I've ever felt in my life
>It rips it out of my body forcefully
>Scratch that, THIS is the most intense pain I've ever felt in my life
>I follow my initial strike, cutting across the beast's chest from the other side
>It cries out in anguish as it attempts to hit me in the side
>I manage to duck under its blow
>It screams at me out of its ever growing frustration
>I take a step forward
>Lunge
>My blade finding its way into the open mouth of the Tsuno
>And reemerging from the top of its head
>The screaming stops
>Then all others join in again
>They bring the last body to the soultwister, once again calling upon Toshigokuto revive his fallen comrade
>They celebrate the passing into adulthood of the Tsuno that killed Jun
>His head still gripped firmly, raised high like a trophy
>The leader of the war party takes the 4 failed ones aside, backhands them one by one for failing their gempukku
>Turning to us he...bows? Or at least, performs something similar enough
>We return the bow
>This must be proof of the Tsuno's honor
>We bested their youngling in their gempukku, so we would be allowed to live
>Whoever they encounter next might be less lucky
>Daidoji-san and Daigotsu-san help me out of my armor
>Togashi-san gathers some herbs quickly, mashes them into a paste, then applies them to my wound before wrapping bandages around my lean, naked torso
>I do my best to meditate during all this to ignore the pain
>It's not that easy though
>What i would give for the healing talents of a shugenja right now

allright, i'll leave it at that, getting tired and need my sleep for GMing tomorrow

Hope you can keep this alive until Ishigaki-san comes back to continue Stonewall Family Life edition, or at least until tomorrow evening where i'll be able to contribute myself again

ya got something against family time crane??

Family time
A period of just rest
The Crab home grows

Lone warrior
Old forgotten village
It's a long road.

Guess a movie! Hint - it's action movie.

Bu,mp

Yojimbo, also, bump

Looks like Shugenja are always needed

Duh. Who needs Medicine rolls when there's a guy who just handwaves wounds away?

Anyone suffering from disease or poison. Duh.

There are spells for that too.

Yes, caster supremacy is present here as well.

You have to take them first, you don't get a whole lot of spells, and not everyone's affinity is water.

Duuuh.

Nominally that's true in almost every system. Facts, as you know, are different.

>Facts, as you know, are different.
I know the anecdotal experience has been very different from the healslut line you're towing.

The line wouldn't been there if there had been no basis for it.

Yeah. The basis is "some shugenja do X, other shugenja do Y, and the rest do the other 24 letters of the alphabet."

X alone is not reason to expect all shugenja to be prepared to heal your wounds and expel your poison.

So, in the previous thread folks had been commenting on the appearance of Isawa Shoji (Ishigaki's father-in-law) and now comes the part where I feel bad for ruining everyone's expectations. Shoji's appearance was inspire by the picture of Theodore Kurita from the Battletech Field Manual: Draconis Combine (see picture). Sadly, that means no evil facial hair for him to stroke while contemplating "How can I be more of a bastard today than I was yesterday?"

Don't worry, his catfish whiskers will live on in our headcanon. Because it's a bastard that way. :B

He looks like a bitch, alright

Also in the previous thread, someone had asked about whether or not I still had the party's character sheets. As promised, I went to my storage unit to grab the folder I kept my L5R notes in and huzzah! Turns out I do have the party's character sheets. My player are all pretty sloppy with their hand writing and all the erasing would cause smudging, so we'd end up using new character sheet and I'd save the old ones. So, I have character sheets for several different points in their careers. Sadly, I don't have any copies of our starting character sheets (I wasn't the GM at the time).

Since Ishigaki is feeling awful and might not post for a while, I figured I'd post up some of the party.

awesome, thanks man. I want to see how monkey was built

Isawa Naomi, Compassionate Shugenta

School/Rank: Isawa Tensai 2
Insight: 153

Rings/Traits
Air: 3
Earth: 2 (Willpower 3)
Fire: 2 (Intelligence 3)
Water 3
Void 3

Skills
Calligraphy (Cipher) 1
Lore: Theology 1
Lore: Law 2
Medicine (Herbalism) 2
Meditation 1
Spellcraft 3
Investigation 2
Defense 1
Lore: Phoenix 1
Lore: Shugenja 1
Etiquette 2
Tea Ceremony 1
Perform: Koto 1
Sincerity 1
Lore: Elements 1
Lore: Spirit Realms 1
Artisan: Ikebana 1
Artisan: Painting 1
Courtier 1
Perform: Singing 1

Advantages
Benten's Blessing
Elemental Blessing: Water

Disadvantages:
Bad Health
Small
Soft Hearted

Spells
Sense
Commune
Summon
Counterspell
Path to Inner Peace*
Reversal of Fortunes*
Sympathetic Energies*
Wave-Borne Speed*
Rejuvenating Vapors*
Regrow the Wound*
Stand Against the Waves*
Strike of the Tsunami*
Blessed Wind
Elemental Ward
Extinquish

*Innate ability

This is 3rd Edition Naomi, before she married Ishigaki. In that edition, Isawa Tensai was its own school that made every spell of your Element an innate ability. Additionally, our GM awarded her with a few extra spells as a reward for service.

Kitsuki Takeshi, Intrepid Investigator

School/Rank: Kitsuki Investigator 2
Insight: 158

Rings/Traits
Air 3
Earth 2
Fire 3
Water 2 (Perception 3)
Void 3

Skills
Courtier 4
Etiquette (Courtesy) 3
Investigation (Interrogation) 2
Kenjutsu 1
Meditation 1
Lore: Law 2
Defense 1
Iaijutsu 1
Hunting 1
Sincerity 2
Athletics 1
Games: Go 1
Calligraphy 1
Knives 1

Advantages
Ally: Bayushi Amano (Influence 2/Devotion 4)
Clear Thinker
Precise Memory
Sage

Disadvantages
Ascetic
Doubt: Kenjutsu
Low Pain Threshold

This version of Takeshi is from 3rd Edition, while the party were still Emerald Magistrates. No idea how much xp he had (nobody ever wrote it down!!), but he definitely had a few adventures under his belt.

Tsuruchi Daigo, Underworld Hunter

School/Rank: Yoritomo Bushi 1
Insight: 149

Rings/Traits
Air 2 (Reflexes 3)
Earth 3
Fire 2 (Agility 3)
Water 3
Void 2

Skills
Commerce 2
Defense 2
Jiujutsu (Improvised Weapons) 1
Kenjutsu 1
Knives (Kama) 4
Sailing 1
Kyujutsu 2
Intimidation 2
Temptation 1
Stealth 2
Lore: Law 1
Lore: Underworld 3
Investigation 2
Hunting 2
Athletics 1
Etiquette 1
Games: Go 1

Advantages
Quick
Wary

Disadvantages
Contrary
Overconfident
Sworn Enemy: Yoritomo Kenzan

This is the 3rd Edition version of Daigo, before he killed Kenzan on the Isle of Mists. He also ended up trading out Overconfident for Curse of Gaki-do.

So she was a PC right?

She was, ForeverGM was her player.

Toku Satoshi, Daring Fool

School/Rank: Toku Bushi 2
Insight: 150

Air 2 (Reflexes 3)
Earth 3
Fire 2 (Agility 3)
Water 2
Void 3

Skills
Athletics 3
Defense 2
Hunting 2
Investigation (Search) 2
Kenjutsu 4
Lore: Law 2
Kyujutsu 1
Knives 1
Battle 2
Iaijutsu 2
Sincerity 1
Artisan: Painting 1
Etiquette 1
Stealth 2
Jiujutsu 1
Spears 1
Polearms 1

Advantages
Daredevil
Luck (3)
Hero of the People

Disadvantages
Bitter Betrothal
Can't Lie
Gullible
Idealistic

This is a version of Satoshi shortly after joining the party. Again, not sure what his xp count was (why didn't anyone ever write down their total?).

Like, you say Luck (3). Does that mean he sunk 9 EXP into that?

Yeah, I didn't start out as the game's GM, but ended up taking over after he left the game and dropped out of our social circle.

Yes, yes he did.

Isawa Sen, Stoic Yojimbo

School/Rank: Shiba Yojimbo 2
Insight: 160

Rings/Traits
Air 2 (Reflexes 3)
Earth 3
Fire 3 (Agility 4)
Water 2
Void 3

Skills
Defense 7
Kenjutsu (Katana) 5
Meditation 1
Kyujutsu 1
Lore: Theology (Shintao) 2
Iaijutsu 3
Athletics 1
Etiquette 3
Spears 2
Battle 1

Advantages
Ancestor: Shiba Odoshi (Yojimbo/Duty rank 1)
Bland
Heartless

Disadvantages
Can't Lie
Idealistic
Obligation: ???
Sworn Enemy:???

Our party's Shiba, who Ishigaki never ended up naming in the storytime threads. This version was shortly before he left the party, so I'm pretty sure he has more xp than the other character sheets.

Kuni Toshiro, Battle-Scarred Shugenja

School/Rank: Kuni Shugenja 2
Insight: 167

Air 2
Earth 4
Fire 3
Water 2 (Strength 3)
Void 3

Skills
Calligraphy (Cipher) 1
Defense 3
Lore: Shadowlands 3
Lore: Theology 2
Spellcraft 2
Heavy Weapons 3
Lore: Anatomy 3
Battle 3
Medicine 2
Investigation 1
Meditation 1
Intimidation 3

Advantages
Balance
Strength of the Earth (2)
Wary

Disadvantages
Benten's Curse
Lame
Permanent Wound

This version of Toshiro is the earliest in his career I have, and that was after Ishigaki and Naomi were married. Unfortunately, I don't have his spell list page, but it was pretty much all "Earth to hurt Shadowlands and keep me alive, Fire to hurt everyone else... and I guess I'll take Path to Inner Peach, cuz why not?" from what I remember.

If you don't mind me asking, how close are we to the end of the campaign?

Ishigaki here.

still quite a few arcs to go. By the time this all wrapped up I know we were on par with stated big names from the ccg, at least in terms of insight rank.

God damn, 91 posts in and I've only made two. So, it turns out that ilness I had earlier was just a scouting mission for the main force. I'm fighting a fairly impressive infection. There's some painful swelling, fever, and I'm a bit lightheaded from lack of food. The no appetite thing...

Anyhow, I'm going to get back to posting, my goal is to at the very least finish the downtime bits and next kid before this thread hits the limit.

Depending on fast I get over this damn infection anyway... So, Daikakita Dredd can have his time in the spotlight.

Be strong, crab-user.

>Don't get me wrong Ishigaki-san, I'll come whenever you need me.
>It's a slow process, so it's not as though I have to be constantly grooming the kami.
>but still.
>yaeah, I gotcha.
>I watched somone I didn't know run down the length of the outer walkway, polishing the wood.
>I gulped down my sake.
>Toshiro refilled my cup and waited.
>...
>It feels odd.
>Naomi is the one who set all this up, who is managing all this.
>But still that person there is my servant as well. And I don't even know their name
>You'd just forget it anyway. You're terrible with names.
>I am not!
>Yeah? What's Monkey's name then?
>Uhhh. Sa, shu... Shotokan?
>Shugoki?
>...Sadane!
>Toshiro rolled his eyes.
>I've been working on it, dammit!
>My journals have everyone's name down!
>Pfft. How often do you get the carachters wrong?
>Not... very often. I think.
>I bet the fact that you get the names right at all is because you always go back to doublechek, isn't it?
>...
>...
>...yeah.
>Alright then.
>I scowled.
>I was going to at lest get introduced to all thse new faces
>I went and found Naomi and Shino
>Hey, Shino-san
>I'd like to meet all the servants
>Of course, Ishigaki-sama
>Oh, and the ones running the Inn as well!
>Hai!
>One he had rounded them all up he introduced me one by one
>We had a half dozen servants for the household chores and babysitting, and another five ran the inn
>An elderly woman, a bit plump and blind in one eye, ran the inn. Her daughter and son in law managed the kitchen and the other two cleaned rooms and whatnot.
>After they were all introduced I bid them to rise.
>Really didn't need nana one-eye to pull something bowing to me
>I've been informed that i'm terrible with names, so If I forget yours or end up making a nickname for you don't think too much on it, okay?
>A chourus of 'as you say great samurai' followed
>Now then, does everyone have a weapon?
>By imperial edict, peasants may not carry weapons.

>Ally: Bayushi Amano
RIP in peace scorpion bein

Scorpion bro, fuck ME, why can't I fucking TYPE?

I thought for a moment that this was a new fad like bae.

Someone hand me a wakizashi, I've got some seppuku to commit

>The exceptions being Ashigaru, who were soldiers, and budoka.
>Budoka were peasants who would take up weapons and follow the code of Bushido, and answered to the Doshin, who were most often Samurai
>These two formed the lowest rung of law enforcement, and were the primary leg breakers when someone needed to be subdued.
>But, as is often the case, things are a bit different in the lands of the Crab.
>Every Crab peasant carries a weapon.
>Kama, parangu, jo, sai, tonfa.
>Simple one handed weapons, though of course never anything that is only for the hands of Samurai.
>That's just what they carry on their person.
>Every peasant also knows where the polearms and spears are kept
>If the things of the shadowlands get their hands of flesh to eat, they can settle into an are for some time.
>And the Samurai sometimes have their hands full dealing with the worst threats
>If you see a Crab peasant, there is a good chance they have killed before.
>It's a good thing to bear in mind, if you've a tendency to be cruel to peasants
>every pulled out their weapons and showed me.
>I nodded.
>Even nana one-eye had a jo she used as a cane.
>Old peasants always stoop over for some reason.
>Okay then. All of you wait here a moment.
>There was one last thing I wanted my peasants to have.
>I went to the storeroom and opened the box where we kept our jade
>I got out 11 fingers
>then put holes through one end of each, and put them on silk cords
>I came back and handed everyone their new finger of jade
>All of you wear those around your necks at all times.
>For starters, it'll make it hard for hags and the like to infiltrate if everyone is always toughing jade
>Understand?
>Nods
>Good.
>That's it.
>They went back to their jobs
>Shino arched an eyebrow
>When the village truly begins to grow I do not belive we will be able to give jade to every peasant
>I know Shino-san.
>But every servant in THIS house will, and I want it to be a custom at the in that every guest gets tested