Legend of the Five Rings Core Rulebook

Welcome to the Emerald Empire! In The Legend of the Five Rings: the role play, players embody characters whose honour and loyalty will be tested. They serve their lords as warriors, courtiers, priests or monks. They experience adventures with drama, suspense, humour, love and horror. At the same time they have to fight against their emotions, and choose between what their hearts dictate and what society (and the Bushido Code) imposes them. These personal stories of triumph and tragedy will resonate in Rokugan and shape the future of the whole country. The Legend of the Five Rings: The role play provides players and players of the game with all the tools needed to tell dramatic stories in the Emerald Empire. This book features the rules needed to create a character swearing to serve one of the seven major clans and to lead parts where intrigue and conflicts bloom. A wide range of skills, techniques and features allows players to customize their alter ego from a mechanical and story point of view. Thanks to the special dice system, the player is able to contribute to the intrigue and choose whether his character is successful, what extent... and what it costs. As for the fantastic Federal Universe of Rokugan, it offers a beautiful and majestic backdrop to these epics.