The Day of Thunder

"Hm." Otaku turns her focus and quiet intensity onto the older woman. "Nozomi-san, the little teacher said we might ask you and Ukyou for some explanation of our duty here. It can't all be guarding this village against one monster and then another. Our swords are just as needed for that at home, and...

Need some DMing fiats and throwing them here since the questions (may, if you continue to allow Shamans in the future Canary) be relevant for later games since 4e did not import mechanics rules it really should have... #1: For Dancing for Name spells, I need a TN. 4th edition simply does not list o...

"Oh, I thought we were talking about just general definition. But yes, you raise a good point, actions likely speak far loud than general definitions." Any religious-caste orderly chart of definition aside. "There are rules and consequences that come from not following them. I suppose it might be b...

That sounds like an additional feature, not a bug. It’s all about marketing.

What is the status of this village - timeline indicates that by now, everyone left in the territory of Rokugan acknowledges that Shiba is Emperor. If they don't, they already skipped town. Legally unclear. It's outside the bounds of any Clan's territory - taking over a place completely takes time. ...

Wings of fire recon sounds pretty cool, ngl.

At least we don’t have any active air shugenja PCs, so no need to feel too bad about Call Upon the Wind in this particular instance.

Otaku nods, then... sighs. "If only we could guard dreams as easily as bodies. I think they are worse than usual here. Too many tired faces around the camp of a morning." She purses her lips. "Anjing-san, your clanswoman Tai seems a very capable shugenja. Togashi Satsuki is here as well, and Ryoshun...

Whatever odd ingredients were in the food that evening, they have no effect on Otaku, who apparently has the proverbial horse's constitution concealed in her small human form. (The proverbial horse, not an actual horse; real hot-blooded horses, as Otaku knows very well, are finicky creatures who eas...

Isn't the idea that you pick a liason precisely so that the villagers don't also have to come to all the meetings?

Doing both at once just seems like padding the stage for a crowd scene.

"The villagers have one or two leaders of their local protectors," Otaku puts in. "A woman called Aoyama is one. I did not see her fight or who else she has with her, but she seemed steady in an emergency." "Many of these people are old or young, though. We will also need those who won't fight, but ...

Kai grimaced: "Real wolves are cool. All about family, take great care of their old and young, can defeat enemies several times their size. If humans had half the unity a wolf pack has, they would be invincible. From what I heard of the battle, you fought not-wolves. Things with the guise of a wolf...

"That one is a Saru. Ranmaru is his name." Otaku's lips twitch in a way that's somewhat difficult to interpret at a glance. "Unless more than one of the Dragon here has trouble with shirts."

I thought we explicitly didn't have a blacksmith forge and time and materials for big crafting projects this game? I swear I recall that from when people were asking about character concepts on Discord and somebody wanted to be a weaponsmith...

You could probably make some sort of carved wooden arm I imagine. But it would likely just sit there looking pretty. Yeah, I figure this is probably about the level we're at with the tools that can exist right now. Maybe some pose-able hinges. If you want a prosthetic that actually moves on its own...

"Many of the fields are still fallow, at least," Otaku shrugs. "The beasts running before the wolves damaged some houses. Lives are what matter most, though, not land."

She sighs softly. "Everything else, we can rebuild if we win here. If we are defeated, tomorrow's harvest won't matter."

snip She turned to look around her surroundings to see if there were drinks about and her eyes fell on Otaku, who was sitting near them. With some mustered manners, she dipped low to bow in greeting to the lone Ki-Rin. "Good evening! Care to have some of this rice and fish Kai kindly brought over f...

"So you did not know it was here before the attack?" Shinjo asks, quiet as ever. "Then I wonder when and how it found its way in." Her lips press into a thinner line. "The claws, we've seen those reported before. All those who suffered that change in Shinjo's lands have either been laid to rest or.....

Otaku nods. "Well enough for now."

She would wait for the others to respond before adding, in a tone of neutral inquiry, "Who is this Wu Zhe that Jiyo-san recommends to liase with the villagers, by the way? I don't know him."

"That was human ?" If true, this would be a much more radical transformation than any others Otaku had witnessed in the last five years. Riding for Shinjo, she'd seen people sickened and twisted in more than a few ways by the corruption stalking their dreams, but not... not that changed. "When did t...

"No, you won't. No one is leaving leave this village. The fog turns you around in the woods." Otaku frowns. "Not even the spirits of air and water are getting out, the shugenja say."

Her focus sharpens, though her voice remains quiet. "You knew that monster?"