What L5r do you play?

[Bayushi Haruka]

Here's a question I'd love to get answered. I know everyone here is at least somewhat familiar with the L5r rpg game (if not also the card game)

But I wonder, after having a little conversation with Kiso and learning he's played for 15 YEARS.. (like OMG amazing)
I wanted to know what games you guys might be playing through the rpg? Past or present, what's the year, what's the story so far? What character are you playing, what their role is.. all that jazz!

[Daigotsu Thrakhath]

I played a Dragon girl trained at the Hiruma school in a pbp game a while back, but sadly that's the only time I've been able to play. It was my first real game and she was kind of rushed together, so she wasn't all that interesting.

[Zeure]

I've played many things. The storytellers I've dealt with seem to enjoy putting a very definite beginning, middle and end into their stories. So, I haven't played the same game for a long time. But I have played almost continuously for about 7 years.

My favorite thing that I've ever gotten to play was a nezumi. We were running a Phoenix city LARP so it was incredibly court based. It was set right after the clan war and we were trying to draft the terms of rebuilding the empire. Like what would get rebuilt first, trading for supplies from other clans to get your stuff built, etc.

My storyteller had crafted this subkit for me where I was trying to get recognition for a tribe of Nezumi to warran near there. So I was trying to get the Phoenix to give us a piece of land that we could burrow into. Of course, being a Nezumi, I decided that he would give it to me, even though no promise had been made and just moved my tribe in. (After all, if they couldn't keep the land, it was never theirs to begin with(friggen love nezumi)). Which caused all kinds of ruckus.

[Bayushi Hisa]

never played the rpg, only the ccg. L5R isnt really popular in my area... Every store that carries it is about an hr or more away

[Zeure]

If it's strictly types of L5R I've played, I've LARPed, I've TTed, I've CCGed, and I've FBGed.

;D

[Togashi Homsar]

I played a bit of the first edition RPG (in addition to the CCG). I didn't play a lot, but when I did I was either an ise zumi or Mirumoto bushi. The bushi was nasty. The Mirumoto ancestor allowed you to use school abilities one higher than your level. So at level 1, I was attacking twice a turn. I maxed out kenjutsu and archery. Those bandits never stood a chance.

[Kakita Mitsouko]

Playing L5R by 12 years. Not much of the 3rd edition, though. As curiosity, I never played a shugenja. Right now I am running one (1th edition) and playing another (4th edition, as a rank 4 Daidoji).

[Asahina Yukihime]

I mostly play as a Crane.
1st edition, can't resist the 10koku + fine equiment as starting pack I 1st got them just for "sheet engeneering" but they managed to captivate me well I had experienced all the schools there (besides hariers, who were banned before ever borning at my table >.o this senseless stuff)
As some of the best stories I had played came from the Crane characters I can't avoid to love them the most.

Besides it, I had some Scorpions... nice characters, depressive games. I really hate how people tends to push Scorpion towards seduction and dishonor so hard. It annoys me. I had some fun Scorpions (other players) on the table when I was playing as a Crane. But I didn't had fun with them myself.

Also played a Kitsu for a while (her poor soul was surounded by idiots, in one of the worst groups I could ever found - and I search a lot), but it was a good story so I may say I like it.

And my ronin just managed to join the Scorpion last weekend, let's see if my experience with black and red will change.

All Pen&Paper. I played the CCG a few times, I don't like it. And...

I went to a L5R LARP once. Honestly, the only fun was making costumes to all my friends, the game was terrible, story was bad and the GMs had no idea what they were doing

[Shoju]

I started playing the CCG around shadowlands / forbidden knowledge, and played up until the end of diamond. I have RP'd the first edition heavily, and I'm preparing a campaign under a modified system that I've been working on with some friends.

[Zeure]

You could run it online, Shoju-sama. And maybe let a certain shugenja who shall remain named Zeure in? ;D

[Daigotsu Thrakhath]

Would be nice to play a Spider in a campaign that actually gets off the ground and goes somewhere.

[Akodo Tomatsu]

I've been playing the CCG since the end of Gold cycle. Love the game in any form.

I've honestly played too many to count, but one of my favorites was an affable Doji trained as a Kitsuki investigator/Bayushi Bushi who was absolutely the WORST investigator of all time, that is until his predictions of "IT MUST BE NINJAS!" came true.


Right now I'm enjoying playing in a game run by Senshi actually set in Emerald Empire, where Haruka and I are playing two Unicorn members of the Kolat who are trying to get a performance in front of the Emperor at Winter Court (We're traveling musicians).

[Yoritomo Raiden]

I have ran many different L5R games. Being a GM has taken up alot of my time.

-2nd Edition L5R: Ran a game dealing mainly with the Kolat and trying to rout them out and defeat and expose them. Ran this game for about 1 year

-D20 Edition L5R: Ran a clan based game kinda like Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. The players chose a clan and governed over a provience and city. They chose Scorpion. Ran this game for about 6 months.

-3rd Edition L5R: Ran a War of Dark Fire game where the PC's were chasing the Daughter of Fire done kinda like Shadow of the Empire Star Wars novel. Ran this game about 6 months.

-4th Edition L5R: Ran a Topaz Champion game where during the Destroyer War the Topaz Champion was charged with rooting out bandits while the rest of the Empire was at war. Added in Goju into the mix since the Shadow Dragon knew that the Topaz Champion was suppose to hurt it. The video game Alan Wake influenced this game. Ran it for about 4 months when I would come home on leave once a month.

-4th Edition L5R: Next project will be a Second City game. Still in work.

-3rd Edition L5R: The one game I have gotten to play in I died the 1st session (Matsu Bushi) then I made a Monkey Samurai that lasted the rest of the game. Got to play about 3months =(

CCG L5R: I have been playing since Diamond Edition about 8 years or so now. I play Crane, Lion, Mantis, and Spider. Although in Emperor Edition coming out in January I may pick up Crab Dishonor. My accomplishments so far are:
-Dragoncon 07 1st place (Lion)
-Dragoncon 08 1st place (Lion)
-Atlanta, GA Kotei Honor Winner 09 (Spider)
-Columbus, SC Kotei 3rd place 09 (Spider)
-Tampa, FL Kotei Honor Winner 11 (Crane)
-Dragoncon 11 1st place (Crane)

[Daigotsu Thrakhath]

I seem to remember playing Spider monks against the honor winner at the '11 Tampa kotei...

[Iuchi Ozora]

pen&paper and PbP 3rd/4th Edition ^_^

played CCG in diamond thru samurai. Going to start back up when I get somewhere with a player-base.