Random taint encounters Vs. Special locations

[Isawa Kaji]

Whilst in the Winter Court, of all places, I've encountered Pekkle no Oni and being a reasonably new player my only option is to take taint. I'm not too happy with this, but before I commit Seppuku and walk away from the game a thought did cross my mind. When the Winter Court ends will all the characters inside get automatically repositioned into Kyuden Otomo instead?

[Zeure]

Have you checked your inventory to make sure you don't have the items to overcome the pekkle? If you just stay there and level you can put points into shadowlands to overcome it, as well.

As far as how the moving will go down, first: it is a long way off (as winter court just started), second, yeah, only Jay-sama knows probably.

Sorry I can not be of more help.

[Isawa Kaji]

Only started a week ago so my Shadowlands is 2, although I do have 20 points available in items.

I completely forgot you can still level in the location and gain points though. I guess it's time to get cosy with the Phoenix ambassador to get a level. Thank you for the help... saved me restarting or waiting 2 months

[Shoju]

I just want to point out something that people overlook quite often. What follows is written as Shoju, the player. not Shoju the admin, Not Shoju the Spider Clan Player, Just Shoju, the Emerald Empire Player.


1 point of taint doesn't preclude you from anything in the game. People get really bent out of shape about 1 point. Jay-sama understands that unfortunately, misclicks, and tough situations arise, and he has given people the ability to survive with 1 point of taint. At this point in the game, up to 50 points of taint in the game are completely negligible, and if you are worried people are going to think you are running with the shadowlands at one point of taint, consider this: I'm over 7k taint, and I'm still 1/3 of the taint of the most tainted player in the game.

Honestly, while after 50 it becomes problematic to hide your taint easily and still be able to do the 'max taint 1' jobs make sure that you understand that you can live with a little taint in the game, and that L5R has always been a setting that has had dire consequences for it's greatest heroes.

[Isawa Kaji]

It's not that I don't want to get shadowlands taint... but I'm only just starting my character both ingame and on the RP aspect on the boards. I'd deliberately avoided even visiting anywhere in the Shadowlands for fear of a random encounter giving taint. If he gets tainted through RP then I'll more than likely represent that in the game by picking up some points, however, I just thought that it was crap for someone playing the game a week to be thrown into a *MUST GET TAINT* scenario whilst attending a Winter Court.

Luckily, through heavy play the past week, I have 2 items to give Shadowlands +10 each so I only need to get 1 more level to have enough character points. Otherwise I'd have ran out of actions to do in the Winter Court Side Chamber by tomorrow and have been stuck into the decision of either; getting taint through no fault of my own; sepukku rather than taint, and restart; wait a couple of months to get ejected from the Court.

Ah well... crisis avoided

[Shosuro Aroru]

...Are you not capable of doing any of the jobs in winter court? You can always keep doing the same job to get experience, even if you've fully mastered it. That will give you the points you need to get out of it. If you're short on items that you need to get out of it you can post a request here with your gift link and most likely someone will send you what you need.

[Shagi the Mad]

Kaji-san is in the side chamber. Apart from the 1-click speak to the phoenix ambassador job, everything else there has a cost. Of those costs, only Fish and Barley can be gifted.

[Hida Joji]

Pekkle knows how to trap ppl.

[Shosuro Aroru]

....Does it cost something besides fish or barley that can't be gifted? If not, ask for Fish and Barley, unfortunately the Scorpion can't send such gifts, but other clans can.

[Isawa Kaji]

Luckily I had about 40 rumours so could level from the investigate rumours option... hence the crisis avoided May Megumi continue to guide me.