Tamori Manji
Dragon Clan Mod
Demon Fox (妖狐)
?Dragon Clan ?Hatamoto ?Fire ?Void ?Yamabushi ?Tattoed ?Nonhuman
Posts: 922
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Post by Tamori Manji on Jan 19, 2012 12:28:37 GMT -5
Ahh yes Chad, now I get what you meant. It's kinda like Joji said, its quite hard to find strong hosts that will nonetheless become corrupted and generate the more powerful types of Oni.
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Post by The Book Keeper on Feb 10, 2012 19:32:39 GMT -5
to bad theirs no where you could turn in peasant hostages of lesser oni, is ok to make other forms of oni summing?, Idk i just feel that theirs more then those ways to summon an oni.
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Alesha
Spider Clan
Fallen Crane * Duelist * Bloodspeaker * Tactician * Maho-Bujin
Posts: 418
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Post by Alesha on Feb 13, 2012 5:09:44 GMT -5
Well. If there is a fan of Oni summoning it is me. And I am a fan of 4th edition method for following reasons: 1) It can be done only if players agree to it. But it gives a list of interesting options on who is viable. 2) Its not particularly difficult 3) Its fun.
Now I am being silly but 1st one is major reason.
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Takezo
Dragon Clan
Shugyosha, Loyal retainer of Toturi, Dragon Champion-in-exile
Posts: 415
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Post by Takezo on Feb 13, 2012 9:05:11 GMT -5
I ran some players (among whom were Jay and Alison, actually) through a high level L5R scenario a couple of years ago in which the heroes had a mission in Jigoku itself.
They found themselves traveling through a mist-shrouded valley, lost, and a voice called out from the mist challenging them, one by one, to a riddle contest. The player was to come alone into an area of rocky hills (the riddler was a physically very weak Oni, so it demanded this for its protection) to play, and the stakes would be one's True Name (on the part of the hero) and guidance through Jigoku (on the part of the Oni). Naturally, the Oni possessed the ability to flawlessly know deception - a needed skill if one is a Name Merchant in Jigoku.
I don't recall the specifics, but the Oni came away with two of the heroes names, a Shosuro and a Crane (Jay's Kakita, actually!), which he later sold to the Akodo daimyo (who was secretly building a Shadowlands army of Lost and oni to seize the Imperial throne). The plot thread never quite got resolved, but the consequences of names and binding can be quite serious ;D
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