Actual Play - The taint spreads (7/12/2010)
GM: Travis Lindquist
Players: Sean, Alec, Omar, Steve and Tracy
System: L5R
Things are bad in Rokugan. Rei fought an army of undead (which scared the crap out of her) to deal with the religious strife near otomo lands. Omar’s Scorpion stole the wakazashi of the Asahina Daimyo to blackmail him into allowing the Sohei to be a new order. Shimizu, Shiko and Shinji solved other woes of the land and its people.
What rocked
All the Kansen just itching to talk to Shiji… and the evil sheep. Evil sheep for the win.
Rei’s phobia of the shadowland hitting her hard in a big battle. She won the fight but was a coward in the end.
Shimizu recovered the Yasuki province by getting the Crab to back out and the Mantis to back off! All by declaring himself governor of the Yasuki provinces. This should be good!
Shiko was asked by the Shiba Daimyo to find the effing Soul of Shiba! God damn… talk about a tall order. Well he found it, in a heavenly constellation. I guess some of us are going to have to go up to the heavens to get it back… talk about an honorable higher purpose!
Scorpion actors are just effing scary, but see below…
What could have improved
I'm still not sure I did Rei's phobia justice. When Shimizu see's fire he runs his ass off... Rei just fought on with a penalty. I want to find a way to demonstrate how her fear affects her. It will probably come out in her lessons to her son.
Scorpion being shady conniving bastards feels cliché to me, and I think it makes those who defend the existence of the Scorpion have a hard time. What culture would allow the existence of known thieves and assassins?
Forgetting a lot due to time (need to write these sooner and when I have more energy).
Players: Sean, Alec, Omar, Steve and Tracy
System: L5R
Things are bad in Rokugan. Rei fought an army of undead (which scared the crap out of her) to deal with the religious strife near otomo lands. Omar’s Scorpion stole the wakazashi of the Asahina Daimyo to blackmail him into allowing the Sohei to be a new order. Shimizu, Shiko and Shinji solved other woes of the land and its people.
What rocked
All the Kansen just itching to talk to Shiji… and the evil sheep. Evil sheep for the win.
Rei’s phobia of the shadowland hitting her hard in a big battle. She won the fight but was a coward in the end.
Shimizu recovered the Yasuki province by getting the Crab to back out and the Mantis to back off! All by declaring himself governor of the Yasuki provinces. This should be good!
Shiko was asked by the Shiba Daimyo to find the effing Soul of Shiba! God damn… talk about a tall order. Well he found it, in a heavenly constellation. I guess some of us are going to have to go up to the heavens to get it back… talk about an honorable higher purpose!
Scorpion actors are just effing scary, but see below…
What could have improved
I'm still not sure I did Rei's phobia justice. When Shimizu see's fire he runs his ass off... Rei just fought on with a penalty. I want to find a way to demonstrate how her fear affects her. It will probably come out in her lessons to her son.
Scorpion being shady conniving bastards feels cliché to me, and I think it makes those who defend the existence of the Scorpion have a hard time. What culture would allow the existence of known thieves and assassins?
Forgetting a lot due to time (need to write these sooner and when I have more energy).