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GM Questions

Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:34 am
by Canary
Post your questions for Tyrus or Birb here and we will get to them as soon as possible

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 7:02 am
by Nozomi
So... dumb metaphysical question, but can the kami hear our prayers?

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 7:07 am
by Canary
They do, but you communicate in weird humans ways, so they don't really get it.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 12:50 pm
by Nanzi
What is the status of those that started families or were wed to kami, i.e. social status.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 2:24 pm
by Canary
Those who are also family daimyo have that status. So, 7.0. Keeping in mind that in the current environment what that means as to how people treat you is a little loose.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 8:37 pm
by Kyosei of the Isawa
Can we get page count to go higher than 10? Maybe 25-30?

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 4:23 am
by Togashi Saruko
Canary wrote:
Sun May 10, 2020 2:24 pm
Those who are also family daimyo have that status. So, 7.0. Keeping in mind that in the current environment what that means as to how people treat you is a little loose.
Is Glory also changed for those who have become Daimyo/Champions or just married Kami?


In the Core, rewards are as following:
Marriage: Increase Glory Rank of lower-Glory spouse to one less than higher-Glory spouse
Status: Gain Glory equal to the amount of Status gained

This will lead to some pretty high Glory gains for some though. Alternatively, the "average" Glory of a Great Clan Family Daimyo is 6 in the Corebook (as a guideline though, as Daimyo can certainly vary on that a lot). Putting it firmly at 6 could also account for time that has passed and Glory that has faded.

Or none of the above. Whatever mighty Canary decides. :)

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 11:24 am
by Canary
6 works. I mean, some of you should be pretty well known.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 11:49 am
by Jin
So, doing the math, between XP and event rewards I end up over on total CP for the game. If that's not cool I'm happy to knock off one of the end game XP spends from last game to balance things out.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 1:16 pm
by Canary
"If the difference is zero or less, they don’t add any additional XP."

Part of what I meant by that is that you don't subtract anything. You just don't add any more in addition.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 2:09 pm
by Jin
Thanks I missed the fine point it seems!

Also new errata:
The Ronin Shugenja School may gains spells on increasing Insight Rank.
Assuming this applies even to Self-Taught Shugenja which normally states otherwise: Jin started at Rank 2 in the last game so never received any during ranking up. He then learned one spell during the last game and created one. Would we count those two as his bonus spells for Rank 2 or should I be picking two more.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 5:26 pm
by Reiko
Canary wrote:
Sun May 10, 2020 2:24 pm
Those who are also family daimyo have that status. So, 7.0. Keeping in mind that in the current environment what that means as to how people treat you is a little loose.
Is this the same for me with the Spider? As there's no kami (yet) for the Spider, I guess I'm more the champion which would be status 8/glory 7?

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 7:54 pm
by Nanzi
Do we have personal/private folders?

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 8:18 pm
by Hantei Kinsen
May Stag and/or Lion characters use honor, instead of reputation by now (5 years after)?

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 1:41 am
by Canary
Reiko wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 5:26 pm
Is this the same for me with the Spider? As there's no kami (yet) for the Spider, I guess I'm more the champion which would be status 8/glory 7?
You're still a Family daimyo.
Nanzi wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 7:54 pm
Do we have personal/private folders?
Once character approval starts on the 16th.
Hantei Kinsen wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 8:18 pm
May Stag and/or Lion characters use honor, instead of reputation by now (5 years after)?
Give it until next game.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 3:25 am
by Nanzi
I know that we are here to rescue Fu Leng, but I have some questions; will the ratlings be there from the start? Where are we beginning the journey and have we just arrived to martial out for the journey or have we been there some time preparing? I did not see any info on this on the site.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 3:36 am
by Ch’chit T’kkiri
I might echo the 'more post per page' question from the first page of questions.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 4:43 am
by Jiyo Ayumu
Writing background right now. Wondering how the first generation of not-yet-samurai is recruited. Do the family founders go full recruitment drive in the tribes every year to get onboard those now of age? Is it more of a messy thing, with people knocking on the clan doors from time to time? Or is each clan already self-sufficient, getting its "elites" only from its own ranks?

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 4:49 am
by Hantei Kinsen
Kinsen pushed hard for the Noriaki to join the kami. Many with the Lion, some with the Spider.

Re: GM Questions

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 4:55 am
by Togashi Saruko
Ayumu wrote:
Tue May 12, 2020 4:43 am
Writing background right now. Wondering how the first generation of not-yet-samurai is recruited. Do the family founders go full recruitment drive in the tribes every year to get onboard those now of age? Is it more of a messy thing, with people knocking on the clan doors from time to time? Or is each clan already self-sufficient, getting its "elites" only from its own ranks?
I think this is a different one on an individual level when it comes to recruitment. I can certainly see some being much more proactive in their recruitment. Shirayuki/Saruko would be more reactionary as she doesn't seek followers actively - she's taking a Dragon-like approach in that she'll let people seek her (and the Dragon) on their own accord. :D

But after the Tournament 5 years ago, I imagine most of the tribes would have heard the accounts of what happened, about the Kami, and that they're welcoming followers who wish to be a part of a new thing called an "Em-pi-re".