Review The Great Clans Illustrated By Shawn Carman Accessible As EPub
Great Clans is an amazingly useful sourcebook for Legends of the Five Rings, while not quite a necessity to own to run or play the game it comes close.
It expands on both the Great Clans and the world they have made, providing a wealth of information and even some useful new mechanics,
The Great Clans, a sourcebook for the Legends of the Five Rings RPGrd edition is apage PDFpages if you remove the cover, written by Shawn Carman, Rob Hobart, Brian Yoon, Kevin Blake, Nancy Sauer, Ryan Reese, Jacob Ross, Max Lemaire, Dave Laderoute, Rusty Priske, Mike Brodu, and Daniel Briscoe and published by AEG.
The layout is a straightforward design taken directly from the print version of the book, with acolumn layout and occasional one column commentary.
The Great Class is lavishly illustrated with full color art throughout, The table of contents is complete and there is an index as well, so finding what you are looking for should be easy but you have to use that as the PDF bookmarking only takes you to the start of each chapter.
As it says, this book is full of information on the nine Great Clans of the Empire of Rokugan, Primary, it is all general information, history of the clan, background of the families, useful cultural notes and roleplaying hooks, However, each family gets some new schools, new paths, new kata and additional ancestors for those who like mechanics to spice up things,
The background information on the clans is amazingly useful for both players and game masters, expanding on the very brief sections in the core book.
In each clans section there is cultural information, such as courtly affairs in the Crane section and additional information on the tradition of ancestor worship in the Lion section.
Appendices handle the newish Spider Clan, the various Vassal families of the great clans and the return of the heritage tables, Heritage tables are a way to give a character an additional roleplaying hook that may be positive, negative or a mixture of the two expressed as the characters linage such as an ancestor was a famous poet or a wellknown coward.
Each Clan gets its own table, there are some slight imbalances between the clans until you come to the Spider, who get two tables of bonuses and one of mixed good and bad things, but even then the good side far outweighs the bad.
The Spider tables should not be used as written, as they are just a guaranteed mechanic bonus for the character, unlike all of the other heritage tables.
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El resultado es que, si llegas aAnillos en cuarta, es un buen manual que te da lo que necesitas saber, . . pero, si como yo llevas desde primera edición jugando, no dice nada que no sepas y faltan muchas cosas que sí sabes, sobre todos
los Clanes.
A STORY OF TEN SIBLINGS, WHO FELL TO THE MORTAL WORLD AND CHANGED THE FACE OF HISTORY FOREVER, . .
"The Great Clans are the greatest servants of the Emperor and perhaps the greatest threat to the stability of the Empire, "
Soshi Saibankan
The Emerald Empire of Rokugan has long been one of war and conflict, a great history forged at its heart by an unending sibling rivalry.
The Great Clans of Rokugan were founded by the Kami, children of the Sun and Moon, and their adherence to their founder's personalities and vows have defined the Empire.
Each seeks to gain ground over the others, a continuing reflection of the Tournament of the Kami that set the Empire in motion so long ago.
The Great Clans takes you deep into the psyche and workings of the The Great Clans of Rokugan, The book features a full chapter on each of the Great Clans, focusing on on the various families, histories, and culture that makes up those Clans.
Additional chapters also cover the evil Spider Clan, the return of Heritage Tables, and vassal families, Thispage sourcebook features:
A thorough look at each Great Clan, including the individual families that comprise them, Each also features new schools, paths, kata, ancestors, and more,
Heritage tables to develop more interesting backgrounds for PCs and NPCs, Learn the deeds, and misdeeds, of your forefathers and how those affect your character's life,
Details on all the small vassal families that serve and support the Great Clans, without which they could barely operate though they may be loath to admit it.
The Great Clans will give players and GMs many more tools to make their journey through the Emerald Empire robust and exciting, sitelink post a comment.