Let's talk about your characters

Hello, Therecusant! Welcome to the game :)

And... Delio... did you say MAP? :D

I need to gush for a minute because wow. Sorry not sorry but that map is absolutely lovely. I'm an amateur cartographer myself, so looking at the ocean I can tell someone spent quite a few hours doing nothing but detailing those waves. 10/10

I mention it somehow, yes.

Personally, I always preferred the first edition map, if only because of the backstory behind it. It was highly inaccurate, but the Emperor had recognized it as the official map of Rokugan, and since the Emperor is considered infallible, then this map was also now infallible despite it's wild inaccuracies. And as such, samurais often had to come up with clever excuses when travelling a road which was longer than actually depicted to explain their late arrivals, such as "I'm terribly sorry for my lateness Daimyo-dono, but I had to stop and pray at each shrines along the way to show proper respect to my ancestors."

So that is both hilarious and awesome, thank you for sharing!

Here's a rough outline of my character. I started to reference the 5e character creation and I think it has a lot of good questions to answer to help flesh out a characters personality but I haven't included everything like that here. Just the outline.

Question: Samurai serve a lord, typically. In this we are members of influential families. I assume I would serve whoever is the ruling member of the Doji family, then?

Itsumi Kakita, a member of the Crane Clane, has a very direct, and sometimes brusque, personality. He is an artist and artisan who is a skilled Sculpturist and fond of Tea Ceremonies and creating Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints). He wishes to quell the tension between his clan and the Lion clan, seeing more to gain from peace, than war but will chase glory where ever opportunity presents. Itsumi believes that because The First Emerald Champion was a Kakita then why not the next not be a Kakita, too? Why should it not be him?

Shiba Yoshi, of the Phoenix Clan, has a difficult relationship with his parents, as his mother committed a crime and fled, leaving his father to pay the price. To escape the family drama and lingering shame, he spent much of his youth wandering the local country side, feeling like the animals were his friends and the wilds were his playground. He does have one childhood friend, Ishawa Toyotomi who he deeply loves. At a young age, Toyotomi became a Shugenja, motivating Yoshi to seek the path of the Yojimbo.

Yes, the Daimyo of the Crane Clan is a Doji. I suppose that Kakita warriors are both the protector of the Doji family, and in the same time, they are majors and generals in the army of the Daidoji family.
Given that, while being under the rule of the Daimyo, they have their influence about military matters.

Falible, Shiba Yoshi sounds like he has a similar outlook to Asako Inara. She is very much at home in the midst of nature, and has always had a connection with the kami of the land, many of whom she considers to be her friends (how much they reciprocate that is anyone's guess, but for her part she is quite fond of them.) I'm still formulating the "why" of her spending so much time wandering, but it's deeply informing the personality I'm building for her. I think it's great that they have that aspect of their characters in common and I hope we'll be able to build on that. Those common traits are what she looks for when she's trying to decide whether to trust someone or not :)

Nice, I like that idea. I've looked over the map, and now I see that the Phoenix lands are on the coast. I was thinking that he would wander in the forest, but now I can kind of see Yoshi as some kind of beach bum... divining for clams, hoping for pearls, and making fires on the shore. Or something like that. If the water is cold, then he'll defiantly be a forest dweller. @Delio, what's the climate like? Okinawan, perhaps? :-)

Climate is like the one of Japan, for the most part, in which each season is clearly defined by its own aspects: colors, temperature, habits of the inhabitants, customs, ...

You can find more informations in following that link Calendar & Climate.

The geography of Rokugan is mainly forest and mountainous.

Nice! Winter looks pretty scary. I think Yoshi will start hibernating in the month of the dog, just to be safe!

I'll be off for a week, and i won't have time to answer, so i'll keep that for when i'll return.
I'll check from time to time to keep myself informed, but mainly see you in one week.

Take care, Delio. We'll see you when you get back

I'm back, i'll watch everything tonight to update myself, and i'll answer your questions :)

Hi there everyone, how are you doing ?

I'd like to hear more about your characters, for those i don't know much yet. therecusant ? Falible ?

If you have any question, don't hesitate to ask, i'm here to help you :)

I'm sorry. I felt like Yoshi was complete. I've been moving for the past couple of days. Tomorrow, I'll go through the character creation again and fill in anything I might be missing. Is there anything specific you would like to hear more about?

Ah no, yours is complete for the creation process :)

I was just wondering about your bonds, if you want to name those :)

OK, I named my bonds and I added some equipment.

Kalajel, eyeofskadi, and Falible are good to go or nearly.

Varian has still some infos to check and process.

I'll dm therecusant to see about his character.

My deepest apologies it took so long, the game has started. I hope you will have fun for this fable.