For those not on the discord - as a placeholder for those not playing in Kamda (or who wish to juggle games) I will be running a minigame set in the Legend of the Burning Sands while we await our glorious Birb overlord's game to start.

"In the name of Lady Sun - the All-Merciful, the All-Knowing, and Life-Giving Lady Sun - I tell my tale. And my tale is true. As true as any other tale that has ever been told.

It was the dawning of the twelth century. An age of turmoil, triumph, and tradgedy. Empires would fall, heroes would rise, and gods would die.

But that was yet to come, merely omens and echoes not yet recognized in full, as we set our scene.

Our tales weave their way around and through the great city, the heart of the known world, Medinaat al-Salaam. A grand metropolis defined by contradictions. A shining jewel in the desert. A beacon of wealth and hope. A den of corruption cloaked in fear and oppression under the fist of an undying tyrant. Medinaat al-Salaam was all of this and more for it was the City of One Thousand Stories and played a different role in each and every one.

In those days, in that place, do our tales begin...."

The year is 1100 and Majdala al-Rashid, Khadi Delegate to House Menjari, has taken up a fascination with the art of archery and when a being as powerful, and as rich, finds an interest it spreads quickly among the people seeking to make an impression. Despite the laws preventing weapons of war from being carried within the city archery has become the latest fad and, to further her pleasure, Majdala has decreed that there be a festival and tournament to celebrate the sport - offering a personal boon to the victor. With such a prize on the line citizens scramble to prepare to enter and the wealthy and powerful choose their champions.

This will be a 4E L5R adapted LBS game using the conversion and Volsung and Co's homebrew rules with some slight modifications.

The game will be 55 XP to start

I honestly recommend against making archery focused characters since weapons of war are outlawed within the city without Khadi permission and it may actually make them less fun to reprise later even if they 'win' this one. For competitors general warriors or dabblers are recommended.

One of the archery rounds will be mounted.

There will be non-archery events for observers/general public.

There will be an option for wealthy/courtly types to sponsor NPC archers. (Which will be the only NPC competitors)

Game will take place over five in-game days at three real life days each. A 'Session' will count as three in-game days so two sessions.

Actual start date will be dependent on board setup so cannot be announced just yet.

I am intrigued by this!

If you have any preliminary questions let me know though hopefully the board, whenever it is up and running, will answer a lot.

Here's a real simple one: Could one run the Yobanjin Warrior school from Secrets of the Empire?

They'd be a long way from home and without a community but we could probably make it work.

Noddled concept contemplated

I've always loved the Yobanjin, and it's not like their survivability is high inside of Rokugan...

For those seeking inspiration the Origins and Factions are now up

The board is still very much a work in progress so please do not attempt to register at this time as it will likely get lost in the shuffle.

Character submission is not yet open but the behind the scenes work of the board is done so if folks want to register they may do so.

Still need to write up some area descriptions but I'm opening up character submissions with an eye to starting on Monday

Query: How many XP?

EDIT: Or you could read the opening post and see that it's 55

Heh, indeed