ARMOR

Name R. values Qualities Rarity Price

Sleeping garb - - 2 1 koku
Common clothes Physical 1 Mundane 1 1 bu
Ceremonial clothes Physical 1 Ceremonial, Resplendent 4 1 koku
Sailor´s garb Physical 1 Durable, Mundane 2 1 bu
Sanctified clothes Physical 1, Ceremonial 7 4 koku
Supernatural 3
Traveling clothes Physical 2 Durable, Mundane, Subtle 2 2 bu
Concealed armor Physical 2 Concealable 4 5 koku
Shark leather armor Physical 2 Resplendent 7 12 koku
Ashigaru armor Physical 3 Wargear 3 5 koku
Tatami gusoku Physical 3 Wargear 4 7 koku
Lacquered armor Physical 4 Ceremonial, Cumbersome, 6 25 koku
Wargear
Tosei-gusoku Physical 4 Cumbersome, Durable, 8 50 koku
Wargear
Plated armor Physical 5 Cumbersome, Durable, 8 40 koku
Wargear
Ō-yoroi Physical 6 Cumbersome, Resplendent, 8 60 koku
Wargear

Nemuranai armor
+2 physical and spiritual resistance and is Durable and Sacred
It has a distinguishing quirk with narrative effects
Has Support or Movement action invocation of Rank 1-3 sealed within
Once per game, can activate invocation with Theology check

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WEAPONS
Name Skill RNG DMG DLS Grips Qualities Rarity Price
UNARMED
Punch [Melee] 0 1 2 - Snaring - -
(fist)
Kick [Melee] 1 2 1 - - - -
(leg)
Bite [Melee] 0 0 3 - - - -
(mouth)
SWORDS
Bokken [Melee] 1 3 3 1-hand: - Mundane 3 1 bu
2-hand: DMG +2
Butterfly sword [Melee] 0-1 3 5 1-hand: - Concealable, Snaring 6 10 koku
Chokutō [Melee] 0-1 4 5 1-hand: - Ceremonial, Razor-Edged 7 20 koku
Dao [Melee] 1 3 5 1-hand: - - 6 15 koku
Flyssa [Melee] 1 4 4 1-hand: - Wargear 8 15 koku
2-hand:
Razor-Edged
Gao [Melee] 1 4 3 1-hand: - Snaring 7 15 koku
Jian [Melee] 0-1 4 4 1-hand: - 7 15 koku
2-hand: DLS +1
Kabutowari [Melee] 0-1 3 3 1-hand: - Durable, Snaring 7 6 koku
Katana [Melee] 1 4 5 1-hand: Ceremonial, Razor-Edged 7 20 koku
2-hand: DLS +2
Nodachi [Melee] 1-2 5 6 2-hand: - Ceremonial, Razor-Edged 8 20 koku
Tekkan [Melee] 1-2 4 3 1-hand: Cumbersome Durable, Wargear 8 50 koku
2-hand: DMG +2
Scimitar [Melee] 1 4 5 1-hand: - Durable, Razor-Edged 8 20 koku
Wakizashi [Melee] 0-1 3 5 1-hand: - Ceremonial, Razor-Edged 7 15 koku
2-hand: DLS +2
Zanbatō [Melee] 1-2 6 7 1-hand: - Cumbersome, Wargear 8 40 koku
AXES
Masakari [Melee] 0-1 3 4 1-hand: - Mundane 5 3 bu
2-hand: DLS +2
Ono [Melee] 1-2 5 6 2-hand: - Wargear 7 5 koku
Tsuruhashi [Melee] 1 4 3 1-hand: Cumbersome Mundane 4 5 bu
2-hand: DLS +2
BLUNT WEAPONS
Club [Melee] 0-1 5 2 1-hand: - Mundane 1 1 bu
2-hand: DMG +1
Genno [Melee] 0-1 3 3 1-hand: - Durable, Mundane 5 1 koku
2-hand: DMG +4
Hammer [Melee] 0-1 5 2 1-hand: - Mundane 4 2 bu
2-hand: DMG +2
Kiseru [Melee] 0 2 2 1-hand: - Concealable, Mundane 5 1 koku
Ōtsuchi [Melee] 1 8 3 2-hand: - Cumbersome, Wargear 8 30 koku
Tetsubō [Melee] 1-2 7 3 2-hand: - Cumbersome, Durable, Wargear 5 20 koku
HAND WEAPONS
Jitte [Melee] 0 3 2 1-hand: - Concealable, Snaring 5 5 bu
Knife [Melee] 0 2 4 1-hand: - Concealable, Mundane, Razor-Edged 1 1 koku
2-hand: DLS +2
Nunchaku [Melee] 0-1 4 2 1-hand: - - 6 1 koku
2-hand: Snaring
Sai [Melee] 0 2 2 1-hand: - Concealable, Snaring 6 2 koku
Tessen [Melee] 0-1 4 3 1-hand: - Ceremonial, Concealable 7 15 koku
Tonfa [Melee] 0-1 3 3 1-hand: - Concealable, Durable 5 4 koku
POLEARMS
Bisentō [Melee] 2 4 6 1-hand: RNG 1 Cumbersome, Durable, Wargear 8 15 koku
2-hand: DMG +2
Bō [Melee] 1-2 6 2 2-hand: - Mundane 2 2 bu
Eku [Melee] 2 6 4 2-hand: - Cumbersome, Durable, Mundane 5 3 koku
Ji [Melee] 2 5 2 2-hand: - Snaring, Wargear 6 7 koku
Naginata [Melee] 2 6 6 2-hand: - Cumbersom, Razor-Edged, Wargear 8 10 koku
Tinbe [Melee] 0-1 3 5 1-hand: - - 6 15 koku
Trident [Melee] 2 4 4 2-hand: - Snaring, Wargear 7 10 koku
Yari [Melee] 2 5 3 2-hand: - Wargear 3 5 koku
SHIELDS
Large shield [Melee] 0 3 2 1-hand: - Cumbersome, Durable, Wargear 8 10 koku
Rochin [Melee] 0 2 2 1-hand: - Durable 6 25 koku

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 Small shield [Melee] 0 2 2 1-hand: - Cumbersome, Durable, Wargear 8 6 koku
Sode [Melee] 0 1 1 Shoulder: - Durable, Wargear 8 8 koku
BOWS
Daikyū [Ranged] 3-5 6 4 2-hand: - Wargear 6 6 koku
Horsebow [Ranged] 2-4 4 5 2-hand: - Wargear 4 6 koku
Storm bow [Ranged] 1-4 4 3 2-hand: - Cumbersome, Prepare, Wargear 9 60 koku
Yumi [Ranged] 2-5 5 3 2-hand: - - 3 3 koku
CROSSBOWS
Doom crossbow [Ranged] 3-5 8 6 2-hand: - Cumbersome, Prepare, Wargear 10 80 koku
Kaiu no oyumi [Ranged] 2-5 7 3 2-hand: - Cumbersome, Prepare, Wargear 8 60 koku
Oyumi [Ranged] 2-5 7 3 2-hand: - Prepare, Wargear 8 40 koku
SPECIALIST WEAPONS
Blowgun [Ranged] 2-3 1 2 1-hand: - Concealable 7 5 bu
Kama [Melee] 0-1 3 3 1-hand: - Concealable 4 1 koku
Kusari-Gama [Melee] 0 3 3 1-hand: - Concealable, Snaring, Wargear 6 5 koku
2-hand: RNG 2-3
Shuriken [Melee] 0 2 4 1-hand (stab or slash): Concealable 6 1 koku
-
1-hand (throw):
[Ranged], RNG 1-3
SIEGE WEAPONS
Ballista [Ranged] 3-5 14 8 2-hand: - Durable, Prepare (2) 7 60 koku
O-gata dohou [Ranged] 4-5 16 6 2-hand: - Durable, Prepare (2) 7 120 koku

ARROWS
Name Qualities Rarity Price/ a piece
Willow-Leaf Standard arrow 5 1 bu
No need to track individually (if quiver is owned)
Armor-Piercing Ignore up to 2 physical resistance 5 1 bu
Flesh-Cutter + 2 DLS 5 1 bu
Humming-Bulb - 2 DMG 5 1 bu
- 2 DLS
Produce a loud noise audible at range 0-4 when fired

Improvised weapons:
Uses most similar weapon profile - 1 DMG and -1 DLS (or more at GM discretion)
Wielded with Martial Arts [Unarmed]

Nemuranai weapon
+2 DLS and is Durable and Sacred
It has a distinguishing quirk with narrative effects
Has Attack or Scheme action invocation of Rank 1-3 sealed within
Once per game, can activate invocation with Theology check

Buying/selling items:
Buy item at listed price Commerce (Water) with TN = rarity of item to find

TN adjustment based on location

Impoverished mountain village +3
Small farming village +2
Village on a major road +1
Average Rokugani village +0
City on a large river -1
Sizable port -2
Major city -3

Sell item at half listed price Commerce (Air) with TN = rarity of item to sell

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Crafting weapons and armor:
The raw materials must be acquired

Downtime activity, Smithing (Fire) if starting with raw materials

Downtime activity, Smithing (Water) if transforming one item into another
TN = rarity of item to create, with a reduction based on facilities available

Kakita smith workshop -4

Small town blacksmith -2

Downtime activity, Smithing (Air) to take the unfinished product to its final state
TN = rarity of item to create, with a reduction based on facilities available

+ (GM discretion) can be used at any time to add an appropriate item quality if a reasonable explanation is provided

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PERSONAL EFFECTS
Description Qualities Rarity Price
Astrolabe Navigation devices to identify and precisely note the position of celestial - 10 30 koku
bodies in the sky
Bottle of sake Wine made from fermented rice - 1 1 bu
Bowyer´s kit Small toll kit used to maintain bows and arrows - 1 2 bu
Calligraphy set Needed to craft written communications - 3 1 bu
Chopsticks Eating utensils - 1 1 zeni
Climbing kit Typically includes a few coils of rope, a small hammer, an iron chisel, a - 3 2 bu
handful of spikes and other climbing equipment
Daishō stand Small, collapsible wooden stand to display a samurai´s daishō - 4 1 koku
Dice and Cup Used for dice gambling - 2 25 zeni
Divination kit Used to tell the future or commune with the Spirit Realms - 4 1 bu
Engineer´s kit Provides a set of tools for surveying and building - 3 3 bu
Finger of jade Used to worn of corrupting effects of the Taint Sacred 6 1 koku
Fishing rod and line For catching fish - 1 1 bu
Games Portable versions made to be taken on journeys - 3 1 bu
Kubi bukuro Net bags to carry severed head of enemy (trophy+ good omen) Wargear 2 2 zeni
Lucky cricket Thought to bring good luck - 4 4 bu
Medicine kit All necessary items to treat many kinds of injuries - 3 1 bu
(10 uses)
Musical instrument Drums can be used to signal troops and send messages - 2-6 1-5 bu
Omamori Protective charms, sold at many shrines - 2 5 bu
Only one effect can be active at once
Parchment paper Used to compose different kinds of literature and prepared invocations - 1 1 bu
(1 piece)
Personal seal or chop Used by samurai to verify their identity and sign documents Ceremonial 6 4 bu
Pillow book Cheaply made book - 2 3 zeni
Poison Noxious poison: Forbidden 5 3 bu
(1 vial) - attacks heart, organs and brain directly
- critical strike severity 10 when ingested, +1 severity per spent on
check
- when applied to a weapon: +4 DLS

Fire biter:
- easily identified by bitter taste
- +5 strife and become Dazed and Exhausted when ingested
- when applied to a weapon: critical strike by weapon leads to Dazed and
Exhausted

Night milk:
- must be delivered directly into the bloodstream
- +5 fatigue and become Disoriented and Prone when introduced into
bloodstream
- when applied to a weapon: critical strike by weapon leads to Disoriented
and Prone
Quiver of arrows Container used to carry arrows. - 1 2 bu
Can be refilled by visiting a location where ammunition can be acquired or
using Survival skill and proper supplies
Rope Can be used for climbing, restraining livestock and binding enemies - 1 5-20 zeni
(by ½ m) Comes in many variations and qualities
Sake cup It is customary to bring your own cup to gatherings and official functions - 2 1 bu
Sapper´s kit Includes basic tools to help sappers and miners in their work undermining - 3 1 bu
and destroying fortifications
Smithy´s kit Includes a variety of metalworking tools Cumbersome 3 3 bu
Smoke arrows Modified humming-bulb arrows created for signaling - 4 3 bu

Bow: -2 DMG, -2DLS

Spices Can be extremely expensive, depending on provenance and rarity - 5-7 1-5 bu
(small bottle)
Spyglass Long brass tubes full of polished glass that make objects far away easier to - 5 2 koku
see
Sweets Candies, small cakes and confections - 1 1 bu
(4 servings)
Taketaba Covered mobile platforms designed to give archers and crossbow users - 4 4 bu
cover on the battlefield
Taraibune Small barrel-shaped boats, about 2 m in diameter, designed for one - 4 1 koku
operator steered by oar

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 Tate Large, semiportable protection used by warriors in the field - 3 3 bu

+2 TN to attacks by projectiles targeting a character hiding behind it

Tattoo needles Steel or bamboo needles used to apply tattoos - 4 1 bu
(set)
Tea set Allow samurai to enjoy the tea ceremony even when far from home - 6 1 koku
(portable)
Tent Large, elaborate, portable homes - 7 20 koku
(chomchong) Can accommodate up to a dozen people in relative comfort
Takes a lot of time to set up and tear down
Carrying them requires several oxen and a large cart
Tent Can keep 2 individuals warm and dry - 3 1 koku
(small) Easy to setup and take down
Can be stored on a person´s back, slug over a horse or in a cart
Tent Can house a in relative comfort indefinitely in relative comfort - 5 10 koku
(yurt) Heavy and awkward to build and take down
Require either a horse or an oxen dedicated to carting them around
Traveling rations Preserved foods sufficient to keep an individual fed and healthy while on - 1 5 zeni
(1 meal) the road
Umbrella Keeps both the sun and rain off users - 4 2 bu
Whetstone Portable grinding stones for most bladed weapons - 1 1 zeni
(A samurai´s katana and wakizashi must be sharpened by an accomplished
weaponsmith or professional polisher)

Nemuranai item
Is Durable and Sacred
It has a distinguishing quirk with narrative effects
Has invocation of Rank 1-4 sealed within
Once per game, can activate invocation with Theology check
While wielding item, add a kept set to to Theology checks using the sealed invocation´s ring

ITEM QUALITIES
Effect
Ceremonial -1 TN in checks to convince others of ownership when worn openly
-3 honor at the end of any scene where item belonging to a character of higher status is used without permission
Concealable Weapons: can be readied/sheathed as part of attack action

To spot on user:
Weapons/items: TN 3 Design (Air)
Armor: TN 3 Smithing (Air)
Cumbersome Weapons/tools: if user moved this turn, +1 TN of Attack using item this turn
Armor: +1 TN to maneuver in environment
Damaged Weapons/tools: +1 TN of checks to use it
Armor: -2 resistance (min. 0)

If Damaged again, the item becomes Destroyed instead

Destroyed Item cannot be used for intended function
Might still be used improvised (GM discretion)
Durable If Damaged  loses Durable
If Destroyed becomes Damaged
Forbidden -3 glory at the end of any scene where item is used
Mundane Permitted to anyone in most social contexts
Onlookers still take note if item could be used as a weapon
Prepare Item must be prepared after each use, using a Support action
Razor-Edged +: +1 deadliness per spent this way
If damage dealt by item is reduced to 0 before target defends, item becomes Damaged
Resplendent +1 glory whenever user receives glory
Sacred +1 TN when user is targeted by an Otherworldly

If user would be Afflicted, item becomes damaged instead

Weapons: ignore all resistances possessed by Otherworldly or Tainted beings

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Snaring +: one target with vigilance lower than or equal to spent this way becomes Immobilized
Subtle +1 TN to ascertain information about item
Unholy After critical strike from item, target becomes Afflicted
Items ignore all resistances possessed by Otherworldly being
Wargear +1 strife to any character who suffers strife due to actions by wearer
ITEM PATTERNS
Description Effects XP Rarity
Cost Modifier
Ghostlands Yodhaniya The Ghostlands hunters of the Ivory Kingdoms, A blunt weapon made using the pattern 6 +4
Pattern known as the Yodhaniya, spend most of their lives gains:
hunting within the haunted rainforest makes +1 physical damage
weaponry like urimi (whip swords) difficult to +1 additional damage against Tainted
handle, so most Yodhaniya use blunt weapons like beings
gada, or maces. Their weaponsmiths have learned
to make these weapons stronger without adding
Wielder ignores the Cumbersome
additional weight and have imbued them with coral
quality while in Defiled terrain
and gold to make them highly effective against
Tainted creatures.
Kakita Pattern Kakita swordsmiths are known across Rokugan for A bladed weapon produced in the 6 +4
their finely crafted weapons. While hardly one pattern:
sword in a generation is deemed worthy to bear the +1 Deadliness
“Kakita Blade,” all of their works have an
exquisitely sharp edge with no sacrifice to the
weapon’s sturdiness.
Kenzō Blade The Kenzō smithy is one of the premier smithies in A weapon produced in the Kenzō 8 +5
the Crane lands. Founded centuries ago by smithy:
Ashidaka Kenzō, this smithy produces wondrous +1 deadliness
dueling weapons for the Kakita family. Indeed, -1 damage
Kenzō blades—nearly every weapon that has come +Resplendent quality
out of the Kenzō smithy has been a sword of one
kind or another—are considered to be among the
finest dueling weapons in Rokugan. Kenzo blades
are both beautiful and extremely deadly.
Kökejin´s Heart of the Along the Sand Road, the way of the horse is the A polearm made with this pattern: 8 +5
Wind Pattern way of life. Those who design weapons there do so +Razor-Edged and Durable qualities
not only with mounted combat in mind, but as the
default. A particular master crafter named Kökejin, Wielder treats weapon’s damage value
a mysterious woman who lives in the small oasis as 2 higher while mounted
city of Süüdriin Gazar, or the Land of Shade, is
said to make the sharpest, most versatile spears in
all of the Burning Sands. Rumors say the khan
himself outfits the best warriors with deadly
weapons of Kökejin.
Pit-Forged Obsidian Among the most terrible manifestations of the A Tainted character with access to raw 4 +4
Taint near the Festering Pit is the appearance of Pit-forged Obsidian and a source of evil
Pit-forged obsidian. It is an unusually strong lore can learn to craft items from it. An
material, leading some of the Lost and even some item produced with Pit-forged obsidian:
oni to forge weapons from it. However, it is most +1 damage
notable for the potency of the Taint within it, for it +1 DLS
burns to the touch with the very fires of Jigoku. +Unholy quality

While in possession of such an item,

Shirogane Jade Inlay Kuni Shirogane was a weaponsmith renowned for
his beautiful and deadly weapons. During his long
career, Shirogane developed a process to make
Jade-infused resin that could be applied to suitably
crafted weapons and armor to protect an individual
against the terrors of the Shadowlands. Items
forged to use this jade resin are typically heavily
engraved with ornate designs into which the resin
is poured. As the item is exposed to Shadowlands
Taint, the jade slowly turns to muck, requiring
another application of the resin. While it seems
inconvenient to some, Shirogane jade inlay has
protected the lives and souls of many Crab
warriors.
character increases the TN of their
Fitness or Meditation checks to prevent
the Afflicted condition from conferring
the Shadowlands Taint disadvantage by
2 (TN 6).
Weapons and armor designed for 3 +2
Shirogane jade inlay:
+Sacred quality
-1 Physical resistance to armor
-1 DLS to weapons
If Damaged, the jade is chipped away as
well and must be reapplied. Item loses
the Sacred quality until a smith applies
more jade resin by making a TN 3
Smithing (Earth) check as a downtime
activity. Process consumes 1 finger of
jade per attempt.

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Spirit of the Qamarist Those who hail from the Cradle of the World – The Armor made using this pattern: 5 +4
Pattern Qamarist Caliphate- come from a culture of +1 Supernatural resistance
spiritual and military might. The warriors and
religious leaders of this iron-willed empire are
familiar with the dangerous supernatural beings
and creatures that exist across the world. Several
great Qamarist alchemists have discovered a way to
treat armor to increase its supernatural resistances
to fend off such enemies.
Uchema´s Technique Uchema’s technique is a style of armorsmithing A suit of armor made using Uchema’s 4 +3
used to produce specialty armor for scouts and technique:
siege engineers. A suit of armor made using -Cumbersome quality
Uchema’s technique can be anything from ashigaru -1 Physical resistance
armor to a splendid, heavy suit of O-yoroi. With
careful tailoring and cleaver use of lacing and
straps, an armorsmith can use the technique to
make a suit of armor more flexible and easier to
wear. A warrior wearing a suit made with
Uchema’s technique can run, climb, bend, leap, and
otherwise move as if they were wearing simple
clothing rather than bulky armor.
Yasunori Steel Decades ago, Kenru Yasunori, a Crab swordsmith, A weapon made from Yasunori steel: 5 +4
developed a new steel alloy while tinkering in his -Ceremonial, Cumbersome, and
forge. Quite by accident, they discovered a mix of Resplendent qualities
various ores and refined materials made of steel (can never gain any of these)
that is both lightweight and strong but lacks the +Durable quality
beauty of traditional Rokugani steel. Soon they (if the weapon already has this quality it,
began creating massive two-handed swords and +1 DLS instead)
axes used in defending the Wall. Yasunori steel
weapons are popular among Crab samurai who
appreciate a sturdy, well-made blade and care little
for aesthetic.

SIGNATURE SCROLLS
XP
Cost
Hasegawa´s Denial 3 Crab Clan shugenja
Ichi´s Second Sight 3 Witch Hunter
Maikara´s Rebuke 33
Prerequisites Description Effects
Ugawari Hasegawa was a famous Crab Shugenja who After shugenja successfully
(rank 3) discovered a way to enhance his offensive scrolls and uses an invocation to smite a
control the movement of demons on the battlefield. target, area at range 0-3 of
He was known for being able to herd oni around target becomes Dangerous
during combat, leading them into traps and killing terrain for Tainted beings.
zones with a few well-placed blasts of magic. At the Effect persists until the start of
end of a long and successful life, Hasegawa finally your next turn.
recorded his secrets for posterity so that future
shugenja could use his techniques in defense of the
Wall and the Crab Clan.
Ages ago, there lived a Witch Hunter named Kuni After shugenja successfully
Crab Clan Ichi who was legendary for his ability to spot Maho- uses an invocation to scry, any
Tsukai, hidden demons, and Tainted individuals. As Supernatural or Tainted beings
he aged, however, Ichi’s eyes grew milky, and his they perceive as part of the
sight began to fade. Not one to take this lying down, invocation glow faintly with an
Ichi developed an enhancement to request the kami aura visible to the shugenja.
for aid in divination that allowed him to see infernal Even through smoke, mist, fog,
presences despite his failing eyesight. or obscured vision.
Shugenja Yasuki Maikara was a wandering shugenja famous After shugenja successfully
for her fearlessness, her passion, and the strength of uses a Fire invocation to smite
her devotion. She often disappeared for weeks at a a target, that target treats the
time into the Shadowlands in search of particularly next attack targeting them as
dangerous oni. While she sometimes traveled with a having the Sacred quality.
ronin companion named Shintaro, she mostly traveled Effect persists until the end of
alone with only her fervor to protect her. During one the scene.
of her longer forays among the oni, Maikara
developed a way to augment her calls to the kami
even in these kansen-infested regions. These
enhancements had some surprising and often

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ARTIFACTS OF JIGOKU
The Anvil of Despair
The Black Pearls of Fu Leng
The Henge-Okurimono
The Porcelain Mask of Fu Leng
The Penalty for Power
Carrying or using a cursed item warps the character´s personality.
Their composure is reduced by 2 and the can only unmask using the Unmasking Form associated with the cursed item.
explosive effects on creatures from Jigoku, and she
made sure she spread her techniques far and wide
before she disappeared into the Shadowlands forever
at the ripe old age of 120.
Description
Among the foulest artifacts to exist in
Rokugan, the Anvil of Despair is also one of
the most infamous. Its creator, Agasha
Ryuden, used iron extracted from oni blood
and sacrificed the entire Boar Clan to give
birth. Any item forged on this anvil awakens
cursed and malicious, eventually corrupting
its wielder. It played an invisible hand in
shaping Rokugan´s history, and none can say
how many evil blades have been hammered
into being on its cursed back.
When a particularly pure pearl or gemstone
is exposed to the Taint it easily picks up
spiritual impurities. After being heavily
exposed to corruption, especially by direct
contact with the power of the Shadowlands,
such a treasure becomes twisted and
treacherous. Mahō users can offer these
Black Pearls of Fu Leng to attract swarms of
malicious kansen from miles around.
Created by mahō-tsukai, the cursed “shape-
shifting gifts” are seemingly mundane
household items, each depicting a different
animal. The trinkets can change their wearer
into their depicted animal and back again,
but each time, the user suffers gradually
more Taint, until they are trapped in a
monstrous version of their animal form,
unable to change back.
As it is described only in thirdhand accounts
of Shosuro´s final words, it is not certain that
the Porcelain Mask of Fu Leng even exists.
It is said that when donned, the mask seals
itself to the wearer´s face, detaching only
after death. It can change its visage to any
face the user imagines, and through its eyes,
the mask reveals horrors normally hidden to
mortals. If this artifact does exist, then surely
its foolish owners were lost to what
nightmares the mask reveals.
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Effects Unmasking
Form
The Anvil requires a proper sacrifice for mahō Honor´s
each time you wish to perform a Smithing Challenge
check using it.
Any weapon forged on it gains +2 DLS and
Unholy quality.
While wielding a Black Pearl of Fu Leng, you Bend
may use mahō without making a proper Principles
sacrifice.
When you perform a check to activate a mahō
technique without a proper sacrifice, add 2 kept
showing results.
Once per session, as Support action, you may Panicked
use a Henge-Okurimono to curse and augment Retreat
your body, transforming it into that of the animal
depicted in the artwork.
While in this form, you use its ring values,
derived attributes, abilities and advantages of
physical and social type, but you use your own
skill ranks and advantages of mental and
spiritual type.
Effect persists until you will it to end or become
Unconscious, at which point you revert to your
original form and become Afflicted.
If your fatigue/strife exceeds your
endurance/composure after you change form you
suffer a critical strike severity 5/become
Compropmised.
Once you don the mask, it cannot be removed Expose an
until your death your death and you are assigned Opening
1 Shadowlands taint disadvantage of GM choice.
As Support action, you may augment yourself,
shifting the mask into any an illusion of any face
you wish to present. Others must make TN 4
Sentiment (Earth 5, Fire 2) check to find a flaw
in your façade. Effect persists until you will it to
end or become Unconscious
As Scheme action, you may scry for
supernatural presences, causing them to glow
with sickly purple light that only you can
perceive. Effect persists until the end of the
scene.
BLESSED TREASURES
The Jade Cups of Taira
Jade Petal Tea
Kishu: The Oni-Cutting Sword
Obsidian Ink
Description Effects
Most of the disgraced rōnin Taira´s creations are lost Awakened Item: Durable and Sacred.
and forgotten, but his jade cups are still remembered.
These appear as ordinary sake cups, but upon closer
Quirk: The cups glow when Otherworldly creatures
inspection, their interior is almost invisibly lined with
are nearby (range 0-3).
white jade. It is not known how many Taira made, but
now and again, one appears in amarket or among a
daimyō´s prized possessions. Sealed Invocation: Once per scene, you may perform
Jurojin´s Balm invocation using Medicine skill.
One of the only medicines known to combat the Taint, After consumed, you remove Afflicted condition and
Jade Petal Tea is not true tea, but instead a tincture ignore all of your Shadowlands Taints disadvantages,
made from rice shōchū and a special flower known as for 1 week in narrative time or until you become
jade lotus. These flowers are grown in Crab lands Afflicted again.
using water infused with jade powder, resulting in
edible petals containing the jade´s spiritual properties.
The considerable time and expense involved makes
Jade Petal Tea a rare medicine. When consumed,
grants temporary resistance to the Shadowlands Taint
and suppresses its effect.
Kuni Wardens carefully control production and
distribution of the tea and maintain records of all in
the Emerald Empire to whom they provide it to. This
is done both to monitor its effects on those suffering
from the Taint and to ensure there are no Tainted
individuals outside of their records. There are frequent
attempts to steal tea supplies, and the Kuni are ruthless
in tracking down and punishing anyone caught with
illicit properties.
To prove their worthiness, Hida tasked Hiruma, Kuni Awakened Weapon: Chokotō, +2 DLS, Durable and
and Kaiu with the destruction of Hajimeno Tatakai no Sacred
Oni. To this end, Kaiu created Kishu, known
colloquially as the “Oni-Cutting Sword”. Designed for
Quirk: Kishu only cuts when wielded in the left hand.
a left-handed warrior, the iron of this ancient tachi is
blended with powdered jade. It cuts through oni
armor, no matter how thick. Kishu has been lost in the Sealed Invocation: Once per scene, you may perform
Shadowlands; some believe it still sleeps in fallen Bind the Shadow invocation using Martial Arts
Daylight Castle. [Melee] skill.
Obsidian inksticks, which contain pulverized obsidian If used when you are preparing a ward containing an
in addition to the usual ingredients, are insidiously invocation, you may suffer 3 strife to add that many
visually identical to ordinary inksticks. When mixed kept showing .
with water on an inkstone, the resulting obsidian ink
temporarily bestows the spiritual properties of
You may use this ink mixed with blood to prepare a
obsidian on any scroll, canvas or other surface. But
ward containing a mahō technique as if it were an
when blood is used instead of water, the resulting ink
invocation. If you do, you may suffer 3 strife to add
attracts kansen and imbues mahō rituals with even
that many kept showing .
greater power.
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