Maybe let our poor overlords get some r&r after this marathon and start actually planning things before we pepper them with multiple really specific questions about what will and won't be a viable character concept! :lol: (but can I play a Kitsune though???) (jk jk jk) I know but I WANNA PLAY NOAAA...

We're working on details even now. At present, while it will (obviously) be a Phoenix-heavy game, there is easy space for Crane (there are in-milieu reasons), as well as some Minor Clans (Centipede) and Imperials. Others might also be present, because... It is not every day you have the chance to b...

Odd question would Minor Clans, Ronin, Imperials be open to play in the future game?

They were very similar! Except I think Hikaru has his sensibilities intact more, Honoka needs to have someone to stop her head getting much bigger :lol: I don't think I'd ever bring Honoka back to a game simply because what she's supposed to be isn't actually possible with these rules (being a good...

Hikaru bows in return. "With respect Honoka-san, but that's nonsense. You are an excellent opponent. I simply came out on top today." He eyes a cut and the loose hair and slides his blade against the sleeve of his kimono, cutting a few strands free. He moves to bind the cut on her hand. "I said befo...

Honoka was a lot of fun to bounce HIkaru off of. I have no idea if there is ever a reason or opportunity to reprise, but I do wonder how things will/would play out down the line.

I don't know if you can say, but what was brewing in the Kamoshita / Shimomura feud. I felt like there was something more there, but I couldn't crack how to get into it.

Director's Cut Question: Think back on the game as a whole. If you could go back, and add just one more scene with our characters in it, what would it be? What are they doing/talking about? I'd want to dig in deeper to that duel event. I feel like something was there, but I couldn't feel the hook a...

Would Hikaru have felt differently about Keihime if she hadn't done her flex then? Hikaru seemed very different from characters I've seen you play before. Would you say he was a challenge because of that or a welcome change of pace? I think he would have disliked her for mostly being in opposition,...

Fukurokujin wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:06 pm

First, and most importantly, thank you for playing!

Second, what turn that Hikaru took was your favorite, and why?

For me, the turn was the Keihime's flex. That won him a lot of loyalty to Noriko and enmity to Keihime and a big chunk became about that.

Please Fill Out Form Questions A through 13, and submit them in triplicate... 1. Did Hikaru change much from concept to execution? 2. Biggest curveball the game threw you? 3. Biggest curveball Hikaru threw you? 4. PC you missed interacting with that you wish Hikaru had logged some time with? As a c...

There is that moment of faltering and Hikaru strikes, taking advantage of that uncharacteristic lapse to clear his blade first. For a moment, a brief moment, he considers resolving it as a Kharmic Strike...but Honoka would not forgive him for such a thing. Hikaru's blade shallowly scratches Hokona's...

I am sorry that I faded down the stretch but I had a lot of fun

HIkaru wound up interesting and took a few turns but I like them

Ask away!

"You did something for me that I shall never forget Ikoma Honoka: I was satisfied, and then you showed me a gulf that I did not expect to exist. And our time together helped me see gaps. You helped me with a new chapter. Now, let us write fresh ones" Hikaru settles in. No matter what, he is satisfie...

"I" Hikaru pauses, thinking of the words "Don't want this to end. No matter the outsome, I wish for this to be one of many clashes going forward Ikoma-san." Hikaru settles into his stance. It is a bit cleaner than the last time that they had faced ___________________________ D15 Friendly Duel - Asse...

"It seemed a suitable location Ikoma-san. After all, it is where the will of the Heavens was once before." Hikaru rests his palm on the butt of his hilt. "There is a part of what we are that cannot be communicated with words. I would wish to have a true exchange before we depart for now."

Hikaru is in his best outfit, prepared with sword at his side. He waits patiently, but he can't resist the smile creeping to his face as the appointed hour draws closer.

"All assembled, is it not obvious?" Hikaru presents. "Doji Noriko is not the Crane candidate. She is the logical candidate. She is established by closest by legitimate bloodline and has shown herself the most capable of rule. It speaks for itself. All else is noise" Hikaru decides to leave it at tha...

Hikaru goes up for an offering. He has the poem from the presentation from the Garden of Earthly delights only this time carefully written out in the finest fashion he can manage, eloquent script with a satisfactory reading. On the days tea spills Meet the odds with head held high Truth will show vi...

They wanted him...on a horse? Like a Ki-Rin? Of course they had to include something he had zero practice with. The Crane didn't use horse archers, why would they in a territory along the water? It is, to put it midly, a disaster ____ Bowman's Wager P3 - Horsemanship/Agility TN 15 - VP spent | 3k2 ⇒...