Questions for the GMs

[Shiba Ryusei]

One last time of scenes question!

There is the EN option 1 and option 2. Clearly you pick one.

There is also an EN open RP that appears (as I read it) to be the same event ... just have some free RP at the same party. "The Right Hand's Reception"

But I don't want to break the rules and be 2 places at once.

Is EN open RP scene something you can do in addition to option 1 or option 2?

(No rush to answer - I am away from keyboard most of day - but I thought I'd ask while I had a window so I'd know when I got back.)

I'm not a GM, but based on prior experience, I can answer this-

The Open RP is an exception. It's to let characters mingle at the party, while not cluttering the threads where GMs have rolls to keep track of.

[Ikoma Tanji]

Just want to confirm since I have Imperial Scribe, if the artisan tag is not explicitly listed, the Imperial Scribe bonus would not apply unless they were a shugenja.

[Yasuki Masaki]

No, it reads as its original TN for the purposes of the results. The action is the same, though the TN is not.

In the same note, and just to confirm - if you call Raises to a TN 25 roll, I assume it still counts as a TN 25 roll? So that the only way to get 2 TN 30 rolls is to choose 2 of the rolls originally labelled as TN 30?

(For reference: Perform: Dance/Agi in step 1, Sleight of Hand/Agi or Courtier/Awa in step 2, Meditation/Awa in step 3).

Is that correct?

[Ikoma Tanji]

For the Meet the Daimyo events, do raises matter?

[Ikoma Honoka]

Just want to check as it didn't click before now, do any of the rolls count as contested in the Lion event? I don't think the first question would, but the second/third and the call to attention (Four Feudatories) feel more contested

[Fukurokujin]

One last time of scenes question!

There is the EN option 1 and option 2. Clearly you pick one.

There is also an EN open RP that appears (as I read it) to be the same event ... just have some free RP at the same party. "The Right Hand's Reception"

But I don't want to break the rules and be 2 places at once.

Is EN open RP scene something you can do in addition to option 1 or option 2?

(No rush to answer - I am away from keyboard most of day - but I thought I'd ask while I had a window so I'd know when I got back.)

I'm not a GM, but based on prior experience, I can answer this-

The Open RP is an exception. It's to let characters mingle at the party, while not cluttering the threads where GMs have rolls to keep track of.

Shiba-san is correct.

As a rule, if there's a "roleplay" thread, it's as an administrative convenience so that the GMs can view rolls more easily.

[Fukurokujin]

Now that I've got some coffee in me...

Just want to confirm since I have Imperial Scribe, if the artisan tag is not explicitly listed, the Imperial Scribe bonus would not apply unless they were a shugenja.

Confirmed.

No, it reads as its original TN for the purposes of the results. The action is the same, though the TN is not.

In the same note, and just to confirm - if you call Raises to a TN 25 roll, I assume it still counts as a TN 25 roll? So that the only way to get 2 TN 30 rolls is to choose 2 of the rolls originally labelled as TN 30?

(For reference: Perform: Dance/Agi in step 1, Sleight of Hand/Agi or Courtier/Awa in step 2, Meditation/Awa in step 3).

Is that correct?

Also confirmed.

For the Meet the Daimyo events, do raises matter?

For the Lion part 1, no.

Just want to check as it didn't click before now, do any of the rolls count as contested in the Lion event? I don't think the first question would, but the second/third and the call to attention (Four Feudatories) feel more contested

Were it not Lion (or maybe Crab), yes, but since it is Lion...this is just business as usual. Not contested.

[Yasuki Ryoichi]

A TN 20 Sleight-of-Hand/Agility check to safely manipulate the parts of the machine, which are sharp and devilishly intricate.

Is there an honor loss as for "Using a Low Skill" for attempting this?

[Fukurokujin]

A TN 20 Sleight-of-Hand/Agility check to safely manipulate the parts of the machine, which are sharp and devilishly intricate.

Is there an honor loss as for "Using a Low Skill" for attempting this?

Given the circumstances, no.

[Ikoma Tanji]

Is there a way to pay for a tea ceremony with some of the local business?

[Cearnach]

You can certainly buy tea from the teahouse, and it's a great place to get PCs to perform the tea ceremony for you, but the proprieters don't perform ceremonies for customers anymore. Not since the war.

[Doji Hikaru]

Can we assume that writeups are available information for characters?

[Fukurokujin]

Can we assume that writeups are available information for characters?

Which write-ups do you mean?

I ask not to be glib, but to get clarity so as to give you a good answer.

[Doji Hikaru]

Can we assume that writeups are available information for characters?

Which write-ups do you mean?

I ask not to be glib, but to get clarity so as to give you a good answer.

The descriptions of rough Clan overviews and the personnel files of esteemed members of the delegation

[Fukurokujin]

The descriptions of rough Clan overviews and the personnel files of esteemed members of the delegation

Yeah, anything in the setting almanac is pretty common knowledge, unless its indicated not to be so.

[Yasuki Masaki]

Just properly setting up a schedule and looking at things now, and searching the board I couldn't find an easy answer (please forgive me if I've overlooked it somewhere!)

With 12 time slots, I'm assuming we're supposed to sleep for 4 of them (barring Touch of/ Cursed by Yume-do)? So with the party at the EN, most people won't be up until the Late morning on Day 2?

Trying to get a sleep schedule planned

Thanks!

[Fukurokujin]

Just properly setting up a schedule and looking at things now, and searching the board I couldn't find an easy answer (please forgive me if I've overlooked it somewhere!)

With 12 time slots, I'm assuming we're supposed to sleep for 4 of them (barring Touch of/ Cursed by Yume-do)? So with the party at the EN, most people won't be up until the Late morning on Day 2?

Trying to get a sleep schedule planned

Thanks!

Sleep for three, unless you've got something affecting that.

But some will doubtlessly sleep in, yes.

[Yasuki Masaki]

Sleep for three, unless you've got something affecting that.

But some will doubtlessly sleep in, yes.

Oh, that's good! More realistic too, who gets 8 hours of sleep in this economy? XD

Just to make sure then: 3 slots for the normies like Masaki, and I suppose 4 with Cursed by Yume-do and 2 with Touched by Yume-do?

Not even sure that matters to anyone, but.... idk, call me a completionist XD

Thanks again!

[Doji Shinnosuke]

Residence question--is there enough space/screen dividers in the delegation houses to assume each of the delegates has a space functioning as their own 'room,' or is it more dormitory-like? Or does that depend on the clan?

[Cearnach]

They're all the same. The Lion are scrupulously fair.

The number of dividers I think is listed in each description. On the other hand, I didn't actually plan out a delegation house myself, if you get me, and I'm not going to slap you on the wrist for setting things up the way you like. Just remember things are spartan except what you and your daimyo (mostly the Crane and Phoenix) brought with them.