Questions for the GMs

[Asahina Hoshiko]

1. A good night's sleep restores Void, yes. Meditation and Tea Ceremony are "extra" Void recovery options.

2. Trade deals are more or less public record (depends on the quality of the scribes) and reasonably common knowledge to returning delegates. Details are accessible through Lore: Law, Lore: History, or Commerce / Intelligence rolls (so, yes, Sage would apply), or by conferring with willing returning court-participants. TNs will vary.

Follow ups

1. The good night's sleep timeslots (2-4 depending on one's Adv/Disadv/lack thereof) need to be in a clump, correct? Not like an afternoon nap and a few night slots. This has always been my assumption, but there are new folks around, and it's never a bad idea to check my assumptions.

2. Obviously the Crane have been a bit down through this period, but I assume some trade still happened. Was that mostly just without the traditional marriage bow on top? Or lower level marriages did happen without being showy enough for Imperials to use them as an example? Or was some other thing substituted to make those agreements complete?

[Cearnach]

1) It would need to be a clump. It takes a while for folks to hit REM.

2) Yep, trade still occurred, but without marriages. Nothing necessarily took their place. People still wanted Crane commodities, but without any deeper connections.

[Doji Shinnosuke]

Day change question: if our Glory or our House Influence crossed a threshold to the next rank (because of events and whatnot), should we go ahead and update our signatures/event mechanics accordingly on the next IC day?

Or should we insteadwait for a GM stamp, or the session change-over, or etc.?

[Cearnach]

Yes, you can change these things over in the next character day. We'll be updating character sheets in the next few hours.

[Asako Kenichi]

In court actions,for introduce/advsnce position, do need to have an actual proposal, or can we just kind of gloryhound it for Court points? Sorry, a bit unclear for me if we can "just" roll with no specific topic.

[Fukurokujin]

In court actions,for introduce/advsnce position, do need to have an actual proposal, or can we just kind of gloryhound it for Court points? Sorry, a bit unclear for me if we can "just" roll with no specific topic.

You *can* do something like "Look at how awesome I am," yes, although people will react to that as people will react to that. Better to have some more firmly defined position to advocate for, even if it is along the lines of "If it please the court, I should be given Æ," with Æ being something you want.

[Cearnach]

There are powerful people who recognize BS when they see it, so be careful!

[Soshi Eiji]

Looking for Akodo-ke no kashin Shimomura Shigehiko here.

[Doji Hikaru]

Are we able to make trade deals with minor families?

[Fukurokujin]

Are we able to make trade deals with minor families?

The short answer is "yes."

The longer answer is "deals between Houses within Families require no approval outside the Family; deals between Families within Clans require no approval outside the Clan; deals between Great and Minor Clans, or components thereof that cross Clan lines, do still require Imperial approval, but the thresholds for approval are generally lower, because the Minor Clans are...less. Officially."

[Mirumoto Jinkan]

For the review of Togashi-ue.

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To be sent to Kasuga Izumi.

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[Hiruma Daichi]

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This has brought up a few questions. One refuting targets the PC who started the advance own position. Shouldn't this be lowering the points of shinnosuke?

Two the TN is equal to that of his own last advance own position. So shouldn't it be 24 if calculated before raises or 29 if calculated after?

[Ikoma Honoka]

Looking at the court actions, the only options seem to be agree disagree or end discussion. Taking the current court action, if someone was to agree with the concept (a performance) but not the medium (so suggest something different than acting) would this be using the concur with position or refute?

[Fukurokujin]

Looking at the court actions, the only options seem to be agree disagree or end discussion. Taking the current court action, if someone was to agree with the concept (a performance) but not the medium (so suggest something different than acting) would this be using the concur with position or refute?

Concur.

[Fukurokujin]

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This has brought up a few questions. One refuting targets the PC who started the advance own position. Shouldn't this be lowering the points of shinnosuke?

Two the TN is equal to that of his own last advance own position. So shouldn't it be 24 if calculated before raises or 29 if calculated after?

Good questions. We'll confer.

[Cearnach]

Yep, that was me making an oopsie. I've emended Tooru's post to reflect the fact that I forced him to try to beat an awesome roll. We're all learning on that one.

[Asako Kenichi]

Regarding court, since we can end uonwith negative court points, are those translated to influence loss at end if court session?

[Fukurokujin]

Regarding court, since we can end uonwith negative court points, are those translated to influence loss at end if court session?

We'll call that an end-of-game adjustment to make everybody's lives easier.

[Ikoma Tanji]

Mechanics
If you are a monk, Lion clan samurai, or have written permission from Ikoma Ryota, Akodo Sanae, or Matsu Tsuruyo, you can consult the records of the Ikoma Libraries. Make a Lore: X/Intelligence check against a TN of 20 to pose a question. Each Raise allows you to pose an additional question, effectively extending your research. If you succeed at an Etiquette (Bureaucracy)/Awareness check at TN 25 to use the Libraries well, they grant the temporary use of the Sage advantage. You may only make one such check per visit to the Ikoma Libraries.

The Libraries contain only information that would be written down and kept in a library. Obscure rumors and deep secrets are not their stock in trade. Choose your questions carefully.

If we already have the sage advantage, is there any benefit to making the etiquette roll to use the libraries well?

[Fukurokujin]

Mechanics
If you are a monk, Lion clan samurai, or have written permission from Ikoma Ryota, Akodo Sanae, or Matsu Tsuruyo, you can consult the records of the Ikoma Libraries. Make a Lore: X/Intelligence check against a TN of 20 to pose a question. Each Raise allows you to pose an additional question, effectively extending your research. If you succeed at an Etiquette (Bureaucracy)/Awareness check at TN 25 to use the Libraries well, they grant the temporary use of the Sage advantage. You may only make one such check per visit to the Ikoma Libraries.

The Libraries contain only information that would be written down and kept in a library. Obscure rumors and deep secrets are not their stock in trade. Choose your questions carefully.

If we already have the sage advantage, is there any benefit to making the etiquette roll to use the libraries well?

Mechanically, no.

Socially, possibly.