Questions for the GMs

[Fukurokujin]

Yes.

[Hiruma Daichi]

something here.

viewtopic.php?f=81&t=524&p=18239#p18239

[Agasha Yuna]

Can I ask a setting question pertinent to the magisterial debate?

The setting materials make a point that under Kakita Hajime, the Crane had seen a lot of appointments to the Emerald Office over the course of his tenure. He looked to the Crane first every time there was an opening.

This appears to be common knowledge.

Did that address a previous under-representation of Crane, so it is approaching balance?

Or is the Emerald Office/Imperial Legion now heavily tilted toward Crane? Unbalanced?

Happy to make a related roll if this is a ... maybe you know ... maybe you don't.

[Yasuki Masaki]

Question on the Devil's chase selection:
Would casting Benten's Touch before the selection be allowed at all? Or maybe only possible if hiding it?

Thanks!

Trying to game the system?

Unless you cast with subtlety, per rules, they'll know what you're doing.

Considering what the benefit would be there, I figured that was likely, but worth asking

Thanks!

[Cearnach]

Can I ask a setting question pertinent to the magisterial debate?

The setting materials make a point that under Kakita Hajime, the Crane had seen a lot of appointments to the Emerald Office over the course of his tenure. He looked to the Crane first every time there was an opening.

This appears to be common knowledge.

Did that address a previous under-representation of Crane, so it is approaching balance?

Or is the Emerald Office/Imperial Legion now heavily tilted toward Crane? Unbalanced?

Happy to make a related roll if this is a ... maybe you know ... maybe you don't.

It was to balance out the fact that the Crane were getting 0 appointments elsewhere in the bureaucracy. There are definitely more Crane magistrates now than those from other clans, though there are still quite a few Dragon and Crab magistrates as well. There are only a handful of elderly Cranes elsewhere in the Bureaucracy.

[Agasha Yuna]

Can we provide gift to the court on the 15th? I have one ready but then realized oh there may not be a window and maybe I should just pivot and give it to a favorite NPC, etc, in a private scene.

[Cearnach]

There won't really be a window for that.

[Asahina Hoshiko]

Can I ask a setting question pertinent to the magisterial debate?

The setting materials make a point that under Kakita Hajime, the Crane had seen a lot of appointments to the Emerald Office over the course of his tenure. He looked to the Crane first every time there was an opening.

This appears to be common knowledge.

Did that address a previous under-representation of Crane, so it is approaching balance?

Or is the Emerald Office/Imperial Legion now heavily tilted toward Crane? Unbalanced?

Happy to make a related roll if this is a ... maybe you know ... maybe you don't.

That brings the related question of whether the Commander of the Imperial Legion (since the EC isn't usually that as well) is one of those newer appointees and thus Crane.

[Kitsu Sayomi]

Is Imperial Scribe an Imperial Office for the purposes of the amount of Court Actions one has?

[Fukurokujin]

Is Imperial Scribe an Imperial Office for the purposes of the amount of Court Actions one has?

I'll allow it.

[Cearnach]

That brings the related question of whether the Commander of the Imperial Legion (since the EC isn't usually that as well) is one of those newer appointees and thus Crane.

My understanding is that it is the Emerald Champion. We are still pretty early, so there's no shogunate or anything.

[Asahina Hoshiko]

Been meaning to follow up with Kitsune Aiko about whatever spirit-stuff her brother's bogged down in, if she'd be willing to chat, say LA? Finally have some time and the mental energy freed up for it.

[Agasha Yuna]

Library research

viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1140&p=18501#p18501

[Fukurokujin]

Been meaning to follow up with Kitsune Aiko about whatever spirit-stuff her brother's bogged down in, if she'd be willing to chat, say LA? Finally have some time and the mental energy freed up for it.

Thread me!

[Asahina Hoshiko]

Been meaning to follow up with Kitsune Aiko about whatever spirit-stuff her brother's bogged down in, if she'd be willing to chat, say LA? Finally have some time and the mental energy freed up for it.

Thread me!

Assuming that needs to scoot to 15. viewtopic.php?f=42&t=1157

I think Yuna and Hoshiko may be hoping to corner Sadako before the insanity of court MM or LM.

[Fukurokujin]

I think Yuna and Hoshiko may be hoping to corner Sadako before the insanity of court MM or LM.

Thread me!

[Soshi Eiji]

The last call for Kaguya: Link!

[Doji Shinnosuke]

Apologies, I'm a little unclear on how we're meant to be approaching the last court session. Is it just a normal debate with proposals + support added up for points to the proposer, with the person who raised the proposal deciding whether to keep the points as influence or donate? No special rules we need to know about?

Are we intended to a) voice support for candidates, b) voice support for a "selection method" that unambigously maps to one of five candidates so it's basically the same as option "a," or c) voice support for a selection method to which the NPCs will apply their own interpretation of whom it best fits?

How does the result of this court debate relate to the overall points race? (e.g. if Candidate A's position has the most points in D15 court but Candidate B still has the most points overall across the game, what happens?)

Those are the biggest things I'm unsure about, I think.

[Cearnach]

This is a directed debate in the same sense as Magisterial Discretion, the Regency Debate, or Discourse on the Laws. It uses the same Court Action system as always.

To speak to your other questions:

The Influence MetaGame is intended to last for the entire campaign. It will not be voided by this debate today. The debate is there to put forward your argument about the succession. You may consider to be arguing option B or option C of your list as you choose. I expect there to be some slippage into option A, but I will likely have Rumiko correct that (when I catch it).

The reason option C is permissible is that several players have made it to the end without backing a particular Wind, and others who may be backing a Wind may conceive of options that they think are better for the Empire than their narrow support of an individual. These are allowed, but as the campaign will not resolve here (unless I suddenly get a lot of very different feedback than we have been getting so far), the Influence Metagame will continue.

[Daidoji Ryu]

Just to confirm, is there necessarily a connection between the argument and who gets the influence? Could you argue "I think the oldest and therefore the wisest should become Emperor, and also I hate women", and then give the points (plus those from whoever supported that) to Noriko?