[D10, LE, EVENT] The Winding Water Banquet
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 2:08 pm
An ancient tradition, the Winding Water Banquet represents one of the more refined undertakings of the court. The discourse around this event concerns its rarified atmosphere, the cultivation of its attendees, and the way it manifests the dedication the samurai caste has to the arts. Needless to say, attendance is mandatory. No delegation can afford to create the impression that one of its members is less than a perfect exemplar of the samurai tradition, whatever the reality of his skills or the samurai tradition might actually be.
Even if you choose not to post in the event, your character is considered to be in attendance. If you appear in a different thread during this timeslot, your character is considered to have performed a Blasphemous Breach of Etiquette, suffering the corresponding honor loss, and they will appear in the rumors the next day, with all that may eventually entail.
The Banquet itself is a substantial meal followed by drink and art. PCs who wish to participate actively will need to make a series of paired rolls, earning Banquet Points for each success. The first will be a raw Earth roll to maintain composure with each drink taken.
Characters with the Advantages Balance, Clear Thinker, Crafty, Enlightened, Large, and Strength of the Earth add 1 to each such roll for each listed Advantage they have.
Characters with the Disadvantages Bad Health and/or Frail Mind subtract 1 from each such roll for each listed Disadvantage they have.
Note that Seven Fortunes’ Blessings: Jurojin applies to each such roll, since alcohol is a poison.
Note that characters with Compulsion: Sake must roll against their Compulsion to refuse to participate further.
Note that Seven Fortunes’ Curses: Jurojin applies to each such roll, since alcohol is a poison.
The second will be an Awareness or Intelligence / Artisan: Poetry (Haiku) to recall or compose a poem. Raises may be made on this roll to increase the number of Banquet Points earned in each round.
Note that Voice applies to the Awareness roll, while Precise Memory applies to the Intelligence roll.
The TN for each roll begins at 5 and increases by 2 for each successive round (i.e., the second round is TN 7, the third TN 9, etc.). Each passed roll, either Earth or Artisan: Poetry, yields 1 Banquet Point, plus 1 Banquet Point per Raise on the Poetry roll. At the end of the event, players may apply earned Banquet Points to their Winds’ Influence scores (if they declare or have declared for a Wind), or apply them to the Influence score of their House at a rate of 2:1 at their discretion (please note this in personal forums; players not noting will be assumed to apply their points to their Clans). Additionally, the character earning the most Banquet Points will be acknowledged by Shiba Rumiko, with the appropriate Glory gain (Core, pg. 93).
Characters may voluntarily stop competing at any time without penalty. Characters who fail an Earth roll involuntarily stop competing and lose Honor equivalent to a minor breach of etiquette (Core, pg. 91). Characters who fail an Artisan: Poetry roll without Raises involuntarily stop competing but suffer no additional penalties. Characters who fail an Artisan: Poetry roll with Called Raises involuntarily stop competing and forfeit all Banquet Points gained, as well as losing Honor equivalent to a minor breach of etiquette (Core, pg. 91). Characters who fail their Earth Roll are considered intoxicated for the purposes of Here Comes the Night.
If you do choose to participate in the Winding Water Banquet, please do so promptly. With the results of the banquet potentially affecting the events of Here Comes the Night, we would like to establish everyone's sobriety (or otherwise) quickly.
Even if you choose not to post in the event, your character is considered to be in attendance. If you appear in a different thread during this timeslot, your character is considered to have performed a Blasphemous Breach of Etiquette, suffering the corresponding honor loss, and they will appear in the rumors the next day, with all that may eventually entail.
The Banquet itself is a substantial meal followed by drink and art. PCs who wish to participate actively will need to make a series of paired rolls, earning Banquet Points for each success. The first will be a raw Earth roll to maintain composure with each drink taken.
Characters with the Advantages Balance, Clear Thinker, Crafty, Enlightened, Large, and Strength of the Earth add 1 to each such roll for each listed Advantage they have.
Characters with the Disadvantages Bad Health and/or Frail Mind subtract 1 from each such roll for each listed Disadvantage they have.
Note that Seven Fortunes’ Blessings: Jurojin applies to each such roll, since alcohol is a poison.
Note that characters with Compulsion: Sake must roll against their Compulsion to refuse to participate further.
Note that Seven Fortunes’ Curses: Jurojin applies to each such roll, since alcohol is a poison.
The second will be an Awareness or Intelligence / Artisan: Poetry (Haiku) to recall or compose a poem. Raises may be made on this roll to increase the number of Banquet Points earned in each round.
Note that Voice applies to the Awareness roll, while Precise Memory applies to the Intelligence roll.
The TN for each roll begins at 5 and increases by 2 for each successive round (i.e., the second round is TN 7, the third TN 9, etc.). Each passed roll, either Earth or Artisan: Poetry, yields 1 Banquet Point, plus 1 Banquet Point per Raise on the Poetry roll. At the end of the event, players may apply earned Banquet Points to their Winds’ Influence scores (if they declare or have declared for a Wind), or apply them to the Influence score of their House at a rate of 2:1 at their discretion (please note this in personal forums; players not noting will be assumed to apply their points to their Clans). Additionally, the character earning the most Banquet Points will be acknowledged by Shiba Rumiko, with the appropriate Glory gain (Core, pg. 93).
Characters may voluntarily stop competing at any time without penalty. Characters who fail an Earth roll involuntarily stop competing and lose Honor equivalent to a minor breach of etiquette (Core, pg. 91). Characters who fail an Artisan: Poetry roll without Raises involuntarily stop competing but suffer no additional penalties. Characters who fail an Artisan: Poetry roll with Called Raises involuntarily stop competing and forfeit all Banquet Points gained, as well as losing Honor equivalent to a minor breach of etiquette (Core, pg. 91). Characters who fail their Earth Roll are considered intoxicated for the purposes of Here Comes the Night.
If you do choose to participate in the Winding Water Banquet, please do so promptly. With the results of the banquet potentially affecting the events of Here Comes the Night, we would like to establish everyone's sobriety (or otherwise) quickly.
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