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Too busy canoodling with Yuna... We pulled through even when we thought there was no way we could get what we needed!I think you and Sayomi deserve the most praise, but I'm really happy we made it in the end! Team Lion best teamAkodo Kenji wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:40 pmTeam Lion
Thanks for being a good team player, I'm still amazed we got all the trading all done in the end.
Closest we came to interacting would have been if you'd jumped in to defend Yuna in a duel instead of the literal champion of hte DragonShiba Ryusei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:52 pmA character I don't think Ryusei ever spoke a single word to
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also reeee questions!Nope, she actually is the first pc of mine I can think of that was exactly how I imagined her from start to finish. A young overconfident kid that is good at what she does
The Dragon situation and duelling a clan champion easily. Honoka had goals but that was far beyond anything she'd expect
Nothing really, I don't think I was active or involved in enough things really
More than half the playersShiba Ryusei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:52 pm4. PC you missed interacting with that you wish Honoka had logged some time with?
but most of the Crane mainly. She'd fit in well thereI made a joke on discord that if Honoka had won that I'd take a second overconfidence disadvantageShiba Ryusei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:52 pm5. Honoka dueled a Clan Champ! What did that do for her head space?
but more seriously it did two things for herNoriko by a long way. She respects the woman quite a lot
Togashi Mizohachi. He's going to be the reason Honoka likely ends up with HoV: Dragon
Eiji was already one of the people Honoka most interacted with, I'm not sure there was anything else short of playing a game like Go or somethingSoshi Eiji wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:55 pmDirector'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?
Team Lion let's goooKitsu Sayomi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:50 amThanks for being Team Lion.
What's in Honoka's future after winter court is over?
I'm so proud of the team, we pulled off the impossible and it only cost us 3 peace pacts and seven places in Lion schools They were very similar! Except I think Hikaru has his sensibilities intact more, Honoka needs to have someone to stop her head getting much biggerDoji Hikaru wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:57 pmHonoka 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.
Woulda been a fairer fight, and Honoka *probably* would have won (Ryusei was decent with a sword and had Shiba void trickery, but wasn't built to duel), which I guess is reason enough for Togashi to step in and award her a kharmic strike in the most "this duel could have gone literally any way I wanted" way possible.Ikoma Honoka wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:35 pmClosest we came to interacting would have been if you'd jumped in to defend Yuna in a duel instead of the literal champion of the Dragon
Dragon can also sorta hang with the Mirumoto static bonus at IR 2, but yes. In 4E, the tier list is: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 duelist) without being Crane or Phoenix, but I'd love to see what she's like in a year or twos time at another winter court. Hopefully with me as a player being slightly more active
There was a (relatively small) chance of Honoka winning on the assessment step if dice were nicer (as it was just one kept dice difference at that point), which would have meant instead of Togashi starting +20 and 2 more kept dice ahead the gap would have been a lot smaller. Then it's in the lap of Sakkaku. Togashi winning assessment made it absolutely impossibleShiba Ryusei wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:47 pmWoulda been a fairer fight, and Honoka *probably* would have won (Ryusei was decent with a sword and had Shiba void trickery, but wasn't built to duel), which I guess is reason enough for Togashi to step in and award her a kharmic strike in the most "this duel could have gone literally any way I wanted" way possible.
Gonna be a little controversial with this take, but the change to iai rolling it into kenjutsu actually made the gap between Kakita, Shiba and the rest even wider. Before now only a pure glass cannon Kakita duelist was gonna blast everyone away, and a normal Kakita likely is gonna win but not a huge gap. Now, with Kenjutsu and Iai combined, I don't think anyone can ever beat a Kakita or a Shiba in a duel except each other, because now neither one has to sacrifice anything and they'll always be at minimum +1k1 ahead of any other bushi - void 4 isn't exactly a *bad* thing either, so more than likely if they're gonna duel they'll just have awareness 4 void 4 kenjutsu 5 (with focus emphasis as they get it as standard) all the time. They're no longer punished to spec as a duelist.Shiba Ryusei wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:47 pmDragon can also sorta hang with the Mirumoto static bonus at IR 2, but yes. In 4E, the tier list is:
Kakita
Miles and miles of open space.
Shiba
Mirumoto
Miles and miles of open space.
Literally anyone else who didn't find some Path to dip into that impacts a duel
And THIS game was nice, and didn't make Iai its own stupid XP tax on bushi.
My own take is that you were never going to catch the frontrunners- not without completely retooling the Kakita school AND basically eliminating the flowchartt and turning duels into 1v1 skirmishes with some ground rules*. But at least now, if you aren't running into a dedicated duelist, you have a shot- which brings duels closer to how they're presented in the setting material, as a not-at-all uncommon means of conflict resolution.Ikoma Honoka wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:55 pmGonna be a little controversial with this take, but the change to iai rolling it into kenjutsu actually made the gap between Kakita, Shiba and the rest even wider. Before now only a pure glass cannon Kakita duelist was gonna blast everyone away, and a normal Kakita likely is gonna win but not a huge gap. Now, with Kenjutsu and Iai combined, I don't think anyone can ever beat a Kakita or a Shiba in a duel except each other, because now neither one has to sacrifice anything and they'll always be at minimum +1k1 ahead of any other bushi - void 4 isn't exactly a *bad* thing either, so more than likely if they're gonna duel they'll just have awareness 4 void 4 kenjutsu 5 (with focus emphasis as they get it as standard) all the time. They're no longer punished to spec as a duelist.
I guess for me it just felt more like a benefit to those in front because they no longer are glass cannon one trick ponies they're strong bushi that also can't ever lose a duel. I doubt anyone other than a Kakita or a Shiba (or a clan champion with void 8 apparentlyShiba Ryusei wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:20 pmMy own take is that you were never going to catch the frontrunners- not without completely retooling the Kakita school AND basically eliminating the flowchartt and turning duels into 1v1 skirmishes with some ground rules*. But at least now, if you aren't running into a dedicated duelist, you have a shot- which brings duels closer to how they're presented in the setting material, as a not-at-all uncommon means of conflict resolution.
Shiba Void shenanigans are great for just about anything (Ryusei whipped that tech like a rented mule nearly every court session), and kinda form their own subheading
*Which I'd totally endorse, by the by, because as it is, duels in L5R are one of those, "you either spec for it out of the right school or just auto-lose" things anyway
) could easily face Honoka in a duel and she'd also be a really good combat bushi on top of it because reflexes 4 good void 4 good and Kenjutsu 6 good. She may have earth 2 but Lions Shadow 3 would likely ensure she is dealing way more than she's taking anyway.I think the differences were why they had chemistry. Both went at things similarly but a few differences in attitude and methodIkoma Honoka wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:35 pm
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
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 duelist) without being Crane or Phoenix, but I'd love to see what she's like in a year or twos time at another winter court. Hopefully with me as a player being slightly more active