Questions for the GMs

[Cearnach]

Please do post your questions about rules and setting here. Very possibly you might be doing someone a solid by asking your question.

Please refrain from commenting on other peoples' questions. The thread is much cleaner and easier to use without extraneous posting, however helpful it may seem in the meantime. If you want to voice your support for someone's question, you can pm them or quote the question in ooc chat.

Thank you!

[Cearnach]

Q: Doji Minori writes, "Another question regarding house creation. Do stats get below zero during the event rolling and in the end?

A: 0 is the minimum in all cases. We don't want you to have to fight your way back up from the bottomless depths.

[Yasuki Ryoichi]

Do you want us to submit an equipment list with the character sheet, or should we not worry about that? (I ask because no gear is listed on the official template, nor in Asako Emiko's example character sheet.)

[Cearnach]

Knowing what you've brought with you is probably a good idea. It doesn't need to be part of the official character submission (I know it can be bear for some folks), but we will expect you to present a list (especially of your weaponry and high-value items) in your personal forum.

[Yasuki Masaki]

Knowing what you've brought with you is probably a good idea. It doesn't need to be part of the official character submission (I know it can be bear for some folks), but we will expect you to present a list (especially of your weaponry and high-value items) in your personal forum.

To add to this - as we're not quite starting characters, do we get any extra money to buy equip with, or extra equipment, or just the starting koku + equip from our school (and whatever our advantages grant us)?

Oh, also a different question! - it's mentioned that Kaiu and Hida schools start with higher honour due to being more insulated from Shadowlands horrors, while Kuni and Hiruma are not. The Yasuki aren't mentioned.

Can we assume the Yasuki keep their low starting honour despite the split from the Crane being relatively recent?

Thanks!

[Cearnach]

To add to this - as we're not quite starting characters, do we get any extra money to buy equip with, or extra equipment, or just the starting koku + equip from our school (and whatever our advantages grant us)?

I'm afraid not. We're not going to count your every sheet of paper, of course, but we do wish to keep things in the realm of sanity (nobody with a tetsubo for every day of the week, for instance), and the base, standard offerings do that.

Oh, also a different question! - it's mentioned that Kaiu and Hida schools start with higher honour due to being more insulated from Shadowlands horrors, while Kuni and Hiruma are not. The Yasuki aren't mentioned.

Can we assume the Yasuki keep their low starting honour despite the split from the Crane being relatively recent?

I'm afraid that was an oversight on my part. Yasuki should be 1 rank lower than the new Hida and Kaiu levels. That is, 3.5. The Yasuki have not entirely succumbed to the lure of koku yet, having purged the Kolat, so they've still got a little bit of honor to them, but not much.

[Yasuki Ryoichi]

Is there a map hex assigned for pregenerated houses like the Shiozaki? Or do you want us to pick one?

[Cearnach]

We did not assign one, so you may pick if you wish. If you do not wish to do so, let us know in your PF and we'll pick for you by game start.

[Kitsu Sayomi]

Is it alright if the "character sheet" for our House is linked in a Googledoc when we submit our characters? There's a lot of rolls and details in there!

[Fukurokujin]

Is it alright if the "character sheet" for our House is linked in a Googledoc when we submit our characters? There's a lot of rolls and details in there!

Temporarily, yes, although we would still like the formatting for ease of reading / transposition to the forums.

[Yogo Kiuchi]

Two questions:

Would it be acceptable to bring pets? Obviously, not the Court itself, but just with us in general?

Could we use siblings (not relevant for me) and/or cousins as marriage bait for agreements/alliances?

Third question here

[Cearnach]

Two questions:

Would it be acceptable to bring pets? Obviously, not the Court itself, but just with us in general?

Could we use siblings (not relevant for me) and/or cousins as marriage bait for agreements/alliances?

Third question here

Yes to both questions

[Fukurokujin]

Asked on Discord: Is Lore: Minor Clans a thing or do you need to specialize?

Answered: It's a thing; there're few enough, and they're small enough, to take an umbrella Skill. Emphases will cover individual MCs.

[Yogo Kiuchi]

Another question here.