Sample Characters

• Crab: Hida Isamu, Sone of the Stone Crab
• Crab: Kuni Yarkuo, Jade Magistrate
• Crane: Doji Nagori, Reformed Playboy
• Crane: Doji Saori, Blade of the Courts
• Dragon: Hitomi Suguhara, Commander of the 10th Legion
• Dragon: Mirumoto Ryosaki, Daughter of the Hero
• Lion: Akodo Shigetoshi, Daimyo of the Akodo Family
• Mantis: Yoritomo Katao, Displaced Opportunist
• Phoenix: Isawa Ochiai, Master of Fire
• Scorpion: Bayushi Muhito, Champion of Rei
• Shadowlands: Shokansuru, Master of Demons
• Unicorn: Utaku Taruko, Khol Ambusher
• Nezumi: Zamalash, Ally of the Tattered Ear
• Imperial: Otomo Taneji, Imperial Court Representative
• Minor Clan: Kitsune Ryukan, Fox Clan Champion

Sample 3rd Edition Character
Hida Isamu, Crab Clan Samurai

L5R LARP Character Sheet
This sample character sheet (133KB PDF) was accidentally omitted from the L5R LARP Book. Please feel free to print out and photocopy this sheet for use in your L5R LARP Games.

The Four Winds
Recently, Rokugan, the d20 Companion for Legend of the Five Rings, was released containing background for each of the Four Winds and statistics in the d20 system. This article presents more information on each of the Winds, as well as statistical blocks for them in the traditional Alderac d10 system.
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Rokugan 2nd Printing Changes
The changes in the 2nd printing of Rokugan are now available online.  Appendix 1 has changed a lot, so here is a PDF of the two changed pages.

A Hero's Death L5R RPG and Rokugan d20 Information
Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman, present an article containing short character bios and statistics for the seven main heroes of “A Hero’s Death” the eight part fiction that has been appearing on this site for the last few weeks. Statistics are given in both the d20 system and the traditional Legend of the Five Rings Second Edition system so that you can easily use any of the characters as NPC’s, either as useful allies, rivals, or even enemies for a player character party.

Read it here!

Masters of Shadow -- Way of the Ninja Web Extras
With the advent of the new dual system books, we often have to make a number of difficult choices. Sometimes a new character option simply seems to work more smoothly in one system than the other, so that character option appears only for that system. Two examples of this are the Shadow Hunters and the Ikoma Spymasters who appeared in the recent Way of the Ninja Sourcebook. In that book, the Shadow Hunters were presented as a d20 prestige class and the Ikoma Spymasters were presented as a L5R 2nd Edition Advanced School, but the other versions of these character options were not included.

This was a difficult choice, but then Way of the Ninja was a book full of so much cool stuff that some things had to go. For the sake of completeness we now present the L5R 2nd Edition Shadow Hunters and the d20 Ikoma Spymasters, available only on the official L5R Website.

Imperial Histories
A timeline of the Empire of Rokugan  Read it here.
Part Two is now available.

Magic of the Kuni
In the last several decades, the power of the Kuni family has increased dramatically due to their association with the Jade Champion and Jade Magistrates. With their increased resources, the Kuni family has devised a number of new spells and kiho bent on defeating the minions of the Shadowlands. Several examples of these new forms of magic follow.  Read it here

Rebirth
The origins of the Order of Rebirth, followers of the Fortune Tsukune. Includes new kiho for use with monk characters.  Read it all here.

Character Sheets
Download the Rokugan d20 Character Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)

L5R 2nd Edition Character Sheets:  Front and Back

Samples from the Rokugan d20 book
(In Adobe Acrobat format)
The Rokugan Table of Contents and Intro
Rokugan L5RRPG to d20 Conversion Rules
Rokugan History
The Ninja Character Class

Whither the L5R RPG?
A look at the future of Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying, as well as a glimpse of the past.

Book Excerpts
Creatures of Rokugan Sneak Peek
Read an excerpt from Creatures of Rokugan

Way of the Shadowlands
Read an excerpt from Way of the Shadowlands.

Way of the Wolf
Read an excerpt from Way of the Wolf.