The Four Winds

Legend of the Five Rings RPG 3rd Edition

by Rich Wulf, Shawn Carman, Seth Mason

"The Splendid Emperor, Toturi I, is dead. Though his reign was not always peaceful, he is remembered as one of the Empire's most courageous rulers. He as a man of honor and principles, willing and able to hold together the divisive Great Clan or Rokugan, sometimes through sheer force of will.

With Toturi's death, his reign passes to the Empress, the Oracle of the Void, But she vanished without naming a successor, and Toturi's four children begin to vie with one another over their father's Empire. THe conflict of the Four Winds will shape the future of the Empire.

And when one of Toturi's heris takes the throne, he will find his trials are only beginning."

This book contains:

- Complete timelines, describing the story arcs of Gold and Diamond from the L5R CCG
- Rules for Advanced Schools and paths.
- Story ideas revolving around this tumult time

Genres: Role Playing Games

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 2005

About the author

"I'm a writer, kind of impulsive but shy. Loyal to my friends, tend to take things personally more than I should. Very stubborn, but will listen to reason when I give it a chance. Don't talk much but difficult to shut up when I start. Easily distracted by shiny objects and bright colors. There isn't really much of a point to this page. Not the biggest fan of Myspace in general, except when I want to see hideously ugly websites for the unintended comedy value - it's got a lot of those. At this point it'd just be more effort to take it down than to leave it out there. It's not doing any harm, and sometimes a friend says hi. That can be a good thing. I do check my messages and whatnot but don't expect a lot of updates. You have permission to be heartbroken" - Rich Wulf

Reviews

[Annchan Maulana · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Legend of the Five Rings is originally written by John Wick and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, under license from Five Rings Publishing Group, in 1997. The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, and primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.

An aspect that sets Legend of the Five Rings apart from other (games) is the inclusion of courtiers and other non-combatant character types as valid (player) character types.

In 1998, Legend of the Five Rings won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game of 1997.

This review information i take from Amazon.com