I'll be happy to host your stuff. I'll try to figure out a forum that suits you, or on Courtgamespod.com, you can edit and post your own. Please talk to CBass too to see how to best suit your material.

I understand the loss of motivation though.  We can try to save what we can.

@Magnus Grendel : If you have a Google doc or site of your preference, I'd be glad to host a link to your work at Winter Garden of the Kakita.  You probably don't want to keep it on my site itself because then you couldn't update it.
To anyone else....Any links to RPG materials I'd be happy to host.
I'll talk to CBass about how to ramp up the forums for courtgamespod.com if you'd like general discussion to go there.
 
Kaori

@Magnus Grendel : If you have a Google doc or site of your preference, I'd be glad to host a link to your work at Winter Garden of the Kakita.  You probably don't want to keep it on my site itself because then you couldn't update it.
To anyone else....Any links to RPG materials I'd be happy to host.
I'll talk to CBass about how to ramp up the forums for courtgamespod.com if you'd like general discussion to go there.
 
Kaori

@Magnus Grendel : If you have a Google doc or site of your preference, I'd be glad to host a link to your work at Winter Garden of the Kakita.  You probably don't want to keep it on my site itself because then you couldn't update it.
To anyone else....Any links to RPG materials I'd be happy to host.
I'll talk to CBass about how to ramp up the forums for courtgamespod.com if you'd like general discussion to go there.
 
Kaori

@Magnus Grendel : If you have a Google doc or site of your preference, I'd be glad to host a link to your work at Winter Garden of the Kakita.  You probably don't want to keep it on my site itself because then you couldn't update it.
To anyone else....Any links to RPG materials I'd be happy to host.
I'll talk to CBass about how to ramp up the forums for courtgamespod.com if you'd like general discussion to go there.
 
Kaori

@Magnus Grendel : If you have a Google doc or site of your preference, I'd be glad to host a link to your work at Winter Garden of the Kakita.  You probably don't want to keep it on my site itself because then you couldn't update it.
To anyone else....Any links to RPG materials I'd be happy to host.
I'll talk to CBass about how to ramp up the forums for courtgamespod.com if you'd like general discussion to go there.
 
Kaori

I know. I got the ebook off the play store.
Kasami continues in fine form ("I'm sure the Lion aren't considering killing me just yet"      "Why not? They've met you...")
Really hope this does become a series.

Just started it. I love the bodyguard in the first scene....
"Aren't you going to protect me?"
"No, you started this bar-fight of your own free will - provided they don't try and stab you, I'm happy to watch them kick the snot out of you. If you do get killed, I will of course, avenge you."

A new book, Poison River - A Daidoji Shin Mystery, by Josh Reynolds, is coming out December 1st. We have an interview with the author to talk about the book and his writing, and lots of praise to heap upon the book.
Check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7il6YLH5c7cw7QwzDpHNhi

You can preorder the book here:
https://aconytebooks.com/shop/poison-river-by-josh-reynolds/

(As a note: I read the book, and it's wonderful.)

I have all of the vassal families stored in a document at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SLwtNQzxfT-2Dqbz9NQS0UHqOfQEn29c/view?usp=sharing
In addition, I put all the Minor Clans at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kFgxSqMN0VScY281KKYt3mbb-sZKHRYu/view?usp=sharing
I intend to do the Spider Clan next to create villains for campaigns, but I am afraid I got a bit sidetracked.

I feel that L5R 5th lacks a Monster Manual. Sure, the play-style isn't dungeon-crawling like in other systems, but I always liked having a manual with an interesting creature or two to inspire a short sidequest. Ravenloft excelled at that, with creatures that were both interesting and complex enough to keep a group occupied for an evening.
Especially Emerald Empires let me down in this regard, with over a dozen creatures spelled out in all details, but all of them simple human NPCs. I can easily improvise a human NPC, something more uncommon would have been much more useful. Shadowlands offered a number of good creatures, but of course, most are confined to the Shadowlands.
So I thought we could design and share some here, as inspiration and help for other gamemasters.
I'll start it off with a few creatures, inspired from different sources and ideas (no warrantry that that is how the official creature would look, or that it is true to ancient folk traditions).
Since printing out web pages is a headache, I also compiled all my monster into a single PDF document, with some GM remarks and adventure ideas each. I'll update the PDF whenever I design a new one. Of course, I will also post them down-thread:
Strange Creatures of Rokugan.pdf
HERE THERE BE MONSTERS:
- the undead ninjas called Akikage

- The Con-Tinh, a beautiful princess alone in the woods, which somehow does not behave like a princess at all.

- the Head Hunter, the most horrifying moster of the old D&D Ravenloft Denizens of Darkness:

- the terrible Hopping Vampire, mainstay of Hongkong Wuxia cinema

- the Jinmenju, or Death-Head Tree:

- the Jorōgumo, a spider-woman that enchants its victims (details inspired by the Rising Sun boardgame creature)

Details on the Jorogumo:
The Jorōgumo doesn't just go around charming anyone and then ask them to kill their family.
It will choose a solitary person, a woodcutter or boy collecting firewood. It will charm him from hiding, reavealing herself afterwards, and the person sees an otherworldly beauty that tells him she is a messanger fromn the Fortunes or the Kami, sent to gather a few humans to save from the imminent catastrophe. She will show him a vision of the catastrophe (with False Realm of the Fox Spirits), as well as a vision of the near-paradise that awaits him and his family - if they prove themselves worthy of the new world. To trest that, she will have to ask him to do a few things, that will surely hurt her more than him, but are necessary to prove his devotion to the Fortunes, the Kami, and her.
The first few things she asks for a small transgressions, without logic or rhyme - steal a broom or a comb from that woman, tell everybody that that woman is an evil witch... and of course do not talk about me. Only later become the demands worse, all with the intention of getting the family to go into the woods, alone or in groups of two, into the protected paradise. What awaits them, of course, is a spider cocoon and an egg, to feed the next generation of Jorōgumo.
Even if the PCs quickly find out that the affected is charmed by a creature, he only knows that she is a beautiful woman, and where he saw her in the woods. Actually finding her and getting her to stand and fight is not easy for a creature that can run up trees.
In battle, if the charmed person is there, she will order him (not an action) to kill her attackers. If he does not do that on his turn, it will cause him 3 Strife for defying his ninjo. The jorogumo will try to avoid attacking him, but attack others in Fire stance und use Opportunities to cause him 2 Strife, driving him towards unmasking.
It is a crafty and smart opponent that will use its abilities to greatest effect: sitting on a ceiling, cliff or tree and pulling foes up, only to drop them, pushing foes into traps, over edges or into damaging terrain, covering pitfalls with False Realm of the Fox Spirits, turning invisible with Cloak of Night and attacking from hiding... A Jorogumo should not be underestimated.
- the water yokai Kappa

- the Komainu, or Lion Dog, guarding shrines (and chinese restaurents). Also a Rising Sun boardgame monster.

Komainu adventure idea: the PCs could be called to a local shrine because the resident kami seems to be unhappy, throwing stuff around every now and then.
Investigating, the PCs might find out that a group of burglers tried to rob the shrine a few weeks back, but were chased off when the komainu activated (their claw marks can still be seen near the front steps). Unnoticed, the spirit of a recently deceased local woman entered the shrine at the same time, with the wards down, and became trapped inside when the Komainu returned. It is her spirit that has caused the recent commotion.
The PCs will have to activate the Komainu long enough for her to leave without destroying them, as they are parts of the shrine. Aand, for bonus points, find out what keeps the spirit in this world, and solve that problem.
- The Living Blade, a deadly remnant of a bloodthirsty killer:

- the Long dragon, creature of legend and myth. Not really a PC adversary, but any Far-Eastern RPG should have it available.

- a transfer from KanThaiPan, the far-eastern setting of Germany's oldest RPG "Midgard": The Metal-Eating Rabbit PeiTju.

- The fearsome Tengu Swordmaster. Many young samurai dream of seeking one out in his mountaintop refuge and becoming his pupil, but those that actually do often come to regret the decision.

- The venerable Terracotta Soldier:

- the Ubume, a sad woman only wanting to share her burden

- The White-Haired Witch, another Hongkong Cinema mainstay:

A new book, Poison River - A Daidoji Shin Mystery, by Josh Reynolds, is coming out December 1st. We have an interview with the author to talk about the book and his writing, and lots of praise to heap upon the book.
Check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7il6YLH5c7cw7QwzDpHNhi

You can preorder the book here:
https://aconytebooks.com/shop/poison-river-by-josh-reynolds/

(As a note: I read the book, and it's wonderful.)

Well, we’ve already got the perfect set up for The Last Stand of Yogo Junzo. Holding the line against a relentless onslaught of darkness throwing itself towards Kunshu, desperately hoping for the arrival of a relief force of Toshi Ranbo jade-equipped Crab that will arrive only to find he’s poured his life force into the last of the shikigami; a final prayer binding the Sword of the Hantei. 

They didn't.  Tyler popped onto discord and said that there were problems with affirming a formal official result in a normal fashion so they weren't planning to, but this is the result.

A new book, Poison River - A Daidoji Shin Mystery, by Josh Reynolds, is coming out December 1st. We have an interview with the author to talk about the book and his writing, and lots of praise to heap upon the book.
Check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7il6YLH5c7cw7QwzDpHNhi

You can preorder the book here:
https://aconytebooks.com/shop/poison-river-by-josh-reynolds/

(As a note: I read the book, and it's wonderful.)

A new book, Poison River - A Daidoji Shin Mystery, by Josh Reynolds, is coming out December 1st. We have an interview with the author to talk about the book and his writing, and lots of praise to heap upon the book.
Check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7il6YLH5c7cw7QwzDpHNhi

You can preorder the book here:
https://aconytebooks.com/shop/poison-river-by-josh-reynolds/

(As a note: I read the book, and it's wonderful.)

New Court Games L5R RPG episode out now!
“Poisoned River Interview with Joshua Reynolds @JMReynolds”
Published author with @AconyteBooks
Web: https://courtgamespod.com/poisoned-river-interview-with-joshua-reynolds-jmreynolds/
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poisoned-river-interview-with-joshua-reynolds-jmreynolds/id1455750389?i=1000499578053
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7il6YLH5c7cw7QwzDpHNhi

Added The Yogo Curse, and finally fully claimed this list as my own and changed and set the final order.

They didn't.  Tyler popped onto discord and said that there were problems with affirming a formal official result in a normal fashion so they weren't planning to, but this is the result.

Added The Yogo Curse, and finally fully claimed this list as my own and changed and set the final order.

Reminder: Your story decisions in An Impossible Task are due by Tomorrow!
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/11/2/an-impossible-task-4/

Reminder: Your story decisions in An Impossible Task are due by Tomorrow!
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/11/2/an-impossible-task-4/

Remember to post the worst possible result for the Lion 😁.
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Reminder: Your story decisions in An Impossible Task are due by Tomorrow!
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/11/2/an-impossible-task-4/

Francesca Baerald shared this map for those who want to purchase an art copy of it. From Celestial Realms...a beautiful piece. She also has other maps from the RPG for those who might want them.
 
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/francescabaerald/legend-of-the-five-rings-map-of-the-celestial-realms/