L5r Character Creator

L5r Character Creator

First off, wtf no L5R prefix? Anyway, I have come to share the fruits of my labor with you . I decided to create a L5R 4th character sheet for an online game i'm going to be running soon.. hopefully. Anyway, it's an excel file. It's locked so people dont screw with the cells, that calculate things for you like insight etc. If you want to unlock it. the pass word is on sheet 2.
I tried to keep it as close to the original sheet as possible. The only trouble with this sheet is when you get into the realm above 10k10. It simply keeps going. I dont have it where the dice spill over. for instance 11k9 would be 10k10. It doesnt do that, it also doesnt do 12k11, it doesnt spill that 12 over, or that 11 over into bonuses. So you will just have to do that yourself. Anyway , let me know what you think, or if you have found any bugs etc.
L5R character sheet (fillable version).xlsx
  • 1Creating a character in Legends of the Five Rings
    • 1.1The Basics First
    • 1.2Customization Second

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Creating a character in Legends of the Five Rings

  1. How to fill out the L5r character sheet form on the internet: To start the form, use the Fill & Sign Online button or tick the preview image of the form. The advanced tools of the editor will lead you through the editable PDF template. Enter your official contact and identification details. Use a check mark to point the answer where demanded.
  2. In Fantasy Flight Games’ latest RPG, Legend of the Five Rings, character creation is a thoughtful and introspective process. You’re not just rolling dice and placing stats, you’re creating a character with history and a story – check out how it works!

This seems to be quite difficult in the 3rd edition book, not so much because it's complicated, but because the process is spread out all over the book. For my sanity and for the sake of my players, I've put together this small cheat sheet of pages, which is another complaint I have of the book, nothing is on the page the book says it is. So I'm attempting to simplify matters.

The Basics First

Character

20 Questions

All characters are required to have at least 15 of the 20 questions answered on pg.82-84 of the 3rd edition core book.

  1. What Clan does he belong to?
  2. What Family does he belong to?
  3. How would others describe his appearance?
  4. Is he a Bushi, Shugenja, Monk or Courtier?
  5. What is his main motivation?
  6. Who is the person he trusts most?
  7. What is his greatest strength? Greatest weakness?
  8. What does he think of Bushido?
  9. What is his opinions of his own clan?
  10. Is he married?
  11. Does he have and prejudices?
  12. To whom does he owe the most loyalty?
  13. What are his favorite and least favorite things?
  14. Does he have any recurring mannerisms?
  15. What about his emotions?
  16. How would he handle a subordinate's improper behavior?
  17. How would his parent's describe her?
  18. What is his highest ambition?
  19. How religious is he?
  20. If you could, what advice would you give him?

For further explanations, one would have to reference the book.

Clan and Family

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This is a very important step of character creation process, it pretty much tells you who your character is, this is half the dirty work of figuring out the character's personality because each clan and family have their own teachings and outlooks on Rokugan and the various aspects of it.

There are eight major clans to belong to, a character also has the option to belong to one of the nine minor clans, four imperial families or even be a ronin. Here is some additional Clan Information. To each clan there are a number of Families to belong to, each will have it's own advantage specific to those family members. With the family name comes a general appearance, out look, and sometimes superstitions. It's wise to read up on the families before choosing one.

School

Schools can be the easiest part, but also very crucial. Once you have your family and clan chosen, there's generally only three or four choices for school without the advantage of learning from another clan's schools. Generally there is a Bushi School, a Shugenja School, a Courtier school, and sometimes a specialty school, these are the monk teachings, the scouts, or the battle maidens. Some clans offer them, some don't. Each school then has a set of Techniques, and shugenja schools get spells. There's generally no customization when it comes to techniques, you take them in order, and as a starting character you generally only get the first choice. Each school comes with a set of skills it teaches, standard honor for being a student of the school, standard equipment, and each school gives a specific trait bonus also.

Customization Second

Character Points

Each character starts with 45 Character Points that may be spent at any time through character creation. One spends their character points on and of the five areas:

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Traits

To raise a trait with character points it costs the rating you want to buy times four.
I.E. Raising a trait to 3 would cost 12, raising it then to 4 would cost 16 more.

Void

Similar to traits, void is also raised at the next rating, but instead of multiplying it by four, it is multiplied by six.

Skills

To purchase additional skills with character points is cheap and easy, it's the cost of the next level.
I.E. to raise a skill from 2 to 3 it will only cost 3. Raising a skill from 2 to 4 in this manner is going to be seven points.
Character

Advantages and Disadvantages

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Advantages are beneficial tags added to your character, their costs are listed with the advantages. Disadvantages are generally less than helpful tags attached to your character that will give you a certain amount of character points to spend up to a maximum of 10 points.

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Glory, Honor and Status

Lastly one's character points may be used to raise one's glory, honor or status. These are attributes that generally reflect one's respect gained from others, respect for themselves and where they stand in society. All characters start with 1 glory and status, and their honor is based upon school. A character may increase their honor by 1 whole point for 3 character points, or reduce their honor 1 whole point to gain 3 character points. Glory and Status may be altered through advantages and disadvantages.

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