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vittorioseg's review
5.0
What an extraordinary upgrade from the previous books.
This is a great sourcebook. Both in the aesthetic as in the content. It's great that they managed to remove all the westernism and orientalism that had plagued previous editions, with some breathtaking panoramas and landscapes.
The rules are explained with great detail and ordered quite in a manner that makes them very easy to understand, along with a presentation that makes them attractive to the eye. The options are expansive for any type of (basic) play one would want for Rokugan and honestly, one of my favorites sourcebooks so far. Loved that the first story, the introduction of the setting, is a quiet scene of the drama that can occur between Honor and Ninjo.
My only criticism is that in the last section, that of NPC, it only gives mechanics for the antagonist without detailing actual characters, with no history or presentation of the drama of desires and duties. Besides that, its I think the best corebook on the entire line by far.
This is a great sourcebook. Both in the aesthetic as in the content. It's great that they managed to remove all the westernism and orientalism that had plagued previous editions, with some breathtaking panoramas and landscapes.
The rules are explained with great detail and ordered quite in a manner that makes them very easy to understand, along with a presentation that makes them attractive to the eye. The options are expansive for any type of (basic) play one would want for Rokugan and honestly, one of my favorites sourcebooks so far. Loved that the first story, the introduction of the setting, is a quiet scene of the drama that can occur between Honor and Ninjo.
My only criticism is that in the last section, that of NPC, it only gives mechanics for the antagonist without detailing actual characters, with no history or presentation of the drama of desires and duties. Besides that, its I think the best corebook on the entire line by far.
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