Editing Legend of the Five Rings (section)

=The RPG=
Characters in the L5R RPG are usually [[samurai]] ("knights," but not necessarily sword-swingers) either belonging to one of the Clans or lordless ronin. Rokugan is a troubled land, besieged both by the threat of the Shadowlands and the constant jockeying for supremacy between the Clans. Life is very ordered for PCs, so "LOL!randum XD" players will see their characters cut down quickly; Rokugan has [[China#Modern China|little tolerance for non-conformists]].  Typical excuses for parties working together are: having all PCs be part of one Clan and its allies, having them all participate in one of the Winter Courts (social campaigns involving the Emperor and other bigwigs) or making them all Emerald Magistrates, a free-roaming force of samurai troubleshooters for the Empire.

Depending on the edition, the system uses D10s or D20s. That [[Exploding die|explode]].

The RPG is noted for, among other things, having a deep set of rules for 1-on-1 duels. Is [[That Guy]] giving you trouble? Is he ''not'' a Crane? Challenge him to a duel.

===Dungeons and Dragons===
Rokugan was, very briefly, an official [[Dungeons & Dragons]] campaign setting during [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition|3rd Edition]]. The 3rd Edition version of ''[[Oriental Adventures]]'' attempted to both update the original 1E version of the book and present L5R's setting as an example for how to make an Asian themed campaign. 

The 3.5 updates for the material presented in this book are pretty scattered. [[Shugenja]] and [[Wu Jen]] (which was included for generic Asian campaigns), along with some of their unique spells, were updated in ''[[Complete Book Series|Complete Divine]]'' (which stripped it of most of its Rokugan fluff, except the fact that they don't start with armor proficiency) and ''Complete Arcane'' respectively. The Bear Warrior, Weapon Master and Tattooed Monk prestige classes were updated in ''Complete Warrior'', which also included a completely separate, and much worse, "Samurai" class. Everything else however was updated in [[Dragon Magazine]] issue 318.

"Oriental Adventures 3.0" gave way to a full-fledged "Legend of the Five Rings D20" spin-off setting. Unlike ''Oriental Adventures'' these are merely using the 3rd edition rules via [[Open Gaming License]] rather than official D&D products. This started with a "Rokugan D20 Campaign Setting" corebook, which included options for playing [[Nezumi]] and [[Naga]] PCs as well as members of the Clans, and was then expanded with multiple books, consisting of the following:
* The Complete Exotic Arms Guide
* Creatures of Rokugan
* Magic of Rokugan
* Bloodspeakers
* The Hidden Emperor
* Fortunes & Winds
* Secrets of the Scorpion
* Secrets of the Dragon
* Secrets of the Lion
* Secrets of the Phoenix
* Secrets of the Crab
* Secrets of the Crane
* Secrets of the Shadowlands
* Secrets of the Unicorn
* Secrets of the Mantis
* Way of the Daimyo
* Way of the Ninja
* Way of the Thief
* Way of the Samurai
* Way of the Shugenja
* Way of the Open Hand

Following FFG bowing out of the TTRPG industry altogether, EDGE Studio (formed from those members of FFG that still wanted to make RPGs) would again try to port Rokugan as a setting, releasing ''Adventures of Rokugan'' as a third-party book for [[Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition]] in 2022. The reception to this was...a bit mixed, as it feels tacked together by people who were desperately rushing to get something out.

===Fantasy Flight Games version===
FFG put out a beta in Fall 2017 for a new edition of the game, incorporating several elements from their ''[[Star Wars Roleplaying Game]]'', including fancy custom dice.  You will be shocked to learn that it is [[skub]].  Common bones of contention include katanas that shatter all the time, whether or not the giri/ninjo system is just a crappy roleplaying substitute and a poor fit for the system, dueling that everyone admits just sucks, and, again, those damn custom dice.  Or an app you can shell out four bucks for [[troll|if you want to pay to play an open beta]].