Legend of the Five Rings: Player's Guide

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Summary: The best of all systems rolled into one.
Review: The second edition of Alderac's Legend of the Five Rings game has everything that other games strive for: it has the potential for action captured by the d20 system, the pure roleplaying potential of white wolf's storyteller system, and with more realism than both. With this system it is possible to play an entire campaign/chronicle/series/etc and never roll dice, but if the dice are used it is possible not only to do highly heroic feats, but also to slay an opponent with one stroke of the katana (however unlikely against very powerful opponents). The dice system is based on d10, and you'll never need more than 10 of them; the system is otherwise similar to shadowrun, where the face value of the rolled die is actually important. A very good system and culture to roleplay in.