Scenario: The Blue Tiled Room is a school of philosophy for courtiers and scholars in the city of Nikesake. Its prominence is such that the school was left untouched by the Lion after the city was captured during the War of Burned Wings, and the governor allowed it to continue functioning even after the city formally fell under Lion control.

None of the scholars at the school expect the Steel Chrysanthemum to show the school the same respect. They are trying to catalogue and pack up as many of the school's valuable texts as possible before the Hantei's army arrives at the city's gates, any they've asked for help from any samurai capable of assisting them.


Participants: 5 characters

Imperialist Victory: If the final value of all saved texts is 60 or greater, the Phoenix succeed in preserving much of their lore. All participating characters gain +0.5 Glory and are given a rare book that provides them with 1 rank in two different Lore Skills they do not currently possess (their choice).

Imperialist Bonus: If the final value of all saved texts is 120 or greater, the entirety of the libraries are preserved. All participating characters receive a generous collection of spare scrolls to take with them, effectively granting them the Sage advantage so long as they have access to these scrolls.


Traditionalist Victory: If the final value of all saved texts is less than 60, then a significant portion of the library's most valuable texts are lost. The Empire gains 30 Traditionalist Points, and their failure leaves the participating characters wracked with doubt; each participating character gains the Doubt disadvantage for a Lore Skill of the GM's choice.

Traditionalist Bonus: If the final value of all saved texts is less than 40, then the Steel Chrysanthemum's forces infiltrate the library and seize its knowledge. The Steel Chrysanthemum gives the books to one of his loyal retainers, who uses the knowledge contained with them to claim a seat on the Elemental Council of the Phoenix. The Empire gains 40 Traditionalist Points.


Rules: This event has two steps that every character must attempt. A character can attempt to cast one spell or kiho before every step of this event. If the duration of the spell or kiho is two hours or longer, then it applies to the entire event; otherwise, it ends after that step of the event.


Literary Triage:

The first step is determining which texts are rare and valuable and which are common enough that their potential destruction won't result in the loss of any worthwhile knowledge.

The character chooses three different Lore Skills from the following list: Architecture, Bushido, Elements, Fish (Mundane), Fish (Tropical), Gaijin Culture (Yobanjin), Ghosts, Great Clan (Lion), Great Clan (Phoenix), Great Clan (Crane), Heraldry, History, Omens, Shugenja, Spirit Realms, Theology.

For each chosen Lore Skill, the character makes a TN 15 Lore/Intelligence Skill Roll. On a success, the character identifies five Valuable Texts, plus an additional five Valuable Texts per successful Raise. Keep track of how many Valuable Texts your character identifies for each chosen Lore topic (e.g., five Valuable Shugenja Texts, ten Valuable Theology Texts, etc.).

On a failure, the character fails to find any valuable texts. If they called any failed Raises, they instead mistake worthless texts for valuable ones and gain five Worthless Texts per failed Raise.

Careful Records:

As the valuable texts are packed away in wooden crates, they must be carefully recorded so that they scholars know which texts have already been saved and which crate contains them.

The character must make a Calligraphy/Intelligence Skill Roll to properly catalogue the texts they have packed away in a legible manner. The character only has a short amount of time to finish these packing manifests before the porters arrive, and more gathered books means more writing in that limited time. Thus, the TN of this Calligraphy Skill Roll is equal to the combined total of the Valuable Texts and Worthless Texts they identified.

On a success, the character successfully records the texts, and any Valuable Texts recorded in this way count as Shipped Texts. Worthless Texts that are successfully recorded don't count as anything; they're worthless.


On a failure, the character makes mistakes in the manifest that result in the texts being lost or misplaced; for every point by which they fail the TN, one of their Valuable Texts is "lost in transit" due to their poor labeling.

The first text lost in this way comes from the Lore topic with the greatest number of Valuable Texts. The second text lost comes from the Lore topic with the second greatest number of Valuable Texts, and so on, continuing on in this way to ensure that texts are lost evenly from each group of Valuable Texts. If the character has the same number of Valuable Texts on two or more Lore topics, they can choose which Lore topic loses a text.

Any remaining Valuable Texts (after the above reduction due to being "lost in transit") are mistakenly shipped to other cities across the Empire, eventually finding their way back to the Phoenix years later; these texts count as Misplaced Texts. Worthless texts don't count as anything; they're worthless.

Breadth of Knowledge:

The Phoenix value a wide breadth of information over multiple books on the same subject. At the end of this event, after every character has finished, every batch of Shipped Texts from a Lore topic that was not duplicated by another player will have its value doubled (i.e., each Shipped Text will count as two Shipped Texts).

Misplaced Texts instead have their value halved (i.e., each Misplaced Text will count as half a Shipped Text). Note that misplaced Texts still count as texts on Lore topics for the purpose of preventing Shipped Texts from having their value doubled.

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Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men

Ren had already saved one repository of books... and was ready for another.

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Lion Clan * Courtier * Monk * Sage * Ascetic * Paragon of Courage *
Status: 1.0; Glory 2.7; Honor: What is Expected
Carries/Wears: Bo, Robes, Scrolls, Travel Pack, Fancy Courtier Fan

Kashiwagi knew that Knowledge is Power and was ready to save the books.

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Fire Tensai | Big Damn Hero | Indifferent | Black Phoenix | Inquisitor's Agent | Description | Left Arm Phoenix Tattoo Sleeve (In-Progress)
Naga War Gunso | Author of Echoes of the Akasha
Status: 4.0 | Glory: 10.0 | Infamy: .4 | Honor: Untrustworthy
Carried: Wakizashi, Black Fancy Clothing, Chop, Writ of the Asako Inquisitors, Maho Warding Amulet, Jade Amulet, Trash Queen (Tabby Cat)

TN 0 to be Recognized.

Hachi was always willing to try to preserve knowledge.

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Isawa Hachi • Phoenix Clan • Shugenja • Earth • Water • "The Mud Tensai" • Pilgrim
Honor: Typical • Glory: 3 • Infamy: 1 • Status: 1 • Experienced.
Tall walking stick, scroll satchel, shugenja robes, occasionally small drum, small purse with money and kawaru coins. Looks poorly, weak, wan.

Shakanar was beside himself as he heard of the possible loss of books, of information, of things that he didn't possibly know! He made his way to the Blue Tiled room, and after momentarily observing what the others were doing, he dove into the stacks, picking out with almost uncanny skill the proper scrolls and tomes that needed to be taken. using his tail almost as a ladder he would arch up to the high storage places, finding scrolls that hadn't been looked at in a generation, treating each one as the treasure that it was.

once they were all carefully packed away, he had the scribes supplies brought, carefully making his manifest in neat, precise rokugani, the labels clear, no smudge. He signed it with his name, and the sign of Tausha's Legion. Sealing the boxes, he handed over the manifests and labels to the attendants, keeping copies for himself, in case they were needed later.

(Lore: Architecture: 1 Raise called: TN 20 Roll: 21 10 Valuable Texts
Lore: Heraldry: 1 raise Called: Tn 20 Roll: 27 10 Valuable Texts
Lore: Great Clan (crane): 1 rasie called: TN 20 Roll: 36 10 Valuable Texts

Calligraphy + Intelligence. TN 30 Roll: 33)

30 books shipped. doubled to 60 for breadth of knowledge)

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The Shakanar * Vedic of the Pale Eye * Courtier * Naga * Voice * Experienced 2 * Paragon (Courtesy) * Darling of the Crab Courts
Caste: 4.0 Glory 2.9 Infamy: 0.5 Honor: Exceptional

Carries: Silk clothing, White silk vest that seems to shimmer in the light, several fine bracelets of silver. Travel pack, hunting knife, Yumi (Where Appropriate), Jade Spear (Where Appropriate)

In.

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Brotherhood Monk • Thousand Fortunes • Void • Missing Right Arm • Profile
Honor: What is Expected • Status: 1.0 • Glory: 0.5
Gear: Travel worn, coarse clothes. Bo Staff, Scroll Satchel, Tao, Sage Scrolls, 2 zeni
“We tell the tale of heroes to remind ourselves that we also can be great.”

Kashiwagi knew that the texts had to be saved so he did it, and of course he was the best around at finding books and getting them ready for shipping.

Shirtless librarian is go.

He is the best around.

OOC: I saved 45 books total, 15 on Ghosts, 15 on Spirit Realms, and 15 on the Phoenix Great Clan.

Cast Mental Quickness TN 21: 9d10o10k4 44 - Step 1

Lore Ghosts + 2 CR + Sage + Mental Quickness TN 25: 8d10o10k7 39 - 15 books

Lore Spirit Realms + 2 CR + Sage + Mental Quickness TN 25: 8d10o10k7 44 - 15 Books

Lore Phoenix Clan + 2 CR + Sage + Mental Quickness TN 25: 8d10o10k7 58 - 15 Books

Cast Mental Quickness TN 21: 9d10o10k4 33 - Step 2

Calligraphy TN 30: 9d10o10k7 80 - TN is 45 but made it anyways.

Saved and cataloged 45 books.

Total of 90 books/points after Breadth assuming no one does his topics.

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Fire Tensai | Big Damn Hero | Indifferent | Black Phoenix | Inquisitor's Agent | Description | Left Arm Phoenix Tattoo Sleeve (In-Progress)
Naga War Gunso | Author of Echoes of the Akasha
Status: 4.0 | Glory: 10.0 | Infamy: .4 | Honor: Untrustworthy
Carried: Wakizashi, Black Fancy Clothing, Chop, Writ of the Asako Inquisitors, Maho Warding Amulet, Jade Amulet, Trash Queen (Tabby Cat)

TN 0 to be Recognized.

For much of the past two years there had been this person named Akodo Ren that ran around doing very Lion things with Lion people in Lion places... But this evening the ghost of one Asako Ren was able to run free and unhindered in a Phoenix place doing Phoenix things with Phoenix people like her cousin...

Wonder Cousins Power Activate!


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D8 Books Event, Lore: Lion, 2 Raises, VP, TN 25: 8d10o10k7 50

D8 Books Event, Lore: Fish Mundane, 2 Raises, TN 25: 7d10o10k6 46

D8 Books Event, Lore: Fish Exotic, 1 Raise, TN 20: 7d10o10k6 47

D8 Books Event, Calligraphy, TN 40, VP: 8d10o10k7 56

Played it conservative so as not to show up Ol' Kashiwagi.

40 Books of a unique topic saved and sent.

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Lion Clan * Courtier * Monk * Sage * Ascetic * Paragon of Courage *
Status: 1.0; Glory 2.7; Honor: What is Expected
Carries/Wears: Bo, Robes, Scrolls, Travel Pack, Fancy Courtier Fan

All the recent days going through scrolls utilizing the Phoenix's library organizational scheme ended up paying off for the Monk.

He proceeded calmly. Well did he know that many libraries could afford to be weeded. He'd just done this over at the Temple to the Seven Dragons after all. Yes, someone would be sad that which person in the second century gave that other person 2 paintings and received 2 peacocks in exchange. But Shiba Entaro's dialogue on bushido and the ramifications for working along shugenja? The copy of Akodo's Leadership annotated by Ikoma O-Daisuchi based on lessons from the Day of Thunder? Jin and the Everyday Samurai by the famed philosopher Sentaiko? Nikesake, a history? A copy of the Tao passed down from someone who swears they met Shiba when they were a child? Prayers to Emma-O the 4th century famed teaching play?

These things and more were worth holding onto. How could they truly be replaced? He tagged each correctly, remembering how much of a fuss that the monks had made over it when they were working just a few days ago. Somehow, the calligraphy remained readable for each of the texts.

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D8 Literary Triage: Bushido, 1 Raise TN 20 (voided, missed on roll but in numbers): 32 = 10 Valuable Texts
D8 Literary Triage: History, TN 15: 32 = 5 Valuable Texts
D8 Literary Triage: Theology, 1 Raise TN 20, Void: 24 = 10 Valuable Texts
D8 Careful Records: Calligraphy/Int, Void for +1k1 TN 25 = 27 = 25 Valuable Texts Routed Correctly.

Breadth of Knowledge
Lore: Bushido: 20 Shipped Texts
Lore: History: 10 Shipped Texts
Lore: Theology: 20 Shipped Texts

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Brotherhood Monk • Thousand Fortunes • Void • Missing Right Arm • Profile
Honor: What is Expected • Status: 1.0 • Glory: 0.5
Gear: Travel worn, coarse clothes. Bo Staff, Scroll Satchel, Tao, Sage Scrolls, 2 zeni
“We tell the tale of heroes to remind ourselves that we also can be great.”

Hachi knew his was not a blistering intellect. This did not mean he did not appreciate knowledge - he did! He simply knew he would not be able to read and understand as fast as some of the others who were helping were able to.

So, he focused on first, an area he knew quite well, the elements making up the world. He knew the subject well, and almost got lost opening some of the scrolls and books they had, ones he was, himself, interested in. But, manfully, he resisted the temptation.

He then moved on to other subjects, ones he was also interested in, but had not yet studied as in depth as he might have wished. Still, he was not totally ignorant of the study of either omens or the ability to be a shugenja. Not when he was trained as a tensai of the Phoenix clan himself! Some of the texts he was able to set aside, as either duplicates, worthless, or in one case, a disguised pillow book!

Once he had chosen the books, he made sure they were safely packed away, so they would not be harmed on the way. That finished, he labeled the boxes involved. It was not easy, but the calligraphy set his grandfather (and first sensei) had given him seemed to make it flow that much easier.

"These ones are ready for shipping!" He patted the nearest box affectionately, then scooped up the disguised pillow book. It might come in handy, eventually. Even if only as packing material.

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Lore: Elements, 1 Called raise, TN 20: 30, for 10 books!

Lore: Omens, Void for 1 phantom rank, 1 called raise, TN 20: Wow, 30 again, for 10 more books.

Lore: Shugenja, Void for 1 phantom rank, 1 called raise, TN 20: 44, couldn't be expecting those sorts of rolls. Gained another 10 books.

Calligraphy/Int, Inheritance, Void for 1k1, TN 30: 43, no problem. So, 30 Texts saved!

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Isawa Hachi • Phoenix Clan • Shugenja • Earth • Water • "The Mud Tensai" • Pilgrim
Honor: Typical • Glory: 3 • Infamy: 1 • Status: 1 • Experienced.
Tall walking stick, scroll satchel, shugenja robes, occasionally small drum, small purse with money and kawaru coins. Looks poorly, weak, wan.

At the end of the day, far more of the books had been packed away and labeled than the scholars of the Blue Tiled Room had ever thought possible. They thanked the samurai (and monk, and snake...) that helped them, then high-fived in victory.


Akodo Ren, Asako Kashiwagi, Isawa Hachi, Kodoma, and the Shakanar each gain +.5 Glory, some Lore knowledge, and a whole bunch of scrolls!

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Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men