3 ed vassals

1 Unofficial Third Edition Vassal Family Rules


Table of Contents 1 MECHANICS...................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 VASSAL FAMILY CONCEPT........................................................................................................... 3 2 CRAB CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES.................................................................................................. 4 3 CRANE CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES............................................................................................... 6 4 DRAGON CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES ........................................................................................... 8 5 LION CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES................................................................................................... 9 6 MANTIS CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES........................................................................................... 12 7 PHOENIX CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES ........................................................................................ 14 8 SCORPION CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES...................................................................................... 16 9 UNICORN CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES........................................................................................ 18 10 IMPERIAL FAMILY VASSAL FAMILIES.................................................................................. 20 11 MINOR CLAN VASSAL FAMILIES............................................................................................. 21 12 RONIN VASSAL FAMILIES.......................................................................................................... 22


1 Mechanics This document holds an unofficial expansion for the published vassal families’ rules material found in the First and Second Editions using the Legend of the Five Ring’s Third Edition RPG’s rule set. All the vassal families exist within the Legend of the Five Ring’s cannon story and have been given mechanics in this document.

1.1 Vassal Family Concept All vassal family characters start as ji-samurai with 0.5 status instead of the normal 1.0 status. Furthermore, their family mon has a difficulty TN of 25 to recognize from any samurai outside their perspective clan (anyone within the clan has the TN lowered by 10). These samurai are called by the major family name outside of their land and then their vassal family estate name (sometimes the name may be the house name). An example of this would be Agasha Maru who is a member of the Chiyu vassal family. This samurai would state himself as “Agasha Maru of House Chiyu.”


2 Crab Clan Vassal Families Kakeguchi family (Hida vassal) Mon: A crab with a tessen Information: The Kakeguchi family are the advisors of the Hida family, helping them manage the clan

and make everything work. Special: + 1 agility. Can trade their starting lore : Shadowland for investigation. Moshibaru family (Hida Vassal) Mon: A crab with a goblin's head Information: Those who are here since more than one generation and those who just joined divide this

family. This family is where those who win the Twenty Goblin’s Winter. Special: + 1 to any physical trait. Can trade their starting Lore(Shadowland) for a Bugei skill. Endo family (Hiruma Vassal) Mon : A tower in building Information: Kaiu Endo founded this family with a group of engineers that rebuilt Hiruma castle since

it was re-conquered by the Crab Clan. Special : 1 intelligence. + 5 Status and Glory with Hiruma. Can only join Hiruma and Kaiu

schools, take obligation level 1 to the Kaiu family if samurai joins a Kaiu school. Raikuto family (Hiruma Vassal) Mon : A crab whose pincers form a fan. Information This family trains the courtiers of the Crab clan that are not of the Yasuki family, they are

especially useful to interact with the Crane when the Yasuki family are not welcome in Crane lands.

Special: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of their starting bugei skills for etiquette Blue Fur tribe (Hiruma vassal) The ratling family formed by Rikitickchek after the liberation of Kyuden Hiruma. Meishozo family (Kuni vassal) Mon : A Kuni mask in black

This family use her secrets to spy upon Shadowlands creatures. They use a spell named "Scent of the Taint" to make peoples believe they are lost.

Special: + 1 willpower, Starting glory is 0.2 and their starting honor always 1.5. They have "Scent of the Taint" as a starting spell and can trade any of their starting skill by Deceit (Lying).

Ugawari family (Kuni vassal) Mon : A crab pincer on a cage. Information: This family's job is to capture and keep Shadowlands creatures the Kuni need for the

experimentations on the taint. Special: + 1 strength and starting honor 0.5. Can trade any of their starting skills for a rank in lore

(Shadowland) Fundai family (Kaiu vassal) Mon: A crab on a tide Information: This family trains the sailors and the shipwrights of the Crab clan that patrol the sea of

shadows.


Special: + 1 intelligence and starting honor 2.5. Can trade any starting skills for craft (sailing) or craft (Shipwrighting)

Maisuma family (Kaiu vassal) Mon : A drawing of the Wall. Information: The Maisuma have only one job: rebuilding, fixing, and keeping the Kaiu Wall

maintained. Special: + 1 strength and starting honor 2.5. They must trade one of their skills for craft

(Masonry). Kano family (Yasuki vassal) Mon : A carp fish with tools. Information: They are the artisans of the Crab clan, creating the utensils of the clan can sell or use to

decorate their houses because war is not everything in the world. Special: + 1 awareness. Can trade one of their starting skills for an artisan skill Nobuto family (Yasuki vassal) Mon : A carp with a tetsubo, then a carp and a crane. Information: They are the light infantry of the clan, the warrior of the Yasuki family. They joined

Yasuki Hachi when the family moved to the Crane, but they were happy to do like their daymio and separated between the two clans.

Special: +1 strength. Can trade any of their starting skills for battle Koebi family (Yasuki vassal) Mon: A pair of jitte Information: Founded by the ronin Koebi who get the nemuranai of the Koebi jitte, this family get

nearly completely wiped out when Shiro Koebi got destroyed by a typhoon originating from the Sea of Shadows 2 years before the Scorpion clan coup. Family of warriors among the Yasuki, they trained guards for the Yasuki merchants and specialized themselves in the Jitte to avoid bloody feuds when dealing with drunken samurais when working in the Yasuki sake houses.

Special : + 1 perception. Can trade any of their starting skills for knives (jitte)


3 Crane Clan Vassal Families Hiramori family (Daidoji vassal) Mon: A tree with a crane hidden behind Information: This family is well known for the huge numbers of Daidoji Harriers that came from the

family. This tradition was born with their founder and his guerilla habits. They train the Swamp Warriors.

Rules: + 1 perception and starting honor 1.0, can trade one of there starting skills for traps Hiramichi family (Daidoji vassal) Mon: A crane claw with a cage in it Information: This family is born of Hiramori, founder of the Hiramichi family. They are the

information brokers of the Daidoji, the harrier liaison and informers. They also make sure the Daidoji forces are well equipped.

Special: +1 awareness and starting honor: 1.0, can trade one of there starting skills for commerce Tsume family (Doji Vassal) Mon: A crane in front of a castle Information: The Tsume family is born in the blood of the Lion, responsible of the complete extinction

of two Lion vassal families. Brash and skilled, these train pike men and joined mostly the Crane armies.

Special: + 1 agility, can take Heart of Vengeance: (take Lion Clan for 1 less point) Katogama family (Doji vassal) Mon: A crane and a battle-standard Information: This family business is quite strange for the clan, but it was necessary. They are those

who make sure the members of the Crane clan do not break too many rules with their own schemes.

Special: + 1 perception, can trade on their starting skills for courtier (Political Maneuvering) Iwasaki family (Kakita vassal) Mon: A crane and a Biwa Information: The Iwasaki train and rule the best geisha houses of the Crane clan, making sure they

entertain the wealthy of the Crane clan and Imperial. Special: + 1 awareness. Can have a servant: geisha for one less point Ashidaka family (Kakita Vassal) Mon: A crane with a katana in his saya Information: They are the weapon smith of the Crane clan, creating the masterwork weapons the Crane

samurais bring with them to battle. Special: + 1 agility. If they join the Kakita Bushi School, they must take the craft (weaponsmith)

as one of the free high skill. Morehei family (Doji Vassal) Mon: A palace being sunk by a wave, before a palace over the sea Information: The Morehei family is nearly extinct. They train sailors for the ports of the Crane. They

were the owners of the Sea King palace, a magnificent palace that was standing over the sea by the power of the magic of the Asahina, but the palace sunk with all their wealth, leaving only a statue of Suitengu named the Sea King. No pearl diver has ever tried to go take the fortunes lost in the sunken palace.

Special: + 1 willpower. They can trade one of their starting skills for craft (sailing)


Chaneko family (Asahina Vassal) Mon: A Crane beak going up Information: The Chaneko are born of Doji Chaneko, a young samourai-ko who married an Asahina.

This family started a couple of years the creation of the Asahina family. After a generation, a couple of the children did not develop the ability to speak with the kami. These aberrations were fostered to others families and the Asahina kept their relations strong with the kami. Nevertheless, with every generation, a couple of children were without any magical talents, and the seers confirmed it would always be. Chaneko pledged that they should stop fostering them, as their line still carried the Gift of the Kami, and non-Asahina Crane shugenja were being forced back to the Asahina. Thus, the Chaneko family was born, to give a place to the Asahina who could not use magic. Their job was to protect the Asahina lands. They developed abilities with the bow, so they can be used as a warning to scare enemies, Furthermore, they could kill without actually being covered in blood.

Special: + 1 reflexes. Can trade any of their starting skills for kyujutsu


4 Dragon Clan Vassal Families Atsumaru family (Agasha Vassal) Mon: A dragon keeping a jar with winds going out Information: This family job is to find material for the experiments of the Agasha. They number only a

few and only the members of the ruling family can give their name to their children. They followed the Agasha when they joined the Phoenix in the War against the Darkness.

Special: + 1 perception, they can trade one of their starting skills for hunting or craft (Mizuguri) Sakura family (Kitsuki Vassal) Mon: A dragon with a cherry blossom Information: The Sakura family have been founded after the discover of the secret of Kitzuki Kaagi's

journal to protect the Empire of unknown secrets, especially the Living Darkness and Kolat.

Special: + 1 willpower. They can buy heartless for one point less point, they have obligation: level 1 for the Empire. They start with a level 1 forbidden knowledge.

Zurui family (Mirumoto Vassal) Mon: A dragon keeping a little firebird Information: The origin of this family is back to the alliance of a Shiba samurai-ko and a Mirumoto

samurai after the Gozoku Alliance. They swore to train the best yojimbo of the Dragon clan.

Special: + 1 intelligence, + 6 honor boxes and they can trade one of their starting skills for Lore (Shugenja)

Chiyu family (Tamori Vassal) Mon: A dragon nursing a snake Information: This family was founded after the Spirit wars by a group of ronin shugenja who joined

the newborn Tamori family. They specialized in healing magic. Special: + 1 perception and can trade one of the starting skills for medicine Hiasoki family (Tamori Vassal) Mon: A dragon keeping an explosion in his hands Information: This family studies the Kagaku, the explosives used by the Dragon clan and their

capacities. Special: + 1 intelligence and can trade one of the starting skills for explosives Kouken family (Mirumoto Vassal) Mon: A dragon hiding behind a jingasa Information: This family hides a dark secret. They officially rule hospitals for the poor in many cities,

but they are also the spies of the Dragon clan. They use these monks and poor people as cover for their operations (still they do care for these unfortunate souls).

Special: + 1 perception, can trade one of their starting skills for jiujutsu


5 Lion Clan Vassal Families Kaeru family (Ikoma Vassal) Mon : A frog Information: Not the whole family consider themselves Lions, they are found in the ronin family

section. Goseki family (Matsu Vassal) Mon : A howling lion in red Information: Tsume Retsu of the Crane clan has exterminated this family when he cowardly attacked

Toshi Rambo. They were known for their brash tactics and relentless assaults. Many of these samurai were came from the Matsu Berserkers.

Special: + 1 strength and can trade one of their starting skills for one weapon skill Hosokawa family (Ikoma Vassal) Mon: A scroll with a lion over it Information: The Hosokawa are the historians of the Lion clan, those who collect and keep the tales of

the heroes in their library for the Omodaisu and all who could need their tales of courage. Rules: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of their starting skills for lore (History) Murame family (Ikoma Vassal) Mon: A closed tessen Information: The Murame train some of the best tacticians of the Ikoma family, but they are the

keepers of the secrets of the Ikoma’s tactics first. Rules: + 1 perception. Can trade of their starting skills for Lore (History) if they join a bushi

school or Battle (Battle Lore) if they join a non-bushi school. Ise family (Kitsu vassal) Mon: A katana reflecting lion eyes Information: The Ise are the keepers of the secrets of the Kitsu bloodline. They make sure to keep the

origins of the Kitsu family protected from all depravation. Special: + 1 strength. Can trade one of their starting skills for a weapon skill when they join the

Kitsu Shugenja School. May not join the sodan-senzo school Noroko family (Kitsu vassal) Mon: A jade lion Information: The Noroko family is small, but has a very big and difficult job. They must hunt the

corruption that plagues the history of the Kitsu, especially after the corruption of the Kitsu Tombs.

Special: + 1 willpower. Those joining the Kitsu shugenja school can trade of their skills for Lore(Shadowland). They can join the Kuni shugenja school for no CP but get for free the obligation level 1 :Kuni family.

Ikeda family (Matsu vassal) Mon: A lion with a lightning Information: They train the best cavalry units of the lion clan, including the Wardens that protect the

imperial cities and the important Lion cities. Special: + 1 agility. Can trade one of their starting skills for horsemanship Koritome family (Matsu vassal) Mon: A lion face in front


Information: The Koritome are a strange family for the Matsu, since they are the protectors and the guardians of the Lion lands.

Special: + 1 reflexes. Can trade one of their starting skills for kyujutsu Shimizu family (this is not a vassal family) Mon: It have been erased from the official archives, but supposed to be a lion's head with a

tsuba within his jaws Information: The Shimizu family has been once the fifth major family of the lion clan. They increased

their power quickly by taking control of Matsu lands before most of their members get corrupted by the power of the Shadowland by listening to the Tsuno. The last official member of this family took the name Giri (duty) and joined the Akodo family in shame.

Special: + 1 stamina Katai family (Akodo vassal) Mon: Half of a laurite crown and a sword Information: This family gets her name from Akodo Katai, follower of Matsu Mochiko the Emerald

champion under the reign of Hantei Yugozohime. Mochiko was a ronin, but her true name was Matsu Mochihime and the truth of her past needed to be hidden. The first members of the family were the follower of the former ronin.

Special: + 1 agility. Those joining the Akodo bushi school need to trade Lore(History) or storytelling for one additional rank in defense

Seizuka family (Akodo vassal) Mon: A map with a lion head Information: The cartographers of the Lion clan who created the famous Akodo maps the tacticians of

the Lion use to lead their troops on the battlefield. They have send scouts and explorers in all the Empire to get some information for possible war campaigns.

Special: + 1 awareness. Can trade storytelling for horsemanship if they join the Akodo Bushi School. Can pay way of the land once for 1 less point.

Damasu family (Akodo vassal) Mon: A lion curled on himself Information: The Damasu was a small family, completely wiped out with the Goseki by the fall of

Shiro Kyotei, their family castle, under the assaults of the blood-thirsty Tsume Retsu. The Damasu was know for their pikemen units, fast and skilled that was often used as reserves units to lead counter-attacks by quickly repelling fast enemy units and reinforcing the lines.

Special: + 1 reflexes. Can trade one of their starting skills for spears Daini family (Akodo vassal) Mon: A map with a little lion figurine on it Information: The Daini family has a proud history going back to the Lion Clan’s foundation and the

first Shadowlands war. With the Lion armies growing, there was a growing need for attendance to the supply lines. Despite Akodo One-Eye being capable of protecting the supplies himself, he could not always ensure the supply lines followed the army. A lone samurai stepped forward to take charge of this task for his master. His name was Daini. He used a combination of Ikoma followers to get the supplies and then used his own men to carry the supplies to Akodo. The creation of this efficient supply train has become a tradition within the Lion Clan as they rely on their brethren for support.

Special: + 1 intelligence. They can trade any of their starting skills for an additional rank in battle. When they join the Gunso new path, they have two extra points station (Warlord) to spend on supplies.

Hayameru family (Matsu vassal)


Mon: The mon has a white lion face. After the betrayal of Shibai, bloody tears are below the eyes.

Information: The founder of this vassal house was Matsu Hayameru, the white lioness. Despite being born with a strange white hair, she proved her qualities as a chui and a warrior. She met her fate against the forming Fox clan, when the Lion took over the Ki-Rin lands. Because of her contributions, her new family was granted some of these captured lands and the name of the white lioness. A couple of decades later, Hayameru Shibai betrayed his clan for the Scorpion Clan during a siege. His vassals killed him and asked to be allowed to practice seppukku. The daimyo said ‘no’ and asked them to recover their honor on the battlefield, creating the concept of the Deathseeker

The family barely survived this betrayal, 90 % of the family members are Deathseekers, leaving only those that did not go through the gempukku or were assigned somewhere else. Again misfortune hit with the return of the Unicorn. This strange threat drove the family close to nigh extinction with the family being forced to move out of their holdings. Looking for redemption and a place in the Lion Clan, the young Hayameru samurai started a tradition of forming magistrates to be assigned in any Lion shiro. Lacking great holding for their family, they lived by small groups in others family holding. By becoming magistrates, they found redemption from Shibai’s betrayal.

Special: + 1 perception. Can trade any of their starting skills for investigation Ashiryo family (Matsu vassal) Mon: A castle tower in the jaws of a Lion Information: This family rules over the Hamana province, a sub-division of the Chuugen province

north of Beiden pass. Hijiko is the daimyo, daughter of Ataka who joined the Brotherhood. The Ashiryo are warriors who have been granted name and lands among the numerous battles against the Scorpion Clan during centuries of fighting surrounding Beiden Pass. Matsu Ashiryo himself was the one who took Shiro no Meiyo, renamed Kenson Gakka (L14) in the name of the Lion clan, and was rewarded with the fortress. The Ashiryo are talented warriors, and claims to train excellent guards to protect their lands of the Scorpion spies.

Special: + 1 perception. They can start with Heart of Vengeance (Scorpion clan) for 1less point. They can trade any of their starting skills for defense.


6 Mantis Clan Vassal Families Hogosha family (Yoritomo vassal) Mon: A rolled scroll Information: The Hogosha are a small vassal family, formed of diplomats and courtiers of the Mantis

clan. Founded in the name of Yoritomo Hogosha, the Mantis ambassador at Otosan Uchi under Yoritomo, they have grown in size with the time and the status of Great clan.

Special: + 1 willpower. Can join the Ide or Doji courtier school for one less point. Can trade one of their starting skills for etiquette

Hoji family (Yoritomo vassal) Mon: A Criquit Information: The Hoji family is the Mantis Clan’s oldest vassal family. It was created under the rule of

the Gusai family and has survived the years as a family of merchants. The Hoji oversee and manage trades for the Mantis sailors to any person who had the money for the Mantis’s merchandise. Unfortunately, with the rise of the Hogosha family, the Hoji’s influence has eroded.

Special: + 1 Awareness. Can trade one of their starting skills for Commerce (Merchant) Watanabe (Yoritomo vassal) Mon: A kobune Information: The Watanabe take their name of the famous shipwright, Watanabe, and live upon his

legacy, building some of the best ships in all Rokugan. But the family hide also a secret, a part of them are all members of the lost Gusai bloodline. They survive to the shame of the act of Gusai Ihondo.

Special: + 1 perception. Can trade one of their starting skills for Craft (Shipwrighting) or Sleight of Hand (Conceal) depending of their bloodline.

Storm wind (Yoritomo vassal) Mon: A storm cloud Information: Not really a family in the terms before Kitao united them, the Storm wind are the ninjas,

spies and others saboteurs of the Mantis clan. They act in secret, in the dark and in the dishonor of their function for the glory of the Mantis.

Special: + 1 reflexes. Can trade one of their starting skills for stealth Rolling wave (Yoritomo vassal) Mon: A rolling wave Information: They are the pirates and the smugglers of the Mantis clan, those who do all their life the

dirty job of the Mantis fleet for the name of the Mantis champion. Special: + 1 willpower. Can trade one of their starting skills for Deceit (Lying) Kagehisa family (Tsuruchi Vassal) Mon: A dart shaped dagger Information: The name family is a bit exaggerated for those peoples that was a generation ago only an

Otokodate of ronins known under the name of the Wasp's blade. Most of them are members of the Hidden blade group. Most of them are Yoritomo bushi with a few Tsuruchi hunters.

Special: + 1 agility. Can trade any of their starting skills for kenjutsub Suguru family (Tsuruchi vassal) Mon: A wasp with a star Information: This family train the few shugenja of the former Wasp clan. They use their mystical

powers to hunt the criminals like their bushi siblings.


Special: + 1 awareness. Can trade any of their starting skills for divination (astrology). Can pay clear thinker for one less point

Goraiku family (Moshi vassal) Mon: A sun and a sword Information: This vassal family consist of the males from the Moshi family and the ronins that have

been hired during decades by the Centipede clan to protect the valleys. Special: + 1 reflexes. Can trade one of their starting skills for kyujutsu


Phoenix Clan Vassal Families Izaku family (Agasha and Tamori Vassal) Mon: A dragon and a phoenix sharing a book Information: The Izaku family is a vassal from two different families in two different clans. They share

the knowledge they hold in the precious and old Izaku libraries, a well of magical knowledge in the Empire. There are still members of the Phoenix clan and the war between the Phoenix and the Dragon hurt them a lot.

Special: + 1 intelligence. If they join the Agasha (when they joined the Phoenix) or the Isawa School, they can trade one skill for Lore (History).

Nani family (Asako Vassal) Mon: A golden path with a torii of flames Information: The job of the Nani is to hunt the Asako who are following the false paths and to bring

them back to the normal paths. Special: + 1 perception. Can trade of there starting skills for investigation. If they join the Isawa

School, they must choose Air as there affinity and cannot start with Earth spells. Chukan family (Asako vassal) Mon : A flaming feather and a scroll Information: The Chukan family is the historians and librarians of the clan, training the personal

librarians of many great wizards of the Phoenix. They store the knowledge of there time. Special: + 1 intelligence. Must take Lore (History), and can trade it for any starting skills. If they

join the Isawa School, they must choose Water as there affinity and cannot start with fire spells.

Shingon family (Isawa vassal) Mon: A closed door with flames behind Information: The Shingon family job is to collect information about nemuranai and to study them for

the purposes of learning more about the way they are awakened. Special: + 1 intelligence. They can trade one of there starting skill for commerce (appraisal) Nasu family (Shiba Vassal) Mon: A scroll with a phoenix on it, before a scroll with a courtier fan Information: The Nasu are the bureaucrats and economical advisors of the Phoenix clan. They hide the

truth about their pasts, because this family has not been founded by the Phoenix, but by the Gozoku. They survived thanks to Shiba compassion.

Special: + 1 awareness. They must join the Asako courtier school in priority, or either the Shiba Bushi School or if they take different school the Doji courtier school. A few have joined the Shiba Tejina school. No others schools allowed. Can trade of there starting skills for Etiquette (bureaucracy)

Sodona family (Shiba vassal) Mon: Two naginatas crossed like the Shiba family mon Information: The motto of the Sodona is who guard the guardians. They have been founded in memory

of the sacrifice of Shiba Toriiko who died with her men without drawing a sword during a battle between Lion and Crane. They protect the leaders of the Shiba.

Special: + 1 perception. Can trade of their starting skills for Investigation (Notice). Sesai family (Shiba Vassal) Mon: A phoenix curled on himself


Information: The Sesai are the spies and ninjas of the Phoenix, those who sacrifice everything, including their honor for the Isawa. They have secrets and are reclusive about their family’s history.

Special: + 1 agility. Must join the Shiba bushi or Yojimbo school. Can trade one of there starting skills for stealth

Iga family (Shiba Vassal) Mon: The name Iga in flames Information This family is nearly unknown from all the clan, nothing important in their history

expects their founding in the first centuries of the Empire at the testimony of the original Iga, who fought against the Steel Chrysanthemum. Some secret knowledge is that the daimyo's son, Iga Suru, saved Otomo Jama before creating his own vassal family, under the name Jama Suru.

Special: + 1 willpower. Can trade any of there starting skills for an artisan skill use the kharma rule if you died for defending peace.


7 Scorpion Clan Vassal Families Rokugo (Bayushi vassal) Mon: A mask shaped like a scorpion Information: The Rokugo are responsible of illegal and dirty activities of the Scorpion clan

(smuggling, thievery, opium...) Special: + 1 strength. Can trade one of there starting skills for deceit (intimidation) Aotora (Bayushi vassal) Mon: A green tiger Information: They are the best herbalists of the Scorpion clan, trained to create both antidotes and

poison for all the purposes of the Scorpion leadership. Special: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of there starting skills for one of the following skills:

Medicine (Herbalism), Medicine (Antidote) or Poison (Pick an Emphasis) Jitsuyoteki (Shosuro vassal) Mon: A scorpion trapped in a net Information: The Jitsuyoteki family was founded during the first rise of the Gozoku. They were to be

the organization’s secret police that would silence those who giving too much trouble for the Gozuku. It was this family’s tireless work that led to the discovery of Hantei VI’s spy network within the Brotherhood of Shinsei . Although, Shosuro Jitsuyoteki and Jitsuyoteki leadership were executed as Gozuku conspirators during the fall of the first Gozoku, the family was not entirely destroyed. Rather the new daimyo, Jitsuyoteki Amachi, found a new purpose for his family. They would be the secret police of the Scorpion clan. This ploy would fail as Kochako family would usurp this role and leave the family without purpose.

Special: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of there starting skills for one of the following skills: If they are a shugenja, they can receive Spellcraft (Tejina) as a starting skill. Otherwise, the character may select Investigation (Notice) as a starting skill.

Kochako (Shosuro vassal) Mon: A scorpion stinging himself Information: The Kochako's job is an unpleasant one, but they do it with style and dedication. They are

the secret police of the clan, those who hunt the traitors to the Scorpion. Special: + 1 agility. If they join a Scorpion shugenja school, they must trade one of there starting

skills for athletics or poison. Tokagure (Shosuro vassal) Mon: A scorpion with a white and red flower Information: The Tokagure are the keepers of the infamous Shosuro garden, a small family of

herbalists trained in the delicate arts of creating poisons. Special: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of there starting skills for Medicine (Herbalism) or Poison

(Pick an Emphasis) Nanbu (Soshi vassal) Mon: A fan with a Scorpion on it Information: This little family, nearly forgotten, has been created in memories of Soshi Saibankan's

servant, who helped him create the office of the Emerald Magistrate. Special: + 1 perception. If they join the Bayushi Bushi School, they can drop the "any high or low

skill" for defense + 1 rank. Tansaku family (Yogo vassal)


Mon: Tthe Yogo family mon seen from the back Information: The Tansaku family is small and working hard on a nearly impossible task: to break the

Yogo's curse. They do a lot of magical research and experiments in the objective of breaking it, but the power of the curse Yogo received from Fu Leng at Murder Castle is not easily broke.

Special: + 1 intelligence and the Yogo's curse. Can trade one of there starting skills for Lore (History) or Divination

Naganori family (Yogo vassal) Mon: A scorpion and a sword Information: The Naganori are the warriors of the Yogo family, hunting those who fell to the Dark

lord and the spawn of the Shadowlands. Special: + 1 perception and the Yogo's curse. Can only join Bayushi and Yogo schools. Can trade

one of there starting skills for investigation or hunting


8 Unicorn Clan Vassal Families Onshigawa family (Moto vassal) Mon: A horse jumping from a cliff Information: This family is born from Moto Khatalan, the legendary daughter of the legendary Moto

Chai. She forced all those who wanted to marry her to race with her, and the Tarkhan Onshigawa have been the last. She jumped to her death from a cliff as she raced against Khatalan. The khan ended those races after that by creating this family.

Special: + 1 willpower. Can trade one of their starting skills for athletics Suio family (Ide vassal) Mon: A mouth Information: The Suio's job has existed since they were founded to teach the Ki-rin leaders about the

customs and the habits of the peoples where they was living in Rokugan. Special: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of their starting bugei skills for Lore (Burning Sands) or

Lore (Law) Kenshin family (Iuchi vassal) Mon: A sword with a unicorn behind it Information: The shugenja of this family are only women, and show some of the most extraordinary

talents in the clan. The men are cursed for an unknown reason and are never able to be shugenja, so they became excellent yojimbos.

Special: + 1 perception. Can trade one of their starting skills for Lore (Ancestor) or defense. The males cannot be a shugenja.

Batue family (Iuchi vassal) Mon: A scroll hidden behind a cage Information: The Kelet, a three-person council, rules this family. Their job is to hunt the corruption

that once plagued the Iuchi family with Iuchi Nagol. Special: + 1 willpower. Can pay forbidden knowledge (gaijin magic) for one less point Hyuga family (Utaku vassal) Mon: A fire horse’s head with reins Information: This family is formed of stables-masters and other caretakers of mounts. They are the

children of the first one to tame the famous Utaku mounts. Special: + 1 intuition. You must trade horsemanship for animal handling (horses). Naoko family (Utaku vassal) Mon: Two Purple hexagons Information: The Naoko are the group of the most foreign bloodlines of the Utaku. Special: + 1 perception. Can get gaijin gear for one less point. Can trade one of their starting skills

for Lore (Burning Sands) Marta family (Shinjo vassal) Mon: A teapot in Arabian style Information: The Martha family job is to train the storytellers and the bards of the Unicorn clan,

keeping the lore and tales of the former Ki-rin and teaching them. They are the memory of their clan, keeping living the traditions of the formers lands of the errands.

Special: + 1 awareness. Always start with gaijin name without any points. Can pay voice for one less point, can trade one of their starting skills for Lore (History) or Storytelling


Hateru family (Shinjo vassal) Mon: A mist horse Information: A long time ago, when the Ki-rin left for the Burning sands, they left some of the clan

behind. They formed the Fox clan expect the followers of Ide Hateru, who joined the Dragon clan, where they stayed here until the return of their clan. Some joined back the Unicorn clan, but others are still living with the Dragon. They are the ninas and the spies of the Unicorn clan.

Special: + 1 intelligence. Can join the Mirumoto or Kitsuki family for free. Can trade one of their starting skills for Deciet (Lying)

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9 Imperial Family Vassal Families Anou (Miya vassal) Mon: A Crescent Moon in gold Information: The Anou are the legacy of Kaiu Anou, a famous Kaius engineer that had been ordered to

join the Miya to help the Emperor's Blessing by his great skills and deeds. The Kaiu have had still some rants about this act. The Anou are the builders and crafters of the Miya family.

Special: + 1 intelligence. Can trade one of their starting skills for engineering Jama (Otomo vassal) Mon: N\A Information: This small vassal family was granted to Shiba Iga Suru, the now infamous Jama Suru,

after he saved the life of Otomo Jama, who later became the bloodspeaker Iuchiban. Special: N\A


Minor Clan Vassal Families Fuzake (Toku vassal of the monkey clan) Mon : A monkey and a scroll. Information: This family was founded by the mythical Yasuki Garou, a shugenja of the Crab clan well

known for his relationship with the Nezumi. This family trains the few shugenjas of the Monkey clan.

Special: + 1 perception. Can trade one of their starting skills for Lore (Ratling)


10 Ronin Vassal Families Koga family Information: The Koga is not an officially recognized ronin family by the Emperor like the Tsi or the

Yotsu. This group of ninja, spies and assassins swear to put an end to the nobility of Rokugan to have more power to the lower samura classes. They are mostly criminals to the Emperor's justice.

Special: + 1 awareness Sanada Snakes Information: The Sanada Snakes are not a family, they are a jizumai of wako (pirates) that live on the

Crane coast. They take their name of Sanada the pirate king, and have their own school. Special: + 1 stamina and starting glory: - 1 infamy Red Dawn Information: The Red Dawn are like the Sanada Snakes, a jizumai of pirates. They attack the ships in

the Phoenix seas and are known to never show mercy, killing everybody. They have their own starting school.

Special: + 1 strength and starting glory: - 1 infamy

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