Taboo

Taboos are social or legal restrictions or interdictions. The Rokugani society has many taboos, such as the interdiction to touch blood.

Taboos are also a specific way Shapeshifter spirits keep themselves from the influence of Ningen-do. These are self imposed but violating them has dire consequences, such as the abrupt transformation into their natural animal form and the loss of their supernatural powers for one day. The more a spirit gains experience in Ningen-do, the more taboos it must follow.

Some are very simple, such as the interdiction of drinking alcohol, but some taboos can be really difficult to follow, such as the interdiction to touch any kind of steel or object containing steel.