The Way of the Naga



Way of the Naga is the first source book of the Naga in the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game.

Credits

 * Written by: Patrick Kapera and Ree Soesbee
 * Additional Material by: Chris Dornaus, "Graveyard" Greg, Phil Hall, Jim Pinto, Rob Vaux, Kevin Wilson and Ray Yand
 * Game System by: David Williams and John Wick
 * Cover Artwork by: Randy Elliot
 * Interior Artwork by: Cris Dornaus, Rob Hinds, Scott James, Ben Peck
 * Map of Nirukti: Cris Dornaus
 * Artwork Prepress: Brendon Goodyear, Steve Hough
 * Art Director: Jennifer Wick
 * Line Editor: D.J. Trindle
 * Editing by: D.J. Trindle, Rob Vaux
 * Interior Layout: Steve Hough

The Sources of War (page 4)

 * "The Sources of War" Fiction with the tale of Atman and the creation of the Naga

Chapter 1: The Ancient Naga (page 10)

 * Scroll XXIV, of the Second Year of the Horse, in the Reign of Hantei Kusada, the Sixth of his Line"
 * Words on scroll, discovered near the ruins of an ancient city, within the Shinomen
 * The Journal of Shinjo Fujimaka last entry
 * Letter from Toritaka Tsimari to Hida Tsuru, regarding the fall of Hebiki Village
 * Reep'tichivk's Stick

Chapter 2: The History of the Naga (page 17)

 * History and Background
 * The Temples of the Naga
 * Physical Characteristics
 * Female Naga
 * Language
 * Cultural Overview
 * Tao of the Naga, sidebar
 * The Worship of the Bright and the Pale
 * Gods of the Naga
 * Puja
 * The Forest and the Land
 * The First War
 * Holidays and Festivals
 * Spirituality
 * The Akasha
 * Our Awakening
 * The One Stone
 * The Bloodland Wars
 * Shahismael, sidebar
 * Bloodlines
 * The Naga Lifecycle, sidebar
 * The Asp
 * War
 * The Shahadet
 * First Naga Battles
 * The First Burning of the Lands
 * Mara's Journals, sidebar
 * The War Against the Ashalan
 * The Chameleon
 * The Chameleon City, sidebar
 * Beneath the Ocean
 * The Cobra
 * Cobra's Children, sidebar
 * Pearl Magic
 * Pearl Kyujutsu
 * The Constrictor
 * Children of the Bright Eye
 * Children of the Pale Eye
 * The Greensnake
 * Naga Greetings
 * Rokugan
 * Cultural Insights
 * Abominations
 * Alone in the Shinomen
 * Fire Salamanders
 * Aseth
 * Language
 * Naming practice, sidebar
 * The Structure of Names
 * Syllable Structure
 * Numerical Structure
 * A Thousan Years of Sleep
 * Pearl of Mist, sidebar
 * Cobra's Children, sidebar

Chapter 2: Character (page 49)

 * Character
 * Character Creation
 * Parallel Naga Skills
 * Banned Character Options
 * New Skills
 * Astronomy (Perception)
 * Conceal (Awareness)
 * Moksha (Akasha)
 * Naga Language (Intelligence)
 * New Lores (Intelligence)
 * Pearl Carving (Akasha)
 * Rokugani Language
 * New Advantages
 * Abomination
 * Acute Smell
 * Fertile
 * Immune to Fear
 * Pearl Jiva
 * Prehensile Tail
 * Amphibious
 * Venom
 * Xenophobic
 * The Naar Teban, sidebar
 * New Disadvantages
 * Abomination
 * Bad Sight
 * Watersnake
 * Naga Bloodlines
 * Naga Jakla
 * Pearl Casting
 * Naga Scout
 * Naga Vedic
 * Naga Warrior
 * Heritage Tables

Chapter 4: Who's Who (page 76)

 * The Balash
 * The Qamar
 * The Ashamana
 * The Shahadet
 * The Qarash
 * The Shashakar
 * The Taquar
 * The Radakast
 * The Oseuth, sidebar
 * The Dashmar
 * The Qatol's Legion
 * The Bhakarash, sidebar
 * The Isha
 * The Mara
 * The Shabura
 * Syba, sidebar
 * Aseth

Chapter 5: Sample Characters (page 95)

 * Greensnake Bowman
 * Cobra Shadowlands Hunter
 * Constrictor Spirit Warrior
 * Chameleon Emissary
 * Asp Abomination

Appendix (page 107)

 * The Shinomen
 * Candas
 * Iyotisha
 * Kalpa
 * Siksa
 * Vyakarana
 * Nirukti
 * The Nirukti Ruins
 * Naga Army Composition, sidebar
 * Hidden Places
 * Fire Pool of Purity
 * The Waterfalls of Shinsei
 * Gates of Persistence
 * Eight Worlds Sorrow Path, sidebar
 * The Crow's Tongue, sidebar
 * Furueru Chinomigo, the Tree of Wisdom Beyond Time
 * The Sighing Moon Murders
 * Four Bridges Glade
 * Lost Heaven Shrine
 * Estatuaries of the Snake
 * Sanctuary of the Outcasts
 * The Cult of the Destroyer, sidebar
 * Pearls of the Jakla
 * Type of Pearls
 * Unique Pearls, sidebar
 * Gamemastering the Naga
 * Map of the Nirukti Ruins
 * Shahadet's Legion, CCG Naga deck