Bloodspeakers, Oriental Adventures

Bloodspeakers Cover

Bloodspeakers is the first source book of the Bloodspeakers in the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game. It was published in 2002.

Credits

• Written by: Wolfgang Baur
• Additional Material: Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf
• Editor: David Hernandez
• Additional Editing: Eric Wiener
• Creative Director: Jimmy Beck and Nelson Rodriguez
• Art director: Jimmy Beck
• Graphic Designer: Victor Choy Designs
• Cover Artist: Ramon Perez
• Interior Artists: Paul (prof.) Herbert and Ramon Perez
• Typesetter: Victor Choy Designs
• Brand Manager: Raymond Lau
• Production Managers: Henry Lopez and Nelson Rodriguez
• Playtesters: Daniel Carew, Jason Cadd, Chris Holt, Jeff Malcolm, Alan Whitenburg, and John Clark

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Blood Gifts (page 4)

• Followers
• Philosophy
• The Founder and Fu Leng
• Taint and Secrecy
• Organization and Rituals
  • Cells
  • Gatherings
  • Initiation
• Leadership
  • The Circle of Five
  • Shahai's Rule
• Location and Number of Bloodspeaker Cults
• Bloodspeakers Outside an Oriental Campaign
• Bloodspeaker Prestige Classes
  • Maho and the Taint
  • Chuda Snake Charmer
  • Kansen's Host
  • Maho Bujin
  • Maho Tsukai
  • Tainted Shadow

Chapter 2: Bloodspeaker Magic (page 25)

• Items
  • Anvil of Despair
  • Blood Arrows of Yajinden
  • Bloodswords
  • Hidden Heart of Iuchiban
  • Four Masks of Iuchiban
  • Porcelain Armor
  • Porcelain Mask
  • Ruby of Iuchiban
  • Scrolls of Asahina Yajinden
  • Shahai's Fan
• Spells
  • Maho and Honor
  • Low-Level Maho
  • complete Maho Spell List
  • New Spells

Chapter 3: History (page 50)

• The Discovery of Maho
  • The Chuda Blasphemies
• The Founding of the Cult
  • Yajinden the Liutenant
  • The Anvil and the Swords
  • Battle of Stolen Graves
• Iuchiban Entombed
  • The Four Masks
  • The Porcelain Army
• The Return of Iuchiban
  • The Battle of Sleeping River
  • Founding the Temple of Blood
  • The Yogo Rebellion
• The Circle is Broken
  • The Corruption of the Hare Clan
  • Fall of the Temple of Blood
  • Creation of Daigotsu
• The Current Day
  • The Shadowlands and the City of Tears
  • The Tomb's Guardians

Chapter 4: Infamous Bloodspeakers (page 58)

• Asahina Yajinden
• Asako Kinuye
• Chuda Mishime
• Daigotsu, Lord of the Shadowlands
• Doji Adoka
• Iuchiban
• Iuchi Shahai, the Dark Daughter
• Jama Suru
• Kitsu Norinaga
• The Oracle of Blood

• Typical Bloodspeakers

Chapter 5: Written in Blood (page 75)

• "Written in Blood" Fiction about the Ruby of Iuchiban at Kyuden Asako, the Morning Glory Castle