Creatures of Rokugan: Third Edition

Creatures of Rokugan: Third Edition was the second source book for Third Edition of the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game. It was published in January 2007.

Credits[]

Writers: Brian Bates, Shawn Carman, Sean Holland, Douglas Sun, Brian Yoon
Editor: Douglas Sun
Line Developers: Douglas Sun, Rich Wulf
Art Director: Ken Carpenter
Graphic Designers: Nate Barnes, Rodney Saenz
Cover Artist: Hugh Jamison
Interior Artists: Christopher Appel, Steve Argyle, Matthew S. Armstrong, Drew Baker, beet, Jeff Carlisle, Adam Denton, John Donahue, Randy Elliot, Jason Engle, Al Eremin, Carl Frank, Anthony Francisco, David Hudnut, Llyn Hunter, Mike Jackson, Hugh Jamieson, April Lee, Chuck Lukacs, Michael Kaluta, Michael Komarck, Britt Martin, Malcolm McClinton, Tony Moseley, Lee Moyer, William O'Connor, Jim Pavelec, Ron Spencer, Brad Williams
Interior Artists - Uncredited: Daniel Gelon, Veronica V. Jones, Amandine Lebarre, Cris Dornaus, Jonathan Hunt, Ed Cox, Paul (Prof.) Herbert, Anthony Francisco, Thomas Manning, Michael Dixon, Jeremy Jarvis, Ted Pendergraft, Janine Johnston, Luis Vazquez, Diana Vick, Wackwitz & Grabski, Glen Osterberger, Lisa Hunt, Marko Djurdjevic
Brand Manager: Todd C. Rowland
Production Manager: Ken Carpenter
Chief Executive Officer: John Zinser

Contents[]

Chapter 1: Introduction (page 4)[]

Fiction with Toritaka Hatsuko
New Schools, Advantages and Disadvantages
- Kenku Swordsman School
- Shapeshifter School
- Shapeshifter Races
Advantages and Disadvantages: Denizens of the Spirit Realms
Taboos

Chapter 2: Naga (page 16)[]

Fiction with Bakash and Zamalash.

History of the Naga
- Pre-calendar history of the Naga
  - Bloodlands War - 700 years before the Great Sleep
  - War with the Ashalan - 300 years before the Great Sleep
  - The Great Sleep begins
  - During the Sleep
- First Encounter with Humans - 200
- Isawa Chuda discovers a Naga temple - 335
- The Destruction of Nirukti - 511
- Naga stir in their Sleep - 815
- Naga ruins discovered in Shinomen Mori - 925
- End of the Great Sleep - 1124
- Arrival of Mirumoto Daini - 1126
- The Naga join Toturi - 1127
- Naga at Imperial Court - 1127
- Second Day of Thunder - 1128
- Naga on the Kaiu Kabe - 1130
- Kazaq is severed from the Akasha - 1130
- Naga assault the Dragon Clan - 1131
- Ashalan attack - 1132
- Death and Rebirth of Hida Yakamo - 1132
- Yakamo becomes the Qatol - 1132
- The Pearl Prison - 1133
- Planning for the next Great Sleep - 1134
- Gift of the Naga - 1135
- Legacy of the Naga is born - 1145
- Mirumoto Mareshi is born - 1145
- Ghedai's treachery undone - 1159
- Zamalash awakens from the Sleep - 1166

Social Organization
Naga Culture
Naga and the Great Clans
Naga Mechanics
Naga Bloodlines
Naga Castes
Naga Equipment
New Paths
Advanced Schools
New Spells
Naga Hertiage Tables

Chapter 3: Nezumi (page 47)[]

Fiction with Y'tchee and Tch'tek.
Nezumi History
- Pre-calendar history of the Nezumi
- The Terrible Day - Pre-calendar
- The Lean Times - Pre-calendar - 50
- The Peace Bringer, Hiruma Kazuma - 314
- The Forever Racing Tomorrow Tribe fragments. - 389
- War of the Lost Pups - 651
- The Chipped Tooth Tribe take to the sea. - 664
- Death of Yasuki Fumoki - 671
- Disaster in Sparrow lands. - 859
- The Tattered Ear Tribe encounters the Naga - 1124
- The Elemental Terrors attack the Crippled Bone Tribe. - 1126
- The Dark Oracles are defeated. - 1127
- The Broken Shinbone Tribe join Matsu Gohei. - 1128
- The Broken Shinbone Warren is founded in Dragon lands. - 1130
- The Blue Fur Warren is founded. - 1133
- The Shadow Runners Tribe is destroyed. - 1150
- Ikoma Otemi launces the Deathless. - 1158

- The Stained Paw Tribe joins the Tsuno. - 1158
- The Lost City is discovered. - 1158
- Yoee'trr defeats the Onisu of Fear. - 1159
- The Stained Paw battles the Tattered Ear. - 1160
- The tribes unite against the Stained Paw. - 1165
- The Tomorrow Chieftain arrives. - 1165
- The Grasping Paw Tribe joins the Council of Tribes. - 1165
- War in the City of Dreams. - 1166
- The One Tribe is formed. - 1166
- The Broken Shinbone ally with the Dragon Clan. - 1166
- The Shogun's Blood Hunt. - 1166
- The Broken Shinbone go to war. - 1167
- Conflicts in Shinomen Mori. - 1167
- Zamalash awakens. - 1167
- K'mee is inducted into the Brotherhood of Shinsei. - 1168
- The Lost Ambassador is accepted by the humans. - 1168