Unexpected Allies
Unexpected Allies was a source book for Non-Player Characters in the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game released in summer 1999.
Credits[]
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- Written by: Patrick Kapera & Ree Soesbee
- Additional Material by: Eli Basquez, Joseph Joshua Carlock, Mario Cerame, Cris Dornaus, Eric Evans, Alex Fox, Scott Gearin, Brendon, Guth, Steve Hough, Tom Iverson, Steven Jankiewicz, Paul Johnson, David Krieger, Mike Leader, Anthony Mambuca, David Margowsky, Perrin Martin, Jonah Medeiros, Colin Merritt, George S. Pantelis, Jim Pinto, Adrian Rammelt, Kevin Sanborn, Craig Stanton, Eric Suess, Josh and Molly Timmers, John Wick, Rich Wulf and Ray Yand.
- Game System by: David Williams and John Wick
- Art Director: Jennifer Wick
- Cover Artwork: William O'Connor
- Interior Artwork: Steve Bryant, Jim Callahan, Joseph Joshua Carlock, Cris Dornaus, Carl Frank, Thomas Gianni, Anthony Mambuca, Doug Shuler, Craig Stanton.
- Artwork Prepress: Brendon Goodyear, Steve Hough, Patrick Kapera.
- Line Developer: Ree Soesbee
- Line Editor: D.J. Trindle
- Editing: Eli Basquez, Alex Fox, John Glenn, Patrick Kapera, Ree Soesbee, D.J. Trindle and Ray Yand.
- Interior Layout: Steve Hough, Patrick Kapera, D.J. Trindle
Table of Contents[]
A Dark Path's Beginning (page 4)[]
Ginawa
Fiction with Akodo Ginawa.
Introduction (page 14)[]
- The Characters
- Populating Your World.
- The Format of Unexpected Allies
Villains, Villains Everywhere (page 15)[]
- Black and White in Rokugan
- All People Wear Masks
- Honor, Glory and Loyalty
- Twisted, not Evil
- True Villains
Allies and Enemies (page 17)[]
- How to Build Belivable NPCs
- Putting it Together
- Akodo Samune (ancestor)
- Character Descriptions
- Quirks and Identifying Marks
- First Impressions
- Faults
- Personalizing NPC's
- Mirumoto Takeda (ancestor)
- Using the NPCs for and against the PCs
Non-Player Character Motives (page 22)[]
Kakita Kazuyoshi
- Secondary Motives
- Crime in the Empire
- Obvious and Concealed Crimes
Crime in the Emerald Empire (page 24)[]
- Thievery
- Piracy, Robbery, Smuggling
- Con Artists and Forgery
- Kidnapping
- Hiruma Kazuma (ancestor)
- Drugs and Illicit Crimes
- Homicide
Creating and Using Non-Player Characters (page 29)[]
- First Questions
- The Set-Up
- Types of Villains
- Bayushi Akoru (ancestor)
- Player Reactions to NPCs
- End of the Line
- Otaku Kunami (ancestor)
Villain and NPC Quirks and Motivations (page 33)[]
Crab Non-Player Characters (page 36)[]
Hida Kabe and Scitch'ik
Crane Non-Player Characters (page 44)[]
Dragon Non-Player Characters (page 54)[]
Lion Non-Player Characters (page 60)[]
Phoenix Non-Player Characters (page 70)[]
Isawa Chiroku
Scorpion Non-Player Characters (page 78)[]
Unicorn Non-Player Characters (page 88)[]
Ronin Non-Player Characters (page 94)[]
Sanzo