Nancy M. Sauer was a member of the Legend of the Five Rings Story Team. She is also known on the L5R forums as Daidoji Gisei. She returned as writer for the Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game under the management of Fantasy Flight.
About Nancy[]
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- Name: Nancy Marie Sauer
- Nickname: Daidoji Gisei
- Age: 43
- Position: Writer, Legend of the Five Rings Story Team
History[]
I started playing the L5R CCG in the summer of 1999, because at the time I was associated with a group of people who were organizing a regional science fiction/gaming convention and all of them played it. Up until that time I had been a dedicated player of role-playing games and though I knew how to play Magic: the Gathering, CCGs didn't interest me much. Much to my surprise, I quickly became an enthusiastic player of L5R. Soon I began to write L5R fanfic, and eventually I started the Ricepaper Society, a writer's group for L5R fanfic writers, so that I could improve my writing skills. After Rich Wulf stepped down I applied for a position on the new Story Team, and became a member of that august body in the summer of 2006. I continue to work on improving my writing skills. ([1])
Duties[]
Mostly I write stories. I also help with card titles and favor text, story tournament ideas, and any miscellaneous verbage needed to maintain a storyline game.([2])
She stepped down from L5R Story team in 2014. [3]
Favorite Story[]
Choosing is hard. Let's go shopping! No? Ok, a three-way tie: A Syllable of Time - [4] Promises - [5] Specters - [6]
Favorite story of what I've written: Disavowed - [7]. (Daidoji Uji is in it.)([8])
Works[]
- Heaven's Net - Aug 2008 - [9] - Part of Fiction Week
- Consequences - Jul 2008 - [10]
- Prelude - Jun 2008 - [11]
- Small Gains - Jun 2008 - [12]
- Acts of Virtue - Jun 2008 - [13]
- Legacies - Apr 2008 - [14]
- Shadows & Lies - Mar 2008 - [15]
- Honor's Veil, Part II - Feb 2008 - [16]
- Honor's Veil, Part I - Feb 2008 - [17]
- The Flowers, The Snow - Jan 2008 - [18] - with Fred Wan
- Winter Court: The Month of the Boar - Dec 2007 - [19] with Fred Wan.
- Belonging - Nov 2007 - [20]
- Scenes From the Empire 2 - Oct 2007 - [21]
- Stronger than Steel - Sep 2007 - [22]
- Amethyst - Aug 2007 - [23]
- The Way of Honor - Jul 2007 - Imperial Herald, Volume 2, Number 22. [24]
- Enough - Jul 2007 - Imperial Herald, Volume 2, Number 22. [25]
- Steel - Jul 2007 - [26]
- Disavowed - Jun 2007 - [27]
- The Topaz Championship - May 2007 - [28]
- The Truest Test, Part 3 - May 2007 - [29] - collaboration by entire Story Team
- The Truest Test, Part 2 - May 2007 - [30] - collaboration by entire Story Team
- Useful - Apr 2007 - [31] - part of Vignettes II
- The Essence of Loyalty - Apr 2007 - Fiction [32]
- Winter Nights: Sowing the Wind - Feb 2007 - Fiction [33]
- Imbalances - Feb 2007 - [34]
- Winter Thunder - Jan 2007 - [35]
- Test of the Heart - Jan 2007 - [36]
- Battle Lines - Dec 2006 - [37]
- Gifts of the Ancestors - Nov 2006 - [38]
- The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4 - Oct 2006 - [39] - with Shawn Carman
- Landscapes - Sept 2006 - [40]
- A Legion Reborn - Aug 2006 - [41]
FFG Fictions[]
- The Stories We Tell - November 2017 - [42]
- The Bright Flames of the World's Glory (Fate Has No Secrets Pack fiction) - December 2017 - [43]
- Awakened (The Fire Within Pack fiction) - August 2018 - [44]
- Tactical Maneuvers - April 2019 - [45]
- The Art of Matchmaking - March 2020 - [46]
- Daidoji - July 2020 - [47]
Statistics[]
- Fictions: 33
- Abbreviated Fictions: 27 / 33
- Kills: 28
- Unnamed Kills: 776
- Total kills: 804
- Named kills per fiction: 28/27 = 104%
- Most written for faction: Groups (8 fictions)
- Least written for faction: Nezumi. (0 fictions)
On Screen Kills[]
- Daigotsu Masahiko - Shadows & Lies
- Daigotsu Hirata - Shadows & Lies
- Shosuro Masanobi - Shadows & Lies
- Hiruma Aya - The Flowers, The Snow
- Daidoji Shihei - Steel
- Akodo Osamu - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Utaku Yanmei - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Bayushi Kaukatsu - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Isawa Angai - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Isawa Sezaru - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Kaneka - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Doji Seishiro - The Truest Test, Part 2
- Ide Jiao - Winter Nights: Sowing the Wind - (faked)
- Shosuro Yudoka - Test of the Heart
- Yasuki Hachi - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Yotsu Irie - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Toturi III - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Yoritomo Katoa - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Nairu no Oni - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Mirumoto Rosanjin - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Shiba Aikune - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Ginkgo - A Legion Reborn
Off Screen Kills[]
- Daidoji Hakumei - Disavowed
- Doji Tanitsu - The Truest Test, Part 3
- Yogo Hiroji - Essence of Loyalty
- Moto Shikenji - Winter Nights: Sowing the Wind
- Bayushi Moyotoshi (Bayushi Yojiro) - Winter Nights: Sowing the Wind
- Matsu Takuya - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4
- Doji Ran - Landscapes
Unnamed Kills[]
- 1 un-named Scorpion ninja in Zakyo Toshi - Shadows & Lies
- 9 un-named Crab defending the Cherry Blossom Snow Brewery. - The Flowers, The Snow
- the brew master and all the workers at the Cherry Blossom Snow Brewery (at least 5 in total). - The Flowers, The Snow
- 1 un-named peasant. - Scenes From the Empire 2
- 2 un-named Mantis by Matsu Takeko - Stronger than Steel
- 6 un-named bandits. - The Way of Honor
- 1 un-named Crab on the Wall - Enough
- several unnamed Daidoji at Shiro Giji - Disavowed
- 32 un-named Daidoji under the command of Daidoji Gempachi - The Truest Test, Part 3
- 4 un-named Moto White Guard - The Truest Test, Part 3
- 49 un-named Unicorn under the command of Utaku Yanmei - The Truest Test, Part 3
- 1 un-named Kuni shugenja ambassador - The Truest Test, Part 3
- 4 un-named Unicorn under the command of Moto Chagatai (2 archers, 2 white guard) - The Truest Test, Part 3
- 10 un-named Unicorn (1 Shinjo, 7 Moto, 2 Unknown) - The Truest Test, Part 2
- 2 un-named Mantis (1 Yoritomo, 1 shugenja) - The Truest Test, Part 2
- un-named Hitomi monk - Imbalances
- Roughly 600 Crane under the command of Daidoji Yaichiro - Landscapes
- Roughly 45 unnamed bandits - A Legion Reborn
- 5 unnamed samurai of the Legion of Two Thousand - A Legion Reborn
Factions Written for[]
- All - The Battle at the Tomb, Part 4, Winter Nights: Sowing the Wind, The Truest Test, Part 2, The Truest Test, Part 3, Scenes From the Empire 2, Winter Court: The Month of the Boar, Honor's Veil, Part I, Honor's Veil, Part II
- Crab Clan - The Topaz Championship, Enough, Belonging, The Flowers, The Snow
- Crane Clan - Imbalances, Battle Lines, Gifts of the Ancestors, Landscapes, Disavowed, Steel, The Flowers, The Snow
- Dragon Clan - Imbalances
- Imperial Families - Battle Lines
- Lion Clan - Gifts of the Ancestors, The Way of Honor, Stronger than Steel
- Mantis Clan - Amethyst, Stronger than Steel
- Naga - Belonging
- Phoenix Clan - Useful, Stronger than Steel
- Ronin - A Legion Reborn
- Scorpion Clan - Test of the Heart, Battle Lines, The Essence of Loyalty, Shadows & Lies
- Spider Clan - Shadows & Lies
- Unicorn Clan - Winter Thunder, A Legion Reborn
| Preceded by: Shawn Carman |
L5R Writer 2006 - 2014 |
Succeeded by: Unknown |
| Preceded by: None |
L5R Writer 2017 - Present |
Succeeded by: - |
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