I appreciate you making these (even if the intrigue video had a major misunderstanding of the intended use of the scene type) I have a game starting tonight and it's nice to have an additional refresher after reading through the entire book

Thank you so much for making these! Keep them coming!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt so confused at many points when reading the core book, including the beta test (too much "word salad" so to speak). It is a challenging read. Thank you for taking the time to do this. For the time being, I think I'll stick with a modified 4e until FFG/Edge Studies makes a revised version.

I WANTED AN EXAMPLE! Sorry to yell but my hopes were so high. I'd love it if you made a combat video!

Helpful video. The terminology doesn't bother me at much and I disagree with the first point you made in criticism corner. Granted I often (not always) use that kind of description when playing D&D and my players love it since it makes characters and players not feel like hit point bags. As for bleeding, it seems like It's something that'll usually come up when you spend the two Opp to do a critical strike with a katana but the opponent isn't incapacitated. Critical strikes felt pretty strong to me....until the Hida player with strike like earth got into a duel and it felt like punching a rock lmao. That being said I'm sharing these videos with my players to help them understand these concepts better. The info is quick and to the point, only elaborating when needed. Love it

thanks for making this series!!

I have been going through your videos and loving them. Keep them coming! And yes, make a new character sheet! I'm a first-time GM and choosing L5R to start. 😶 Love the world and conflict between personal goals and bushido expectations. Love your explanations to rules too, they have helped me IMMENSELY.

I've been enjoying these videos. It's been 6 months since the last one. Will you be making more?

Definitely need a economy video

I absolutely need an economy video.

Just as an aside, the wording of bleeding takes into account a character that's bleeding, but not incapacitated (such as one who uses the Calming Breath action to remove one fatigue, removing the incapacitated condition).

Tbh, it seems like they were trying to mimic the language of d&d to make it easier to make the jump. I'm not sure if it makes it more confusing or not. I prefer the "HP isn't meat" methodology when playing d&d too so it's not different

we need more!!!!!!!!!!!

I think a cool next step in the field of combat in Legend of the Five Rings is to focus on Dueling. I’m interested in the complex dynamics between all the choices which must be made and how those choices play out. I think it can fill an entire video if all the divergents aspects are inspected: terms, stare down, forms, initiative, wagering, stances, dueling actions, the management of strife, how to spend opportunity, centering, prediction, preparing, becoming compromised, the best schools, the best kata, and best builds for dueling, and consequences of dueling family retribution glory, status, and honor.

This is definitely a lot to take in. I'm definitely gonna have to see if I can parse through bleeding and see if I can make heads or tails of it. But I really like your "rule zero" of the mechanic. You also bring up a great point of getting bogged down by the minutia of the severity charts. I'm extremely glad you brought this up. I might make something to try and make this more digestible while in game. Maybe some kind of tracker, or getting fantasy grounds to measure it as a variable (since I've only been able to play over the internet lately.) Do you find yourself using squares/hexes for combat with/without a map? Or do you just use the range bands you've discussed in the other video?

Late to the party I know.. but I believe the 2nd part of bleed means that when someone is critically struct with a razor edge weapon instead of rolling on the severity table, the severity is equal to the character current level of fatigue . IE Matsu Imako strikes Doji Namimi with a razor edge weapon.. Namimi has so far received 10 fatigue, so now receives a crit severity 10 before fitness roll instead of the weapons crit rating.

YESSSSSSSS

I feel like they tried to implement video game combat mechanics into a TTRPG. There's so much to parse in the background here that it feels like a computer should be doing it and not a bunch of people sitting around a table and trying to have fun by acting out a fight.

The "fatigue" element is important and I understand the "critical strike" difference as important. Im surprised you don't... :/. The abstraction of combat is broken down into separate abstractions which is necessary to model combat accurately. Otherwise were devolving into DnD 5th ed... or even 2nd ed... Yes the combat becomes more more complicated but it also becomes more accurate.

So how should I run combat? lol I'm just getting into the game as GM and I'm already sensing combat slogs, ugh. So what are other GM's thoughts on combat; do you run RAW or tweaked or completely difference than the CRB?

Please tell me you guys did an economy vid 🥺

Does he have a video on mass battles I missed? The chart is hard to read and I was hoping he'd have an example

Is there incentive to maneuver or is the game more geared towards theater of the mind?

Damn. I am scared that all this will make the combat boring and confusing. Is it true?

can someone even be instantly killed?

I put my earbuds and the first video in the morning has you shouting. Please, don't do this anymore. I like your videos, but please, no more random shouting in the beggin of the video, when I haven't had time to adjust the audio.