l5rx-chiaroscuro/wiki/users/basic-usage.md

Basic usage and filling sheets

Most interactions are done via drag and drop. You will need to activate the appropriate Techniques to allow you to place them in the sheet slots.

Creating a Character (PC)

In the Actor tab, you can create a new Character by clicking the add actor button and using the Player Character sheet format. Generally, the Game Master (GM) will have to complete this step for you and assign you ownership before you can modify the character sheet.

1. You can build the character manually following the game system 20 questions sheet or you can use the 20Q link at the top of the sheet and configure it with the 20 question output. Most of the steps below should ben completed automatically if you used the 20Q feature.
2. Fill in your Honor, Glory and Status stats. Increase your rings to the appropriate level for your character build. Your Endurance, Composure, Focus and Vigilance stats should all auto-calculate based on your ring bonus.
3. Add any additional skill points in each of the Artisan, Martial, Scholar, Social or Trade skill groups.
4. Select your allowed technique categories. You can select new techniques by dragging and dropping them from the L5R5e system compendiums under L5R5e > Techniques > selection of the appropriate technique category.
5. Apply your school ability from the School Abilities compendium and a Signature Scroll, if appropriate.
6. Ensure your Ninjo and Giri have been defined. Select Distinctions, Passions and Bonds from the L5R5e > Character Related section of the compendium.
7. Define the Paramount and Less Significant Bushido aspects of your clan and any additional notes or character description in the respective fields.
8. In the Inventory screen, you can drag elements from the L5R5e > Objects related section for Items, Armors and Weapons to add them to your character sheet.

Note

: Several of the default weapons and armors that are on your characters may not be available in the compendium. Simply drag the closest description item you can find and rename and change the stats appropriately once it's been placed in your character sheet.

9. Add Item Patterns from the Item Patterns compendium, if appropriate.

Creating an NPC

Non-player Characters (NPCs) come in two flavors: minions and adversaries. While they differ in L5R in terms of power and influence on the narrative, they are basically built the same way in the Non-Player Character sheet.

1. Define the Combat and Intrigue difficulty, as appropriate, at the top of the sheet.
2. Similar to the PCs, you will define Honor, Glory, Status, and Ring values for each character. Unlike players, you will need to manually define Endurance, Composure, Focus and Vigilance.
3. Determine the demeanor for the character, and fill that in the Demeanor section. Modify the ring values based on the demeanor below the box. Acceptable values are an integer (i.e., 1, 2, 3, etc.) or an integer with a negative number (i.e., -1, -2, -3, etc.). Do not use + symbols in these fields.
4. Define the general skill values in the Artisan, Martial, Scholar, Social, and Trade boxes. Unlike player characters, the skills are generalized for NPCs.
5. The Narrative tab is filled out similarly to players. Note that most of the Distinctions and Passions of NPCs do not have a compendium equivalent. You can either build a custom compendium of these or manually define them by click the + button above each section to add and modify them.
6. The inventory tab is filled out in much the same way as players.

Creating an Army

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