In the end I think the trade off is worth it. The downside is that it lacks the one page how to generate per clan, on the bright side it means that there are a lot more options, as they are not limited to a two-page spread for each clan. Unlike the previous editions, which had plates with all of the character creation material per clan, this one spreads the material through the book more. The book itself is divided into 5 books (much as L5R, and the original book of the Five Rings by Mirumoto Musashi) The First book, (Earth) serves as a basic, sourcebook, defining the timeline, and basics of the world or Rokugan. The insides are as meaty as steak dinner with all the trimmings, reaching both back to the elements that made the original game great, while also updating elements that needed it in an intelligent and cautious way. But as we all know, you can’t judge a book by its cover, even an exceptional one like this. On the outside, it’s a simply gorgeous book, 318 full color pages of beset with a full color map on the inside of both covers, this hardback tome sports a beautiful cover, using the same glossy/ flat printing technique as Ebberon, and Exalted, with a simple and iconic Katana in a sash design. So is this game an improvement on the second edition, or simply more of what made people turn away after first edition? However Alderac has definitely heard this and possibly felt it in their pocketbooks, anyway, the complaints with third edition, and seeming dislike of the d20 version has prompted Alderac to both cancel their d20 line, and produce a new edition of their classic roleplaying game. And to top it off, the new era in second edition, was a lot less role player friendly as the clans grew further apart through suspicion and war. Which was perpetuated by the second edition showing off parts of the sourcebooks, in the corebook and using this to shill out additional sourcebooks.
I have heard many gamers complain about L5r as an “incomplete” game. I mean the last edition, and subsequent conversion to d20/ dual stat books. It’s been a long dark patch for Legend of the Five Rings, and I don’t just mean for the world of Rokugan, who since the first edition has seen emperors assassinated, a clan war, the ascension of Toturi to the throne, and the resurrection of a once dead emperor.
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