Kuroiban - Home of the Scorpion Clan

Random Subject 2!!

Bayushi Ryuken — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:18:03 GMT

After the insightful look at some of your favorite films Im curious to see what your top 5 books are.

Mine are as follows, in no particular order:

1- A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George RR Martin.

2- Cabal by Clive Barker (made into the film Nightbreed.)

3- IT by Steven King (The only book of his that I like, but its a corker).

4- The Conan series by Robert E Howard.

5- Shogun by James Clavell.

If I could have a top 100 books I could list them easily but the 5 I listed above are particularly good.

Happy Birthday

Goju Kaze — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:58:06 GMT

Today it's celebration day at the Kuroiban, as it's the mark of the birth of Ryofune, our Gouvenor!

Ninja Follower - PreEAW

nkzack — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:02:27 GMT

Hidden Moon Dojo

Dynasty
Yogo Reiko Exp
Bayushi Tsubaki
3 Bayushi Keirei
3 Bayushi Suboru
3 Shosuro Sogetsu
3 Shosuro Nishu
3 Bayushi Arashii
3 Shosuro Takuma
3 Shosuro Tamoko

3 Geisha House
2 Border Village
3 Famous Bazaar
Traveling Peddler
2 Counting House
Head of Fudo
Limbs of Fudo
Belly of Fudo

Bayushi's Guidance
Fire Dragon's Guidance
The New Order

Fate
3 Flawless Assassin
3 Apprentice Shinobi
3 The Silent Blade

3 Walk in Shadows
3 Black Hearts, Red Blades
3 Silent Rot
3 Shadow Plays
3 Unexplained Illness
3 Strike from the Shadows
3 Only Actions Speak
3 Peasant Vengeance
3 Determined Force
Sneak Attack
Subtle Sting

Ring of the Void
Ring of Water

Nishu and Tamoko's are there to round out the gold curve and ensure that you have several warm bodies for the Rule of Presence. From the lineup, you can see that only Keirei costs 6 gold (with clan discount). Majority of your personalities cost 5 gold with the clan discount. Bayushi's Guidance is meant to be used as an early personality removal, while the Fire Dragon's Guidance is to give you an additional battle action that can potentially kill people.

Strike from the Shadows and BHRB are there to provide you with additional card draw. Your battle actions will consist of Silent Blade, Silent Rot, Unexplained Illness, Peasant Vengeance, Only Actions Speak and Determined Force. Now, the other cards are also for their battle actions, but the mentioned cards are ones that will help you gain an advantage in battle. Before you go off saying that OAS and DetForce are almost impossible to find, they're some of the best cards in the environment right now. If you are having a difficult time acquiring these cards, you can substitute cards that will give you more battle actions. Nightshade touch might be a good substitute since you have Nishu and Tamoko to bow for them. Another action that you can use would be Fall Back. That way, you can commit your entire army to the attack, and if your opponent doesn't defend, you can use Fall Back, combined with Flawless Assassin and Keirei to take multiple provinces, while giving you some personalities on defense.

Unexplained Illness and Subtle Sting are meant to actually prevent personalities from going into battle while clearing a path for you on the attack. Don't be afraid to lose a little bit of honor from the Sting as your main goal is to attack relentlessly.

Comment away :)

EaW: Dishonor Magistrates

Bolt Crank — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:40:29 GMT

And... here is the ground work for my other EaW deck. Dishonor out of SSK thansk to new support. Additionally, this is also the come back deck. The deck you win at the final province due to blanketed forest + Restoring Order, The Laws Strength, Superior Mobility, and A Stained Cleansed.

The deck is designed to slow the game down, I blow up my own guys, to kill yours, I bring mine back with Ritsuko + Will and do things like dishonor them, if that happens in battle that's also a -2 honor loss depending.

Ultimately, this one is really the... "I'm going to take you to -20 kicking and screaming without having to do complex math myself".

1 Seven Stings Keep

# Dynasty (41)

# Events (3)
1 Alter History
1 Successful Bounty
1 Conspiracy

# Regions (2)
1 Hanayashiki
1 Toshi Ranbo

# Holdings (15)
3 Offices of the Emerald Magistrates
3 Geisha House
1 Chugo Seido
1 Counting House
1 Kitsune Den
3 Rich Coffers
1 Traveling Peddler
2 Hidden Entrance

# Personalities (21)
1 Bayushi Hisoka - exp
1 Bayushi Jutsushi - exp
1 Bayushi Miyako - exp2
3 Bayushi Darisu
2 Bayushi Hikoko
3 Bayushi Jutsushi
2 Bayushi Kahoku
2 Bayushi Himaru
1 Yogo Kazunori
2 Bayushi Sorii
3 Shosuro Ritsuko

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (40)
2 A Stain Cleansed
3 Restoring Order
3 The Law's Strength
3 The Light of Justice
3 Under Arrest
3 Shame Never Dies
3 Game of Sincerity
1 Relentless Conviction
3 Shameful and Cowardly
2 Desperate Battle
3 Superior Mobility
3 Blanketed Forest
3 Will
3 Reinforce the Gates
2 Cowed by Wisdom

# Rings (1)
1 Ring of the Void

EaW: BS PK

Bayushi Akai — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:14:54 GMT

Fortress of Blackened Sight

Dynasty (40)

Celestials (1)
Bishamon's Guidance -The +2F really helps, and it's a free kill action later on

Events (2)
Alter History -Can be any honour meta, I like this one as it can give favour control in military matchups. Need more testing to see if it's really even needed
Consecration of Steel

Holdings (15)
3x Geisha House
3x Border Village
2x Barley Farm
2x Wooden Barricade
2x War Encampment
1x Kaiu Smithy
1x Travelling Peddler
1x Counting House

Personalities (22)
1x Bayushi Miyako XP2 -She kills any non-Duelist in the game. She's awesome even without being a Magistrate
1x Yogo Rieko XP -Too versatile to not play. She's basically 3 Personalities in one slot
1x Bayushi Jutsushi XP
1x Bayushi Hisoka XP
1x Tsuruchi Gidayu
3x Bayushi Darisu
3x Tsuruchi Sanjo -The second best non-Unique Magistrate in the game. I tried out Tatsuhiko, and Sanjo's send home is simply too good
3x Bayushi Jutsushi -The best non-Unique Magistrate in the game
3x Bayushi Hikoko
3x Bayushi Sorii -In here because I'm trying it with Steel on Steel
2x Bayushi Kahoku -He's okay, legally I have to play him so he makes the cut

Fate

Items (7)
3x Rising Sun Blade -As game defining as Taoist was when it got printed, it brought sexy back to weapons
3x Blades of the Fallen Phoenix -A personal choice, alternatives are Storm-Forged Blade, Seppun Blade and Radiant Steel
1x Chagatai's Armor -I don't like playing this card, but I can't argue about it's effectiveness when it hits the table

Strategies (29)
3x Restoring Order
3x The Law's Strength
3x Cowed by Wisdom -It's sometimes a bow action!
3x The Light of Justice -Can be used on the attack. Straightens the unit. Makes baby Jebus cry. It replaced Reinforce, and I love Reinforce. Don't play it if people are using Swift Counterattack
3x Stolen Property -So amazing in a environment where people regularly attach 8g weapons
3x Defensive Nature -Most versatile action in the game
2x Superior Mobility
2x Shameful and Cowardly -Was playing 3, found it was too slow to really warrant it, and I had an easy enough time dishonouring
2x Deathly Aura -Very little difference between it and Sneak in the deck, so it may as well be this
2x Steel on Steel -Only playing 2 as I'm wary of dueling locally, worth playing 3 if your local players don't duel
2x Test of Sincerity -Die or be set up for my future kill actions. It's an example of the decks hunger for cards, but well worth it[/]
1x Relentless Conviction

Followers (2)
2x Bitter Lies Student -It's Rising Sun Blade 4+5!

Rings (2)
1x Ring of Water
1x Ring of the Void -When you're using Cowed and a movement card to kill someone, playing 4 cards in one battle isn't hard

_________________

First things first, this deck will not dishonour anyone out. Ever. It is a Straight Military deck that kills entire units without trying very hard. It's a PK deck that's total BS, and it runs out of Blackened Sight. It's BS PK

This deck defends like a ***, generally killing anything that ever opposes it. It attacks by giving someone a Rising Sun Blade, and then using Naval or Deathly Aura to make defending look dumb. The majority of its kill ignores attachments and force, two of the primary factors in the CE environment, though it pays for this by requiring either set up via dishonour or eating cards from your hand.

The box Limited ability is okay, sometimes helps you get the correct pieces of the puzzle, mainly makes you sigh over how crap the next two turns are.
The Battle action is hella lame, you'll rarely be able to bow anyone who matters.
The 8PS is awesome, and combined with the Limited action makes it worth running it over SSK.

Options for the deck are increase the kill actions with Fearless Defense and A Stain Cleansed, increase the control with Control and Paid Off or increase the honour loss element with Ambush and Conspiracy.

is this for real or just a fluke?

Bayushi Junjiro — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:01:55 GMT

I am referring to this:

http://l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?cmd=detail&card_id=8871

and does this constitute as "leaking"?

Keirei fiction

Bayushi Keirei — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:53:15 GMT

My GenCon fiction's up. Baddest ninja around.

http://www.l5r.com/story/scenes-from-the-empire-11/

Transmitting greetings from far

Goju Kaze — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:59:09 GMT

I was requsitionned to send greetings from one of our brother who is far and have a shaky connection.

Takeda is all and well!

Zombie Paneki?

Bayushi Kohaku — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:31 GMT

I keep hearing people talk about how Bayushi Paneki is infected with the plague, but I can't seem to find that story on the AEG boards. Is this true or is what I'm hearing wishful thinking/prediction?

Unleashed 2...New Champion has arrived?

Bayushi Nejiro — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:17:55 GMT

Great Story!!!

I think we just found our new Champion. I think she has a few suprises for us after all. If she is willing to sacrifce the clan for the empire safety, thenthat means she is willing to sacrifice honor as well. If she does then I think we got ourselve a great Champion. Perhaps Paneki-sama taught her well after all.

Random Subject

Bayushi Ryuken — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:22:08 GMT

Ok. Just a random thread here. What are your 5 favorite films?

Mine are as follows:

In no particular order.

1- Once upon a time in America

2- Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman

3- Return of the Jedi

4- Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness

5- Akira

Sorry. Im guilty of quite liking threads like this. Lol.

For the sake of interest, the worst film I have ever seen is....Paranormal Activity. Its god awful. I came out of the cinema like a man stricken with tourettes.

EaW: Keyword Neutral kill everything

Bolt Crank — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:27:33 GMT

Okay, so, just to get peoples minds going. This is the third deck that I've built today. These are probably the three I'm going to tinker and refine out till I figure out which one works best. The point of this deck is just killing people. I mean, it's possible to get a ranged 9 vs chi... so... yeah, narrow cliffs pulls it's weight. I might actually consider that card taht drops the terrain first.

1 Fortress of Blackened Sight

# Dynasty (40)

# Events (2)
1 The War of Dark Fire
1 The New Order

# Celestials (1)
1 Bishamon's Guidance

# Regions (2)
1 Farmlands
1 Hidden Valley

# Holdings (15)
3 Border Village
1 Counting House
3 Geisha House
3 Barley Farm
3 Rich Coffers
1 Traveling Peddler
1 Expendable Resources

# Personalities (20)
3 Goju Katsume
3 Bayushi Arashii
1 Bayushi Paneki - exp5
1 Bayushi Jutsushi - exp
1 Bayushi Miyako - exp2
3 Bayushi Kahoku
1 Bayushi Ishikura
1 Yogo Rieko - exp
3 Yogo Rieko
3 Bayushi Momochi

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (34)
3 Shameful and Cowardly
3 Settling the Homeless
3 Echoes of Disgrace
3 Game of Sincerity
1 Relentless Conviction
3 Arrows Do Not Falter
3 Determined Force
3 Final Duty
3 Narrow Cliffs
3 Outer Walls
3 The Cost of Pride
3 Shameful Injury

# Items (7)
1 Tsuruchi's Legacy
1 Yagimaki's Fist
3 Rising Sun Blade
1 Rekai's Yumi
1 Armor of the Ryu

Berkeley, CA 9/26/10 SOLVING THE RIDDLE+WINNER'S CHOICE!

Togashi Jinjei — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:31:47 GMT

Solving the Riddle - California
Location: Games of Berkeley, 2151 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94704
Date: September 26
Time: registration 11am, tourney at noon
Format: CE constructed
TO: Jim Chin (jimthechin at gmail dot com)
Entry fee: $10 ($5 for donation, $5 for prize support)

Hello everyone!

On Sunday, September 26th, Games of Berkeley is proud to be a part of Solving the Riddle. This tournament has also just been approved as a Winner's Choice tournament. Help out a fantastic cause while playing for a chance to snag a sweet keyword for your clan! This tournament is also the weekend before the epic Emerald tournament in Sacramento, so I hope to see you here at this tournament for that added extra practice.

Montreal Winner's Choice Tournament - Sept 25th

shosuro shu — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:21:48 GMT

Montreal has been trying hard to resurect our l5r community for the last year now, and we've finally got up the gumption to host our first official tournament. Everyone within distance is cordially invited to come compete. It's also part of the solving the riddle tournament series, so you can rest assured that your entry fee is going to a great cause. Basic rundown:

Solving the Riddle - Montreal - Winner's choice Event
Location: Église Paroisse Marioe Reine des coeur Church, Montreal, Quebec
5905 rue Turenne
Date: September 25, 2010
Time: registration starts at 9:30
Format: CE constructed
TO: Francis Patenaude (aka Toku Temudjin)
entry fee/donation: $20 ($10 donation)

I highly encourage people to come out to this. The Montreal crew is friendly, enthousiastic, and looking to put themselves on the map. If this event goes well, we may have a decent chance of hosting a kotei next season.

For full details:
http://www.endlessroad.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1154&start=0

EaW: Ring Manipulation Kensai

Bolt Crank — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:37:47 GMT

Here is my take on EAW Kensai. Now that egg of panku has it's database up, I can tinker with this idea. The plan, is to keep a full hand using wonderful ring manipulation from a certain spell. In some dry flips, it performs very well mid - to late game. Like all kensai decks, it's a little weak vs the blitz. But our new stronghold helps somewhat with that.

Oh yeah, inadvertenly, the focus values are rather insane. After I built this, I realize I probably need to stick in Yarijitsu x3. I might take down some of the 1x cards that are open based to do so.

1 Fortress of Blackened Sight

# Dynasty (41)

# Events (2)
1 Wisdom Gained
1 Inheriting an Heirloom

# Regions (1)
1 Takaikabe Mura

# Holdings (17)
3 Barley Farm
3 Geisha House
3 Rich Coffers
3 Secluded Outpost
1 Tetsu Kama Mine
1 Traveling Peddler
1 Counting House
2 Imperial Artificer

# Personalities (21)
3 Bayushi Himaru
1 Bayushi Ishikura
1 Bayushi Jutsushi - exp
1 Bayushi Kayama
1 Bayushi Miyako - exp2
1 Bayushi Orijitte
3 Bayushi Shigehiro
1 Yogo Kazunori
3 Yogo Rieko
1 Yogo Rieko - exp
3 Bayushi Sakai
2 Shosuro Ritsuko

# Fate (41)

# Strategies (23)
3 Hundred-Fold Cut
2 Pinned Down
1 Stay Put
3 Unstoppable Cut
1 Inexorable Defeat
1 Justly Earned Victory
1 Outmatched
1 Planned Adversity
1 Relentless Conviction
1 Subtle Sting
1 The Thriving Light
1 Ultimate Sacrifice
3 Shameful and Cowardly
3 Scouting Far Afield

# Items (10)
1 Armor of the Ryu
1 Heavenly Ninja-to of the Scorpion
3 Blade of Perfection
1 Rekai's Yumi
3 Seppun Blade
1 Fubatsu No-Dachi

# Spells (3)
3 One with the World

# Rings (5)
1 Ring of Air
1 Ring of Earth
1 Ring of Fire
1 Ring of the Void
1 Ring of Water

Rare play-sets (x3) starting @ $.99

mdpetke — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:50:15 GMT

Current auctions as of: September 1st Promos: None right now. The Plague War Play-sets: Shosuro Orikasa x3, Mirumoto Mori x3, Tsuruchi Ohashi x3, Imaishi x3, Ao-bozu x3, Shinjo Hee-Young x3, Hida Demopen x3, Tennyo x3, Shune x3, Togashi Konishi x3, Order of the Wooden Blade x3, Whispers of the Forgotten x3, Touch of the Flames x3, Rising Sun Blade x3. The Harbinger Play-sets: Banish All Doubt x3, Burn the Village x3, One With the Flame x3, Search for Survivors x3, Heavy Elite x3, The Thriving Light, Stand Down! x3. Path of the Destroyer Play-sets: Bayushi Komiya x3, Ikoma Tobikuma x3, Pull the String x3, Useful Connections x3, Laying in Wait x3, Speed of the Blade x3, Soshi Yoshihara x3, Doji Bukita x3, Hida Ikarukani x3, Kitsuki Yodo x3, Uzaki no Oni x3, Doji Tsubota x3, Desperate Rush x3, Wall of Honor x3, Suitengu's Gateway x3, Walk in Shadows x3, Deflection x3. Celestial Edition Play-sets: Snow Riders x3, The Slow Death x3, Control x3, The Hundred-Hand Strike x3, Hamstrung x3, Versatile Army x3, Swift Counterattack x3, Blanketed Forest x3. Death at Koten Play-sets: Demonic Possession x3, Blind Rage x3, Cavalry Tactics x3, Essence of Evil x3, Scouting Ahead x3, Training Maneuvers x3, Unleashed Fury x3. Glory of the Empire Play-sets: None right now. Specials: Path of the Destroyer Uncommon Lot, Unique Follower Lot, Unique Spell Lot, CE Flashback Cards & Magic Lots! Expansion play-sets: Path of the Destroyer Common Play-set, The Plague War Common/Uncommon Play-set. Also check out PortlandL5R.com for good deals on every legal rare card!

Clan War Scorpion - the search continues

Bayushi Naosuke — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:22:51 GMT

I'm looking for any and all Scorpion figures from AEG's old Clan War game, in particular the Scorpion Strike yari/spearmen and the Crimson Legion swordsmen. I'm willing to trade, barter or out-right purchase them.

Any help would be appreciated, cousins. Domo arigato.

- Naosuke

New L5R Podcast - Strange Assembly

Daramere — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:01:45 GMT

We submit for your consideration the newest L5R podcast - Strange Assembly. In the first episode, we've got a full cast of valentine, TogashiMiki, Kevin, ShinjoJon, Jay, and myself. We've got two early bird Imperial Gift, Part 3 previews, review some of the new Plague War cards, and discuss the Paneki's Disgrace situation. For those who don't follow every minute detail of the story, tournament results, or mega-game, the Strange Assembly newsdesk will bring you up to speed.

Check out the podcast, then come over to the forums to let us know what you think and what you'd like to hear in the future. It's nothing fancy to start, but we'll be refining it as we go.

Strange Assembly feed - also available on iTunes

Strange Assembly forums

EaW Kensai deck draft 1

Bayushi Shiken — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:15:54 GMT

I'm not totally familiar with all the EaW cards yet, but i've made a kensai deck and so far it hasn't lost a single game no matter what it plays against or who is playing it.

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Fortress of Blackened Sight

Personalities (21)

1x Paneki

1x Miyako

1x Ishikura

1x Kayama

1x Orijitte

1x Eisaku

3x Shigehiro

3x Mago

3x Eiyu

3x Sakai

3x Momochi

Holdings (15)

3x Geisha House

1x Tetsu Kama Mine

1x Counting House

2x Border Village

2x War Encampment

1x Rich Coffers

1x Traveling Peddler

1x Kaiu Smithy

2x Secluded Outpost

1x Akodo's Grave

Regions/Events (4)

Emma-O’s Guidance

Open Shore Market

The New Order

Takaikabe Mura

Actions (25)

3x Sneak Attack

3x 100-Fold Cut

3x Yarijutsu

3x Rout

3x Unstoppable Cut

2x Pinned Down

3x Unwavering Assault

2x Retribution

3x The Cost of Pride

2x Unpredictable Strategy

Items (12)

1x Awakened Blade

3x Blade of Perfection

2x Rising Sun Blade

2x Blades of the Fallen Phoenix

1x Infamous Blade

3x Yari

Rings (2)

Ring of Water

Ring of the Void

i've made a few changes to the deck since, like taking out Ring of the Void and getting a third Unpredictable Strategy...i think i even fit Reinforce the Gates in by taking out Retribution.

I can't really express just how happy i am with this deck.

POCS Magistrate control

yogo tiger — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:08:11 GMT

this is the deck i've been running lately and in both of the play groups i've tested it in, it has done relatively well against every thing thrown at it. Just trying to see what others would use to improve it.

POCS

BH/BK

Bayushi guidance

Emma-O's Guidance

The war of Dark Fire

1x Deeds and Words

2x counting house

3x Geisha hosue

3x Barley Farm

3x Border Village

3x Corrupt Official

3x Bayushi Jutsushi

3x Bayushi Takagi

3x Bayushi Saka

3x Bayushi Hirose

2x Bayushi Kurumi

2x Bayushi Yoshihara

2x Yogo Reiko

1x Yogo Reiko xp

1x Bayushi Hisoka

1x Yogo Kazunori

1x Bayushi Paneki

1x Bayushi Kurumi xp

1x Soshi Miroki

Fate;

1xRing of the Void

1xThe Thriving Light

1xRelentless Conviction

1xTalisman of Tengoku

3x Scout Armor

3x Seeking the Guilty

3x Unfortunate Incident

3x Pull the String

3x Veiled Menance

3x Outer Walls

3x Ramifications

3x Shame Never Dies

3x Ramifications

3x Magistrates Accustations

3x Ambush

2x Restoring Order

2x Unwavering commitment

2x test of sincerity

Jimen fiction

Isawa Nagori — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:18:08 GMT

http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=85960

September MegaGame Honor Event

bayushisubudi — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:06:11 GMT

http://www.l5r.com/news/september-megagame-honor-event/

Check it out and dust off that trivia.

Looking for keirei

Akai_Kiba — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:16:54 GMT

Hello once again brothers and sisters of kyuden bayushi. I will make this brief....I need two bayushi keirei's, it's the only card I dont have three of....and i need two. So anyonewho else willing to post or send me a private messege we can talk trading. Thanks

Where are the Scorpion?!

Bayushi Ryuken — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:09:24 GMT

Im a little confused. Having read the 2nd part of the God Beast fiction I was suprised to see that there were no Scorpion Present at the battle. Wasnt Ishikura meant to be there with the Shadow Blades?

And werent the Dragon meant to deliver the killing blow?

New Winners Choice list: Master Sensei

Bolt Crank — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:13:18 GMT

You know... I can't resist the urge to want to pick Master Sensei.... just for the possiblity of a card: "The Sensei" with the trait: Master Sensei.