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3” Column Spacing—> 1 “ Top margin

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Master Page V
2 “ outside margin ——>
1 “ Inside
.5” for Header Space ^ margin
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Rules Side Bars The following is subject to change as we learn
more about FFG’s brand and approach to the
Guide Insert
These sidebars go into
product through their own published material. This is known as a Table or as a Guide
detail or make refer-
insert. This is a box intended to give a
ence to a rules entry
This guide is intended for Microsoft Publisher, guide on how to do something correct-
found in the book.
however there is enough detail for folks to use ly, or to host a table (opportunity uses,
this in their preferred word processor. glory, honor, etc.)

DefinitionS Guides are comprised of two text boxes,

What is a styleguide? each with different borders. The main
These sidebars might
A Style guide is a bible of sorts. They contain all text box will have a single 1.5pt border.
display a fun fact
the information necessary to easily create a docu- It will be filled with the “Templates”
about a topic found
ment that is consistent with a certain source’s
color, and a shadow using the header
on the page.
color will be included with 15pt blur.
brand. This style guide will (hopefully) provide
^ such a resource for folks to use when creating
| The top and bottom borders are 4.5 pt
documents for everyone’s favorite, Legend of the
Side bars are a combination compound borders on a separate text
Five Rings. In this workbook you’ll find: box. They are grouped, although the
of two text boxes, one for
Header, one for body text. top-bottom border textbox is just .1”
❁ Examples of page objects
Each text box has a single 1.5 wider than the main text box with the
px border on the side facing ❁ Typography advice side borders (2.5”).
the main document. The two
text boxes are intersected by
The text will have a “justified” (square)
❁ Iconography advice
a single line object (3pt. Com-
alignment. The header is in a separate
pound) sharing the color of ❁ FFG’s Voice for L5R 5th Edition text box, which has an outline added to
the text and text borders. the bottom of the box only. I don’t rec-
❁ Recommended Color Palettes ommend grouping the header with the
other text boxes if you plan on adjusting
height.
HOW TO BEGIN
Bullet Blocks

Bullet blocks have a

1. Read this Styleguide
1pt outline on their
2. Drag-select, Right-click, and Save
left side. Their bul-
lets/numbers are red,
these objects as “building blocks”
but the text is stand-
3. Use the building blocks to aid your
ard font black text.
adventure writing. A Story, a history
The flower bullet is
ー Objects may look strange if of Rokugan
not the same as the
core book, it is from Publisher is not up to date. This is a box intended to give lore infor-
the Segoe UI Emoji mation within a short story format.
family, #2741 (Hex) Created similarly to the guide insert, but
all borders surround the same text box
and it’s adorned with an art piece and
filled with the red color at 10% tint.

^
^
.3“ Space v
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1 1.7 “ Bottom margin
 This is example text for the GM to read Roll Charts
.5” height -[
aloud to their players, you can put this A Roll Chart is made
information plainly in block text format. up of the same parts
First thing to note is that each page has a as the Guide, but with
This text block uses Justified alignment.
large text box reaching all corners of our an overlaying graph.
“Use quotations for when an NPC is There is an extra line
page margins. Text used in this box will be
speaking” between the Table
referred to as “body text” and will use your
header and the chart,
standard font (I used Calibri in my example) The Border on the left hand side, is 8pt. just in case you want
at 10pt. two columns, justified alignment. In thickness and 75% transparent. to label your columns.
The text also shares
The red Stylized Heading uses a 22 pt font, the same color as the
using curvy font, bold (I used Lucida Hand- ADVANCE TYPE chart.
writing in my example). It is used to mark
The cells alternate in
new chapters. It can be used in-line with text
color between no fill
(right-aligned) or in the .5” space under the and a fill the same
TITLE
header using centered alignment. All head- color as the chart but
ers use their own text box and are aligned 90% transparent.

facing away from the 2’ outside margin.

.3” height -[ TOPIC HEADING Custom Titles

Titles are created

Topic headings are created using 14pt. bold similarly to a roll
font., all caps. Utilizing a font that appears in chart. The far left
all uppercase letters (I used Felix Titling). Table 1 - 1: roll chart column is merged into
a single column, but
.3” height -[ Sub-topic Heading the text placed within
it is actually a sepa-
Sub topic heads are aligned opposite of the 1 Blank Blank
rate text box. The text
large margin, 14pt standard font, small caps 2 is plain, but it is bold
with a single border at the base of the box. and typed in all caps.
3 The text box also has
.3” height -[ Example of Topic Rank 1 a background the
4 same color as the
Precedes a particular example of the given chart, but 80% trans-
topic. 12 pt. standard font, center vertically. 5 parent.
Filled with the green color at 90% transpar- 6
ency, this will be two text boxes
7
.3” height -[ A New Mechanic
8
This heading usually proceeds Opportunity
Activated abilities. It is a red 11 pt. font , 9
standard font but italicized.
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 Template Inserts

NPC Templates
<- Separate textbox, standard 10pt. font
There is a ton of work <- Separate textbox, standard 8pt font.
ADVERSARY CONFLICT RANK: M1 P5
that goes into making
a template from Courtiers are also samurai, but they serve with words rather <-Separate textbox, standard 7pt font.
scratch. The best way than with blades. Most are politicians and diplomats. Unlike
bushi, courtiers are normally encountered as individuals or,
to make these tem-
perhaps, in small groups. They are usually engaged in their
plates editable is by
clan’s business, unless they are taking a break from their travels
drag-selecting a tem- in an inn or sake house.
plate and copy- The large elemental icons are .5”, small ones
pasting it in your
SOCIETAL PERSONAL being .13”. Each segment with text is its own
adventure. Even
00 HONOR ENDURANCE 00 textbox. The font ranges from 7pt - 6 pt., all
better, right-click and 1 1
save the template as a standard except the red numbers, which are
00 GLORY 00
page object and you’ll 1 1 COMPOSURE
10pt. Caps font. (Felix Titling), ring ranks are
be able to drop it
00 STATUS
1 00
FOCUS 12pt. Caps font. The “societal” and “personal”
anywhere.
+x, +x text boxes. I used a gradient at 25 degrees to
DEMEANOR-CUSTOM VIGILANCE 00
give that slant look, although there is probably
Iconography ARTISAN 0 MARTIAL 0 SCHOLAR 0 SOCIAL 0 TRADE 0
a better way to do it. As always, please share!
These templates use ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
plenty of icons. These The skill categories is a 5x1 graph. I filled in all
Inexhaustible Politeness: Sheltered from War:
icons, as well as any Social; Interpersonal Martial; Mental the boxes but when the template is ready to
icons and art pieces Wealth and Resources:
found within the Trade; Material
be used, each group with < 1 rank will have its
published works of fill removed. The text is 7 pt. standard font.
FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR
FFG are copyright
protected and cannot
Wakizashi: Range 0-1, Damage 3, Deadliness 5/7, Ceremonial, The Advantage and Disadvantage headers are
Razor-Edged
be included in your each separate text boxes, but could easily be a
Gear (Equipped): Extravagant robes (Phys 1, Ceremonial),
work if you intend to 2x2 graph. Note the lack of borders on the
Calligraphy Set
sell it.
Gear (Other): Tea set, Rokugani Pony headers, but the single border separating the
Instead, you can ei-
body. Text is 7pt standard font. Name is always
ABILITIES
ther type a letter as a in bold, the types are always in italics. I used
WHISPERING WINDS
placeholder (what I the elemental ring in my example but you
Once per session as an action, the courtier may make a Courte-
did for the Military sy (Air) check targeting one character in the scene. The TN is
equal to 6 minus the target’s glory rank (to a minimum of 1). If could easily replace this with ex. [Element].
and Political ranks, for they succeed, the courtier learns a rumor about the target.
example), you can : The courtier learns one of the target’s advantages or
find fan-made ver- disadvantages of the target’s choice.
Favored weapons, I did place the weapons in a
sions of these icons, chart for easy row inserts and removal.
or make your own FANNING THE FLAMES

(and please do share!) When making a Social skill (Fire) check, the courtier may spend
in the following way:
In abilities we have a sub-topic heading text-
Fire The courtier learns one of the target’s advantages or
If you do use any art box. Another plain textbox. Then a “bullet
disadvantages of the target’s choice.
pieces, please do your block” for the opportunities. I do not use bul-
duty to credit the
lets though, I copy-paste the opportunities
artist’s work.
icon directly. I could use (X) instead, x = opp.

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Very similar to the previous template, but I
wanted to point out that this template is spe-
MINION CONFLICT RANK: M3 P1
cifically for Minions, or at least NPCs that do
not have any Societal qualities (honor, status, Little more than tattered flesh, bleached bones, and an
undying hatred for all that is right and good in the
glory). world, a skeletal bushi is a terrifying opponent.

The large elemental icons are roughly .35”. ENDURANCE FOCUS

Each rectangle containing text is its own text- COMPOSURE VIGILANCE

box. The Endurance and Focus boxes have
both a border at their right sides, but also a
border at their base. Composure and Vigilance ARTISAN 0 MARTIAL 0 SCHOLAR 0 SOCIAL 0 TRADE 0

have a border at their right sides. Demeanor

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
has a deceptively wide text box with an outline
Unholy Vigor: Visage of Death:
at its ceiling and right.
Martial; Physical, Social; Interpersonal
Spiritual

FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR

Ancient Katana: Range 1, Damage 4, Deadliness 5/7,
Ceremonial, Damaged, Razor-Edged

Decrepit Yumi: Range 2-5, Damage 5, Deadliness 3, Damaged

Gear (Equipped): Ancient Armor (Physical 3, Wargear)

ABILITIES
CLATTERING BONES
A skeletal bushi is an Otherworldly, Tainted being.
Additionally, the first time it would be defeated each
scene, it receives a Scar disadvantage of the GM’s
choice instead as one of its limbs snaps or flies off.
DOES NOT BLEED
A skeletal bushi ignores conditions and critical strikes
from non-Sacred sources.

NPC Template Colors

R 109 R 146
G 154 G 124
B 121 B 154
R 71
G 65
R 100 B 64
G 145 R 152
B 157 G 115
B 77
Template Inserts

A guide for a unique challenge

The place where this template was pulled You can include the flower bullets to set
from is “The Art of Investigation” on pg. 170 boundaries or samples or what the player
Core. It consists of 10 pt standard font in a could expect to happen in this scene. To
justified alignment. Generally you will be the build this object, you will use similar rules to
one to determine the use of this template, the Guide on page 1 and the roll chart on
but I figure it would be for a unique type of page 2. My text box is 5.4” in width, with the
scene or conflict that has multiple TNs and top/bottom border box being 5.5”. The table
new ways for players to utilize their skills. insert is 5” wide, with the border box being
5.1” wide.
If there is a conflict that does not match the
objectives of a skirmish, duel, intrigue, or
mass combat, perhaps using a guide like this
can serve to set up the rules of a new type of
conflict.

Table 1 - 1: Sample tn, tasks, and times for investigations

TASK CHECK TIME

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Table 1 - 1: Multi-chart

CATEGORY 1 Multi Charts

The chart below is

used for things like
weapons, armor,
opportunity activa-
tions based on ele-
ment. Pretty much
any chart that is sort-
ed categorically.
CATEGORY 2
From the table header
to the cell row above
category 2, this is all a
single table. Each
category henceforth is
in its own table. Each
category header has a
textbox overlaying the
top and bottom bor-
CATEGORY 3 ders. Pay close atten-
tion as this chart uses
a mix of different
border types ranging
from 2pt single to 4.5
pt. composite.

The cells alternate in

color between no fill
and a fill the same
CATEGORY 4 color as the chart but
90% transparent.
 Template Inserts

ADVANCE TYPE
Skl. Grp.
Advancement
Chart Skill Adventure seed
Skill Seeds are intended for GMs to take
RANK 1
This chart basically
Skill your idea for an adventure and expand
puts a bunch of title
Tech. Grp. upon it on their own. They may take
tables repeating 6
Technique
only parts of it, or use the entire entry,
times, with the last
table having it’s cells
but either way this is intended to in-
Technique
merged. spire them.
Skl. Grp.
The text in all cells are
Skill
ー Hook The hook is the context for
a 7pt. Standard font. starting the adventure and introduces
RANK 2

Skill
The entire table important NPCs.
should be no taller Skill
than 8” and no wider Tech. Grp. ニ Rising Action This part describes
than 2.5”. Technique
the most likely ways for events to esca-
late, raising the stakes.
Technique
Skl. Grp. 三 Climax Finally, offer a likely climax
Skill for the adventure, whether this be a
decisive encounter with an NPC or a
RANK 3

Skill
difficult choice the PC must make. By
Adventure Skill
this point, the events of the adventure
seeds Tech. Grp.
are likely to have taken unexpected
The Red tabs created Technique turns based on the PCs’ actions, and the
for the adventure Technique GM should feel invited to modify the
seed insert uses a Skl. Grp. climax to resolve matters in whatever
similar technique that way best fits the adventure.
Skill
we used for the Ad-
RANK 4

Skill
versary template. Our
slant is going to be Skill

created by a 25 de- Tech. Grp.

gree gradient. I also Technique
split the Kanji and Technique
Text with a 2 1/4 pt.
Skl. Grp.
line object that is the
same template color. Skill
RANK 5

Skill
I used bullets for each Skill
of the three red ac- Tech. Grp.
cents: 30FC (Hex) from
Technique
DengXian font family,
Technique
30CB (Hex) from the
STXingkai font family, Mastery Ability Name (Mastery Ability, Action):
Once per scene as a Support action...
and 4EO9 (Hex) from
RANK 6

the STZhongsong font

family. Each at 10 pt.

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Phrasing Ignore (quality) Abilities would say “ignore
“Rokugan Your Way” is a clear focus in the the […] quality of X rather
material. Fatigue and Strife are left entirely than say “treat X as if it did
up to interpretation. Often, rules that inter- not have […]”
act with narrative control will often be fol-
You may... Be sure to allow players to
lowed up with a statement saying that the
reserve the use of their
GM can change things or ignore things if
limited abilities. Limits
they or the players see fit to do so.
based on cost, frequency of
use, etc.
The material is a proponent of experimenta- Once per Applies to
tion and measuring details to the taste of round/ Once
the party, see the many optional rules per scene
offered in the Core book for examples.

From CRB—“GMs should not feel con-

strained by the examples in this chapter—
these are meant to help, not confine,
roleplaying.”
 The voice of L5R 5th Edition
Font and object colors (Light and Dark)
Key Section Headers
Templates
+ Rules Side Bars
Minion/Adversary

R 158, G 65, R 234, G 236,

B 76 B 232
R 255,
G 255, B 255

Sub Section Headers Lore, fun facts,

+ Headers/Footers definition sidebars
R 103, G 128, R 73, G 111,
B 119 B 139
R 11, G 75
B 116

In this styleguide I used the fonts provided by Microsoft Office, here are some
examples if you want fonts that are a bit more true to what FFG uses.

User "Salith" on the FFG forums claims the official fonts to be:
Chapter Intro: Amerigo BT, 50pt
Normal Headers: brushtipTexe, 22pt
Sub Headers: Lin Biolinum, 17pt/12pt
Text: Avenit, 8pt
Sidebar Headers: Avenir, 6pt
Sidebar Text: Amerigo Md BT, 7pt

Thank you/u/CainReed for bringing this up!

I was asked for the background image to the document:
What I did was zoom into a blank section of the core rule book (ex. 336 has a
nice area of blank space, or pg.23 in the knotted tails adventure), screen cap-
ture it using the snipping tool, then I stretch that over the page.