Cresting Waves

Cresting Waves was an adventure book for Fifth Edition of the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game under Fantasy Flight Games.
== Synopsis ==
Cresting Waves contains three optional encounters designed to supplement the Sins of Regret adventure for the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game. Alternatively, each of these can be adapted for use within other ongoing adventures. Cresting Waves is particularly suited for rōnin PCs, designed to offer opportunities and challenges for lordless samurai. Like Sins of Regret, this supplement can also apply to other player characters, such as gaijin, who wander remote areas away from the influence of their lord.
Cresting Waves also provides advice for GMs who wish to offer rōnin PCs the opportunity to earn positions as daimyō and control castles. While the Rokugani social structure is generally rigid, rōnin stand apart from the usual order, and so—in exceptional circumstances—PCs might earn or win the chance to raise themselves into positions as landholders, lords, or even the founders of a new family or clan.
== Contents ==
=== Cresting Waves (page 2) ===
* The Encounters
* GM Guidance
==== Encounter One: At the Village (page 3) ====
* Encounter Overview
* NPCs in the Encounter
* The Village and the Onryō
* The Abandoned House
** Meeting the Onryō
** In the Daylight
** Talking to the Priest
** Defeating the Ghost
** The Curse
** Investigating
** Lifting the Curse
* Conclusion
==== Encounter Two: In the Woods (page 10) ====
* Encounter Overview
* Missing Youth
** Rivalries
** Parentage
* The Forest
** The Hut
** The Yamauba
** Village Conflict
** Love in Captivity
* Conclusion
==== Encounter Three: On the Road (page 14) ====
* Encounter Overview
* Traveling
** Ambush
* At the Castle
** The Wounded Courtier
** The Daimyō
* Conclusion
==== GM Guidance: Powerful Waves (page 18) ====
* How a Rōnin Might Become a Lord
* Opportunity in Closed Shell Castle
* Rōnin Running a Castle
* Rōnin in Closed Shell Castle
* Challenges for Castle Lords
* Further Adventures
=== Credits (page 21) ===
* Expansion Design and Development: Tim Huckelbery and Lisa Farrell with Alexis Dykema
* Editing: Dixie Cochran
* Proofreading: Kate Cunningham
* Managing RPG Producer: Sam Gregor-Stewart
* Legend of the Five Ring Story Review: Max Brooke and Tyler Parrot
* Expansion Graphic Design: Joseph D. Olson
* Graphic Design Manager: Cristopher Hosch
* Front Cover Art: Jokubas Uogintas
* Back Cover Art: Borja Pindado
* Interior Art: Francesca Baerald, Felipe Gaona, Gong Studios, Lin Hsiang, MuYoung Kim, Jazz Siy, and Jokubas Uogintas
* Art Direction: Jeff Lee Johnson
* Managing Art Director: Tony Bradt
* Quality Assurance Director: Andrew Janeba and Zach Tewalthomas
* Visual Creative Director: Brian Schomburg
* Senior Project Manager: John Franz-Wichlacz
* VP of Product Development: Chris Gerber
* Executive Game Designer: Nate French
* Head of Studio: Andrew Navaro
* Playtesters: Benjamin Ainsworth, Jake Armes, Finbarr Goode Begley, Michael Bernabo, Joe Bielecki, Cady Bielecki, Alexander Botts, Trevor Boulter, Lucinda Charles, Charlotte Dickenson, Emeric Dwyer, Jon Ferenczy, Christopher Fishburn, Benjamin Fribley, Kyle Gennrich, James Gibson, Laura Heilman, Sean Holland, Brian Lewis, Jamie Lewis, Jim Lewis, Russell Needham, Jeff Neppl, Tom Nys, Luke Richards, David Robotham, Erik Strijbos, Kimichi Tran, Joris Van der Vorst, and Eric Wellens
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