Celestial Realms

Celestial Realms was a source book for Fifth Edition of the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game under Fantasy Flight Games.
== Synopsis ==
The realm of Rokugan is vast, stretching from the tainted Shadowlands in the south to the towering northern mountains—yet all of Rokugan is only a small part of Ningen-dō, the Realm of Mortals. And Ningen-dō lies between the Spirit Realms, below the Celestial Court of Tengoku, beside the enchanted land of Senkyō, and above the torturous realms of the dead. In most circumstances, mortal samurai stay in Ningen-dō, but the influence of these other realms cannot be underestimated.
=== Power of Worship ===
Even for the inquiring minds of the Phoenix, the Celestial Realms hold many mysteries. In the first chapter of this sourcebook, you’ll find a wealth of gazetteer information on each of these realms, from Yomi, the Realm of Blessed Ancestors, to Gaki-dō, the Realm of the Hungry Dead. Alongside this discussion of the realms, you’ll find the spotlight cast on three sample shrines from around Rokugan, with NPCs and adventure seeds for each shrine. Finally, the chapter concludes with a discussion of the Phoenix Clan families, key locations and characters.
Celestial Realms also introduces the Centipede Clan to the game as a new Minor Clan! This clan falls among the foremost followers of the Lady Sun, Amaterasu, and they view themselves as bulwarks of sacred traditions. They sing their greetings to Amaterasu each morning and tend to one of the most revered locations in all of Rokugan, the place where it is said Amaterasu herself descended from the Heavens to speak with their founder. In addition to the Centipede, this chapter also brings a new school for every clan, a wealth of character creations options, information on the ancestral swords of every Great Clan, plenty of new invocations, and the game’s first inversions (a new kind of technique used by ishiken and Void wielders).
The final chapter of Celestial Realms brings the discussion home to the Game Master with plenty of advice on roleplaying and patterns to create your own religious groups and supernatural encounters within the game. With dozens and dozens of plot hooks and conflicts, corresponding to each of the realms, your samurai will find a thrilling adventure set before them no matter which realm they enter.
== Credits ==
* Expansion Design and Development: Alexis Dykema with Max Brooke
* Additional Development: Robert Denton III, James Mendez Hodes, D.G. Laderoute, Monte Lin, and Riley Miller
* Editing: Christine Crabb
* Proofreading: Christine Crabb and Kevin Jones
* Legend of the Five Rings Story Review: Tyler Parrott
* Expansion Graphic Design: Sebastian Koziner and Michael Silsby
* Graphic Design Coordinator: Joseph D. Olson
* Graphic Design Manager: Christopher Hosch
* Front Cover Art: Mauro Dal Bo
* Back Cover Art: Le Vuong
* Interior Art: Francesca Baerald, Drew Baker, Lukas Banas, Noah Bradley, Joshua Cairós, Sergio Camarena, Mike Capprotti, Juan Carlos Barquet, Conceptopolis, Mauro Dal Bo, Nele Diel, Stanislav Dikolenko, Polar Engine, Shen Fei, Tony Foti, Diego Gisbert Llorens, Quintin Gleim, Gong Studios, David Horne, Lin Hsiang, MuYoung Kim, Drazenka Kimpel, Pavel Kolomeyets, April Lee, Jorge Matar, Aaron B. Miller, Christine Mitzuk, Jonathan Moore, Reiko Murakami, Ursula Murray Husted, Carlos NCT, Chris Ostrowski, Carlos Palma Cruchaga, Borja Pindado, Wenjuinn Png, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Preston Stone, Stormbrush, Nikolay Stoyanov, Alberto Tavira, Charles Urbach, Nino Vecia, Le Vuong, and Kevin Zamir Goeke
* Art Direction: Jeff Lee Johnson
* Managing Art Director: Tony Bradt
* Quality Assurance Coordinator: Andrew Janeba and Zach Tewalthomas
* Production Management: Justin Anger and Jason Glawe
* Visual Creative Director: Brian Schomburg
* Senior Project Manager: John Franz-Wichlacz
* Senior Manager of Product Development: Chris Gerber
* Executive Game Designer: Nate French
* Head of Studio: Andrew Navaro
* Playtesters: Cady Bielecki, Joe Bielecki, Julien Escalier, Martin Flanagan, Michael Hurrell, Romain Labrot, Brian Lewis, Jamie Lewis, Jim Lewis, François Martinez, Micheal Molyneaux, Tom Nys, Madeline Pfingst, Harris Shafruddin, Erik Strijbos, Joshua Tomarchio, Joris Van der Vorst, and Eric Wellens
== Contents ==
=== Credits (page 2)===
=== Table of Contents (page 3)===
* Story fiction with Kaito Shin and Isawa Yasu
=== Introduction (page 5)===
* Welcome to the Spirit Realms
=== Chapter 1: Bonds of the Realms (Page 6) ===
* Cosmology of Rokugan
** The order of the Realms
** Passing through the Realms
** Visiting a Realm
** Praying to the Fortunes
*** Kisshōten, the Eighth Great Fortune
*** Popular Lesser Fortunes
* Above: Tengoku, the Celestial Heavens
** The Beauty of Tengoku
** Yomi, The Realm of Blessed Ancestors
** Heavenly Hierarchy
** Denizens of Tengoku
** The Celestial Court
* Beside: Senkyō
** The First Court
** Court Organization
** Yume-dō
* Below: Meido and the Realms of Punishment
** Meido: The Realm of Waiting
** Gaki-dō: The Realm of the Hungry Dead
** Tōshigoku: The Realm of Slaughter
* Jigoku, the Realm of Evil
** Provinces of Evil
* Politics of the Dead
** Ryoshun, the Tenth Kami
* Shrines of Rokugan
** Types of Shrines
** The Life of a Shrine
* Three Shrines
** The Shrine to Hantei-no-Kami
*** Akodo Tadeo, Inspired Zealot
** Sanpuku Seidō
*** Asako Hisa, Inquisitor
** The Lost Shrine
*** The Forgotten Spirit
* Religious Cults
** The Cults of Lord Moon
*** Shun, Inspired Moon Cultist
** Bloodspeaker Cults
*** Akiara, Chilling Bloodspeaker
* The Phoenix Clan
* Families of the Phoenix Clan
** Isawa
*** Isawa Manami, Destined Shugenja
** Shiba
*** Kyōrinrin of the Library
** Asako
*** Asako Hikaru, Conflicted Scholar
** Kaito
*** Kaito Tsunade, Apprehensive Courtier
=== Chapter 2: The Soul of the Empire (Page 68) ===
* The Centipede Clan
** The Founding of the Moshi
** The Rise to Minor Clan
** Centipede Lands (Mukade no Tani)
** The Shrine Where Ningen-dō Touches Tengoku
** The Light of the Lady Sun Dōjō
** Library of the Fiery Centipede
** Castle of the Centipede
** Traditions
* Tracing the Paths of Dragons
** The Stories of the Sky
* Paths of the Centipede
** Allies of the Centipede
** Strained Relations
*** Moshi Chiasa, Centipede Clan Champion
*** Akodo Hinata, Headstrong Adept
** Centipede Clan Player Characters
* New Schools
** Agasha Alchemist School
** Asahina Envoy School
** Ishiken Initiate School
** Kaito Spirit Seeker School
** Kaiu Architect School
** Kitsu Realm Wanderer School
** Moshi Sun Sentinel School
** Shosuro Shadowweaver School
** Utaku Stablemaster School
* New Advantages
** New Distinctions
** New Passions
* New Disadvantages
** New Anxieties
** New Adversities
* New Heritages
* New Gear and Items
** Spiritual Artifacts
** Tools of Shugenja
** New Weapons
* The Ancestral Swords of the Clans
** Chikara: Ancestral Sword of the Crab
** Shukujo: Ancestral Sword of the Crane
** The Ancestral Sword of the Dragon
** Shori: Ancestral Sword of the Lion
** Ofushikai: Ancestral Sword of the Phoenix
** Itsuwari: Ancestral Sword of the Scorpion
** Hayai: Ancestral Sword of the Unicorn
*** Kiro: The Lost Ancestral Sword of the Ki–Rin
** Kunshu: Ancestral Sword of the Hantei
** Ancestral Swords of the Minor Clans
* New Item Pattern
* New Techniques
* The Mysteries of the Void
** Students of the Void
** The Ishiken
** Inversions
=== Chapter 3: Power of Worship (Page 121) ===
* Designing Religious Groups, Places, and Conflicts
* Inside a Religious Group
** Why Does a Religious Group Exist?
** Characteristics of Religious Groups
** The Group's Place in Society
* Building a Religious Group
** Background, Core Beliefs, and Focus
** Attributes of the Group
** Putting It All Together
* Creating Supernatural Encounters
* The Nature of Supernatural Encounters
** Prevalence of the Supernatural
** Supernatural Hostility
* Designing Supernatural Encounters
** Source Materials
** Designing a Supernatural NPC
** Other Supernatural Elements
** Putting It All Together
** Encountering the Elemental Kami
* Crafting an Adventure in the Spirit Realms
** Piquing Interest
** Curating Information
** Character Focus
** Non-Player Characters in the Celestial Realms
* Realm by Realm: Hooks, Conflicts, and Trouble
** Above
** Beside
* Places of Power
** Tengoku
** Yume-dō
** Chikushō-dō and Sakkaku
** Meido
** Gaki-dō
** Tōshigoku
** Jigoku
* New Titles
** Bond with a Spirit
** Moon Cultist
* New Demeanor and NPC Templates
** New Demeanor: Righteous
** NPC Templates
* New NPC
** Baku
* Tenets of Bushidō: Righteousness
** Defining Righteousness
** Trifling Breaches and Small Sacrifices
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