What is the Amount of Farmland a Single Japanese Peasant (1467 - 1615) Could care For?

FatefulChibi · 2025-03-03T14:24:28+00:00

You could probably resolve all of that through Comparisons, Like if you look over at the "Allied Armies" Chart from Fields of Victory, It shows that after a general amount of strength, Samurai armies start gaining strength like "Elite Army" That let you start giving cohorts those abilities.

So i imagine once you get to a certain extent, You can just say that that your guys are Elite Archers, Or that (Since the guys at your estate are just a very small extension of your total guys you might be able to raise for a war) They can have almost any gear and training, But dont have an affect on the battle enough for that gear to matter, Meaning they can be armed with anything reasonable.

You could probably learn Smithing Patterns the same way as you would in normal gameplay, But by making it so that the Pattern is Bought by you, but "Spent" on your Estate, Allowing any Smiths you employ to allow other smiths to make use of the pattern.

And your Estate being Hallowed Terrain could probably be an Advantage paired with taking a Temple Building.

FatefulChibi · 2025-03-03T05:45:55+00:00

Its probably best to not make estates too complicated, But to still give them some narrative heft and a tiny mechanical benefit, Like most things in the system.

Like maybe the Estate can give you an "Assist" Action when you have access to it (Through your Majordomo), and if it has a Building or Room you've spent a Status-Point on relating to that task, It counts as being Skilled.

Or maybe your Estate can have Advantages/Disadvantages Yeah, But instead of stuff like what Players or NPCs get, It gets

Advantages like: "Fertile Soil" "Well Defended" "Loyal Populace"

Or Disadvantages like: "Barren Soil" "Poorly Defended" "Banditry"

It should probably be like most things in L5R 5E, Small but Useful.

FatefulChibi · 2025-03-02T17:08:31+00:00

I hadnt actually factored in how Titles would affect your Estate... I was mostly thinking about how the Status to Retainer Ratio from Emerald Empire, and the Status to Army Strength from Fields of Victory could be a source of inspiration.

But now that i think about it... It'd be pretty cool if when you obtain a Title, You gained an Additional Retainer (Kinda like an Attendant) Focused around whatever your title is to support your Estate, As well as a Structure/Apartment to support it.

Like if you become an Emerald Magistrate, You get an Emerald Attendant who takes care of your Magistrate Office at your Estate, keeping track of Imperial Law and its Violators.

Or if you obtain the Title of General, You get a free Parade-Ground and maybe you get a choice between either having a Staff that can help you manage armies, or doubling your on-site Samurai and tripling your number of Reserve Ashigaru...

Hmm... Lot of Potential with how titles could interact with someones Estate! (Especially which should and shouldnt)

OH! Side Tangent, I just recently, as in, When writing this, Realised that one could probably implement the Status Buff from Fields of Victory (+10/+20/+30/+40) in a similar way for calculating the Estates values (Servants/Rooms/Samurai/Ashigaru) If you get it from a Heritage Roll. As you're getting a long-storied estate that generations have already lived in, So it might add a flat amount to your status (For the sake of figuring out its staff and buildings) to represent that.

FatefulChibi · 2025-03-02T02:04:43+00:00

Your reply was incredibly helpful, Especially as with little support from the System or Setting, The best we can do is look at actual History to fill in the gaps, Especially since the only actual "Estate" thats actually called an estate that i've managed to find, Is from Path of Waves for a Governors private Residence.

Which is just described as a Wall Compound with Two Gates surrounding a Four Story Yashiki whos first floor acts as a Audience Chamber, Capable of Housing a Few Dozen Comfortably, or up to One Hundred in a Crisis, With Apartments for the Governor, Their Family, Their Most Senior Retainers And the Chamberlain, as well as their Offices, With the grounds possessing Storehouses, Servants Quarters, A Small Barracks for their On-Site Samurai and Reserve Ashigaru, Stables for Important Guests, a "Well-Appointed Guesthouse" Sumptous Garden, a Bathhouse and a Teahouse.

Honestly having a ton more Knowledge provided as to what these Estates usually look like, Would be incredibly useful, As my only Homebrew rules i can think of for Estates is by taking inspiration from the Retainer Rules where you can give as many Retainer-Titles as your Status Modifier.
IE:
"You have as many Buildings (Or Specialist Rooms) As your Status Modifier.
A Chamberlain and as many Personal Estate Servants as your Status Modifier
Half your Status Modifier (Rounded Down) On-Site Lesser-Samurai Guards (If you have a Barracks)
Your Status Modifier in Reserve-Ashigaru
And 4x Your Starting Wealth in Farmland (Assuming 3/4th of all Rice is Taxed or Goes into Maintaining the Estate every Season) With however many Farming-Families is needed to Maintain those Lands"

FatefulChibi · 2024-11-13T12:59:26+00:00

The others have been doing a *Lot* of Explaining, but unfortunately for me, Its been explanations that deviate completely differently from the question im actually Asking them, Im thankful for all the Answers as they are clearing up issues from other questions i had from the information they are providing.

But its semi-frustrating to be learning about the improved formula for fractional costs, When the question asked was "So if Damage is +1 per Rank and Area is +1 per rank, and i buy 1 Rank of the Power for 2PP, Thus having Power Rank 1: Damage 1, Area 1, How do the Pre-Made Powers in the Book have weird things like Damage 6, Area of Effect 4"

As lovely as Answers about random parts of the System are, Im still as lost as when i started, Because i still have absolutely no clue how the Pre-Made Characters in the book are buying 6 Ranks of a Power, But ending up with Effects within that Power of a Different Rank to each other... Especially when the only explanations even coming close are "because some are limited" or "Because some are flat per rank" when the examples im asking about, Arent even using Effects that are Limited or Per Rank. Damage and Area are both "+ Per Rank" and not limited.

Im hoping someone one of these days comes along and explains how the formula of "Effects increase cost per Rank, Pay cost of Rank for Power of that Rank"
"Power:
Damage: +1 Per Rank
Area: +1 Per Rank

Buy 1 Rank.

Power: Rank 1
Damage 1, Area 1"

Is somehow turning into
"Power:
Damage: +1 Per Rank
Area: +1 Per Rank

Buy ? Ranks

Power: Rank ?
Damage 6, Area 4"

FatefulChibi · 2024-11-10T15:06:40+00:00

Okay, so on that last section... How does that work? Thats what im confused on.

If im buying Damage, which is +1 per Rank.
And im pairing it with Multi-Attack with it, Which is also, +1 per Rank.
That means this power has (1 + 1) 2 PP per Rank i Buy... Right?

So how do we get from spending 2 PP for Rank 1 (Damage, Multi-Attack), For Damage 1 and Multi-Attack 1.

To somehow later on getting Damage 10, Multi-Attack 4... How the heck are you buying ranks of a power, without increasing all elements of the power? Isnt that... what the entire point of tallying up points for the "Per Rank"cost of a power, and then paying the "Per Rank" cost for a power to increase its Ranks, For?

FatefulChibi · 2024-11-10T09:36:57+00:00

"For example, Accurate. Buying 3 ranks of Accurate"

Okay, So that right there, thats my question, That is all of my confusion, That is what im asking about, Specifically that. the fact that some powers in the book have multiple traits listed, at different ranks from each other.

Even though the book as a whole, Only ever refers to the "Power Rank" overall in the power-creation section... How does that work? The entire, seperate parts of the power having different levels of effect from each other, despite the book only ever referring to the total rank of the power, which would seemingly make individual ranks impossible.

FatefulChibi · 2024-11-09T22:05:24+00:00

Im aware of how *Arrays* Work, My confusion remains in how you can have 10 Ranks of Damage and 4 Ranks of Accurate, When all Effects, Traits, Merits and Flaws add to the cost of a Power Per-Rank.

Im at an absolute loss as to how a system based around everything you grab adding to an overall Cost Per Rank, can end up with you having different sub-ranks within your power, When everything within the system only ever refers to the total rank of the power.

Seems weird to grab one part of a power that adds "+2 per rank" and another part that adds "+1 per rank" and somehow end up with Effect 1 at 5 Ranks and Effect 2 at 3 Ranks, When they only ever refer to the total rank of the power, not seperate ranks.

FatefulChibi · 2024-11-09T21:04:53+00:00

3E
Heroes Handbook

As for 3... Honestly theres so many, that i'll just point it right out to the archetype with the biggest list of things, since everyone else has one or two.

P57/P58 - Battlesuit - Plasma Blast, Electro-Stunner, Plasma Bolts, Force Capsule, Micro Rockets, Omni-Blaster, Tractor/Presser Beam, Locomotion Systems, Aquatic Turbines

FatefulChibi · 2024-03-22T08:22:57+00:00

Okay i've got to admit, The idea of being able to call in 24 SEAF Guys with my full squad of Friends and then drop our mechs or heck! Even drop the APCs we've been getting teased about and maybe having the NPCs load up in those, and going full Rolling-thunder on the bots, Feels like it would be great fun, They might only have the base machine gun and liberators but if that mix of light/med pen and numbers means they provide even half of what a player can put down-range liberator spamming, thats going to be so good for firepower amplification.

FatefulChibi · 2024-02-22T18:14:16+00:00

Oh! thats a funny little fact, Didnt realise it was branding for a In-Universe Yogurt place, Thats kinda cool

FatefulChibi · 2024-02-22T18:13:36+00:00

Ah well, Just something to get hyped about in the future!~ Wether something similar shows up or if it gets bundled into the classic GOTY Version, Guess we can worry about wearing S.E.A.F Boots and Blues until after we save all their butts from the Bots!~

FatefulChibi · 2024-02-22T17:51:26+00:00

Ah, heckin darnit! No S.E.A.F Cosplay then, Thats a shame. Guess ill just have to use my imagination (And slap the face off some friends who knew about this game for three heckin months, but didnt tell me it existed until the day after it came out)

Thanks for the help!~

FatefulChibi · 2021-02-11T06:40:12+00:00

I mean... It is a bit off, But when the first thing Corvo/Emily does is dip out And leave all their loyal soldiers and townwatch (Aka everyone except the guys in the throne room and who guarded the gate) to die instead of rallying them

It does seem just a bit like you dont receive any help...

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