Security and Safety
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Above those fundamental considerations is safety, which is one’s security in matters of health, finances, and immediate surroundings. Does the character have any health challenges, or problems with money or the productivity of their lands? Are assassins threatening to take the character’s life when their back is turned? (And if so, consider why?) Is an army marching on the castle gates? Remember that in Rokugan, the supernatural is a tangible force, so a character’s safety can be threatened by curses, vengeful spirits, or even offended gods and ancestors. This level of needs is the source of some of the most common types of stories in Rokugan: the lord has a problem, and the samurai who serve that lord have to fix it (or at least keep it from spiraling out of control), or a village is threatened by an external force and the samurai must find a solution before disaster strikes.
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Courts of Stone · Chapter 3: Games of Discourse › Developing NPC Motivations through Needs › Security and Safety · p. 142 p. 143
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Above those fundamental considerations is safety, which is one’s security in matters of health, finances, and immediate surroundings. Does the character have any health challenges, or problems with money or the productivity of their lands? Are assassins threatening to take the character’s life when their back is turned? (And if so, consider why?) Is an army marching on the castle gates? Remember that in Rokugan, the supernatural is a tangible force, so a character’s safety can be threatened by curses, vengeful spirits, or even offended gods and ancestors. This level of needs is the source of some of the most common types of stories in Rokugan: the lord has a problem, and the samurai who serve that lord have to fix it (or at least keep it from spiraling out of control), or a village is threatened by an external force and the samurai must find a solution before disaster strikes.