Marriage and Legacy

In my games, once per year during Winter, the players have the opportunity to deal with several subsystems relating to their families and dynasties. As previously discussed, this is the moment samurai get rice from their lands, money from their lords and when they pay their dues to keep living like the nobles they are (or lose it all…)

This is also the moment they can arrange marriages for themselves, their relatives or allies.

Living Standards and Principles of Rokugani Samurai Economy

In my games, I find it useful to differentiate between two “classes” of samurai: the first is the Household Samurai, a landless warrior that lives on the generosity of their lord, receiving a small salary for their service. The second is the Landholding Samurai, those who received the right to own land, have their own servants and lives on the production of their lands. These rules are modified from the Pendragon RPG to delineate the difference between them and establish the Living Standards model of yearly economy for my games. Additionally, I use 1 Ryō = 4 Koku as a new monetary unit, as can be seen below.