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# Quick Reference
Contents Scent — A Small Table at the End of the Ledger Law — Fast Use Faction Overview Edo Period in 30 Seconds 18 Occupations — Edo Faces Quick Foe Selection Campaign Frames Existing Volume References
Summary. Reference document to open quickly during play preparation.
# Scent — A Small Table at the End of the Ledger
The quick reference looks like a cold table. But in Edo even a table is a ledger, and a ledger moves incidents. It is the small lantern that decides which faction, which occupation, which foe to reach for at the moment of need.
# Law — Fast Use
First scene: pick one faction, one foe type, and one location or campaign frame from the tables; add an occupation face if an NPC is needed. Complication: make the chosen faction and foe not be on the same side. Black-Tag Gang may be selling a Hundred-Tale Society yoma. If the players move in an unexpected direction, use the same method to choose a fallout faction or foe type and continue the scene. Check the individual source documents and co for detailed numbers and checks. Final question: which chapter does this combination expand into? For faction conflict, return to Chapter 03; for combat, Chapter 05; for data, Chapter 06.
The tables are ledgers that help with selection, not lists that limit campaign possibilities.
# Faction Overview
# Edo Period in 30 Seconds
Question Short Answer What is the Edo period? The long peace when the Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan, 1603–1868 What is this volume's default setting? Mid-to-late Edo before the end-of-period upheaval, while the shogunate's concealment system still functions Why do incidents occur despite the peace? Violence did not disappear; it moved beneath law, status, records, and checkpoints What does the shogunate want? To eliminate or seal yoma while keeping the word "yoma" out of official language What is the Hundred-Tale Society? Nurarihyon's underworld that gathers urban Kaidan and fear to carve out a place for yoma What are the human conspiratorial factions? Human organizations that seek to turn yoma into records, experiments, or commodities What do PCs do? Fight using the same co rules, but decide under what name and authority you move in Edo society
# 18 Occupations — Edo Faces
Occupation Face Samurai Hatamoto, domain retainer, inspector's aide Ronin Dojo kept ronin, hired swordsman Shinobi Fuma remnant, secret informant Onmyoji Spirit-world archivist behind the document vault Esoteric monk Temple ward keeper Pure Land monk Funeral rites and grudge resolution Shugenja Mountain spirit-gate guide Geomancer Urban ill-omen and mansion investigator Scholar Bureaucrat, Dutch scholar, record decoder Merchant Logistics and black-market tracker Artisan Swordsmith, karakuri, sealing devices Entertainer Kaidan and rumor distributor gaijin Dejima witness Wildlander Guide for areas outside law enforcement Hanyo Borderland figure outside the registry Arahitogami Living center of local faith Autonomous Automaton Legacy of karakuri and spirit-world technology Puppeteer Puppet theater and combat puppets
# Quick Foe Selection
Need Foe Urban yoma leader Nurarihyon Kaidan onryo Oiwa-type onryo, Okiku-type onryo Dojo combat Disciple squad, assistant instructor Primary foe for sword action Swordmaster turned killing demon Domain political incident Daimyo possessed by a yoma Underworld violence Yakuza Enforcers, kept ronin Record manipulation Black-Tag Office chief Secret-art experiments Hidden Hannya chief Black market Black-Tag Gang boss
# Campaign Frames
Frame Starting Point Inspection tour Corruption incident at a post town or provincial domain Urban type Nagaya, bathhouse, pleasure quarter, theater Kaidan Dojo type Dojo challenge, license succession, missing famous sword Inspector type Vanished record, falsified family register Domain Secret type Possessed daimyo, severed seal Nagasaki Ibun type Outside witness and a forbidden report
# Existing Volume References
Need Reference Rules and combat coLong campaign structure ex1Schools and tournaments ex2Shrines and relics fc01Climate and land description fc02Swordmaster and duel fc03Period adaptation format fc04Famous swords and swordsmiths fc05
"The quick table shortens the road, but which night to enter is decided by the group at the table."
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