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#Sengoku Fudoki (戦国風土記) — Overview Index

Contents

Gazetteer of the Warring States cover

Fiction-Only. This volume is a book to be read. There are no check tables, no numbers, no technique slots. Material for a single breath outside the session.

Series specification: ../co/co-99-meta/co-99-03-fc-spec.md


#Opening Words

This book is a book for those who have never lived through the Sengoku era.

At the Konsei Reiyotan (混世霊妖譚) session table, while dice roll and swords clash, someone asks — just what kind of era was that, anyway? How did a samurai's day pass? An ashigaru (足軽) came from the fields — where did he return? What did the old woman do when a yoma entered the village in the night?

This volume does not answer these questions with numbers. What answers is the scene. The light falling on a samurai's tatami floor at dawn, the count of breaths an ashigaru takes as he grips his spear, the peach branch gripped in the hand of someone who has come face to face with a yoma — things like that.

Because this is a book to be read, do not consult it for checks. The rules are in the main co and ex volumes. This volume is writing to layer the world one stratum deeper behind those rules.


#Meta Card

ItemValue
Seriesfc (Focus Series) Volume 02
TitleSengoku Fudoki (戦国風土記)
SubtitleOverview Index
NaturePure Scent (香) reading material — no Law (法)
Volume16 documents (15 main text + 1 glossary) · reading time 60–100 min
DependencyCan reference co / readable independently without co
AuthorityFiction-Only (world-building supplement)
Main Edition Version Requirementco >= 1.2 (for reference)
Current Versionv1.3.1 (fc02-VERSION)

#Production and AI Notice

ItemContent
CreatorShellman
Inquiries and FeedbackX (formerly Twitter) @ds62hg, @trpg_ds62
Generative AI Usage NoticeA substantial portion of this material was produced with the assistance of generative AI (LLM) during the planning, drafting, sentence-editing, and proofreading processes. The GPT Image 2 model was used during the image generation process. Claude Code and Codex were used for the Japanese and English translations. Final editing and responsibility for publication lie with the creator. In the event of domestic or international legal changes regarding AI-assisted works, the relevant laws shall apply.
LicenseUnless otherwise noted, distributed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

#Structure of the Book

#Meta


#The Companion Glossary

  • 00-02. Terms and Measurements Glossary — A small companion reference to keep at hand while reading this volume. Brief explanations of Sengoku-era Japanese terms for time, distance, weight, currency, social rank, weapons, and more.

#First — Time: What Was the Sengoku Era? (3 documents)

Tracing the long winter-like era that bore the name Sengoku (戦国).

#Second — People: Who Lived Through That Era? (5 documents)

Seeing the faces of those who walked through that era. A different day for every rank.

#Third — Yoma: What Are Yoma? (4 documents)

The single point where this world differs from the main edition. The fact that yoma exist.

#Closing Words


  • Read before session preparation, a little at a time — one or two chapters (章) at once. No need to read cover to cover.
  • Do not consult during the session — it is not a check table. It breaks the flow.
  • Read immediately after the session — good for extending the lingering mood of the scene just finished.
  • No need to memorize after reading — if an impression remains, that is enough.

#Relationship with the co Main Edition

This volume is a supplement to co-02-lore (world-building). It is not duplication or replacement.

co-02-lorefc02 this volume
PurposeDefining world rulesConveying world atmosphere
StyleExplanationNarration · perspective
Scent · LawScent + Law togetherScent only
When usedReference during sessionReading outside the session
VolumeCore compressedScenes and anecdotes

When both volumes are read together, the world becomes more three-dimensional.


#Connections to Other Volumes

VolumeConnection
coThe baseline for the basic Sengoku world and all rules.
fc04Reference when tracing the archetypes of Sengoku yoma tales back to the Heian period.
ex3Reference when comparing how the same material is concealed and urbanized in Edo after the Sengoku.
fc06Reference when reinforcing what Sengoku people believed and what words they used to justify their choices.
fc08Reference when giving concrete form to the ecology, desires, Spirit Realm gates, and tale-variant transformations of Sengoku yoma.

#A One-Line Invitation

"On an evening when the clash of swords grows distant, open this book."