DowntimeFrom Dog 18th till Boar 3rd we'll have a downtime on the island.
This downtime is the last downtime during the game before it ends. This makes it a unique opportunity for you to devote it to advancing your agendas, personal or plot-related. If you want things on the island done before the game ends, now it is possible. The unique vessel for it is to pursue goals, which can bring you results otherwise hard to accomplish over the regular course of the game.
We will be using these
these rules, particularly in relation to VIP prices of goals AND to the amount of VIPs you earn for the downtime from Duty Points and Glory.
The goals are of course limited by what is possible on Kameyama Jima. Allies back in Rokugan cannot help you with goals here. Ask a GM before assuming that your VIP expenditure will be effective. The GM may also help you with coming up with the goal that will position you for better role-playing opportunities after downtime and help you get back to the main flow of the game. Start discussion of it in your PF if this is something you'd like to do.
Since it's a short downtime, only a minor goal is possible, and minor group goals can only refer to the factions present on the island, and to the extent they are present. Either way, goals are more or less full-time job, so don't expect to do much more over downtime.
If you don't have a focused idea how to spend those two weeks, you can just keep doing your duties. This will allow you to earn some experience and/or influence, but it means you forego pursuing any bold agenda during this time. See below.
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The player has the option to devote most or all of the downtime to dutiful service rather than to the pursuit of independent goals. If this is chosen, the player gains up to 5 xp to use them on increasing skills used extensively in the course of duty, or to get 25 VIPs for cultivating connections during that time (or in any combination, at the rate 1 xp - 5 VIP). Players who choose this option may not advance a goal during this downtime.
There are no bets planned for this downtime.
This downtime is a part of a session. No new fleet actions or use of other sessional abilities are available just because the in-game time is longer. On the plus side for players, I won't charge extra for rent.