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Manmonkai · Core · Player Handbook

The Open Gate

A world of ten thousand gates. Everything a player needs to know about the world to enjoy stories of epic battles, tense duels, or lethal clashes of words.

Published by Tiny Dynasty  ·  Written by Taneshima
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Pages
287
Format
PDF Compressed / High Quality
Players
1 storyteller + 3–5 Players
System
The Inner Gate
About the Book

The Open Gate

Manmonkai is a world filled with gates leading to world-shards, small worlds floating in a sea of endless void. By cultivating the virtues of Courage, Compassion, Righteousness, Propriety, and Emptiness, a samurai can harness the natural power, putting them leagues above the soulless.

The Manmonkai Player Handbook is the first of three core books. It contains everything a player needs to know about Manmonkai.

“We wanted a world that encouraged hard choices, and where society functions by logic that preserves the fourth wall. This is our attempt.” — The Tiny Dynasty

The core volumes are beautiful PDFs and contain everything a table needs for countless hours of immersive storytelling.

Contents

Contents.

287 pp
I.Contentsp. 9
II.Introductionp. 15
III.The World at a Glancep. 21
IV.A Brief Historyp. 37
V.Daily Lifep. 45
VI.The Eight Clansp. 59
VII.The Social Orderp. 87
VIII.Oaths and Why They Matterp. 99
IX.Naimon and Cultivationp. 111
X.The Three Roadsp. 123
XI.Spiritsp. 133
XII.Portals and Shardsp. 147
XIII.Crime and Justicep. 165
XIV.The World Beyond the Samuraip. 181
XV.Money and Tradep. 195
XVI.Arts, Games, and Leisurep. 207
XVII.Key Locationsp. 223
XVIII.The Crisis of Year 812p. 237
XIX.The Path of Cultivationp. 249
XX.Quick Referencep. 277
XXI.Indexp. 285
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— Early Reader, House correspondence, MMXXVI
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The Inner Gate
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