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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.

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Pages
167
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.

167 pp
I.Introductionp. 9
II.1 The Worldp. 13
III.2 A Brief Historyp. 23
IV.3 Daily Lifep. 29
V.4 The Eight Clansp. 37
VI.5 The Social Orderp. 53
VII.6 Oathsp. 61
VIII.7 Naimonp. 69
IX.8 The Three Roadsp. 75
X.9 Spiritsp. 81
XI.10 Portals and Shardsp. 87
XII.11 Crime and Justicep. 97
XIII.12 Beyond the Samuraip. 107
XIV.13 Money and Tradep. 115
XV.14 Arts and Leisurep. 119
XVI.15 Key Locationsp. 129
XVII.16 The Year 812 Crisisp. 137
XVIII.A Cultivationp. 143
XIX.Quick Referencep. 159
XX.Indexp. 165
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