The cities of Rokugan are the thriving centers of politics economics and industry in the Emerald Empire. Here the rising merchant class rubs elbows with noble samurai and outcast ronin while criminal gangs and clever spies watch from the shadows for their next opportunity.

A hundred whispers cut more deeply than the sharpest blade...

Hand of Secrets explores these growing urban centers as well as the myriad individuals who inhabit them. Nowhere else in Rokugan can one find such a diverse group of people all of whom have their own agendas and ambitions.

In this sourcebook for the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game you will find a wealth of information for running games of subterfuge and investigation as well as information on the Scorpion clan including:

• The workings of the Emerald Empire’s great cities; centers of political and economic influence and bastions of culture and law.
• Rules for the Wasp Minor Clan plus new schools equipment techniques and titles for those upholding the law… and those who wish to circumvent it. Players may also dare to embrace the power of the mysterious shadow brands or join the hidden ranks of the Jade Magistrates.
• GM support including tools and guidance for running investigations and mysteries plus information on secret orders poisons and the magistrates of Rokugan. The Emerald Empire’s deepest conspiracies are laid bare including the sinister Kolat and the carefully guarded Path of Man.
• A four-part adventure in the City of Lies: an escalating feud between two samurai families threatens to throw the city into chaos and you must end it before the fighting spreads. But not all is as it appears—would you expose a secret to enforce the law if the truth would doom an entire city?

Dice required to Play.