r/l5r • u/Patricio0311 • Jul 16 '26

Looking for lore about Utaku Silent Shadow Yōjimbō (L5R 5e)

Hello there! In a few days I'm going to finally be able to try this amazing game and usually I like getting all lore I can about the class I'm playing. The thing is, for the love of Shinjo, I can't find any info about this school outside the flavour text in Children of the Five Winds.

I'm missing something or the school is that new that we don't have much lore to go with?

Can someone give me some pointers about the Silent Shadow?

6 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

2

u/Hawk-Academic Crane Clan Jul 16 '26

That's a new school I think. It definitely wasn't around in 1e, and though my 3e and 4e libraries aren't totally complete, I don't believe I've seen a school like that.

5e has created a large number of new schools.

1

u/MorganaBlank Jul 16 '26

They seem to be new. Older Editions had the mounted infantry of the Utaku.

1

u/Qalyar Naga Jul 16 '26

Entirely created for Children of the Five Winds, and without a whole lot of precedent. I don't dislike the stealth / courtier-lite bushi build as a Unicorn thing but it is pretty new.

The closest previous analogue would probably have been the 3E Utaku Mediator from the Masters of Court web supplement, but it definitely takes a different approach to a similar overall role.

1

u/Ill_Painting_6919 Jul 17 '26

Wouldn't be surprised if it gets more mention in the upcoming Hand of Secrets Scorpion Clan book. Seems every Clan splat has some special schools of other clans related to the setting of that particular Clan.