The Way of the Thief

Way of the Thief is a Second Edition sourcebook for Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game including mechanics for the Second Edition as well as the d20 version of the RPG. It details Rokugani criminal organizations and a guide to creating villainous player characters. It was published in 2004.

Table of Contents

Introduction (Page 4)

• Fiction "Way of Thieves": with the magistrate Bayushi Adachi blackmailing Ide Haranobu, a merchant patron at Ryoko Owari
• The Darker Side of Honor
• Officers of the Law
  • Peasant enforcers
  • Clan Magistrates
  • Emerald Magistrates
  • Jade Magistrates
• Crime and Punishment
• New Mechanics

Chapter One: The Kolat (Page 11)

• Fiction with Toki, a peasant servant of Akodo Seisi, and Kyuwa, a member of the kolat conspiracy
• History of the Kolat
• The Ten Sects
• Kolat Operations

The new Chrysanthemum Sect

• Kolat Strongholds
  • Shiro Morito and the Hidden Temple
  • House of the New Dawn

Chapter Two: Smuggling Cartels (Page 21)

• Fiction with Doji Shinji and his Doji Magistrate sensei, Doji Ryoma
• A History of Smuggling
  • The First Cartels
  • The Unicorn Clan's Return
  • The Clan War
  • The War of Spirits
  • The Four Winds Era
  • Modern Day
• Smuggling in Rokugan
• Smuggling Cartels
  • The Black Lotus Cartel
    • The Clear Water Trading House
  • Suitengu's Children
    • Suitengu's Throne
• New Mechanics
  • The Black Lotus Cartel
    • Black Lotus Initiate
    • Black Lotus Brother
    • Black Lotus Master
    • New Path: Black Lotus Smuggler
  • Suitengu's Children
    • New Technique: Child of Suitengu