Legend of the Five Rings is a role-playing game first and foremost, and the Steel Age is an age of heroes first and foremost. You can use the rules of the Third Edition of L5R (or even d20, but don't come complaining afterwards) without any great changes, since modernity is just beginning to appear in Rokugan during the Steel Age. The number of modern skills (from Rokugan 2000) which are available in your campaign is left to the Game Master's judgment.

In this section, we will provide you with everything you need to run scenarios during the period of the opening of Rokugan to the outside world. The background articles give details on specific variations of the Steel Age away from the "classical" period described in the RPG. The Schools provide new options to customise your PCs - not only schools, but also dojos and katas where appropriate. Scenarii are, you guessed it, scenarii.