Keeper

Keeper roles

Keeper is a trait found only on role cards. There are five keeper roles: one for each ring.

Each keeper role card provides two effects:

• Increase your deckbuilding influence value by 3.
• Reaction: After you win a <ring> conflict as the defending player – gain 1 fate.

Cards

Various cards require you to have a keeper role to use them.

Set	Name	Clan	Deck	Type	Traits	Text Box
The Chrysanthemum Throne	Backhanded Compliment		Conflict	Event	—	Keeper role only. Action: Choose a player – that player draws 1 card and loses 1 honor.
The Emperor's Legion	Caravan Guard		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Rōnin.	Keeper role only. This character cannot be declared as an attacker unless you spend 1 fate.
Campaigns of Conquest	Crippling Taxes		Conflict	Event	—	Keeper role only. Action: Choose a province – discard each card in that province.
Fate Has No Secrets	Crisis Breaker		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Berserker.	Keeper role only. Action: During a conflict, if your opponent counts more current skill than you, choose a Berserker character you control – ready that character and move it to the conflict.
Children of the Empire	Defend Your Honor		Conflict	Event	—	Keeper role only. Interrupt: When the effects of an opponent's event would initiate during a conflict, initiate a duel against a character your opponent controls of his or her choice – resolve the duel. If your character is the duel's winner, cancel those effects.
Tears of Amaterasu	Disdainful Remark		Conflict	Event	—	Keeper role only. Action: During a conflict, if you control a participating Courtier character – until the end of the conflict, the attacked province gets +X strength. X is equal to the number of cards in your opponent's hand.
As Honor Demands	Fearless Skirmisher		Dynasty	Character	Bushi.	Keeper role only. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict, choose a dishonored status token and a character – move the status token to the chosen character.
Bonds of Blood	Festival of the Departed		—	Province	Festival.	Keeper role only. During conflicts at this province, characters cannot have their skills increased by the effects of event cards.
Peace at Any Cost	Furtive Sympathizer		Dynasty	Character	Monk. Heretic.	Keeper role only. Covert Action: During a conflict in which this character is participating, if this character is ordinary – switch each participating character's base skill with its base skill until the end of the conflict.
Rokugan at War	Garanto Guardian		Dynasty	Character	Bushi.	Keeper role only. Reaction: After this character wins a conflict as the defender – resolve a ring effect that matches the aattcked province's element as if you were the attacking player.
The Chrysanthemum Throne	Guard Duty		Conflict	Attachment	—	Keeper role only. Action: If attached character is defending – honor it.
Disciples of the Void	Guardian Kami		Conflict	Character	Spirit.	Keeper role only. Action: While this character is defending, sacrifice it – resolve the ring effect of the contested ring as if you won the the conflict as the attacking player. (Max 1 per conflict.)
For Honor and Glory	Harmonize		Conflict	Event	—	Keeper role only. Action: During a conflict in which you are the defending player, choose a defending character and an attacking character with equal or lower printed cost – move each chosen character home.
Justice for Satsume	Into the Forbidden City		—	Province	Imperial.	Keeper role only. Action: During a conflict at this province, choose an attachment on an attacking character – discard that attachment.
Core Set	Keeper Initiate		Dynasty	Character	Monk.	Keeper role only. Reaction: After you claim a ring that matches the element of your role – put this character into play from your dynasty discard pile or provinces. If you do, place 1 fate on this character.
Honor in Flames	Master of Jade		Dynasty	Character	Shugenja. Earth.	Keeper role only. Action: Lose 2 honor. Choose a character – place 1 fate on that character.
Honor in Flames	Nimble Noyan		Dynasty	Character	Bushi. Cavalry. Commander.	Keeper role only. Dire – While this character is participating in a conflict, bowed participating characters contribute their skill toward the resolution of the conflict. (This character is dire when it has no fate on it.)
For Honor and Glory	Northern Wall Sensei		Dynasty	Character	Bushi.	Keeper role only. Action: While this character is participating in a conflict, choose a participating character you control with 1 or more attachments – until the end of the conflict, that character is immune to events.
Children of the Empire	Righteous Magistrate		Dynasty	Character	Courtier. Imperial. Magistrate.	Keeper role only. While this character is defending, players cannot gain or lose honor.
Twisted Loyalties	Sinister Peacekeeper		Dynasty	Character	Courtier. Imperial.	Keeper role only. Reaction: After an opponent gains 1 or more honor – that player loses 1 honor.
Meditations on the Ephemeral	Talisman of the Sun		Conflict	Attachment	Item. Meishōdō.	Keeper role only. Action: During a conflict in which you are the defending player, bow this attachment – move the contested ring to another eligible province and reveal it, if able. That province is now the attacked province.
Tears of Amaterasu	Tears of Amaterasu		—	Province	Shrine.	Keeper role only. Reaction: After this province is revealed – gain 1 fate for each attacking character.