I am given to understand through Search-Fu that multiple uses of Sneak Attack do not grant additional opportunities to take the first battle action. However, Scouting the Pass introduces an additional restriction via a performer. If my opponent has Scout A perform Scouting the Pass 1 and then has Scout B perform Scouting the Pass 2, what is the result? A) Does one instance of Scouting the Pass take precedence over the other because the active player decides the order, or B) Either Scout A or B can not satisfy the conditions of Scouting the Pass and the first opportunity must be passed back to the defender barring an action such as Brothers In Battle that is performed by multiple personalities?
Multiple Scouting the Pass
A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
I am given to understand through Search-Fu that multiple uses of Sneak Attack do not grant additional opportunities to take the first battle action. However, Scouting the Pass introduces an additional restriction via a performer. If my opponent has Scout A perform Scouting the Pass 1 and then has Scout B perform Scouting the Pass 2, what is the result? A) Does one instance of Scouting the Pass take precedence over the other because the active player decides the order, or B) Either Scout A or B can not satisfy the conditions of Scouting the Pass and the first opportunity must be passed back to the defender barring an action such as Brothers In Battle that is performed by multiple personalities?
Scout B would have to perform the first Battle action.
Each copy of Scouting the Pass changes the game procedure from the rulebook default, and the final change is what the game will look for and allow when you start the Combat Segment.
1) The Default: Defender gets the first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass. 2) You play Scouting the Pass: You now have the first opportunity to take a Battle action with Scout A or pass. 3) You play another Scouting the Pass: You now have the first opportunity to take a Battle action with Scout B or pass.