Incense Mill vs Force Swapping

L5R CCG Rules board, 31 January 2013

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A player, 31 January 2013

If someone swaps their Force and Chi (via Jekku or other cards), are they considered to have a Force Bonus/Penalty, depending on whether it went up or down?

I'm curious if the Personality's Force goes down if they are considered to have a Force Penalty that could be negated by Incense Mill.

Alex Jones (rules official), 31 January 2013

If someone swaps their Force and Chi (via Jekku or other cards), are they considered to have a Force Bonus/Penalty, depending on whether it went up or down?

I'm curious if the Personality's Force goes down if they are considered to have a Force Penalty that could be negated by Incense Mill.

Exchanging Force and Chi involves giving one stat a bonus and the other a penalty.

If the penalty is to the Personality's force, this can be negated by Incense Mill's action.