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.
Regarding this: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=105418#p1387124
So a "Dark Ring of Water" is not a "Ring of Water"... does this mean a "Hiruma Nikaru, the Flesh Eater" is not a "Hiruma Nikaru"? Or a "Togashi Noboru, the Shattered Star" is not a "Togashi Noboru"?
I guess the comma makes the difference -> but what is the difference in formal rules terms?
Also, for my sanity, a "Dark Ring of Water" is not even a "Ring of Water card" anymore, right?
does this mean a "Hiruma Nikaru, the Flesh Eater" is not a "Hiruma Nikaru"? Or a "Togashi Noboru, the Shattered Star" is not a "Togashi Noboru"?
I guess the comma makes the difference -> but what is the difference in formal rules terms?
Title: "In a Personality's title, lines after the first, separated by a comma, are considered a single keyword (usually a color/flavor one with no game implications). [ADDED Jun 11 2013; CLARIFIED Nov 19 2013]"
Also, for my sanity, a "Dark Ring of Water" is not even a "Ring of Water card" anymore, right?
Since, as of Samurai Edition, keywords are neither conveyed by titles (except in the exact case you asked about above), nor are they seperable, inseparable, or able to be "recombined", there is no such thing as a "Ring of Water card" unless it has the exact keyword (not title) "Ring of Water". But no game mechanic should ever ask for such a thing as a "Ring of Water card" (and if any do, let me know, and I'll fix them in the Oracle ). If the "Ring of Water" is referred to thus, that's a reference to the title, not a keyword. The Ring of Water, Dark Ring of Water, and False Ring of Water are all Ring cards (card type) and all "Water" cards, but only the "Ring of Water" is the "Ring of Water" due to its title. I hope that clarifies matters.