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.
Are Fortifications Yoritomo Mikaru brings into play bowed?
Example: I use Mikaru's ability to buy a Poorly Placed Garden. Mikaru's abiliy states "Recruit a target Holding in your Province (entering play bowed), for 1 less Gold." while the Fortification trait is "Fortifications attach, straightened, to the Province from which they entered play."
Which card takes precedence? Will I be able to bow the PPG for Honor?
Are Fortifications Yoritomo Mikaru brings into play bowed?
Example: I use Mikaru's ability to buy a Poorly Placed Garden. Mikaru's abiliy states "Recruit a target Holding in your Province (entering play bowed), for 1 less Gold." while the Fortification trait is "Fortifications attach, straightened, to the Province from which they entered play."
Which card takes precedence? Will I be able to bow the PPG for Honor?
Mikaru's "(entering play bowed)" text is reminder text, and as such is not actually an effect of his Limited ability.
As such, any Holdings brought into play by his ability will follow the normal method of entering play for that Holding, including coming into play unbowed if they are a Fortification.