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.
A player, 10 January 2014
Hi,
Some questions :
1. Jade Pearl Inn, How can i use it's interrupt ability, if the holdins enter play bowed. It's not Tireless.
"Interrupt: After you Recruit this Holding from a Province, search your Dynasty deck for a non-Unique, Gold-producing Holding with a printed Gold Cost of 1 and refill the Province face-up with it."
2. Shinjo Kinto Exp His ability is not Absent, can i use it if no control any units at the battlefield or just then if i have a unit?
"Home Battle: Move Kinto home or, if he would be opposed, to the current battlefield. (Home actions may be taken from home.)"
3. A Champion's Tactics It's ability neither Home or Absent. How can i use? In Battles there are no more exceptions to the rules of Location or Presence.
"Battle: If he would be opposed, move your target unbowed Personality at home to the current battlefield. If he is Cavalry, Scout, or a Clan Champion, you may take an additional action to use a printed ability on a card in his unit."
4. Ancestral Armor of the Unicorn Clan Can i negate a movement, if i'm at an other battlefield?
"Interrupt, w: The action cannot move Personalities."
Thanks a lot!
A player, 10 January 2014
Hi,
Some questions :
1. Jade Pearl Inn, How can i use it's interrupt ability, if the holdins enter play bowed. It's not Tireless.
"Interrupt: After you Recruit this Holding from a Province, search your Dynasty deck for a non-Unique, Gold-producing Holding with a printed Gold Cost of 1 and refill the Province face-up with it."
Interrupts are played before the action resolves. At the point you announce the Interrupt, the action (Recruit, usually) has not yet resolved and therefore Jade Pearl Inn is siting still in the province, not yet bowed
2. Shinjo Kinto Exp His ability is not Absent, can i use it if no control any units at the battlefield or just then if i have a unit?
"Home Battle: Move Kinto home or, if he would be opposed, to the current battlefield. (Home actions may be taken from home.)"
You must have Presence to play it, the lack of Absent is intentional.
3. A Champion's Tactics It's ability neither Home or Absent. How can i use? In Battles there are no more exceptions to the rules of Location or Presence.
"Battle: If he would be opposed, move your target unbowed Personality at home to the current battlefield. If he is Cavalry, Scout, or a Clan Champion, you may take an additional action to use a printed ability on a card in his unit."
The clause "move your target unbowed Personality at home" (emphasis mine) allows you to fulfill Location even without the Home keyword (that keyword is intended for cards in units only). You must still fulfill Presence because, as you note, it's not Absent. Not being Absent doesn't block you from using this card if you already have a unit there, though.
4. Ancestral Armor of the Unicorn Clan Can i negate a movement, if i'm at an other battlefield?
"Interrupt, w: The action cannot move Personalities."
Thanks a lot!
The Armor must be at the current battlefield in order to fulfill Location.