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, 19 February 2014
I've just run into a terrain card that says 'Before Battle Resolution......'
No word in bold(react or other) infront of it either ,so my question when does the action printed after those words happen because before resolution to me means its still the combat segment?
Is there a phase in between combat segment ending and battle resolution; Does this card create one or is it some event that happens,or is it an action that should be taken in the combat segment and the card has just been poorly written?
Apologies if this has been mentioned before but I've just started playing and trawling through endless threads in hope of finding the answer,if there is one ,seemed a little pointless.
A player, 19 February 2014
Can you at least tell us what's the name of that card?
Usually Terrains (at least in IvE) will have some trait that can be triggered at a later point of the battle. In that case the Terrain enters play via its own Battle action, and the trait activates when the trigger comes. In this case, it'd be "Before the resolution of the battle". There's no phase there, there's no action to take. If the terrain remains in play after the combat segment ends, the effects will apply.
But everything would be much easier with a card title please.