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, 3 March 2014
One of the players in my playgroup doesn't like to take anyone's word on anything, so I feel compelled to ask here so he can see answers from the rules team.
First, must Ranged Attacks target someone of their strength or less, or can a Ranged attack target someone it can't kill? For example, if someone uses a Ranged 3, can I Final Sacrifice to force it to target a 4 Force Yojimbo and not kill someone or is he an illegal target?
Second, and I apologize for even posting this because English pretty clearly defines the key word here, but when someone is challenged with Demonstrating Technique how many times are they allowed to focus? English seems to say once and only once because it's, well, exact, but my belligerent friend insists that "exactly" means "at least."
Jon Palmer (rules official), 5 March 2014
One of the players in my playgroup doesn't like to take anyone's word on anything, so I feel compelled to ask here so he can see answers from the rules team.
First, must Ranged Attacks target someone of their strength or less, or can a Ranged attack target someone it can't kill? For example, if someone uses a Ranged 3, can I Final Sacrifice to force it to target a 4 Force Yojimbo and not kill someone or is he an illegal target?
Second, and I apologize for even posting this because English pretty clearly defines the key word here, but when someone is challenged with Demonstrating Technique how many times are they allowed to focus? English seems to say once and only once because it's, well, exact, but my belligerent friend insists that "exactly" means "at least."
A ranged attack may target a card it cannot destroy; in this case it has no effect. This is one of the best uses of Final Sacrifice (unless they play Unholy Strike!)
Each Personality in the Demonstrating Technique duel must focus once and may only focus once. They may not continue focusing once they have focused once.