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, 4 March 2014
The wording on the card is broken down into three sentences and I'd like to know if the, "If he is a Scout" requirement in the second sentence carries on as a requirement for the third sentence (province strength boost/reduction).
In other words, can a non-scout move home, not straighten, and then raise/lower the province strength by his Force?
Relevant text: Advance Warning "Battle: Move your target Personality home. If he is a Scout, straighten his unit. Raise or lower the current province's strength by his Force."
Jon Palmer (rules official), 5 March 2014
The wording on the card is broken down into three sentences and I'd like to know if the, "If he is a Scout" requirement in the second sentence carries on as a requirement for the third sentence (province strength boost/reduction).
In other words, can a non-scout move home, not straighten, and then raise/lower the province strength by his Force?
Relevant text: Advance Warning "Battle: Move your target Personality home. If he is a Scout, straighten his unit. Raise or lower the current province's strength by his Force."
Yes. Advance Warning's first and third effects do not require the Personality to be a Scout; the second does.