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, 21 March 2014
Howdy, 2 questions came up that we weren't sure about the exact rules regarding them.
1) In the course of a battle, my opponent attempts to send me home with the Favor when I have Severed From the Emperor in play. I elected to use the repeatable interrupt twice (knocking myself down by 10 honor). I believe this is allowed because there is no restriction on how many times I can interrupt an action and it is technically repeatable so I should be able to do it as many times as a want. After doing this I attempted to play Ring of Air. I figured that because Severed From the Emperor interrupt triggers off of a favor action, it should meet the requirements of Ring of Air
Q1) Does Severed From the Emperor's Interrupt technically work as part of the condition to put Ring of Air into play? Q2) If so, is it allowed to react twice (losing 10 honor in the process) to a single favor action my opponent takes to meet the condition of Ring of Air?
2) My opponent attempts to play Imperial Summons against me when I have Severed From the Emperor in play. He however bows his stronghold to do this (therefore not using the Favor). I attempt to react with Severed From the Emperor.
Q3) If a substitute action is taken that is equivalent to discarding the favor, can Severed from the Emperor be used?
Cheers!
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 22 March 2014
I figured that because Severed From the Emperor interrupt triggers off of a favor action, it should meet the requirements of Ring of Air.
No, sorry. Severed From the Emperor's granted ability is not "Favor" itself (doesn't have the "Favor" keyword preceding its action designator), so it does not count for the Ring of Air's play requirements.
2) My opponent attempts to play Imperial Summons against me when I have Severed From the Emperor in play. He however bows his stronghold to do this (therefore not using the Favor). I attempt to react with Severed From the Emperor.
Q3) If a substitute action is taken that is equivalent to discarding the favor, can Severed from the Emperor be used?
Well, let's start by saying that Severed From the Emperor's granted ability can Interrupt any action, if you want to lose 5 Honor for the fun of it. Its negation effect, will then just fail, unless the action you Interrupt is Favor and it then targets your cards.
That said, yes, Severed CAN negate Summons no matter how the other player chooses to the fulfill the conditions of the effect. All Severed cares about that the action has the "Favor" keyword and that it then targets your card(s); after that, boom, negated.