Rampant Paranoia & Ominous Armor

L5R CCG Rules board, 4 April 2014 to 21 April 2014

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 April 2014

If Rampant Paranoia is in effect and I have an Ominous Armor equiped when my opponent tries to shoot me in the face , will the armor get destroyed or does Rampant Paranoia save my personality first?

Ben Higgins (rules official), 21 April 2014

If Rampant Paranoia is in effect and I have an Ominous Armor equiped when my opponent tries to shoot me in the face , will the armor get destroyed or does Rampant Paranoia save my personality first?

Rampant Paranoia is a Prevention Effect. Ominous Armor is a Substiution Effect.

According to the rules on Timing Conflicts in the Comprehensive Rules, Rampant Paranoia will apply itself before Ominous Armor.