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.
This guy is lacking the Samurai keyword. Ronin *by definition* are samurai. This is frustrating as it makes Colonial dojo not work and ruins the gold scheme of potential non-Dragon Kensai decks. Can we get a technical ruling that Ronin are Samurai?
Ronin: (in feudal Japan) a wandering samurai who had no lord or master. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ronin?s=t http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rōnin
This guy is lacking the Samurai keyword. Ronin *by definition* are samurai. This is frustrating as it makes Colonial dojo not work and ruins the gold scheme of potential non-Dragon Kensai decks. Can we get a technical ruling that Ronin are Samurai?
Ronin: (in feudal Japan) a wandering samurai who had no lord or master. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ronin?s=t http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rōnin
Technically, in Rokugan, all Shugenja are also of the Samurai caste.
Unfortunately, the card game is never a 100% perfect reflection of the setting, and this is another of those times.