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The questioned came up tonight, will Shosuro Chizuru raise the Personal Honour of a Dishonoured Personality?
Chizuru
OPEN: Discard a card to give a target personality a Force or Personal Honour bonus Equal to the focus Value. The target has a maximum Personal Honour of 4
Rulebook
A Dishonourable Personality has a maximum of 0 Personal Honour
The question was, because both card and rulebook mention a Maximum Personal Honour, does the card overrule the rule book or does the Rulebook rule supreme?
The questioned came up tonight, will Shosuro Chizuru raise the Personal Honour of a Dishonoured Personality?
Chizuru
OPEN: Discard a card to give a target personality a Force or Personal Honour bonus Equal to the focus Value. The target has a maximum Personal Honour of 4
Rulebook
A Dishonourable Personality has a maximum of 0 Personal Honour
The question was, because both card and rulebook mention a Maximum Personal Honour, does the card overrule the rule book or does the Rulebook rule supreme?
In the Comprehensive Rules, Cardinal Rule #1 does state that card effects trump rulebook effects.
Shosuro Chizuru will allow a Dishonored Personality to have a positive PH state.