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, 3 November 2014
a) Twisted Fate reads (even in Oracle) "Until your Events Phase three turns from now begins, there is an additional Action Phase each turn which occurs between the Dynasty and End Phases." There is no End Phase or Events Phase under Ivory rules, and this event does not have any information on how to resolve it (it does not have the usual clause given to most pre-Ivory events.) Do you: * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, there is an additional Action Phase each turn after the Dynasty Phase"? * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, until your turn three turns from now begins, there is an additional Action Phase each turn after the Dynasty Phase"? * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, nothing happens (discard this card)"? * the event stays in your province and must be discarded by the rulebook Dynasty Discard action? * something else?
b) Similarly, Suspicions reads (even in Oracle) "Until the game ends, before each of your Events Phases ends, each player in turn order starting with you loses 1 Honor." There is no Events Phase, and this event does not have any information on how to resolve it. Do you: * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, until the game ends, after you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, each player in turn order starting with you loses 1 Honor"? ** if so, do the honor losses trigger this turn? * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, nothing happens (discard this card)"? * the event stays in your province and must be discarded by the rulebook Dynasty Discard action? * something else?
c) In the L5R Legacy rules (on the Rules wiki), it is stated that "Regions normally enter play from Provinces during the Events Phase. They do not enter play just by being revealed in a Province at any other time." This is the only rule on Regions entering play I can find in any of the Legacy/BigDeck/etc format rules pages. There is no Events Phase. Do you: * attach regions as normal after the start-of-turn reveal? * attach regions whenever they flip? * the region stays in your province and must be discarded by the rulebook Dynasty Discard action? * something else?
d) Not that this will ever matter, but consider the card Peace Treaty. It reads "Limited: If there are more than two players, choose a player. He may choose to sign a a Peace Treaty with you. If he chose this, then until your next Events Phase begins, neither of you may declare an attack against, or ally against, the other. If he did not choose this, you gain 3 Honor and he loses 3 Honor." There is no Events Phase. Do you: * not get to attack _ever_ if this is chosen? * wait until start of turn? * something else?
(There may be some errors in the Oracle here. If they are changed as a result of this thread, please post something here so that I know.)
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 3 November 2014
a) Twisted Fate reads (even in Oracle) "Until your Events Phase three turns from now begins, there is an additional Action Phase each turn which occurs between the Dynasty and End Phases." There is no End Phase or Events Phase under Ivory rules, and this event does not have any information on how to resolve it (it does not have the usual clause given to most pre-Ivory events.) Do you: * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, there is an additional Action Phase each turn after the Dynasty Phase"? * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, until your turn three turns from now begins, there is an additional Action Phase each turn after the Dynasty Phase"? * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, nothing happens (discard this card)"? * the event stays in your province and must be discarded by the rulebook Dynasty Discard action? * something else?
b) Similarly, Suspicions reads (even in Oracle) "Until the game ends, before each of your Events Phases ends, each player in turn order starting with you loses 1 Honor." There is no Events Phase, and this event does not have any information on how to resolve it. Do you: * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, until the game ends, after you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, each player in turn order starting with you loses 1 Honor"? ** if so, do the honor losses trigger this turn? * play the event as "After you reveal cards in your Provinces at the start of your turn, if this Event is face-up in one of them, nothing happens (discard this card)"? * the event stays in your province and must be discarded by the rulebook Dynasty Discard action? * something else?
c) In the L5R Legacy rules (on the Rules wiki), it is stated that "Regions normally enter play from Provinces during the Events Phase. They do not enter play just by being revealed in a Province at any other time." This is the only rule on Regions entering play I can find in any of the Legacy/BigDeck/etc format rules pages. There is no Events Phase. Do you: * attach regions as normal after the start-of-turn reveal? * attach regions whenever they flip? * the region stays in your province and must be discarded by the rulebook Dynasty Discard action? * something else?
d) Not that this will ever matter, but consider the card Peace Treaty. It reads "Limited: If there are more than two players, choose a player. He may choose to sign a a Peace Treaty with you. If he chose this, then until your next Events Phase begins, neither of you may declare an attack against, or ally against, the other. If he did not choose this, you gain 3 Honor and he loses 3 Honor." There is no Events Phase. Do you: * not get to attack _ever_ if this is chosen? * wait until start of turn? * something else?
(There may be some errors in the Oracle here. If they are changed as a result of this thread, please post something here so that I know.)
Not all cards in the Oracle have yet been converted to Ivory Edition templating. Until such time as they have, please use the ones that have, as well as the contemporary use of such cards, to extrapolate their proper use. If you and your opponent cannot agree upon what that is, the Tournament Judge has final say.
As for the Region Rules, I'll fix the discrepancy there post haste.