Sachina Sensei and the meaning of play.

L5R CCG Rules board, 1 December 2014 to 2 December 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, 1 December 2014

I was just wondering, if an attachment is shown during an action that has been interrupted by Sachina Sensei, can the person still attach the attachment afterwards? Is attaching something considered playing the card?

A player, 2 December 2014

If my opponent reveals an attachment in my hand and I choose not to discard it, am I prevented from using copies of that attachment that are currently in play as well as the one specifically in my hand?

Alex Jones (rules official), 2 December 2014

Is attaching something considered playing the card?

Yes.

If my opponent reveals an attachment in my hand and I choose not to discard it, am I prevented from using copies of that attachment that are currently in play as well as the one specifically in my hand?

No.

As defined in the Comprehensive Rules, p58: Play: As a verb, "play" can refer to: putting into play a card type that normally enters play; ...

Putting an attachment into play is playing it; taking an action from it while it's in play is not.