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, 17 December 2014
Going the comments regarding the 0g Equip action in viewtopic.php?f=59&t=111376#p1449740 the following is legal.
Announce Equip action as an Open. Bow Contemplative Shrine to add 3g to the gold pool. Declare that you are paying 0g to the Equip action. Opponent takes action or passes. Use Contemplative Shrine straighten ability. Opponent takes action or passes. Announce Equip action as an Open. Bow Contemplative Shrine to add 3g to the gold pool. Declare that you are paying 6g to the Equip action. Equip a 6g or lower attachment.
Is this correct?
Jon Palmer (rules official), 5 January 2015
Going the comments regarding the 0g Equip action in viewtopic.php?f=59&t=111376#p1449740 the following is legal.
Announce Equip action as an Open. Bow Contemplative Shrine to add 3g to the gold pool. Declare that you are paying 0g to the Equip action. Opponent takes action or passes. Use Contemplative Shrine straighten ability. Opponent takes action or passes. Announce Equip action as an Open. Bow Contemplative Shrine to add 3g to the gold pool. Declare that you are paying 6g to the Equip action. Equip a 6g or lower attachment.
Is this correct?
Per the update to the CR, "The rulebook Equip and Recruit actions, likewise, require that the player can and does pay the Gold cost that corresponds to a legal card to bring into play." Therefore this will no longer work, as you must pay the gold corresponding to the legal card to bring into play.