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, 22 February 2015
Can I bow a holding/personality to produce gold for no reason at all? ( I know from the time that this was legal several arcs ago we cudn't, would just like a updated/current clarification on this.
Temple Fortress Temple • Castle After the first time each turn you bow this Holding, gain 1 Honor.
Also, Yoritomo Yusuke + Cautious Contemplation
Can you declare an action bow gold to produce gold, since the action has a gold cost, then opt not to pay the gold cost. Ie just to float gold.
Yoritomo Yusuke Tireless Open: Dishonor Yusuke to straighten him. (bow): Produce 2 Gold.
Cautious Contemplation Open **(pay gold symbol), : Straighten your target bowed Personality. If his last bowing was from another player's card effect and you paid two Gold for this action, draw a card, and you may target and discard a Kata.
PS: Are you also allowed to float more gold than you are suppose to. Ie: I bow all my gold so that an enemy contested port becomes useless.
I feel I know the answers to these but I just want to make sure... before I hit the kotei tables.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 5 March 2015
Can I bow a holding/personality to produce gold for no reason at all? ( I know from the time that this was legal several arcs ago we cudn't, would just like a updated/current clarification on this.
Temple Fortress Temple • Castle After the first time each turn you bow this Holding, gain 1 Honor.
Also, Yoritomo Yusuke + Cautious Contemplation
Can you declare an action bow gold to produce gold, since the action has a gold cost, then opt not to pay the gold cost. Ie just to float gold.
Yoritomo Yusuke Tireless Open: Dishonor Yusuke to straighten him. (bow): Produce 2 Gold.
Cautious Contemplation Open **(pay gold symbol), : Straighten your target bowed Personality. If his last bowing was from another player's card effect and you paid two Gold for this action, draw a card, and you may target and discard a Kata.
PS: Are you also allowed to float more gold than you are suppose to. Ie: I bow all my gold so that an enemy contested port becomes useless.
I feel I know the answers to these but I just want to make sure... before I hit the kotei tables.
You must have some action announced in order to produce gold.
However, you can produce as much as you want, and you only PAY the amount equal to the cost of the action you're taking. If your first Limited action is to Equip a 2G follower, you may bow all of your holdings to add all of your gold to your pool, and then pay 2 of that gold for the Equip action.