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, 4 March 2015
The following player abilities are relevant to the Reserve keyword: Absent Repeatable Battle, If he would be opposed, Recruit your target Reserve Personality (into the current battlefield). Repeatable Battle, If it would be opposed, Equip a Reserve attachment to your target Personality (at the current battlefield).
I am really confused what exactly bows here to pay the cost of these actions. So I had a look at the cost section how this icon was defined.
The bowing icon means the player needs to bow the card the ability is on in order to take the action (or activate the trait’s effects); if the card is already bowed, he or she cannot take the action.
The problem here is that there is no card on the field representing the player to bow for player abilities or is the stronghold considered this card?
Also the Reserve player abilities are still not listed under: http://rules.alderac.com/cr_for_20f/#pl ... and-traits
Jon Palmer (rules official), 5 March 2015
I am really confused what exactly bows here to pay the cost of these actions. So I had a look at the cost section how this icon was defined.
The problem here is that there is no card on the field representing the player to bow for player abilities or is the stronghold considered this card?
Also the Reserve player abilities are still not listed under: http://rules.alderac.com/cr_for_20f/#pl ... and-traits
Looks like the gold coin icon got replaced by the bow icon in Recruit. Nice catch! We will correct.
Roger Giner-Sorolla (rules official), 1 April 2015
And, corrected.