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A player, 6 March 2015
This is a follow up question to viewtopic.php?f=59&t=112889
In the past there have been fear actions, which were clearly labeled as such by the fear keyword in their textbox, like Daigotsus wrath. Currently there is no such card left anymore. There are however actions, that create a fear effect.
Susumu Yananda clearly states, that he interacts with fear actions, not effects. Just looking at the cards in the current pool, he would not impact play in 20F strict at all with his interrupt. So what has to happen for an action to gain the fear keyword? Is the possibility of a fear effect enough? On the same thought, do actions that create ranged or melee atacks have the ranged or melee keyword? I could not find such a rule in the comprehensive rules.
Alex Jones (rules official), 9 March 2015
This is a follow up question to viewtopic.php?f=59&t=112889
In the past there have been fear actions, which were clearly labeled as such by the fear keyword in their textbox, like Daigotsus wrath. Currently there is no such card left anymore. There are however actions, that create a fear effect.
Susumu Yananda clearly states, that he interacts with fear actions, not effects. Just looking at the cards in the current pool, he would not impact play in 20F strict at all with his interrupt. So what has to happen for an action to gain the fear keyword? Is the possibility of a fear effect enough? On the same thought, do actions that create ranged or melee atacks have the ranged or melee keyword? I could not find such a rule in the comprehensive rules.
A Fear action is one that either has the Fear keyword, or has the possibility of creating a Fear effect.
The action from Okura is Released is not a Fear action, but Oneiyara's duel is.