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.
For example I am playing Shibata Sensei out of Scorpion, and I want to bring Ninube Shiho into play.
Do I: a: Pay 7G - 4G increased to a Minimum of 5G plus 2G for Out of Clan. or b: Pay 6G - 4G plus 2G for Out of Clan, then check for 5G Minimum, and check is passed.
For example I am playing Shibata Sensei out of Scorpion, and I want to bring Ninube Shiho into play.
Do I: a: Pay 7G - 4G increased to a Minimum of 5G plus 2G for Out of Clan. or b: Pay 6G - 4G plus 2G for Out of Clan, then check for 5G Minimum, and check is passed.
Shibata Sensei checks the total Recruit cost, and in Scorpion, Shiho's cost is 6. So you will pay 6.