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, 26 March 2015
I have 2 personalities A and B. A has the Oriole Imperial Vanguard attached. My opponent targets both personalities with New Alliance.
I think that the whole action is negated by the follower's trait, and so both personalities A and B would not have their abilities switched off. Is this correct, or is it only A that is protected from the action, leaving B's ability switched off?
Also, my opponent should not draw a card if he invested, because the follower negates all remaining effects of the action. Is this correct, or can he still draw the card?
Jon Palmer (rules official), 27 March 2015
I have 2 personalities A and B. A has the Oriole Imperial Vanguard attached. My opponent targets both personalities with New Alliance.
I think that the whole action is negated by the follower's trait, and so both personalities A and B would not have their abilities switched off. Is this correct, or is it only A that is protected from the action, leaving B's ability switched off?
Also, my opponent should not draw a card if he invested, because the follower negates all remaining effects of the action. Is this correct, or can he still draw the card?
Yes, it would negate the entire action, protecting both abilities. And since Invest effects occur after all normal effects, it would negate that as well.