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, 5 May 2015
Hi, I have a question regarding the Iron Armor and it´s interaction with the follower Pursuit Riders.
Iron Armor clearly states the personality will not be moved by any card effects.
Pursuit Riders´ battle action on the other hand states the following:
Battle: Move home this unit and a target enemy unit with equal or lower total Force.
Would this mean that only the enemy unit is moved home (in case it has equal or lower force, of course) or would the enemy´s movement would also be negated?
The follower´s battle action text doesn´t seem to have been written in a conditional manner as the text on other movement cards such as Sudden Movement or Fallback! (e.g: "As it moves").
As for its interaction with Encircled Terrain it would appear (by the terrain´s own battle text), that every player is able to choose which single unit will remain at the battlefield for battle resolution, but I don´t believe the terrain would necessarily force the player to choose the personality wearing the Iron Armor to be the one to stay, in which case, both personalties (the one chosen by the player, and the one wearing the Iron Armor) would be allowed to stay for battle resolution.
Is my interpretation correct on this?
Thanks in advance!
Jon Palmer (rules official), 8 May 2015
Hi, I have a question regarding the Iron Armor and it´s interaction with the follower Pursuit Riders.
Iron Armor clearly states the personality will not be moved by any card effects.
Pursuit Riders´ battle action on the other hand states the following:
Battle: Move home this unit and a target enemy unit with equal or lower total Force.
Would this mean that only the enemy unit is moved home (in case it has equal or lower force, of course) or would the enemy´s movement would also be negated?
The follower´s battle action text doesn´t seem to have been written in a conditional manner as the text on other movement cards such as Sudden Movement or Fallback! (e.g: "As it moves").
As for its interaction with Encircled Terrain it would appear (by the terrain´s own battle text), that every player is able to choose which single unit will remain at the battlefield for battle resolution, but I don´t believe the terrain would necessarily force the player to choose the personality wearing the Iron Armor to be the one to stay, in which case, both personalties (the one chosen by the player, and the one wearing the Iron Armor) would be allowed to stay for battle resolution.
Is my interpretation correct on this?
Thanks in advance!
Because Pursuit Riders' ability isn't conditional, the other Personality will move even if yours doesn't.
And yes, Iron Armor will allow you to choose another Personality to stay for Encircled Terrain, and keep the Iron Armor's unit as well.