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, 12 June 2015
RE: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=114110
So, one of the clauses in Civil Discussion falls under the "for each" rule. But I think what the original asker was concerned about was not that clause. He's curious about this one I think (having had this conversation on FB already): "After each time any player assigns"
If I play Mercantile Conflict, then my opponent attacks and he and I BOTH assign, will Mercantile increase the honor losses to both of us? If so, how many of Mercantile's "increases" does that use up?
Jon Palmer (rules official), 15 June 2015
RE: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=114110
So, one of the clauses in Civil Discussion falls under the "for each" rule. But I think what the original asker was concerned about was not that clause. He's curious about this one I think (having had this conversation on FB already): "After each time any player assigns"
If I play Mercantile Conflict, then my opponent attacks and he and I BOTH assign, will Mercantile increase the honor losses to both of us? If so, how many of Mercantile's "increases" does that use up?
If both players assign, Civil Discussion will cause a loss to each of you, Mercantile Conflict will increase the loss to each of you, and that will use of both of Mercantile Conflict's increases. Mercantile Conflict counts losses, not "cards that cause losses".