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, 23 July 2015
I understand that a Personality can either assign to an army or move into an army to be considered attacking, but if a Personality is declared as an attacker and it somehow fails, is he still considered to have attacked?
Scenario:
I play Selfless Politics on my opponent's Cavalry unit. In the Attack Phase, my opponent does not assign the Personality to attack. Upon resolving a battle at a Province, my opponent declares the Cavalry Engage movement action, and I negate it with Lookout Post.
Is the enemy Personality still considered to have attacked, and thus trigger Selfless Politics?
Alex Jones (rules official), 24 July 2015
I understand that a Personality can either assign to an army or move into an army to be considered attacking, but if a Personality is declared as an attacker and it somehow fails, is he still considered to have attacked?
Scenario:
I play Selfless Politics on my opponent's Cavalry unit. In the Attack Phase, my opponent does not assign the Personality to attack. Upon resolving a battle at a Province, my opponent declares the Cavalry Engage movement action, and I negate it with Lookout Post.
Is the enemy Personality still considered to have attacked, and thus trigger Selfless Politics?
No.
Attack is defined as: To assign to, move to, or enter play in an attacking army.
If your Personality's movement from home into an attacking army is negated, he's not attacking.