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 August 2015
In this ruling: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=114881&p=1486194&hilit=traditionalist&sid=a42731923fbbf8086ff9aa93443fe60e#p1486194 , Gilador says that "It [Traditionalist ] has no effect on actions for which only your Personalities are legal targets"
But here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=109365&p=1441343&hilit=traditionalist&sid=a42731923fbbf8086ff9aa93443fe60e#p1441343 Palmer says that Traditionalist allows you to bow other players' courtiers (with Shibata Sensei) to meet the requirement of playing Imperial Summons.
Which is correct?
A player, 29 August 2015
RE: http://www.l5r.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... e#p1441343
There is no universe in which this ruling could possibly be correct. Let's investigate the important text:
Your Favor actions may target your Personalities as well as other players'. * You may bow your target unbowed Courtier instead of discarding the Imperial Favor for Favor actions.
Point 1: The first line is worded to say that your Favour actions may target your own personalities in addition to being able to target your opponents. Grammatically, this doesn't allow you to target your opponents personalities with actions that normally target your own, it allows you to target yours with actions that would normally target opponents. "As well as" doesn't mean "and". It means "In addition to".
Point 2: You may bow your target unbowed Courtier instead of discarding the Imperial Favour for Favour actions While this is a case of cards over rules, Shibata Sensei's specific override is that you target YOUR OWN Personalities to override the cost of the favour. This in no way interacts with the wording of Traditionalist.
I just don't understand how there is any justification for the previous ruling. There is no way of reading that that allows it.
MOD ACTION : Title Edited .. Warning Issued for Trolling in Post as well. ~Fk
Alex Jones (rules official), 31 August 2015
In this ruling: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=114881&p=1486194&hilit=traditionalist&sid=a42731923fbbf8086ff9aa93443fe60e#p1486194 , Gilador says that "It [Traditionalist ] has no effect on actions for which only your Personalities are legal targets"
But here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=109365&p=1441343&hilit=traditionalist&sid=a42731923fbbf8086ff9aa93443fe60e#p1441343 Palmer says that Traditionalist allows you to bow other players' courtiers (with Shibata Sensei) to meet the requirement of playing Imperial Summons.
Which is correct?
The earlier ruling has been reversed.