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, 2 September 2015
Hi. We have an issue with the targets of this card. Standing fast text: Battle: Target your unbowed Samurai or Berserker Personality. Bow one or two target enemy units with a total Gold Cost less than your Personality's unit's total Gold Cost. Destroy any cards in the enemy units with 0 Gold Cost.
Option 1: i target my unbowed samurai, my opponent play interrupts, then i choose the target i want to affect
Option 2: i target my unbowed samurai and the targets i want to bow, then my opponent plays interrupts
Wich option is correct?
Thanks
Alex Jones (rules official), 2 September 2015
Hi. We have an issue with the targets of this card. Standing fast text: Battle: Target your unbowed Samurai or Berserker Personality. Bow one or two target enemy units with a total Gold Cost less than your Personality's unit's total Gold Cost. Destroy any cards in the enemy units with 0 Gold Cost.
Option 1: i target my unbowed samurai, my opponent play interrupts, then i choose the target i want to affect
Option 2: i target my unbowed samurai and the targets i want to bow, then my opponent plays interrupts
Wich option is correct?
Thanks
Essentially, option 2, although you only choose the targets before Interrupts are taken; formal targeting happens later.
The Action Sequence is: A Announce B Pay Costs C Choose targets D Interrupt action round E Verify targets and resolve effects F Action ends