Hida Kuon Exp. 4 vs. Broken Lines

L5R CCG Rules board, 1 June 2007

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, 1 June 2007

Reaction: Before battle resolution at a province, if you control one or zero Personalities: The Attacker chooses to either move all units in his army home, or bow 2 cards in his army (he can choose this even if he has fewer than 2 cards in his army).

Other players’ card effects may not bow Hero Personalities at Kuon’s location. Each other player must discard a card as a cost the first time each phase he targets a Personality you control.

Question:

1. Can my opponent choose to bow Kuon as a result of Broken Lines, completely negate the bowing as a result of his innate ability and proceed with destroying an army/province?

Follow-up: Do I get to discard a card in the process of playing Broken Lines since it will affect Kuon? But I wasn't targeting Kuon (or any Crab) to begin with.

Thanks!

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 1 June 2007

Can my opponent choose to bow Hida Kuon (Experienced 4)(?)

Rules Archive, Decisions: "A player may choose an option for which all effects will be negated."

Do I get to discard a card in the process of playing Broken Lines since it will affect Kuon?

No.