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, 8 June 2007
Unaligned Creature • Dragon • Shugenja • Cavalry • Unique
Personalities opposing Obsidian Dragon have a Force and Chi penalty equal to their Personal Honor, to a minimum of 1C.'
I've lost track of what counts as Smart Card issues, and thus no longer matters. So my question is, "If the Obsidian Dragon is facing an army of opposing personalities with PH greater than or equal to their Chi, they will all be at 1C. If he plays Mark of the Taint, or any kind of Chi Penalty, does his trait keep them alive or did the trait set them all to 1C and the new action kills them?"
Thanks.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 8 June 2007
Unaligned Creature • Dragon • Shugenja • Cavalry • Unique
Personalities opposing Obsidian Dragon have a Force and Chi penalty equal to their Personal Honor, to a minimum of 1C.'
I've lost track of what counts as Smart Card issues, and thus no longer matters. So my question is, "If the Obsidian Dragon is facing an army of opposing personalities with PH greater than or equal to their Chi, they will all be at 1C. If he plays Mark of the Taint, or any kind of Chi Penalty, does his trait keep them alive or did the trait set them all to 1C and the new action kills them?"
Thanks.
Rules Archive, Bonuses and Penalties: "When an effect creates a minimum or maximum, it applies to all subsequent bonuses and penalties as long as the effect lasts."