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, 11 July 2007
Good Faith Rule: When an action is announced, the player must be able to target all required targets, meet all conditions of the action, and pay all mandatory costs, to the best of his or her knowledge.
Hitsu-do
Kiho Fire Battle: Bow and destroy one of your target Shugenja or Monks: Target an enemy Follower, or an enemy Personality with no Followers; the Personality, or the Follower's Personality, must have equal or lower Chi than yours. Destroy the enemy target.
The Good Faith Rule applies only to the cost of this action,
ie "Bow and destroy one of your target Shugenja or Monks"
or to the effect as well ?
ie "Target an enemy Follower, or an enemy Personality with no Followers; the Personality, or the Follower's Personality, must have equal or lower Chi than yours. Destroy the enemy target."
Meaning, can I destroy my Monk/Shugenja in a Battlefield, even if not opposed, since I have met the Action's cost/requirement: "Bow and destroy one of your target Shugenja or Monks" ?
I think it is too far-fetched but wanted to be clear on that
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 12 July 2007
Good Faith Rule: When an action is announced, the player must be able to target all required targets, meet all conditions of the action, and pay all mandatory costs, to the best of his or her knowledge.
Hitsu-do
Kiho Fire Battle: Bow and destroy one of your target Shugenja or Monks: Target an enemy Follower, or an enemy Personality with no Followers; the Personality, or the Follower's Personality, must have equal or lower Chi than yours. Destroy the enemy target.
The Good Faith Rule applies only to the cost of this action,
ie "Bow and destroy one of your target Shugenja or Monks"
or to the effect as well ?
ie "Target an enemy Follower, or an enemy Personality with no Followers; the Personality, or the Follower's Personality, must have equal or lower Chi than yours. Destroy the enemy target."
Meaning, can I destroy my Monk/Shugenja in a Battlefield, even if not opposed, since I have met the Action's cost/requirement: "Bow and destroy one of your target Shugenja or Monks" ?
I think it is too far-fetched but wanted to be clear on that
"Target a Follower, or a Personality with no Followers" is a required target. You must be able to meet it.