Moving into already resolved battles

L5R CCG Rules board, 18 July 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, 18 July 2007

I declare an attack and assign three units. My opponents assigns two deffending units but at another province, so both armies are unopposed. I resolve first the battle with the deffending army and both players pass, so battle resolves and nothing happens.

Then I go to resolve the battle with the attacking army and my opponents plays reinforce the gates on one of the attacking personalities, moving it into the other battle, which has just resolved. Under Samurai Edition rules, is that legal? (ie, would the personality be considered 'opposed' at an already resolved battle?) If the answer is yes, what would happen to my unit? Will it simply return home bowed when all four battles have resolved?

Reinforce the Gates (U) Coste: 0; Focus: 2. Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Negate the action’s effects. Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield: Target an unopposed unit there. Move the unit to a target battlefield where it would be opposed.

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 18 July 2007

(W)ould the personality be considered 'opposed' at an already resolved battle?

No. Attacking units will have gone home.