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, 20 July 2007
Hello all.
Let's make up a fictional 1 man attack by the Crab. So I have Hida A assigned to one battlefield. My opponent's first action is killing my lone unit. Can I respond with Courage in Death although there is no other target for the force boost? Or, rephrasing, can I simply delay the destruction of my personality until after the battle ends?
Here is the card text:
Reaction: Before one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Give another target Personality a Force bonus equal to your Personality's Chi. If you are a Crab Clan player, delay your Personality's destruction until after the battle ends.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Chris Fuchs (rules official), 20 July 2007
Hello all.
Let's make up a fictional 1 man attack by the Crab. So I have Hida A assigned to one battlefield. My opponent's first action is killing my lone unit. Can I respond with Courage in Death although there is no other target for the force boost? Or, rephrasing, can I simply delay the destruction of my personality until after the battle ends?
Here is the card text:
Reaction: Before one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Give another target Personality a Force bonus equal to your Personality's Chi. If you are a Crab Clan player, delay your Personality's destruction until after the battle ends.
Thanks in advance for your time.
No, as the other personality to gain the force bonus is a required initial target of the action.