Re:Determination + units that have been in resolution

L5R CCG Rules board, 26 July 2007

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A player, 26 July 2007

In reference of this topic: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=59082&hilit=

How does it work now with the SE wording of Determination?

Determination: Dark Virtue Reaction: Before you announce an action, target one of your Samurai: The action can not have its effects negated or have its targeting changed. After the action destroys any Personality, remove him from the game.

Martin Lund (rules official), 26 July 2007

EXCEPTION: “Cannot” and “Can only,” when referring to entering play or attaching, are restrictions on the legality of entering play or attachment.

Likewise, the phrases “cannot” or “can only” appearing in rules text apply to the legality of doing something in the first place; they do not imply that doing that thing is merely negated.

[Edit - Corrected as Roger clarified to me what "rules text" meant]