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, 29 July 2007
You are attacking.
Province A has your Daidoji Yaichiro and an opposing Daigotsu Masami. Province B has no units from either side.
Can you:
1. Resolve Province B by shooting Masami at province A and then move Yaichiro to Province B?
2. Resolve Province B by declaring a ranged attack at Province A to move Yaichiro to Province B, and then use Burn It Down before required targetting to target Province B's strength instead?
3. Same as situation 2 but I target Province A instead with Burn It Down?
Many Thanks.
Martin Lund (rules official), 30 July 2007
You are attacking.
Province A has your Daidoji Yaichiro and an opposing Daigotsu Masami. Province B has no units from either side.
First of all, let's just ignore Daidoji Yaichiro's Reaction ability for the moment. It has no impact on the legality of any Battle Action he might perform. I'm going to replace Daidoji Akagi for Yaichiro in all the following questions just so we can keep Mountain's Shadow Dojo distinct from Yaichiro's own movement Reaction, OK?
Can you:
1. Resolve Province B by shooting Masami at province A and then move [Akagi] to Province B?[/quote]
No. Ranged Attack Effects target. You can't target Masami at Battlefield A. Battlefield B is the Current Battlefield and any card in a unit you target with a Battle Action must either be at Battlefield B or have its unit moved into Battlefield B as a result of the Action.
2. Resolve Province B by declaring a ranged attack at Province A to move [Akagi] to Province B, and then use Burn It Down before required targetting to target Province B's strength instead?
You don't declare the Ranged Attack. You announce that you want to use Mountain's Shadow Dojo. In Reaction to the Announcement, you play Burn It Down, which lets you target the Current Battlefield's Province with your Ranged Attack. You reduce Province B's strength by 3 and then move [Akagi] into Battlefield B.
3. Same as situation 2 but I target Province A instead with Burn It Down?
Burn It Down only allows you to target the Province associated with the Current Battlefield. If you are in the Combat Segment for Battlefield B, you can only Burn It Down against Province B.