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A player, 2 August 2007
OK. A Crane attacks Prov. A and is opposed. At Prov. B there is a defender. If the battle at Prov. B is being resolved before Prov. A can he take the Range Atk. from Mountain Shadow Dojo at the defender at Prov. B? Can he take the same Range Atk. if he is not opposed at Prov. A?
Now, let's say that to either of the above scenarios the answer is, yes can the Range Atk. still be taken if the movement part of MSD's Battle Act. is negated?
Mountain Shadow Dojo Battle : Even if this Stronghold is bowed, target one of your Crane Clan Samurai: Ranged 3 Attack. Move him home or to another battlefield.
I believe I've posted all the relavent questions and that hopefully this will serve to clear up this issue. If possible, please, don't refer to other cards, as I think this might be clouding the rulings.
Thanks a lot for your patience and help!
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Martin Lund (rules official), 2 August 2007
OK. A Crane attacks Prov. A and is opposed. At Prov. B there is a defender. If the battle at Prov. B is being resolved before Prov. A can he take the Range Atk. from MSD at the defender at Prov. B?
Let's check.
Does he have a unit at the current battlefield or is he using an ability to move one of his units to the current battlefield? Yes
- Check off the Rule of Presence
Does he have a legal target at the current battlefield for the Ranged Attack? Yes
Does he have a legal target of a Crane Clan Samurai at the current battlefield or one that is being moved to the current battlefield by the ability? Yes
- Check off the Rule of Location and the action's own targeting requirements.
So he can legally do that, but has to move his Crane Clan Samurai to battlefield B. He can't choose to move him Home or to Battlefield C.
Can he take the same Range Atk. if he is not opposed at Prov. A?
Being opposed at Battlefield A doesn't matter. All that matters is that your Crane is at a Battlefield so he can move to "another battlefield."
Now, let's say that to either of the above scenarios the answer is, yes can the Range Atk. still be taken if the movement part of MSD's Battle Act. is negated?
Yes, it can. Heck, the Ranged Attack comes first. It'll resolve before anyone has any chance to Negate the movement effect - and Negating one effect of an Action does not normally affect any of the other effects of the Action unless they have an obvious dependency (like an "Do X. If X happened do Y." type wording).