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A player, 6 August 2007
From: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=60100
------- The two situations are not the same.
In Marty's post, the defender is opposed; i.e., there is a legal target for a Ranged Attack. In mine, the defender is not opposed; i.e., there is no legal target for a Ranged Attack. -------
By the text of Mountain's Shadow Dojo, the performing Samurai need not oppose the target at the time of the ranged attack. It was specifically ruled in the referenced thread that, even with no presence in the battlefield, it is legal to resolve a ranged attack in that battlefield IF you then move the performing Samurai into that battlefield. Keep in mind that by SE rules, there is no requirement that the Samurai oppose the target -- only that the action has to satisfy the Rule of Location.
Edit: I searched for Mountain's Shadow Dojo specifically, didn't see the earlier post. Sorry!
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 August 2007
From: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=60100
------- The two situations are not the same.
In Marty's post, the defender is opposed; i.e., there is a legal target for a Ranged Attack. In mine, the defender is not opposed; i.e., there is no legal target for a Ranged Attack. -------
By the text of Mountain's Shadow Dojo, the performing Samurai need not oppose the target at the time of the ranged attack. It was specifically ruled in the referenced thread that, even with no presence in the battlefield, it is legal to resolve a ranged attack in that battlefield IF you then move the performing Samurai into that battlefield. Keep in mind that by SE rules, there is no requirement that the Samurai oppose the target -- only that the action has to satisfy the Rule of Location.
Edit: I searched for Mountain's Shadow Dojo specifically, didn't see the earlier post. Sorry!
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=60119
Already pointed out.
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