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, 12 August 2007
Searched, but found nothing about Muhito regarding the following questions.
(1) I am a Scorpion player. My opponent (doesn't matter who) is attacking me at provinces 1 and 2 with his armies 1 and 2 respectively. I defend with Bayushi Muhito and someone else--say, Scorpion X--at province 1. My opponent resolves province 1. Some stuff happens there, and Scorpion X is destroyed. I react with Loyalty, Unto Death and move Muhito to province 2. If I use Muhito's reaction, do I take the additional battle action at province 2 now (i.e. in the midst of province 1's battle), or is his additional action delayed until we begin to resolve province 2's battle (in which case, I would assume I get Muhito's action, then my normal first action as defender)
(2) Same situation, but now I'm attacking. The same question applies...but if we wait until the beginning of province 2's battle to take Muhito's additional action, does it occur before the defender's first action i.e. it effectively becomes a "sneak attack"? And if so, I assume Reinforce the Gates could cancel it?
(3) Finally, same situation as (2), except province 2's battle has already resolved. The defenders are still there, however. Do I nonetheless get to take Muhito's action at this already resolved battlefield, or does it just go to waste?
Thank you.
Bayushi Muhito: Reaction: After an action resolves that moved Muhito to or from a battlefield: Take an additional Battle action.
Loyalty, Unto Death: Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Target any number of Personalities in your army. Move them home; if you are a Scorpion Clan player, you may instead move them to one other battlefield.
Chris Fuchs (rules official), 12 August 2007
Searched, but found nothing about Muhito regarding the following questions.
(1) I am a Scorpion player. My opponent (doesn't matter who) is attacking me at provinces 1 and 2 with his armies 1 and 2 respectively. I defend with Bayushi Muhito and someone else--say, Scorpion X--at province 1. My opponent resolves province 1. Some stuff happens there, and Scorpion X is destroyed. I react with Loyalty, Unto Death and move Muhito to province 2. If I use Muhito's reaction, do I take the additional battle action at province 2 now (i.e. in the midst of province 1's battle), or is his additional action delayed until we begin to resolve province 2's battle (in which case, I would assume I get Muhito's action, then my normal first action as defender)
(2) Same situation, but now I'm attacking. The same question applies...but if we wait until the beginning of province 2's battle to take Muhito's additional action, does it occur before the defender's first action i.e. it effectively becomes a "sneak attack"? And if so, I assume Reinforce the Gates could cancel it?
(3) Finally, same situation as (2), except province 2's battle has already resolved. The defenders are still there, however. Do I nonetheless get to take Muhito's action at this already resolved battlefield, or does it just go to waste?
Thank you.
Bayushi Muhito: Reaction: After an action resolves that moved Muhito to or from a battlefield: Take an additional Battle action.
Loyalty, Unto Death: Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Target any number of Personalities in your army. Move them home; if you are a Scorpion Clan player, you may instead move them to one other battlefield.
Your additional action will be immediate(-ish, depending on the existance of any other reactions to movement) at the currently resolving battle, regardless of where Muhito moved to or from.