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Do bowed units count as having 0 force?
Does that mean I can kill a 10F personality with a ranged 0 attack?
Or, does total force mean the force the unit contributes in resolution?
Ruined City - "Your Spider Clan Personalities have the ability, "Battle: Bow a target unit with zero total Force or with the lowest non-zero total Force (including ties) among all units at the current battlefield.""
Do bowed units count as having 0 force?
http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#Specific_stats
"The Force of cards is totaled together in calculating Unit Force and army Force. Rarely, some modifiers may directly affect unit or army Force.
"A bowed card in a unit retains its own Force stat; its own Force is not reduced to zero from being bowed."