Writ of Command & brand of Cowardice

L5R CCG Rules board, 15 August 2007

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, 15 August 2007

Relevant Text: Brand of cowardice: Political Battle: Move this Personality home: Lose 2 Honor. Move home a target Personality in the current enemy army. He is branded as a coward and is dishonored. Writ of comand: Open: Bow this Personality: Target a Dishonored Personality controlled by another player. During attacks this turn, you assign the target instead of his controller, you may assign him even if he is bowed, you may straighten him after each time he assigns, and he may assign and move into your armies.

I have a dishonored guy with brand of cowardice (lets say, bokatsu). My opponent has a personality with writ of comand, and he uses it on my bokatsu. Then, he declares an attack.

He asigns my Bokatsu and some random guy to attack one of my provinces, and I dont defend.

Now, my doubts: 1) I know that Writ of command doesnt switch control, so I still have presence, and can use the brand. But, which army is considered to be the "enemy army" for Brand of Cowardice?

2) Suposing that the enemy army is my own army, and if I had someone defendig, can i use the brand to send both Bokatsu and my defender home? 3) Now, suposing that the enemy army still is the oponents army, can I use Bokatsu to send both he and the other atacker home? 4) same as 3, but if bokatsu were the only one attacking, can I target him for both the cost and the effect of the Brand, sending him home?

Thanks!

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 15 August 2007

I have a dishonored guy with brand of cowardice (lets say, bokatsu). My opponent has a personality with writ of comand, and he uses it on my bokatsu. Then, he declares an attack. He asigns my Bokatsu and some random guy to attack one of my provinces, and I dont defend.(W)hich army is considered to be the "enemy army" for Brand of Cowardice?

Read from perspective of card's controller, which is you, so the enemy army is your opponent.

(C)an I use Bokatsu to send both he and the other atacker home?

Yes.

(I)f bokatsu were the only one attacking, can I target him for both the cost and the effect of the Brand, sending him home?

No.