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, 27 August 2007
A couple of questions in Regards to Ideal Conditions
Until the end of the game, while any of your Scout cards are in a unit, they have the ability, " Battle : Move this unit to a battlefield at a province that a Recon action targeted this turn. If the unit moved, straight it."
If on my turn I recon all of my opponents provinces and then declare an attack, can I assign no attacking infantry or cavalry, and still create a battle at each of his provinces? The point of which would be then to move my unit to the battlefield using Ideal Conditions? Relatedly (?) could I assign a unit to one battlefield (again having reconed all 4) and then Ideal Conditions into one of the three other battlefields?
On another note, on my opponents turn, if I recon all of his provinces, he attacks me, and then I play a retribution, may I move my scouts into the other provinces other than where the Retributed Unit assigned?
Reaction : After the end of an Attack Phase in which you were the Defender: Declare an additional Attack Phase against that phase's Attacker, in which neither player can invite allies and you can only assign one unit. Give the Personality and each Follower in that unit +1F after it assigns.
Thanks for your help!
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Chris Fuchs (rules official), 27 August 2007
A couple of questions in Regards to Ideal Conditions
Until the end of the game, while any of your Scout cards are in a unit, they have the ability, " Battle : Move this unit to a battlefield at a province that a Recon action targeted this turn. If the unit moved, straight it."
If on my turn I recon all of my opponents provinces and then declare an attack, can I assign no attacking infantry or cavalry, and still create a battle at each of his provinces? The point of which would be then to move my unit to the battlefield using Ideal Conditions? Relatedly (?) could I assign a unit to one battlefield (again having reconed all 4) and then Ideal Conditions into one of the three other battlefields?
On another note, on my opponents turn, if I recon all of his provinces, he attacks me, and then I play a retribution, may I move my scouts into the other provinces other than where the Retributed Unit assigned?
Reaction : After the end of an Attack Phase in which you were the Defender: Declare an additional Attack Phase against that phase's Attacker, in which neither player can invite allies and you can only assign one unit. Give the Personality and each Follower in that unit +1F after it assigns.
Thanks for your help!
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Yes and yes.