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, 1 September 2007
In regard to the answer in this topic
Premise: A 3 Chi, 3 PH personality is at/in the Battle A. Obsidian Dragon is also there. The Obsidian Dragon would apply a penality of -3 Chi, but only applies a penalty of -2 Chi due to his "not below 1" limitation, reducing the personality to 1 Chi
Situation 1) the personality gets hit with a new -1 Chi penalty during the battle. Will his or her Chi drop to 0 (1 Chi - 1 Chi) or will the Dragon readjust his own penalty to compensate (-1 Chi from the dragon instead of -2 Chi)? Does the personality at any time have 0 Chi and die? Situation 2) the personality get a Chi boost of 1. Will the dragon adjust it's penality to the full -3 Chi (dropping the personality back to 1 Chi) or will the personality now have 2 Chi?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 1 September 2007
In regard to the answer in this topic
Premise: A 3 Chi, 3 PH personality is at/in the Battle A. Obsidian Dragon is also there. The Obsidian Dragon would apply a penality of -3 Chi, but only applies a penalty of -2 Chi due to his "not below 1" limitation, reducing the personality to 1 Chi
Situation 1) the personality gets hit with a new -1 Chi penalty during the battle. Will his or her Chi drop to 0 (1 Chi - 1 Chi) or will the Dragon readjust his own penalty to compensate (-1 Chi from the dragon instead of -2 Chi)? Does the personality at any time have 0 Chi and die? Situation 2) the personality get a Chi boost of 1. Will the dragon adjust it's penality to the full -3 Chi (dropping the personality back to 1 Chi) or will the personality now have 2 Chi?
The penalty from Obsidian Dragon changes so as not to violate its own text.