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, 3 September 2007
I'm just looking for a full clarification of how Obsidian Dragon works with other chi penalties. There are currently some replies that say the interaction is one way, some another, and some that appear to be in conflict but apparently aren't.
I think that the current interpretation of Obsidian Dragon are as follows:
By way of example: During a battle where a non-unique personality opposes the Obsidian Dragon. A 4 chi 3 pH personality will suffer -3 chi from Obsidian Dragon normally. If that personality later suffers a -1 chi penalty from another source the Dragon's penalty becomes -2 chi. If the personality suffers a -3 chi penalty the Obsidian Dragon's penalty becomes -0 chi. If the unfortunate personality suffers a -4 chi penalty he dies, the Obsidian Dragon's trait does not save him.
Is this correct?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 4 September 2007
I'm just looking for a full clarification of how Obsidian Dragon works with other chi penalties. There are currently some replies that say the interaction is one way, some another, and some that appear to be in conflict but apparently aren't.
I think that the current interpretation of Obsidian Dragon are as follows:
By way of example: During a battle where a non-unique personality opposes the Obsidian Dragon. A 4 chi 3 pH personality will suffer -3 chi from Obsidian Dragon normally. If that personality later suffers a -1 chi penalty from another source the Dragon's penalty becomes -2 chi. If the personality suffers a -3 chi penalty the Obsidian Dragon's penalty becomes -0 chi. If the unfortunate personality suffers a -4 chi penalty he dies, the Obsidian Dragon's trait does not save him.
Is this correct?
http://rules.l5r.com/Rulings_O#Obsidian_Dragon