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, 6 September 2007
If I have only one defending unit and no one dead on my discard pile after my random Personality dies during a battle can I use Death After Life to bring him back? I had that doubt yesterday when I read the card and saw that it says "After one of your personalities is detroyed..."
Does this after mean that he'll be already at discard pile and I may chose him?
Death After Life
Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Lose 5 Honor. Target a dead Personality in your discard pile, or in any discard pile if you are a Spider Clan player. Permanently give him Shadowlands and Undead. Bring him into play in your current army, ignoring restrictions (paying all costs).
[Mod edit: Slang removed. -ZF]
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 September 2007
If I have only one defending unit and no one dead on my discard pile after my random Personality dies during a battle can I use Death After Life to bring him back? I had that doubt yesterday when I read the card and saw that it says "After one of your personalities is detroyed..."
Does this after mean that he'll be already at discard pile and I may chose him?
Death After Life
Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Lose 5 Honor. Target a dead Personality in your discard pile, or in any discard pile if you are a Spider Clan player. Permanently give him Shadowlands and Undead. Bring him into play in your current army, ignoring restrictions (paying all costs).
[Mod edit: Slang removed. -ZF]
Yes, you can return someone who was destroyed.
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