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A player, 6 September 2007
In reference to viewtopic.php?f=59&t=61337.
Companion Spirit says: "4G 1FV Limited: If this Shugenja is Human, bow him and destroy this card: Create a Cavalry, Samurai, Spirit Personality whose base Force, Chi, Gold Cost, and Personal Honor are those of this Shugenja, waiving the Samurai’s Gold cost."
My question is this, when it says that the "base Force, Chi, Gold Cost, and Personal Honor of the Samurai are those of this Shugenja", does the "base" part refer to both the status of Samurai and the Shugenja, or just to the stats of the Samurai (meaning that the Shugenja would use current stats, as it's not specified to use base)?
Thanks.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 September 2007
Companion Spirit: when it says that the "base Force, Chi, Gold Cost, and Personal Honor of the Samurai are those of this Shugenja", does the "base" part refer to both the status of Samurai and the Shugenja, or just to the stats of the Samurai(?)
Tentatively, "those" indicates the whole set of stats, and the modifier, so "base" applies in both cases.