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
Misdirection:
Political Gozoku Reaction: Before another player would choose targets for one of his action’s effects during a battle, target one of your Courtier or Gozoku Personalities: You choose the targets instead.
Hired Killer:
Limited: Pay Gold equal to the target’s unit’s Gold Cost plus 2: Lose 3 Honor. Destroy a target Personality.
Unless I'm missing something, Misdirection can't ever redirect targeting of Hired Killer or any other Limited action, short of some effect that would allow Limited actions to be played during Battle...?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 September 2007
Misdirection:
Political Gozoku Reaction: Before another player would choose targets for one of his action’s effects during a battle, target one of your Courtier or Gozoku Personalities: You choose the targets instead.
Hired Killer:
Limited: Pay Gold equal to the target’s unit’s Gold Cost plus 2: Lose 3 Honor. Destroy a target Personality.
Unless I'm missing something, Misdirection can't ever redirect targeting of Hired Killer or any other Limited action, short of some effect that would allow Limited actions to be played during Battle...?
The original question did say "...or Ruthless Advance...", though. Still...
Sometimes you get so caught up on something subtle like a cost changing ruling thing, you miss the flippin' elephant in the room.
Sigh.
Thanks for the pointing out the elephant.