Few Against Many vs Death by Chi reduction

L5R CCG Rules board, 11 September 2007

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A player, 11 September 2007

Can I negate the death of a personality by using Few Against many to negate the Chi reduction to zero from cards or cards that attach tokens that reduce the Chi?

Martin Lund (rules official), 11 September 2007

This destruction from zero Chi is continuously applied. If a one-time triggered effect negates the personality's destruction from zero Chi, he is destroyed again immediately after the negation happens. Only a continuous negation effect (for example, "This Personality cannot be destroyed") can overcome the Personality's destruction.

You can Negate destruction due to 0 Chi, but it won't remove the penalty and the victim will get whacked again, over and over, until he or she is dead.