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, 25 September 2007
In regards to: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=61750&p=790211#p790211
I understand the ruling on that specific thread, but in this scenario:
Eastern Hub Port Equipping is a Battle/Open action for you. After the first Battle action resolves each turn that attached a card to one of your Personalities: You may take an additional Battle action.
If say my opponent is Mantis with EHP is attacking me I have defenders He declares Naval and uses EHP Battle action of equipping Two questions: a) Am I able to use reinforce the gates to negate the equipping? b) Am I able to let the equipping resolve then negate his additional battle action?
Currently after reading Reinforce the Gates: Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Negate the action’s effects. Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield: Target an unopposed unit there. Move the unit to a target battlefield where it would be opposed.
Since the reaction states before the defender's first normal opportunity to act or pass... and his additional battle action would still fall under that category of going before my action as a Defender... am I able to wait after he equips and then use an additional battle action and cancel that battle action after the equipping?
Thank you.
Chris Fuchs (rules official), 25 September 2007
In regards to: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=61750&p=790211#p790211
I understand the ruling on that specific thread, but in this scenario:
Eastern Hub Port Equipping is a Battle/Open action for you. After the first Battle action resolves each turn that attached a card to one of your Personalities: You may take an additional Battle action.
If say my opponent is Mantis with EHP is attacking me I have defenders He declares Naval and uses EHP Battle action of equipping Two questions: a) Am I able to use reinforce the gates to negate the equipping? b) Am I able to let the equipping resolve then negate his additional battle action?
Currently after reading Reinforce the Gates: Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Negate the action’s effects. Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield: Target an unopposed unit there. Move the unit to a target battlefield where it would be opposed.
Since the reaction states before the defender's first normal opportunity to act or pass... and his additional battle action would still fall under that category of going before my action as a Defender... am I able to wait after he equips and then use an additional battle action and cancel that battle action after the equipping?
Thank you.
Yes.
The linked thread is saying that you can't use Reinforce to negate the actual Naval Reaction or Sneak Attack Reaction abilities, as Reinforce can only negate Battle actions.