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, 30 September 2007
Hi!
Cartographers Imperial • Scout • Unique Recon Open : Bow this card: Target a province. During the next battle there this turn, negate the effects of the first Reaction or Terrain action any other player takes.
Assigning Blame Political Reaction : After one of your Personalities is destroyed, if you control a Courtier: Dishonor a target Personality. His controller loses 3 Honor; this loss can be negated but not reduced.
Player A bows plays the Recon Action from Cartographers on Province A. Player B assigns a lone courtier to defend. Player B passes. Player A passes. Lone courtier is destroyed by resolution. Will Assigning Blame still go through or will it be negated by Cartographers? That is, has the battle ended or not?
Thanks!
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 30 September 2007
Hi!
Cartographers Imperial • Scout • Unique Recon Open : Bow this card: Target a province. During the next battle there this turn, negate the effects of the first Reaction or Terrain action any other player takes.
Assigning Blame Political Reaction : After one of your Personalities is destroyed, if you control a Courtier: Dishonor a target Personality. His controller loses 3 Honor; this loss can be negated but not reduced.
Player A bows plays the Recon Action from Cartographers on Province A. Player B assigns a lone courtier to defend. Player B passes. Player A passes. Lone courtier is destroyed by resolution. Will Assigning Blame still go through or will it be negated by Cartographers? That is, has the battle ended or not?
Thanks!
Personalities are destroyed in Resolution Segment, which is long before the battle ends after resolution (http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#After_Resolution).