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, 5 October 2007
I am quite sure i have the right to play such a sequence but i would like an official confirmation.
I have a crane clan personality in a defending army, let's call it A. I have a courtier in my home.
A is destroyed.
we begin resolution of reaction to the death a A.
My opponent pass. I play the empress' adress with B and target a kakita Noriko in my discard pile. Bringing her into play. My opponent pass. I play the reaction of Noriko, thus i gain A's personal honor.
Is This sequence valid?
I will now suppose that sequence is valid: What happens if A is the kakita Noriko i bring back from the dead (spider style) with the empress' adress, could she react to her own death?
the corresponding text: The Empress' Address: Political Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed while in a defending army, bow one of your target Courtiers or Empresses: Target a non-unique Personality with your clan alignment in your discard pile. Bring him into play in your home, waiving all costs. Gain 2 Honor.
Kakita Noriko: Crane Clan • Artisan • Musician Reaction: After one of your Crane Clan Personalities is destroyed during a battle or for losing a duel, bow Noriko: Gain Honor equal to the destroyed Personality's Personal Honor.
Martin Lund (rules official), 9 October 2007
I am quite sure i have the right to play such a sequence but i would like an official confirmation.
I have a crane clan personality in a defending army, let's call it A. I have a courtier in my home.
A is destroyed.
we begin resolution of reaction to the death a A.
My opponent pass. I play the empress' adress with B and target a kakita Noriko in my discard pile. Bringing her into play. My opponent pass. I play the reaction of Noriko, thus i gain A's personal honor.
Is This sequence valid?
I will now suppose that sequence is valid: What happens if A is the kakita Noriko i bring back from the dead (spider style) with the empress' adress, could she react to her own death?
the corresponding text: The Empress' Address: Political Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed while in a defending army, bow one of your target Courtiers or Empresses: Target a non-unique Personality with your clan alignment in your discard pile. Bring him into play in your home, waiving all costs. Gain 2 Honor.
Kakita Noriko: Crane Clan • Artisan • Musician Reaction: After one of your Crane Clan Personalities is destroyed during a battle or for losing a duel, bow Noriko: Gain Honor equal to the destroyed Personality's Personal Honor.
Yes to All
Back in the Day (TM), Feign Death used to bring people into play again immediately after they died - though it did force them to enter play bowed, thus limiting the usefulness of their printed abilities.