Adeiko Again.

L5R CCG Rules board, 11 October 2007 to 12 October 2007

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, 11 October 2007

I have to bring this up again because it keeps coming up again and again and again.

Shosuro Adeiko: Text Scorpion Clan • Samurai • Magistrate Adeiko has +2F while opposing a Personality with lower Personal Honor. Reaction: After the effects resolve of a battle resolution, action, or trait that destroyed Adeiko or one of your other Personalities: Give a target Personality a -3F/-1C token, and an additional -1C token if he is dishonorable.

Ring of Fire: Text Fire Focus Effect: You may give this card -2 Focus Value. If you do, and you win this duel, put this card into play. Battle: Bow this card or discard it from your hand, and destroy one of your target Personalities: Destroy a target Personality opposing him with lower Chi.

How does the following sequence of events play out: If I bow Ring of Fire to destroy a personality, then destroy an opposing personality. Am I correct in understanding that Adeiko's reaction has to wait until the entire action of ring of fire resolves before her reaction will trigger right?

I highlighted the portion of Adeiko's text that clarifies that I have to wait until the reaction resolves. Also, in reading the ENTIRE sentence of Adeiko's text. I can use Ring of Fire to Trigger Adeiko's reaction since the reaction portion of Adeiko is not looking for an EFFECT to destroy a personality, merely battle resolution, action, or trait, and can only be taken after the "effects phase" of that action has resolved since that is the required text before the colon under Adeiko's cost for her reaction correct?

I.E. Ring of Fire is an action, Adeiko's reaction does not trigger until the actions effects resolve.

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 11 October 2007

If I bow Ring of Fire to destroy a personality, then destroy an opposing personality. Am I correct in understanding that Adeiko's reaction has to wait until the entire action of ring of fire resolves before her reaction will trigger right?

Yes. http://rules.l5r.com/Rulings_S#Shosuro_Adeiko

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 12 October 2007

Correction to above: Adeiko cannot respond to destructions incurred as costs.