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, 14 October 2007
refering to http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=62543
im sorry but i have to open another thread about this because i really dont get it
sb is able to pay 9g, he trys to kill a personality with ruthless advance but his opponent redirects the action so he has to pay 10g
u guys always refer to the ruling that costs have to be paid but thats not the problem because he isnt able to pay the costs no matter what
what happens:
1) he trys to pay all costs bowing his holdings but because he cant pay them, the action is negated 2) he does not need to bow his holdings because even if he has to pay the costs he cant, the action is negated
plz just give me 1 or 2 as an answer and dont link some rule chapters again
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 14 October 2007
refering to http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=62543
im sorry but i have to open another thread about this because i really dont get it
sb is able to pay 9g, he trys to kill a personality with ruthless advance but his opponent redirects the action so he has to pay 10g
u guys always refer to the ruling that costs have to be paid but thats not the problem because he isnt able to pay the costs no matter what
what happens:
1) he trys to pay all costs bowing his holdings but because he cant pay them, the action is negated 2) he does not need to bow his holdings because even if he has to pay the costs he cant, the action is negated
plz just give me 1 or 2 as an answer and dont link some rule chapters again
You pay as much as you can.
Correction: The above is incorrect. You do not have to pay anything. http://rules.l5r.com/Abilities_and_actions#C._Pay_costs (Fixed.)