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, 2 November 2007
After searching through the forum, I found this:
See http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#General_rules_about_stats Setting a stat to a value is done through bonuses or penalties. from Zen
As I am fairly new, I am still finding little bits that I don't totally understand.
I'm defending. If I have "Samuari A" (12F, 4C, 3PH) (Champion Hero) and he has a sword (+3F) and I have played 2xShout of Defiance giving him +6F.
His total force should now be 21F. My opponent legally plays Righteous Fury on "Samurai A".
Is his force now total 3F or is it (3F + sword 3F + 2xShout 6F = 12F)?
Relevant Card Text: "Righteous Fury 0G 4FV Battle: Target one of your Magistrates: Target a Personality opposing him. Reduce the Personality’s Force to his own Personal Honor. If your Magistrate is Scorpion Clan, raise your Magistrate’s Force by the Personality’s Personal Honor."
Chris Fuchs (rules official), 3 November 2007
After searching through the forum, I found this:
See http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#General_rules_about_stats Setting a stat to a value is done through bonuses or penalties. from Zen
As I am fairly new, I am still finding little bits that I don't totally understand.
I'm defending. If I have "Samuari A" (12F, 4C, 3PH) (Champion Hero) and he has a sword (+3F) and I have played 2xShout of Defiance giving him +6F.
His total force should now be 21F. My opponent legally plays Righteous Fury on "Samurai A".
Is his force now total 3F or is it (3F + sword 3F + 2xShout 6F = 12F)?
Relevant Card Text: "Righteous Fury 0G 4FV Battle: Target one of your Magistrates: Target a Personality opposing him. Reduce the Personality’s Force to his own Personal Honor. If your Magistrate is Scorpion Clan, raise your Magistrate’s Force by the Personality’s Personal Honor."
3. He gets a force penalty of 18 to bring his force down to his personal honor. If he then manages to lose his 3F sword, his force will be 0.