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, 9 November 2007
In this post you indicate that the triggered trait on Eastern Hub Port occurs before the reaction on Gate Guardsman. OK.
The response to the question: "1b - If my previous question is right and during my next action Gate Guardsman is destroyed he'll never get the chance to react right?" was "Correct"
This directly conflicts with this post here. According to that post, the Battle action from Eastern Hub Port is a delayed effect. That would allow Gate Guardsman to take his reaction BEFORE the additional action from Eastern Hub Port is actually taken.
Which is correct?
Martin Lund (rules official), 9 November 2007
In this post you indicate that the triggered trait on Eastern Hub Port occurs before the reaction on Gate Guardsman. OK.
The response to the question: "1b - If my previous question is right and during my next action Gate Guardsman is destroyed he'll never get the chance to react right?" was "Correct"
This directly conflicts with this post here. According to that post, the Battle action from Eastern Hub Port is a delayed effect. That would allow Gate Guardsman to take his reaction BEFORE the additional action from Eastern Hub Port is actually taken.
Which is correct?
The most recent ruling is correct until such time as changes are made in the Comprehensive Rules. The current ruling was what we settled on for Gen-Con, and upon further review we haven't had much cause to change things.