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, 17 December 2007
Can a Crab player use castle barracks' action to retreive a follower from discard pile and attach to an attacking personality? (paying the complete cost).
“Castle Barracks Castle Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold when paying for a Follower. Battle: If you are a Crab Clan player, or if you are the Defender and have only one province: Target one of your Personalities. Attach a Follower to him from your discard pile, waiving costs if he is defending and opposed.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 17 December 2007
Can a Crab player use castle barracks' action to retreive a follower from discard pile and attach to an attacking personality? (paying the complete cost).
“Castle Barracks Castle Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold when paying for a Follower. Battle: If you are a Crab Clan player, or if you are the Defender and have only one province: Target one of your Personalities. Attach a Follower to him from your discard pile, waiving costs if he is defending and opposed.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]
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A player, 18 December 2007
With regards to this post http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=64151
i did, i searched the forum, and found the post you refered to, it explains quite clear about the costs block of the card, but thats not what i meant to ask for (im sorry if i was not clear enough on my first post, in not english native).
is the "if he is defending and opposed" clause a condition for the whole action (meaning it won't have any effects if you are not defending), or a condition just to waive the cost (meaning a crab can do it while attacking even if not opposed, but he should pay the follower's cost)?
i ask because the "waiving costs if opposed.." sounds much like the original WILL wording, which was ruled to be a condition necesary for it to work at all, if my memory don't fails me. (i also searched the rules site for template wordings, but couldn't find it).
“Castle Barracks Castle Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold when paying for a Follower. Battle: If you are a Crab Clan player, or if you are the Defender and have only one province: Target one of your Personalities. Attach a Follower to him from your discard pile, waiving costs if he is defending and opposed.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007]