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, 15 January 2008
I have in play Utaku Genshi and Utaku Kohana, and my opponent has Shosuro Aroru (experienced) in play. Bowing my Genshi, I play Sake House Brawl, declaring Aroru and my Kohana as targets. My question is: since Sake House Brawl specifies different players, will he be able to redirect Sake House Brawl to Kohana?
Sake House Brawl Open: Bow one or more of your target Personalities: Bow one or more target Personalities, each controlled by a different player, with a total Force less than that of your performing Personalities.
Shosuro Aroru (Experienced) Scorpion Clan • Ninja • Duelist • Experienced • Unique Reaction: When an action targets a Ninja at Aroru's location: It targets a different legal target of your choice instead. Reaction: Any number of times per turn, after another player's Battle action resolves: Move Aroru to any location.
Martin Lund (rules official), 16 January 2008
I have in play Utaku Genshi and Utaku Kohana, and my opponent has Shosuro Aroru (experienced) in play. Bowing my Genshi, I play Sake House Brawl, declaring Aroru and my Kohana as targets. My question is: since Sake House Brawl specifies different players, will he be able to redirect Sake House Brawl to Kohana?
Sake House Brawl Open: Bow one or more of your target Personalities: Bow one or more target Personalities, each controlled by a different player, with a total Force less than that of your performing Personalities.
Shosuro Aroru (Experienced) Scorpion Clan • Ninja • Duelist • Experienced • Unique Reaction: When an action targets a Ninja at Aroru's location: It targets a different legal target of your choice instead. Reaction: Any number of times per turn, after another player's Battle action resolves: Move Aroru to any location.
Aroru gets bowed in this situation.
You are going to target 2 Personalities, each controlled by another player. The targeting of Aroru can not be redirected to Kohana as she does not qualify as a "different legal target of your choice," because she's already in the scope of the initial targeting and it is not legal to target her twice in such a way.
This is very similar to Shuten Doji's Fury vs. Take the Charge
A single card can only be targeted once by any individual targeting instruction.