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, 30 January 2008
Zen,
I was reading the rulings forum today, and came across http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=65014. I was slightly confused, and just wanted to make certain of it's accuracy, because of this other ruling here: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=65107
From my understanding of the second referenced ruling, Daidoji Yaichiro actully couldn't use his reaction when the Laquered Armor reaction goes off, because he did not perform the action. The Armor sends him home, and since it's not specifically targeting Daidoji Yaichiro in the requirements line, it isn't actually performed by him (it just "happens"). Am I wrong in this?
Edit + Bump: I wanted to explain why I would even bother asking this, as I am still confused, even after referring to the FAQ and the rulebook. The ruling on Daidoji Yaichiro and Laquered Armor seems to be a reversal of the general ruling on actions created by Items and Spells. As far as I can tell from the wording of Laquered Armor, the Personality it's attached to doesn't perform the action, so I'm still highly confused here.
Martin Lund (rules official), 4 February 2008
Zen,
I was reading the rulings forum today, and came across http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=65014. I was slightly confused, and just wanted to make certain of it's accuracy, because of this other ruling here: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=65107
From my understanding of the second referenced ruling, Daidoji Yaichiro actully couldn't use his reaction when the Laquered Armor reaction goes off, because he did not perform the action. The Armor sends him home, and since it's not specifically targeting Daidoji Yaichiro in the requirements line, it isn't actually performed by him (it just "happens"). Am I wrong in this?
Edit + Bump: I wanted to explain why I would even bother asking this, as I am still confused, even after referring to the FAQ and the rulebook. The ruling on Daidoji Yaichiro and Laquered Armor seems to be a reversal of the general ruling on actions created by Items and Spells. As far as I can tell from the wording of Laquered Armor, the Personality it's attached to doesn't perform the action, so I'm still highly confused here.
Whenever one of your Actions come from an Item or Spell in your Personality's unit, that Personality performs the Action - as noted in the Comprehensive Rules - Glossary P: Perform
The second thread you link to is referencing a different situation - when one of your Actions comes from an Action Card that just happens to target an Item or Spell.
For example:
Tsi Blade has a Reaction. When you use that Reaction, the Personality with the Horsebow is performing the Action.
When you just bow Tsi Blade to pay the cost of Tonfajutsu, however, no Personality is performing the Action.