ruthless advance

L5R CCG Rules board, 16 February 2008

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, 16 February 2008

if my opponent plays ruthless advance targeting my champ, let's say Doji Domotai x3 and i redirect through Seat of power to my Daidoji Akagi does my opponent have to pay 3g or 8g?

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 16 February 2008

if my opponent plays ruthless advance targeting my champ, let's say Doji Domotai x3 and i redirect through Seat of power to my Daidoji Akagi does my opponent have to pay 3g or 8g?

http://rules.l5r.com/Rulings_R#Ruthless_Advance:

"Cost is set after targeting. Therefore:

"Cost need not be paid if changes occur after targeting (e.g., Kumade).

"Cost must be paid if changes to the unit Gold cost occur, or a new unit is selected in the announcement step (e.g., Misdirection, Turn of Fortune) or in the targeting step by a triggered effect or Reaction with "would target" (e.g., Seat of Power) or "when targeting" (e.g., Shosuro Aroru Experienced) timing, unless the new cost exceeds a player's ability to pay it completely."