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, 22 February 2008
Looking for clarification on Tsukao's ability and the reaction from Kyuden Kyotei. Can I use the reaction in conjunction with Tsukao.
Kakita Tsukao Force/Chi:2 / 3 Ho/Co/PH:6 / 7 / 3 Crane Clan. Samurai. Artisan. Limited: Pay 3 Gold and discard a card from your hand: Create an Armor Item with a Force bonus equal to the Focus Value of the discarded card, and attach the Armor to a target Personality.
Kyuden Kyotei Crane Clan
Province Strength:6 Gold Production:4 Starting Honor:6 Your Market holdings in and out of play have the Legacy keyword. Political Reaction: Even if this Stronghold is bowed, if you control the Imperial Favor, before a Fate card out of play turns face-up: Give the card +1 Focus Value when it turns face-up.
Martin Lund (rules official), 28 February 2008
Looking for clarification on Tsukao's ability and the reaction from Kyuden Kyotei. Can I use the reaction in conjunction with Tsukao.
Kakita Tsukao Force/Chi:2 / 3 Ho/Co/PH:6 / 7 / 3 Crane Clan. Samurai. Artisan. Limited: Pay 3 Gold and discard a card from your hand: Create an Armor Item with a Force bonus equal to the Focus Value of the discarded card, and attach the Armor to a target Personality.
Kyuden Kyotei Crane Clan
Province Strength:6 Gold Production:4 Starting Honor:6 Your Market holdings in and out of play have the Legacy keyword. Political Reaction: Even if this Stronghold is bowed, if you control the Imperial Favor, before a Fate card out of play turns face-up: Give the card +1 Focus Value when it turns face-up.
Sure you can.
Discarding a card makes it go from a place where it was face-down (your hand) to a place where it is face-up (your discard pile), so it turns face up, and you can play a Reaction timed around that. It'll gain +1FV and keep that bonus until the end of the turn in your Discard Pile. So when you check to see what the Force Bonus is on the created item, you'll lock in the increased number on your new Item Card.