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A player, 25 February 2008
Im attacking a province with a 19 gold cost unit and defending me are Bayushi Paneki XP4 and a Shosuro Uyeda. If I use a Standing Fast as a Naval action and it gets reinforced, what targeting am I required to make in order to lose the least amount of honor(from Paneki's trait)? Can I just target my personality because of the up to 2 targets stated on Standing Fast?
If I use the Standing Fast and the other player uses Misdirection, can he choose no targets because Standing Fast states "up to 2 targets"?
How does Misdirection interact with Ordered Retreat? If I have 4 units in the battle and I play Ordered Retreat, then the other player plays Misdirection, does the opponent get to choose to send 1-4 of my units home and what 1-4 units straighten?
Doruk Özaydın (rules official), 28 February 2008
Im attacking a province with a 19 gold cost unit and defending me are Bayushi Paneki XP4 and a Shosuro Uyeda. If I use a Standing Fast as a Naval action and it gets reinforced, what targeting am I required to make in order to lose the least amount of honor(from Paneki's trait)? Can I just target my personality because of the up to 2 targets stated on Standing Fast?
Yes, you may choose to target no opposing units as you "Target up to two units opposing him.." and none is a choice.
If I use the Standing Fast and the other player uses Misdirection, can he choose no targets because Standing Fast states "up to 2 targets"?
Yes, per Misdirection's wording: "Political Gozoku Reaction: Before another player would choose targets for one of his action’s effects during a battle, target one of your Courtier or Gozoku Personalities: You choose the targets instead."
The opponent makes all your targeting choices and he can choose 0 targets. See Chris Fuchs's previous ruling on this.
How does Misdirection interact with Ordered Retreat? If I have 4 units in the battle and I play Ordered Retreat, then the other player plays Misdirection, does the opponent get to choose to send 1-4 of my units home and what 1-4 units straighten?
The opponent would choose how many personalities to move home, but you would choose which units to straighten as the straightening is not a targeting so Misdirection does not affect it.
Ordered Retreat's wording: "Battle: Move home one or more target Personalities in your army. You may straighten a number of your units up to the number of Personalities you moved home."