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A player, 14 March 2008
Hello
We have som dubts about a situation.
in porvince 1º we have defending Kakita Hideo engangig with bayushi histao + Tsi Blade + follower. In province 2º is empty
The scorpion start in the province nº4 and use histao actionn to jump to battlefield
Scorpion Clan · Samurai. Hisato can not attach Items, except Armor and Weapons. Battle: If Hisato is at a battlefield and has only one Follower or no Followers: Move him to another battlefield.
Is corect that acction??? because he didn`t have people there.
Thank you very much
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 14 March 2008
Hello
We have som dubts about a situation.
in porvince 1º we have defending Kakita Hideo engangig with bayushi histao + Tsi Blade + follower. In province 2º is empty
The scorpion start in the province nº4 and use histao actionn to jump to battlefield
Scorpion Clan · Samurai. Hisato can not attach Items, except Armor and Weapons. Battle: If Hisato is at a battlefield and has only one Follower or no Followers: Move him to another battlefield.
Is corect that acction??? because he didn`t have people there.
Thank you very much
Yes, Bayushi Hisato's player can move him to the current battlefield (Province 4's battlefield in your example) even if he has no units there. Note that Hisato's action satisfies the exceptions to both the rule of Presence and of Location:
Presence: http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Rule_of_Presence"EXCEPTION: A player who controls no units at the current battlefield can take an Action if its costs or effects say they can move one or more of his units there."
Location: http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Rule_of_Location"EXCEPTION: A Battle Action can target or be taken by a card in a unit at another location if its costs or effects say they can move the unit to the current battlefield."