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A player, 25 March 2008
So, I've recently been trying to parse the way keywords work when it comes to elemental keywords.
I've read that Moshi Kiyamori has a fire ability, but not the fire keyword, because non-action cards don't inherit the abilities keywords. hence, he can not use the fire ability on Kami's Embrace.
So how does Kami's Embrace work? Does it have 4 elemental keywords, or as a spell does it not inherit the keywords of it's abilities?
Do abilities on spells count towards elemental keywords for Purge the Unclean?
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 25 March 2008
So, I've recently been trying to parse the way keywords work when it comes to elemental keywords.
I've read that Moshi Kiyamori has a fire ability, but not the fire keyword, because non-action cards don't inherit the abilities keywords. hence, he can not use the fire ability on Kami's Embrace.
So how does Kami's Embrace work? Does it have 4 elemental keywords, or as a spell does it not inherit the keywords of it's abilities?
Do abilities on spells count towards elemental keywords for Purge the Unclean?
An addendum was made to the Rulebook (and is present within the Comprehensive Rules as well) that Spells as well as Actions inherit keywords from their abilities.
http://rules.l5r.com/Main_Page: "Under Special Circumstances: Keywords (p. 54), alter the paragraph to:
A reference to a "(Keyword) Spell," a "(Keyword) card," or a "(Keyword) Action card" can also refer to a Spell or Action card with an ability that has that keyword. A Spell also counts as having the keywords of all its abilities for the purpose of things that count keywords on cards. Spells or Action cards with a keyword on one ability do not necessarily have that keyword on all their other abilities."