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, 26 June 2008
Simple question for which I didn't find anything under The Empress' Address in an advanced search:
I have two provinces being attacked. I block with Takuro at province A solo with Yasuko/Khan/other movement card on the board. I defend with Takuro at A and he is killed to which I react first with his reaction, then with The Empress' Address to bring the same Takuro back into play in my home. We move to province B and I move in Takuro with movement, he is killed again. Can I react a second time with his reaction? I think the answer is no as it would be in violation of the once a turn rule (unless the card states otherwise). However, with a death in the middle and being brought back from the dead, does it reset the card and nullify the once a turn rule?
As a side question, for clarification, why is it The Empress' Address can target a Personality who just died and bring them back into play, yet Unshakable can't target an Action that was just played for a second use? Seems like the same thing but opposing rulings.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 26 June 2008
I have two provinces being attacked. I block with Takuro at province A solo with Yasuko/Khan/other movement card on the board. I defend with Takuro at A and he is killed to which I react first with his reaction, then with The Empress' Address to bring the same Takuro back into play in my home. We move to province B and I move in Takuro with movement, he is killed again. Can I react a second time with his reaction?
No.
http://rules.l5r.com/Effects#Tracking_rule: "“Memory” of the status of individual cards ends when the card enters a deck or a hand, or otherwise becomes both face-down and out of play (such as after a card in the deck or hand is shown)." (Emphasis added.)
Unless the Personality was face-down in the discard pile, it remembers all.
why is it The Empress' Address can target a Personality who just died and bring them back into play, yet Unshakable can't target an Action that was just played for a second use?
Because they're worded differently.