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, 24 July 2008
IF an attacking army has for example 5 personalities and one has a 2 force follwer. I play three stone, does the other four personalities without the follower go down to 1 force or does every personality drop to 2 force because its the force of the lowest force follower?
Not sure with the wording thanks.
Alex Jones (rules official), 24 July 2008
IF an attacking army has for example 5 personalities and one has a 2 force follwer. I play three stone, does the other four personalities without the follower go down to 1 force or does every personality drop to 2 force because its the force of the lowest force follower?
Not sure with the wording thanks.
Three Stone River: Terrain Battle: Before this battleās resolution, reduce the Force of each Personality at this battlefield to the Force of his highest-Force Follower, or to 1 if he has no Followers.
The words I've highlighted indicate that each Personality's force is calculated purely by looking at his Followers, not at any other Personality's. If any Personality has no Followers, his force is reduced to 1, regardless of the presence of any Personalities with Followers.