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I have a Yogo Honami in play and I play a Hired Killer targeting one of my opponent people. When I lose three honor, can I legally bow Yogo Honami to increase my honor lose to 4 and have her commit seppuku, or is she not actually causing me any honor loss that would make her sepukku legal.
Yogo Honami Scorpion Clan* Shugenja*Courtier Political Reaction: Before a Player loses honor, bow Honami: Increase the loss by 1.
Edit: Fixed Spelling error and added card text. My apologizes.
I have a Yogo Honami in play and I play a Hired Killer targeting one of my opponent people. When I lose three honor, can I legally bow Yogo Honami to increase my honor lose to 4 and have her commit seppuku, or is she not actually causing me any honor loss that would make her sepukku legal.
Yogo Honami Scorpion Clan* Shugenja*Courtier Political Reaction: Before a Player loses honor, bow Honami: Increase the loss by 1.
Edit: Fixed Spelling error and added card text. My apologizes.
Who is Yogo Honomi?
Yogo Honami: Political Reaction: Before a player loses Honor, bow Honami: Increase the loss by 1.
Seppuku: Reaction: Any number of times per turn, before you lose Honor from an action that targeted or was performed by one of your Courtier or Samurai Personalities: He commits seppuku. If the seppuku destroyed him, reduce the Honor loss to one.
If the honour loss was "from" Honami, you could have her seppuku to reduce the Honour loss. However, Honami reacts to, and modifies, an honour loss from another source, she doesn't create a new one and she doesn't change the source of the Honour loss. She cannot seppuku in response to her ability.
Alex