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A player, 27 September 2008
Does Strange Assembly create a new victory condition or does it just modify an existing one? Specifically, will it resolve if my opponent's sensei is Norikazu? Thank you!
Strange Assembly For the rest of the game, a player wins instantly if his Family Honor is ever 8 or more points above the amount required to win an Honor Victory. This does not apply to players unable to achieve an Honor Victory.
Norikazu Sensei No Events resolve except those that create new victory conditions.
Ruling for Norikazu Sensei: Affects Events that modify existing victory conditions.
[Mod edit: Thread title. -ZF]
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 27 September 2008
Does Strange Assembly create a new victory condition or does it just modify an existing one?
New condition. If it modified an Honor Victory, it would say something like, "A player wins an Honor Victory immediately if..."
A player, 27 September 2008
This ruling: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=71050
seems a bit contradictory to me with this older one:
http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=64935&p=834583&hilit=shoju#p834583
If Strange Assembly creates a new victory condition, it should bypass Shoju Sensei, or the other way around. Am I missing something?
Thanks.
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 27 September 2008