Ring of earth Tied battle

L5R CCG Rules board, 15 November 2008

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, 15 November 2008

If I have Ring of Earth in my hand and my battle is tied, say I used Immobile stance on a personality, will I still get to play the Ring, since I destroyed units? Or do I have to 'Win' not Tie, to put the ring of earth into play?

Dan Jacobson (rules official), 15 November 2008

If I have Ring of Earth in my hand and my battle is tied, say I used Immobile stance on a personality, will I still get to play the Ring, since I destroyed units? Or do I have to 'Win' not Tie, to put the ring of earth into play?

Ring of Earth text (bold is emphasis mine): After you destroy one or more provinces or enemy units by winning a battle at a province: You may put this card into play from your hand.

You do not win a battle by tying it. You may not put the Ring of Earth into play if you tie a battle.

Victory or Death!