Doomed intentions and Cut them off

L5R CCG Rules board, 10 March 2009

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A player, 10 March 2009

Concerning this ruling http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=69537&p=900293&hilit=+cut+them+off+doomed#p900293

We are confused. Do we still react with the additional action, then bow? Or are we bowed before the additional action takes place?

Dan Jacobson (rules official), 10 March 2009

Concerning this ruling http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=69537&p=900293&hilit=+cut+them+off+doomed#p900293

We are confused. Do we still react with the additional action, then bow? Or are we bowed before the additional action takes place?

Cut Them Off will bow the unit prior to the additional action, effectively making it so that the additional action will not be legal to announce unless it has "Even While Bowed" on it.