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, 6 April 2009
1) Can i play misdirection to Eager to fight?
Eager to Fight Reaction: After a Maneuvers Segment ends, pay Gold equal to the number of targets: Target one or more units in your home. Straighten them. Assign them to one or more battlefields where there is an enemy army. They can not straighten during your next Straighten Phase.
Misdirection Political Gozoku Reaction: Before another player would choose targets for one of his action’s effects during a battle, target one of your Courtier or Gozoku Personalities: You choose the targets instead.
Thanks
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 April 2009
1) Can i play misdirection to Eager to fight?
Yes. Note, however, that because cost is determined by number of mandatory targets, changing the target is considered interfering with the costs. This means that the person playing Eager to Fight has the option of choosing not to pay, and discarding Eager to Fight with not effect.
This FAQ deals with Hired Killer rather than Eager to Fight, but the principles are the same: http://rules.l5r.com/FAQ#What_happens_i ... nt_cost.3F
Additional: See correction below this post.
A player, 6 April 2009
With regards to: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=75121
While assignment happens during the attack phase, surely the wording on Misdirection, "during a battle", requires a battle to be taking place or in resolution, whereas at the point of Eager to Fight, no battle has been engaged yet.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 6 April 2009
With regards to: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=75121
While assignment happens during the attack phase, surely the wording on Misdirection, "during a battle", requires a battle to be taking place or in resolution, whereas at the point of Eager to Fight, no battle has been engaged yet.
Ah, right. That's correct. Thanks for the catch. When someone asks, "Can you do this?", sometimes its hard to figure out what the exact point of confusion is.