I recently read a post asking if Determination would allow a player to gain honour above the allowed amount from In time of war, and the reply by Kaiu Genji that it could, however, i was under the understanding that because In Time Of War uses the phrase a player's family honour can not rise over it's value when the turn began + 5, that it would follow the standard rules for Cannot effects and therefore not be negation but a total inability to go over that limit....just curious if i'm getting my annoying rules right, the whole cannot/may not/ can't thing still confuses me....
Determination + In time of war
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I recently read a post asking if Determination would allow a player to gain honour above the allowed amount from In time of war, and the reply by Kaiu Genji that it could, however, i was under the understanding that because In Time Of War uses the phrase a player's family honour can not rise over it's value when the turn began + 5, that it would follow the standard rules for Cannot effects and therefore not be negation but a total inability to go over that limit....just curious if i'm getting my annoying rules right, the whole cannot/may not/ can't thing still confuses me....
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I think the post in question is here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=75048
"Can not" has two possible meanings, not one.
http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_C#Cannot
You're confusing the use of "cannot" in card text with its use in rules text.