chugo seido + ranged attack

L5R CCG Rules board, 13 August 2009

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A player, 13 August 2009

Hi there! I have searched the forum and did not find an answer about the following situation:

We have an army at a battlefield with 2 personalities.The one has a follower and the other has not.A ranged attack targets the personality without a follower and chugo seido tries to trigger it's reaction.But is the personality with the follower a legal target for the ranged attack so that the follower dies or chugo cannot trigger anyway?

chugo seido: Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your personalities, destroy this card: The action instead targets one of your Samurai of your choice at the same location, if legal.

Ranged Attack: A Ranged Attack represents a military effect that destroys at a distance, such as archers’ arrows or a magical fiery bolt. “Ranged X Attack,” where X stands for a number, is shorthand for the text “Target a Follower or a Personality without Followers in the current enemy army. If its Force is equal to or less than X, destroy it.” The targeting in a Ranged Attack is required targeting.

thank a lot in response!

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 13 August 2009

We have an army at a battlefield with 2 personalities.The one has a follower and the other has not.A ranged attack targets the personality without a follower and chugo seido tries to trigger it's reaction.But is the personality with the follower a legal target for the ranged attack(?)

No. If you couldn't pick it in the first place, it's not legal.