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.
Sneak Attack -> Calm Before Death, using Hida Ikarukani to pay the cost -> Reinforce the Gates What happens? I'm pretty sure that the costs of the action are paid, and the action resolves without its effects happening, which would destroy the Angry Crab and trigger his trait. Am I correct?
EDIT: Clarified personality names. Please use actual card titles when asking questions, as this allows for ease of search and of understanding for people to read. Thank you! -Genji
Sneak Attack -> Calm Before Death, using Hida Ikarukani to pay the cost -> Reinforce the Gates What happens? I'm pretty sure that the costs of the action are paid, and the action resolves without its effects happening, which would destroy the Angry Crab and trigger his trait. Am I correct?
EDIT: Clarified personality names. Please use actual card titles when asking questions, as this allows for ease of search and of understanding for people to read. Thank you! -Genji
So here is what happens:
1) You use Sneak Attack 2) You announce Calm Before Death as your action 3) Opponent reacts with Reinforce the Gates, negating the effects of Calm Before Death 4) You choose to destroy Hida Ikarukani to pay the cost of Calm Before Death 5) Calm Before Death's Effects are negated by Reinforce the Gates 6) Calm Before Death resolves (unsuccessfully) 7) Hida Ikarukani's trait triggers, and the opposing Enemy Leader must target and destroy an unbowed personality at that location.
Happy Killing!