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, 15 October 2009
Hello,
I have a small problem with Matsu Kasei's wording, that may be due to the fact that English is not my native language, and I am failing to understand. Suppose that a Lion army containing Matsu Kasei attacks one of my provinces. I decide not to get in their way, leaving all of my units at home.
So the question is pretty basic. Can Kasei use his ability to grab one of my personalities and get him in battle opposing him?
Matsu Kasei's battle reads:
Battle: Move a target Personality to the current battlefield if there are any units there on the side opposing his controller's. Straighten him if he moved.
In other words, how do you explain the "any units there on the side opposing his controller's". If the Lion is not opposed by any of my units, does Kasei's battle check simply for the Lion's presence? (Opposing side?)
Thanks, Panos
Alex Jones (rules official), 15 October 2009
Hello,
I have a small problem with Matsu Kasei's wording, that may be due to the fact that English is not my native language, and I am failing to understand. Suppose that a Lion army containing Matsu Kasei attacks one of my provinces. I decide not to get in their way, leaving all of my units at home.
So the question is pretty basic. Can Kasei use his ability to grab one of my personalities and get him in battle opposing him?
Matsu Kasei's battle reads:
Battle: Move a target Personality to the current battlefield if there are any units there on the side opposing his controller's. Straighten him if he moved.
In other words, how do you explain the "any units there on the side opposing his controller's". If the Lion is not opposed by any of my units, does Kasei's battle check simply for the Lion's presence? (Opposing side?)
Thanks, Panos
Can Kasei use his ability to grab one of my personalities and get him in battle opposing him? Yes.
Matsu Kasei's ability requires that after the target Personality moves, he - the target - will be opposed. To move a unit into the attacking army there must be one or more defenders; to move a unit into the defending army there must be one or more attackers. There is no requirement that the side the unit moves to is an army - ie, has one or more units - before it moves.