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, 3 December 2009
My question is considering whether or not a clan can discard a "out of clan" Guidance. Say I am a Crab player, I flip my province to have a Fu Leng's Guidance come into play.
Fu Leng's Guidance Kami • Unique Shadowlands cards have +1F while opposed. Reaction: After the resolution of an action that destroyed another player's Personality during a battle, if you are a Spider Clan player, discard this card: Bring him into play, ignoring Gold cost and Honor Requirement, in your current army. Permanently give him Shadowlands and Undead.
Now say that the other players personality is destroyed; is the being a spider clan player needed in order to discard the card, or would I be able to discard the card since the trigger has occurred, but since I am not a Spider player causes the action to fail.
Dan Jacobson (rules official), 3 December 2009
My question is considering whether or not a clan can discard a "out of clan" Guidance. Say I am a Crab player, I flip my province to have a Fu Leng's Guidance come into play.
Fu Leng's Guidance Kami • Unique Shadowlands cards have +1F while opposed. Reaction: After the resolution of an action that destroyed another player's Personality during a battle, if you are a Spider Clan player, discard this card: Bring him into play, ignoring Gold cost and Honor Requirement, in your current army. Permanently give him Shadowlands and Undead.
Now say that the other players personality is destroyed; is the being a spider clan player needed in order to discard the card, or would I be able to discard the card since the trigger has occurred, but since I am not a Spider player causes the action to fail.
If you are not a Spider Clan player, you may not play the Reaction on Fu Leng's Guidance, it is a restriction to playing the action.
If you have a bunch of Shadowlands cards, enjoy that +1F while Opposed!