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A player, 28 January 2010
It is my turn. I play Enticement on Soshi Spud Can I play Ambush using the Enticed Soshi Spud? Assuming Yes, I also assume that Soshi Spud won't actually assign due to Enticements wording. Correct? Can I then Seppuku Soshi Spud in response to the honor loss? (Seppuku to Ambush normally OK as per http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=72381)
Many thanks
http://www.l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?title=enticement Enticement Open: Pay Gold equal to the total Gold Cost of the targeted Personality's unit: Lose 3 Honor. Take control of a target Personality. While you control him, you may not assign his unit to attack and he will not move to attack. Before this turn ends, give control of him to his owner.[/quote]
http://www.l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?cmd=detail&card_id=2414 Ambush Limited: Target your unbowed Personality: Create a battlefield (not at any province). Assign your Personality's unit to attack there. Assign another player’s target unit to defend there, even if its Personality is bowed. Other units will not move there. Fight a battle there (after this action's resolution). After the battle ends, lose 5 Honor.
Alex Jones (rules official), 29 January 2010
It is my turn. I play Enticement on Soshi Spud Can I play Ambush using the Enticed Soshi Spud? Assuming Yes, I also assume that Soshi Spud won't actually assign due to Enticements wording. Correct? Can I then Seppuku Soshi Spud in response to the honor loss? (Seppuku to Ambush normally OK as per http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=72381)
Many thanks
http://www.l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?title=enticement Enticement Open: Pay Gold equal to the total Gold Cost of the targeted Personality's unit: Lose 3 Honor. Take control of a target Personality. While you control him, you may not assign his unit to attack and he will not move to attack. Before this turn ends, give control of him to his owner.[/quote]
http://www.l5rsearch.com/db/search.cgi?cmd=detail&card_id=2414 Ambush Limited: Target your unbowed Personality: Create a battlefield (not at any province). Assign your Personality's unit to attack there. Assign another player’s target unit to defend there, even if its Personality is bowed. Other units will not move there. Fight a battle there (after this action's resolution). After the battle ends, lose 5 Honor.
Ambush requires you to target your unbowed Personality. It does not require you to target a Personality who can assign.
See "May not": Targeting, however, is independent from any other choices that follow it.
So: you may play Ambush targeting the Enticed Soshi Spud. Soshi Spud won't assign. Soshi Spud may then Seppuku.