Can I play A Cleansing Death, if I can't afford to buy the face-up personality in my province?
A Cleansing Death
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Can I play A Cleansing Death, if I can't afford to buy the face-up personality in my province?
No.
http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Abilities_and_a ... Faith_Rule: "If the action involves putting one or more cards into play as a non-optional effect, the player must be able to bring those cards into play legally to meet the Good Faith rule."
The effect on A Cleansing Death does not say "may", so is not optional.