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.
Kuon enters a battlefield with printed force from Kazuki. His force is now 5 and he plays justly earned which negates the print and restores his force to 12. Justly earned says negate all current force b and p on this battlefield. I am 99% sure that Kazuki's action is a penalty and that Kuon can restore his force to 12 with justly. Please enlight us!!!
Justly earned Victory Battle: Negate all current Force bonuses and penalties to cards at this battlefield from actions.
Kuon enters a battlefield with printed force from Kazuki. His force is now 5 and he plays justly earned which negates the print and restores his force to 12. Justly earned says negate all current force b and p on this battlefield. I am 99% sure that Kazuki's action is a penalty and that Kuon can restore his force to 12 with justly. Please enlight us!!!
Justly earned Victory Battle: Negate all current Force bonuses and penalties to cards at this battlefield from actions.
Setting stats to a value: To set a stat to a value, give it the smallest possible appropriate bonus or penalty such that it reaches that value.
Hida Kuon exp6 has 12F, so an effect that instructs to set his force to 5 gives him a -7F penalty. This penalty can be negated with Justly Earned Victory.
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