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, 25 February 2010
My buddy and i play a lot and a current problem we face is Setting Sun strike.
Ill do a range attack and he'll Play Setting Sun Strike.
Since the action targets him when his force is X would it then destroy him even if he Increases the force of that unit with a setting sun strike?
per the glossary (emphasis added): "In an effect, “Ranged X Attack” [...] is shorthand for “Target a Follower or a Personality without Followers in the current enemy army. If its Force is equal to or less than X, destroy it.”"
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 25 February 2010
Ill do a range attack and he'll Play Setting Sun Strike. Since the action targets him when his force is X would it then destroy him even if he Increases the force of that unit with a setting sun strike?
Everything happens in the order written, so...
1. Target Ranged Attack.
2. React with Setting Sun Strike. Resolve immediate effect (+3F).
3. Check force for destruction effect from Ranged Attack. If it's greater than the Ranged Attack, nothing happens.