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A player, 8 March 2010
I've searched this forum section for the answers, but found none. My questions:
1. Do bowed items (esp. weapons) still contribute their Chi bonus to the scores (Duels, stage G) calculated during the duel's resolution? 2. If the duel stat is different than Chi, is the answer the same as in Question 1 (if not, why) ? 3. Do bowed items' modifiers add up with Personalities' stats in other cases than duels (for example when calculating a Personality's Force in order to determine if an action requiring its certain value is legal) ?
Many thanks.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 8 March 2010
Do bowed items (esp. weapons) still contribute their Chi bonus to the scores (Duels, stage G) calculated during the duel's resolution?
Yes.
If the duel stat is different than Chi, is the answer the same as in Question 1 (if not, why) ?
Yes.
Do bowed items' modifiers add up with Personalities' stats in other cases than duels (for example when calculating a Personality's Force in order to determine if an action requiring its certain value is legal) ?
Yes.
If being bowed affected an item's bonus, it would say so here (http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Physically_mark ... nd_unbowed) or someplace similar. There's no rule, so it doesn't. Alas, there is not enough space to list all the things that there are not rules about.