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.
Battle: Target a Scout Personality you control in the current battle: Target an opposing player. Look at his hand. Discard the card from it with the lowest Focus value or one that is tied for lowest. Draw a card.
My question is about the 'opposing player' part. If my opponent controls no units at a battlefield at which I control a Scout personality, can I not play Soften the Resistance, or does he oppose me simply by virtue of being my opponent?
Battle: Target a Scout Personality you control in the current battle: Target an opposing player. Look at his hand. Discard the card from it with the lowest Focus value or one that is tied for lowest. Draw a card.
My question is about the 'opposing player' part. If my opponent controls no units at a battlefield at which I control a Scout personality, can I not play Soften the Resistance, or does he oppose me simply by virtue of being my opponent?
The proper interpretation is:
The Scout who performs Soften the Resistance must be opposing cards controlled by the player you wish to target.