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, 8 April 2010
Hi rules team!
My question is if Reinforce the Gates can kill Yoritomo Eita after a Naval invasion?
Yoritomo Eita : After the resolution of the first Battle action taken in a battle, if another player took that action and there are now one or more units on each side at the current battlefield: Destroy Eita.
Reinforce the Gates : Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Its effects do not happen.
My argument is that since the Mantis player resolves his action, even if it fails, Eita's trait should trigger killing him if the Defender has a unit opposing his army at the current battlefield!
Another similar ruling is the following about Reinforce the Gates and Pillars of Virtue right here : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=78825&p=1034231&hilit=Reinforce+the+GAtes#p1034231
Thanks a lot in response!
Alex Jones (rules official), 8 April 2010
Hi rules team!
My question is if Reinforce the Gates can kill Yoritomo Eita after a Naval invasion?
Yoritomo Eita : After the resolution of the first Battle action taken in a battle, if another player took that action and there are now one or more units on each side at the current battlefield: Destroy Eita.
Reinforce the Gates : Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Its effects do not happen.
My argument is that since the Mantis player resolves his action, even if it fails, Eita's trait should trigger killing him if the Defender has a unit opposing his army at the current battlefield!
Another similar ruling is the following about Reinforce the Gates and Pillars of Virtue right here : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=78825&p=1034231&hilit=Reinforce+the+GAtes#p1034231
Thanks a lot in response!
That depends on whether Eita belongs to the attacker or the defender.
If Eita belongs to the attacker who declares a Naval Invasion, then Eita's trait won't trigger because it wasn't "another player" who took "the Battle action taken in [the] battle".
If Eita belongs to the defender and the attacker declares a Naval Invasion, then Eita's trait will trigger - Reinforce the Gates stops the action's effects happening, but there is still an "After the resolution" timing trigger.