Uncertainty + Chi Tokens

L5R CCG Rules board, 3 May 2010

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A player, 3 May 2010

Hi there, quick question about Legacy...

If I play Uncertainty on a personality with Chi 3 and one -1C token, it stays at 1C or it drops to 0C and dies?

And what happens in the case that I first play Uncertainty and then give the personality a -1C token?

I think the answer is that the personality stays at 1C and never dies, but I may be missing something...

Thanks,

Javier

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 3 May 2010

Hi there, quick question about Legacy...

If I play Uncertainty on a personality with Chi 3 and one -1C token, it stays at 1C or it drops to 0C and dies?

And what happens in the case that I first play Uncertainty and then give the personality a -1C token?

I think the answer is that the personality stays at 1C and never dies, but I may be missing something...

Thanks,

Javier

The effect from Uncertainty, preventing his Chi from going below 1, will suppress (negate) further penalties until the turn ends, even part of its own if that would drop the Personaliy's Chi below 1. So, he would not die in the scenarios you describe; he would remain at 1 Chi with further penaties suppressed (token penalties) or completely negated (half of Uncertainty's own -2).