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, 5 May 2010
Enticement Open: Pay Gold equal to the total Gold Cost of the targeted Personality's unit: Lose 3 Honor. Take control of a target Personality. While you control him, you may not assign his unit to attack and he will not move to attack. Before this turn ends, give control of him to his owner.
Imperial Command Reaction: After a target card is destroyed: Remove it from the game. Reaction: When an action would target your Unique Personality, pay 2 Gold: The action targets another of your Personalities instead, if legal.
Deflection Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your Personalities: Choose another one of your Personalities at the same location. The action targets him instead, if legal.
Chugo Seido Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your personalities, destroy this card: The action instead targets one of your Samurai of your choice at the same location, if legal.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Player A plays Enticement targeting a unique personality. Player B reacts with Imperial Command/Deflection/Chugo Seido and changes the targeting to another one, whose unit cost player A cannot pay.
1) Is this legal play? 2) Since player A fails to pay costs, does Enticement fail completely and gets discarded?
Alex Jones (rules official), 5 May 2010
Enticement Open: Pay Gold equal to the total Gold Cost of the targeted Personality's unit: Lose 3 Honor. Take control of a target Personality. While you control him, you may not assign his unit to attack and he will not move to attack. Before this turn ends, give control of him to his owner.
Imperial Command Reaction: After a target card is destroyed: Remove it from the game. Reaction: When an action would target your Unique Personality, pay 2 Gold: The action targets another of your Personalities instead, if legal.
Deflection Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your Personalities: Choose another one of your Personalities at the same location. The action targets him instead, if legal.
Chugo Seido Reaction: When another player's action would target one of your personalities, destroy this card: The action instead targets one of your Samurai of your choice at the same location, if legal.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Player A plays Enticement targeting a unique personality. Player B reacts with Imperial Command/Deflection/Chugo Seido and changes the targeting to another one, whose unit cost player A cannot pay.
1) Is this legal play? 2) Since player A fails to pay costs, does Enticement fail completely and gets discarded?
Same as for Dramatic Assassination.