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, 6 June 2010
I know there's been a ruling on this question here, but I would just like some clarification.
Card: Ring of Water After you successfully resolve your fourth or later Battle action from cards with diffrent titles in one battle: You may put this card into play from your hand.
Rulebook: Player Abilities Players may gain abilities from effects. The following is a reminder list of the abilities players start the game with.
Tactical Battle: Any number of times per turn, discard a card and target one of your Tactician Personalities: Give him a Force bonus equal to the Focus Value of the discarded card.
My question is this: Since the tactician is performing the rulebook action (targeting the Personality takes place before the colon), doesn't the action count as coming "From" the tactician (which IS a card) & therefore count for Water?
Many thanks in advance for the clarification
Dan Jacobson (rules official), 6 June 2010
I know there's been a ruling on this question here, but I would just like some clarification.
Card: Ring of Water After you successfully resolve your fourth or later Battle action from cards with diffrent titles in one battle: You may put this card into play from your hand.
Rulebook: Player Abilities Players may gain abilities from effects. The following is a reminder list of the abilities players start the game with.
Tactical Battle: Any number of times per turn, discard a card and target one of your Tactician Personalities: Give him a Force bonus equal to the Focus Value of the discarded card.
My question is this: Since the tactician is performing the rulebook action (targeting the Personality takes place before the colon), doesn't the action count as coming "From" the tactician (which IS a card) & therefore count for Water?
Many thanks in advance for the clarification
The Tactical Battle action that every Tactician can perform is granted by the rulebook.
It is not on a card, and therefore does NOT count for purposes of the Ring of Water (or Void)