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, 9 July 2010
Hi,
Let's say in this battle I have Sneak Attack, Deathly Aura and Strike from the Shadows in my hand. Can I play them all and grant me 3 first actions before my opponent does?
Strike from the Shadows Reaction: After engaging, if you are the Attacker, target your Ninja Personality at the current battlefield: You have the first opportunity to take a Battle action in this battle, which must be performed by a Ninja. You may discard any cards in the current battlefield's province; if this discarded a Personality, draw a card.
Deathly Aura Reaction: After engaging, if you are the Attacker, choose your performing Samurai: You have the first chance to take a Battle action in this battle, which must be performed by that Samurai.
Sneak Attack Reaction: After engaging: The Attacker has the first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass during this battle. Play then proceeds in turn order from him.
Thanks!
A player, 9 July 2010
Let's say in this battle I have Sneak Attack, Deathly Aura and Strike from the Shadows in my hand. Can I play them all...
Yes it is legal, assuming you give your opponent a chance to play his own Reactions "After engaging" during the Reaction round (see Timing sequence).
...and grant me 3 first actions before my opponent does?
Let's ask the search function. It answers that multiple copies of such Reactions do not stack to give their player multiple opportunities to play Battle actions, because all of them have the same effect: the Attacker is given the first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass during this battle (with different restrictions on performing), and there is always only one such "first opportunity" per battle.
You can read it in "Sneak Attack played twice vs. one Reinforce the Gates" and in "Multiple Sneak Attacks" for example.
[mod reminder - please use the search function before asking new questions, thanks! - LH]
Alex Jones (rules official), 9 July 2010
Hi,
Let's say in this battle I have Sneak Attack, Deathly Aura and Strike from the Shadows in my hand. Can I play them all and grant me 3 first actions before my opponent does?
Strike from the Shadows Reaction: After engaging, if you are the Attacker, target your Ninja Personality at the current battlefield: You have the first opportunity to take a Battle action in this battle, which must be performed by a Ninja. You may discard any cards in the current battlefield's province; if this discarded a Personality, draw a card.
Deathly Aura Reaction: After engaging, if you are the Attacker, choose your performing Samurai: You have the first chance to take a Battle action in this battle, which must be performed by that Samurai.
Sneak Attack Reaction: After engaging: The Attacker has the first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass during this battle. Play then proceeds in turn order from him.
Thanks!
Note that unless the Samurai who performs Deathly Aura is also a Ninja, you'll be unable to satisfy both conditions, so you'll have to pass at that first opportunity to take a Battle action in this battle.