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, 25 July 2010
I have a Hida Ikarukani at the battlefield. My opponent has 2 personalities with 5 force and no followers, opposing Ikarukani. I play Calm Before Death. I reduce both opposing personalities force by 7, killing one of them, then i kill the other one with ikarukani since his trait reacts to Calm Before Death resolving completely? Am i correct?
The cards in question:
Crab Clan • Berserker • Angry Crab After the resolution of an action that destroyed Ikarukani while he was at a battlefield: The enemy leader chooses and destroys one of his unbowed Personalities at the current battlefield.
Battle: Destroy your target unbowed Berserker or Deathseeker Personality: Reduce the Force of one or two target enemy Followers or Personalities without Followers by an amount equal to your Personality's Force. You may destroy one of those enemy cards whose Force is now 0. If your Personality is a Deathseeker, gain 3 Honor.
Thx in advance
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 25 July 2010
I have a Hida Ikarukani at the battlefield. My opponent has 2 personalities with 5 force and no followers, opposing Ikarukani. I play Calm Before Death. I reduce both opposing personalities force by 7, killing one of them, then i kill the other one with ikarukani since his trait reacts to Calm Before Death resolving completely? Am i correct?
96% correct. With only one Personality left, after your Calm Before Death has resolved, Ikarukani's trait forces your opponent to choose his only remaining Personality (provided he's unbowed; if he's not, he's "ducked" the destruction) and then Ikarukani's trait destroys him.