Earthen blade and Ring of air

L5R CCG Rules board, 1 December 2010

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, 1 December 2010

Greetings! Earthen Blade is a spell with a continuous effect, When does it actually resolve? Would having earthen blade in play automatically count as 1 action for ring of air? How about the act of attaching earthen blade? will that count?

thanks.

A player, 1 December 2010

Earthen Blade is a spell with a continuous effect, When does it actually resolve?

Never. Only actions and triggered traits resolve, not continuous traits.

Would having earthen blade in play automatically count as 1 action for ring of air?

No. An action begins with "Limited," "Open," "Battle," or "Reaction."

How about the act of attaching earthen blade? will that count?

No, the Equip action comes from the rulebook, not from the Spell itself.