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, 11 January 2011
I guess this is more a question about timing than anything else:
I target my opponent's shugenja with Test of Sincerity. He chooses to dishonor her and lose 2 honor. He then plays Unimpeachable Name to negate the honor loss and rehonor the shugenja.
Is that a legal play or is there a timing issue?
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Unimpeachable Name Text Political Reaction: Before the resolution of another player's action: Reduce each Honor loss from its effects by 3. You may target and rehonor a dishonorable Personality.
Test of Sincerity Text Political Open: Target another player's Personality. His controller may have him commit seppuku; if he chose this, he gains 4 Honor. If he did not choose this, dishonor the Personality, and his controller loses 2 Honor; if he is now below his starting Family Honor, he may ignore Personalities' Honor Requirements until the game ends.
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 11 January 2011
I guess this is more a question about timing than anything else:
I target my opponent's shugenja with Test of Sincerity. He chooses to dishonor her and lose 2 honor. He then plays Unimpeachable Name to negate the honor loss and rehonor the shugenja.
Is that a legal play or is there a timing issue?
No, not legal, sorry.
The timing issue is that Unimpeachable name is triggered and resolves "Before the resolution of another player's action".
So, the sequence is:
1. Test of Sincerity targets a Shugenja. 2. Before its effects resolve, NOW is when Unimpeachable Name is played. UN's effects will negate ToS's Honor loss, but now is the time when the choice comes to rehonor a dishonorable Personality, and the Shugenja has not been dishonored yet. 3. ToS resolves. If seppuku isn't chosen, the indefinite conditional effect from UN will reduce the loss, but the Shugenja will now be dishonored.