OK so I understand that Strength of the Bamboo can negate a chi death action. However since the game continuously is checking to kill off any character with 0 Chi would they still die anyway? Or do they somehow live for the rest of the turn.
Chi Death Questions
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Strength of the Bamboo can negate a chi death action. However since the game continuously is checking to kill off any character with 0 Chi would they still die anyway? Or do they somehow live for the rest of the turn.
The latter; viewtopic.php?f=59&t=81416
in response to this question: http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=88597
scenario: i have a hero personality who has his Chi reduced to zero and has it subsequently negated by strength of bamboo. he is then given another chi penalty the same turn by an action (his chi still at zero from before)- what happens?
does he live or die? thank you.
ii have a hero personality who has his Chi reduced to zero and has it subsequently negated by strength of bamboo. he is then given another chi penalty the same turn by an action (his chi still at zero from before)- what happens?
He dies.
http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Effects#Source_of_effects: "A Personality’s destruction for having 0 Chi (Chi death rule) comes from the cost or effect that last gave the Personality a Chi penalty, or from the rulebook if there was no such effect." (Emphasis added.)
Negating an effect from the first action does nothing to the effect from a second action.
Another question in response to this question: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=88597
I have a hero personality with 4 chi, 4 -1 chi tokens and a +1 chi weapon. If my opponent destroys that weapon (with e.g. rout) may i use strength of the bamboo to delay the destruction ?
Another question in response to this question: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=88597
I have a hero personality with 4 chi, 4 -1 chi tokens and a +1 chi weapon. If my opponent destroys that weapon (with e.g. rout) may i use strength of the bamboo to delay the destruction ?
No, because the Personality is killed by the loss of a bonus, not a new penalty to chi.
See Effects, Source of Effects for more details.