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, 20 February 2011
If a player chooses to not lose the 2 honour to Bayushi Jou's Reaction ability when targeting her with an Unnatural Flood, does her negation negate Unnatural Flood's "will not be negated" stopping her being sent home, or will she simply move home unbowed?
Unnatural Flood Battle: Bow this Shugenja: Move a target enemy Personality home; if this Shugenja is Water, this movement will not be negated. If the Personality moved, bow him and negate all other effects this turn that move the Personality.
Bayushi Jou Political Reaction: After another player's Battle action targets Jou: The player may choose to lose 2 Honour. If he did not choose this, negate the action's (remaining) effects.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 20 February 2011
If a player chooses to not lose the 2 honour to Bayushi Jou's Reaction ability when targeting her with an Unnatural Flood, does her negation negate Unnatural Flood's "will not be negated" stopping her being sent home, or will she simply move home unbowed?
Unnatural Flood targets Jou. No effects have happened.
Jou's Reaction happens. It will now negate the rest of Unnatural Flood. The very first effect -- move Jou home -- is negated.
Jou did not move. so the remaining conditional effects of Unnatural Flood do not apply.
A player, 21 February 2011
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Quote from Zen:
It will now negate the rest of Unnatural Flood. The very first effect -- move Jou home -- is negated.
Except card text on natural flood (emphasis mine):
Move a target enemy Personality home; if this Shugenja is Water, this movement will not be negated.
How can an effect that will not be negated be negated?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 21 February 2011
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=89049
Quote from Zen:
It will now negate the rest of Unnatural Flood. The very first effect -- move Jou home -- is negated.
Except card text on natural flood (emphasis mine):
Move a target enemy Personality home; if this Shugenja is Water, this movement will not be negated.
How can an effect that will not be negated be negated?
Whoops! I misread the two conditions. Sorry.
So the movement from Unnatural flood happens, but everything after that does not.
A player, 21 February 2011
Regarding http://alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=89049
Is the "Will not be negated" an effect of Unnatural flood, and are the effects of Unnatural flood not entirely negated as per Jou's reaction (assuming that is the choice made), therefore negating the "will not be negated" text?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 21 February 2011
Is the "Will not be negated" an effect of Unnatural flood(?)
It's a condition modifying an effect than an effect in its own right.