Moshi Chuuna vs Strike Quickly

L5R CCG Rules board, 2 March 2011

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, 2 March 2011

Relevant cards: Moshi Chuuna Mantis Clan • Thunder • Shugenja Limited: Bow Chuuna or one of her Spells: Target a Personality. After the next time this turn he assigns or moves to a battlefield, bow him. Strike Quickly Battle: If you are the Defender, choose your performing unbowed Personality: Move him to the current battefield. You may take an additional Battle action to use one of his base abilities. After the additional action ends, or you choose not to take it, move him home. Tamago Ronin • Samurai • Duelist • Tactician • Experienced 2 Matsu Nimuro • Unique Your other Unaligned non-Shadowlands Personalities have +1F and Tactician. Iaijutsu Battle: Destroy a target non-Unique Personality.

Question: Mantis Player has a sizeable force. Ronin player has unbowed Tamago. Chuuna bows and targets Tamago. Mantis player declares attack and assigns peeps. Ronin player uses Strike Quickly w/ Tamago. Tamago moves in, bows from Chuuna. Based on this http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Abilities_and_actions#Designators, you can't use abilities on bowed cards. But based on Cardinal Rule #1, Strike Quickly says that you can 'use one of his base abilities'.

So can I use Strike Quickly with Tamago and use his ability, or no?

Zen Faulkes (rules official), 2 March 2011

Mantis Player has a sizeable force. Ronin player has unbowed Tamago. Chuuna bows and targets Tamago. Mantis player declares attack and assigns peeps. Ronin player uses Strike Quickly w/ Tamago. Tamago moves in, bows from Chuuna. ...

(C)an I use Strike Quickly with Tamago and use his ability, or no?

No.

http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Costs_and_restr ... ermissions: "A permission does not break rules that it doesn't specifically refer to.

"Example: 'Your target Infantry Personality may assign in Cavalry Maneuvers' does not allow a bowed unit to assign."

Similarly, being allowed to take an action to use a base ability does not mention "even if bowed", so it doesn't override that rule.

On: Moshi Chuuna, Strike Quickly, Tamago, Tamago