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A player, 28 March 2011
Direct Approach & Arrival of the Obsidian Champion
Today a friend of mine came up with a combo using these two cards. I have a hard time believing it works. Maybe you people can help us decide who's right.
My friend has a Asako Bairei (Experienced 4) in play. He plays The Direct Approach on him and essentially makes him a zero (actually a -6). Then he plays Arrival of the Obsidian Champion on him and premanently sets his force to 10.
My friend contends that at the end of the turn, when The Direct Approach wears off, the -9F penalty that was administered will disappear and be added back to Bairei's force total making him a 19F. This does not sound right to me at all.
Wouldn't Arrival of the Obsidian Champion instantly negate the force penalty given by The Direct Approach?
i3ullseye, feel free to jump in if I'm not wording the question or scenario correctly.
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 28 March 2011
Direct Approach & Arrival of the Obsidian Champion
Today a friend of mine came up with a combo using these two cards. I have a hard time believing it works. Maybe you people can help us decide who's right.
My friend has a Asako Bairei (Experienced 4) in play. He plays The Direct Approach on him and essentially makes him a zero (actually a -6). Then he plays Arrival of the Obsidian Champion on him and premanently sets his force to 10.
My friend contends that at the end of the turn, when The Direct Approach wears off, the -9F penalty that was administered will disappear and be added back to Bairei's force total making him a 19F. This does not sound right to me at all.
Wouldn't Arrival of the Obsidian Champion instantly negate the force penalty given by The Direct Approach?
i3ullseye, feel free to jump in if I'm not wording the question or scenario correctly.
This works.
The reason people often don't think it works is because they think "setting" a stat to some value is different from a "bonus." It isn't. See: http://rules.l5r.com/CE_Card_features#S ... to_a_value
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