If the action on Last Step Castle is performed by a dishonored person and that dishonored person is destroyed before the end of the turn, would the 2 honor be gained or would it not be gained since if the dishonored person was alive he would be rehonored instead?
Last Step Castle action performed by a dishonored person
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No Honor would be gained, per Honorable and dishonorable: "Before a player gains Honor from an action that [...] was performed by one or more of his or her dishonorable Personalities, the Personality is rehonored and the player does not gain the Honor." The rulebook fails to rehonor the dishonorably dead performer but the Honor gain is still prevented.
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I'm curious about this statement: "The rulebook fails to rehonor the dishonorably dead performer but the Honor gain is still prevented" I see no explicit prohibition in the rules regarding rehonoring dead dishonorable Personalities. The main objection would be the implications of being out of play, such as: " They are not affected by effects.
EXCEPTION: A delayed effect can affect a card out of play if it was in play when the effect was activated"
May I understand that rehonoring is a separate rulebook effect, that is not delayed, and therefore it is triggered by the honor gain (negating it) but fails to rehonor because the personality is now dead? In general, may I assume that personalities that died dishonorably would remain dishonorable unless a specific card overrode the limitations of being out of play (such as 'target your dishonorable personality even if it is dead: rehonor him')?
On a related note: if the conditions for using the rulebook seppuku reaction are met but the samurai (or courtier) being targeted by the action is dead, would it be legal to announce the seppuku reaction? (I know that all effects of the seppuku would fail by the rule quoted above, but I'm wondering about the legality of the announcement)
May I understand that rehonoring is a separate rulebook effect, that is not delayed, and therefore it is triggered by the honor gain (negating it) but fails to rehonor because the personality is now dead?
Yes, you may.
On: Last Step Castle
In general, may I assume that personalities that died dishonorably would remain dishonorable unless a specific card overrode the limitations of being out of play (such as 'target your dishonorable personality even if it is dead: rehonor him')?
You should so assume.
On: Last Step Castle
On a related note: if the conditions for using the rulebook seppuku reaction are met but the samurai (or courtier) being targeted by the action is dead, would it be legal to announce the seppuku reaction? (I know that all effects of the seppuku would fail by the rule quoted above, but I'm wondering about the legality of the announcement)
It is legal to announce the action (if you own the Personality), since the rulebook Seppuku Reaction doesn't target the Personality.
On: Last Step Castle
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If the action on Last Step Castle is performed by a dishonored person and that dishonored person is destroyed before the end of the turn, would the 2 honor be gained or would it not be gained since if the dishonored person was alive he would be rehonored instead?
Related to this, is the answer given different if the personality performing the action started honorably, then became dishonored and died dishonorably during the turn? Example: You bow X dragon personality for LSC's Stronghold action. I play Duel of Haiku to dishonor you, then Imperial Adjudication to destroy you dishonorably.
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