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 July 2011
Utaku Kohana is in an opposed battle. I play shamful&cowardly to give two enemy personalities -3F. Do I gain 1 honor or 2 honor? I looked this up under "Kohana" and "cowardly" and I didn't see anything relevant. I'm assuming that it's one penalty since it comes from one source.
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Utaku Kohana EXP.
Unicorn Clan • Samurai • Cavalry • Battle Maiden • Paragon • Experienced • Unique After the resolution of an action which gave a Force penalty to any enemy cards at the current battlefield, if Kohana is there: Gain 1 Honor. Battle: Bow Kohana: Bow a target enemy Personality with lower Personal Honor.
Shameful&Cowardly Political Battle: Dishonor one or two target enemy Personalities. Give each target -3F.
Alex Jones (rules official), 21 July 2011
Utaku Kohana is in an opposed battle. I play shamful&cowardly to give two enemy personalities -3F. Do I gain 1 honor or 2 honor? I looked this up under "Kohana" and "cowardly" and I didn't see anything relevant. I'm assuming that it's one penalty since it comes from one source.
Relevant text...
Utaku Kohana EXP.
Unicorn Clan • Samurai • Cavalry • Battle Maiden • Paragon • Experienced • Unique After the resolution of an action which gave a Force penalty to any enemy cards at the current battlefield, if Kohana is there: Gain 1 Honor. Battle: Bow Kohana: Bow a target enemy Personality with lower Personal Honor.
Shameful&Cowardly Political Battle: Dishonor one or two target enemy Personalities. Give each target -3F.
You gain 1 honour.
Kohana's trait is triggered by an action (which caused a force penalty), not by a force penalty (from an action). Shameful and Cowardly is one action which creates two force penalties, so the trait triggers once.