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.
This is a generic question inspired by the FL card Cursed Relic.
I announce that my 4C Magistrate is going to use an action that has a cost of giving himself -1C. I then react with Magistrate's Stipend. When the action is complete, does my Magistrate have 3 or 4 Chi?
Magistrate's Stipend Text Mine Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if paying for a Magistrate. Reaction: After you announce a non-Iaijutsu action, choose your performing Magistrate: Give him +1C until the action ends.
This is a generic question inspired by the FL card Cursed Relic.
I announce that my 4C Magistrate is going to use an action that has a cost of giving himself -1C. I then react with Magistrate's Stipend. When the action is complete, does my Magistrate have 3 or 4 Chi?
Magistrate's Stipend Text Mine Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold, or 3 Gold if paying for a Magistrate. Reaction: After you announce a non-Iaijutsu action, choose your performing Magistrate: Give him +1C until the action ends.
You announce the action from Cursed Relic. As a Reaction, you take the action from Magistrate's Stipend, giving the Personality 4 + 1 = 5 chi. You pay the cost of Cursed Relic's action, giving him 4 + 1 - 1 = 4 chi. After the action ends, the +1C bonus ends and he has 4 - 1 = 3 chi.