Twisted Fate and an aditional attack phase

L5R CCG Rules board, 10 August 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, 10 August 2011

So Twisted fate gives you an additional action phase but does Twisted Fate also give you an additional attack phase?

Action Phase Each player in turn order, starting with the active player, has the opportunity to pass or take a legal action, continuing around the table any number of times any number of times until all players pass consecutively. This procedure is known as an action round. It is also used in the Combat Segment and to deal with multiple Reactions to the same trigger (see Timing).

The active player can only take Limited and Open actions at these opportunities. All other players can only take Open actions at these opportunities.

After all players have passed consecutively, the Action Phase ends.

So you don't necessarily get another attack phase. However the problem comes from the beginning attack phase itself.

Attack Phase (optional)

After the Action Phase the active player may create an Attack Phase if he or she wishes. This attack is optional.

In addition to this normal Attack Phase, some effects create Attack Phases at other times; these attacks are normally not optional. The effect will specify who is the Attacker and Defender, either directly or indirectly (such as by specifying attacking and defending units.)

The Attack Phase consists of the following sequence: Declaration Segment, Infantry Maneuvers Segment, Cavalry Maneuvers Segment, Battles.

So since you will gain an additional action phase will you be able to declare another attack?

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 10 August 2011

So since you will gain an additional action phase will you be able to declare another attack?

No. The part of the Rules you quote simply describes the normal sequence of play.

Just as an effect giving you an additional Battle won't automatically give your opponent an additional action based upon the logic that you sequentially take turns taking Battle actions, the effect of Twisted Fate creating additional Action Phase doesn't give anyone the opportunity to declare additional Attack Phases.