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, 15 September 2011
Hello Everyone,
My friends and I played during Jade, Gold and Diamond but took some time off and are coming back into the game with Emperor Edition. We have purchased BtD, SC and FL so our clans and deck types are rather limited, I have a couple of questions on cards that I could not find already on the forum.
Brothers in Battle: Is the force bonus and battle ability granted to the samurai permanent?
Rocky Terrain: When is the latest point in the battle that the bowing can take place? After BOTH players pass can you then trigger the double bow?
Thank you in advance for the help.
A player, 15 September 2011
Brothers in Battle: Is the force bonus and battle ability granted to the samurai permanent?
No, they have the default duration for ongoing effects: until the end of turn.
Rocky Terrain: When is the latest point in the battle that the bowing can take place?
There is no 'latest' point, because there is only one single time point when you may bow one or two attacking Personalities at the current battlefield: immediately before this battle’s resolution, which means immediately after both players pass in the normal action round of the Combat Segment. For more information, see Triggered traits.