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, 14 October 2011
Goju Yurishi - Reaction: After another player's Battle action targets Yurishi: He disappears into the shadows. Move him home. If he is no longer a legal target for the action, negate its effects on him.
Is the Rule of Location enough to fulfill the condition on Yurishi's reaction? Since after moving home, he's no longer at the current battlefield, and the Rule of Location requires the targets of battle actions (barring exceptions) to be at the current battlefield, would that 'infraction' of the Rule of Location be sufficient to negate the effects of the Battle action on Yurishi?
Jon Palmer (rules official), 14 October 2011
Goju Yurishi - Reaction: After another player's Battle action targets Yurishi: He disappears into the shadows. Move him home. If he is no longer a legal target for the action, negate its effects on him.
Is the Rule of Location enough to fulfill the condition on Yurishi's reaction? Since after moving home, he's no longer at the current battlefield, and the Rule of Location requires the targets of battle actions (barring exceptions) to be at the current battlefield, would that 'infraction' of the Rule of Location be sufficient to negate the effects of the Battle action on Yurishi?
For the majority of Battle actions, yes. However, keep in mind that there are actions that may target a Personality at home by their own wording, and as such, their affects on Yurishi would not be negated.
A player, 14 October 2011
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=94410
His ability says 'if he no longer is a legal target', but the answer says '[...] keep in mind that there are actions that may target a Personality at home by their own wording, and as such, their affects on Yurishi would not be negated."
If the action says 'even if target is at home' (or something like that) and it targets Yurishi, his ability isn't enough to negate the effects on him, right?
I'm not native english, so I may just be wrong here.
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 15 October 2011
http://alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=94410
His ability says 'if he no longer is a legal target', but the answer says '[...] keep in mind that there are actions that may target a Personality at home by their own wording, and as such, their affects on Yurishi would not be negated."
I re-highlighted your quote. The "not" modifies the "would" to be negative.
If the action says 'even if target is at home' (or something like that) and it targets Yurishi, his ability isn't enough to negate the effects on him, right?
Yes, that's right.
I'm not native english, so I may just be wrong here.
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