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, 8 February 2012
Hi,
Sorry about those questions. I cannot wait for the Oracle of the Void to prepare the Kotei Season.
1/Does a Stronghold perform action which are printed on it? If I resolve A Prophet Revealed, may I straighten Mountain's Shadow Dojo if my Range 3 Attack does destroy any card ?
2/Can I straighten or bow any stronghold with Daigotsu's Discipline, Naka Tokei XP2 or Isawa Angai XP ?
3/Is "province strength" different from "strength" for a Stronghold ? I target Provincial Estate of the Unicorn (Unicorn Stronghold) with its own open action. Is my stronghold affected by Steep Terrain ? If yes, does it decrease its province strength by two ?
4/I target Provincial Estate of the Unicorn (Unicorn Stronghold) with its own open action again. Can I use Fresh Horses to straighten my Stronghold ?
5/ What if I target my oponent stronghold with Isawa's Last Wish XP ?
Here are the Card texts : A Prophet Revealed : Until the end of the game, after any action resolves that produced a Ranged Attack, if any target of the Ranged Attack is still in play, straighten any cards that performed the action.
Mountain's Shadow Dojo : Battle: Even if this Stronghold is bowed, target one of your Crane Clan Samurai (at the current battlefield): Ranged 3 Attack.
Daigotsu's Discipline : Battle: Target and bow a card you control at the current battlefield that this Formation has not targeted: Either straighten a target card you control, or destroy a target opposing card with no attached cards.
Naka Tokei XP2 : Elemental Limited: Once per turn, straighten a card if Tokei does not have the Shadowlands trait, or bow a card if he does.
Isawa Angai XP : Reaction: After a Shugenja you control casts a Spell or resolves one of his printed abilities: Straighten or bow a target card.
The Provincial Estate of the Unicorn : Open: Bow to give any one of your cards the trait Cavalry until the end of the turn.
Steep Terrain : Battle Terrain: This Terrain takes effect immediately when it is played. While this Terrain is in play, Cavalry cards cannot bow to produce actions and every Cavalry card has -2F.
Fresh Horses : Open: Until the end of this turn, any player may, as an Open action, bow one of his Stables and pay 3 gold to straighten any Cavalry card.
Isawa's Last Wish XP : Limited: Bow this card: Target a card other than a Wind, a Sensei, a Ring, or a Personality with a card attached. Destroy it.
Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
Alex Jones (rules official), 8 February 2012
Hi,
Sorry about those questions. I cannot wait for the Oracle of the Void to prepare the Kotei Season.
1/Does a Stronghold perform action which are printed on it? If I resolve A Prophet Revealed, may I straighten Mountain's Shadow Dojo if my Range 3 Attack does destroy any card ?
2/Can I straighten or bow any stronghold with Daigotsu's Discipline, Naka Tokei XP2 or Isawa Angai XP ?
3/Is "province strength" different from "strength" for a Stronghold ? I target Provincial Estate of the Unicorn (Unicorn Stronghold) with its own open action. Is my stronghold affected by Steep Terrain ? If yes, does it decrease its province strength by two ?
4/I target Provincial Estate of the Unicorn (Unicorn Stronghold) with its own open action again. Can I use Fresh Horses to straighten my Stronghold ?
5/ What if I target my oponent stronghold with Isawa's Last Wish XP ?
Here are the Card texts : A Prophet Revealed : Until the end of the game, after any action resolves that produced a Ranged Attack, if any target of the Ranged Attack is still in play, straighten any cards that performed the action.
Mountain's Shadow Dojo : Battle: Even if this Stronghold is bowed, target one of your Crane Clan Samurai (at the current battlefield): Ranged 3 Attack.
Daigotsu's Discipline : Battle: Target and bow a card you control at the current battlefield that this Formation has not targeted: Either straighten a target card you control, or destroy a target opposing card with no attached cards.
Naka Tokei XP2 : Elemental Limited: Once per turn, straighten a card if Tokei does not have the Shadowlands trait, or bow a card if he does.
Isawa Angai XP : Reaction: After a Shugenja you control casts a Spell or resolves one of his printed abilities: Straighten or bow a target card.
The Provincial Estate of the Unicorn : Open: Bow to give any one of your cards the trait Cavalry until the end of the turn.
Steep Terrain : Battle Terrain: This Terrain takes effect immediately when it is played. While this Terrain is in play, Cavalry cards cannot bow to produce actions and every Cavalry card has -2F.
Fresh Horses : Open: Until the end of this turn, any player may, as an Open action, bow one of his Stables and pay 3 gold to straighten any Cavalry card.
Isawa's Last Wish XP : Limited: Bow this card: Target a card other than a Wind, a Sensei, a Ring, or a Personality with a card attached. Destroy it.
Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
Until the Oracle is released, note the following under For cards printed prior to KHAN'S DEFIANCE, Special wording rules: Use of the word "card" does not refer to Strongholds unless explicitly stated (ie "actions on cards" does not refer to actions on a Stronghold).
So...
1/Does a Stronghold perform action which are printed on it? Only Personalities and Followers (and Ancestors) perform actions.
2/Can I straighten or bow any stronghold with Daigotsu's Discipline, Naka Tokei XP2 or Isawa Angai XP? No, because these were printed before Khan's Defiance.
3/Is "province strength" different from "strength" for a Stronghold ? I target Provincial Estate of the Unicorn (Unicorn Stronghold) with its own open action. Is my stronghold affected by Steep Terrain ? If yes, does it decrease its province strength by two ? You may not use the Provincial Estate of the Unicorn to give Cavalry to a Stronghold, but regardless, Strongholds have a "Base Province Strength" stat, they do not have a "Force" stat.
4/I target Provincial Estate of the Unicorn (Unicorn Stronghold) with its own open action again. Can I use Fresh Horses to straighten my Stronghold? No.
5/ What if I target my oponent stronghold with Isawa's Last Wish XP? Isawa's Last Wish both nonexp and inexp were both printed before Khan's Defiance, so actions from them cannot target Strongholds, and even if they could, a lot would happen, since "Effects and costs will not make a Stronghold leave play unless they specifically mention Strongholds."