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, 16 February 2012
Can someone please explain to me how to parse the wording on her battle action?
One of the local Unicorn players has convinced everyone (but me) that it reads: "Target an enemy unit...Bow it. Destroy all cards in it (without attachments) and (without Cavalry)." This means that non-cavalry personalities are dead, regardless of attachments.
I'm reading it as: "Target and enemy unit...Bow it. Destroy all cards in it (without attachments and without Cavalry)." This means that personalities with attachments live.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 16 February 2012
Can someone please explain to me how to parse the wording on her battle action?
One of the local Unicorn players has convinced everyone (but me) that it reads: "Target an enemy unit...Bow it. Destroy all cards in it (without attachments) and (without Cavalry)." This means that non-cavalry personalities are dead, regardless of attachments.
I'm reading it as: "Target and enemy unit...Bow it. Destroy all cards in it (without attachments and without Cavalry)." This means that personalities with attachments live.
You are correct. The cards destroyed most be both without attachments and without Cavalry - for it to work the way your local claims, it would use the word "or" instead of the word "and".