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, 20 February 2012
Hi
I didnt played Celestial Edition and decided to give L5R another go, so maybe I am asking stuff from Celestial but there are a few things troubling me:
1 - Can a bowed Shugenja cast a spell if the spell doesnt requires him to bow ?
2 - How does the Transfer action work ? No need to bow anything now, is there a cost or just move stuff arround as please ?
3 - The follower "Vigilant Riders" has an ability regarding destruction, does it work only to the follower or to any card in the unit ?
4 - It seems that now Followers force adds to total strenght of the army if the follower is not bowed regardles of the personality being bowed or not, is this correct ?
I honestly read the rulebook in a bit of a rush but I couldnt find answers to the first 2 questions, the 3rd it more a mechanic thing about how useful it would be if it only worked on follower itself.
Thanks a lot
Ps: Readed the rules again and question 4 comed up.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 21 February 2012
Hi
I didnt played Celestial Edition and decided to give L5R another go, so maybe I am asking stuff from Celestial but there are a few things troubling me:
1 - Can a bowed Shugenja cast a spell if the spell doesnt requires him to bow ?
2 - How does the Transfer action work ? No need to bow anything now, is there a cost or just move stuff arround as please ?
3 - The follower "Vigilant Riders" has an ability regarding destruction, does it work only to the follower or to any card in the unit ?
4 - It seems that now Followers force adds to total strenght of the army if the follower is not bowed regardles of the personality being bowed or not, is this correct ?
I honestly read the rulebook in a bit of a rush but I couldnt find answers to the first 2 questions, the 3rd it more a mechanic thing about how useful it would be if it only worked on follower itself.
Thanks a lot
Ps: Readed the rules again and question 4 comed up.
Welcome back!
1. Yes, there is no restriction on bowed shugenja casting spells. However, a bowed shugenja may not normally use the Battle Equip to attach a spell.
2. The transfer action was removed from L5R after Samurai Edition. You'll need to find a card effect if you want to move attachments.
3. Vigilant Riders says "negate this card's destruction" - this card always refers to the card on which the text is printed.
4. Correct, an unbowed follower will add to its army's total even if the Personality is bowed. This also changed after Samurai Edition.