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, 5 March 2012
Hi,
Can you confirm that I may trigger the Clan Discount please with Will ? First example: - I am a Unicorn Player with 4 family honors. - The Samurai Moto Youpi is dead in my discard pile with a base honor requirement of 4 and her base gold cost is equal to 8. - I can use Will paying her only 4 gold, can't I ? (4 = 8 -2 [by clan discount] -2[by Will's game text]) Second example: - I am a Unicorn Player with 3 family honors. - The Samurai Moto Youpi is dead in my discard pile with a base honor requirement of 4 and her base gold cost is equal to 8. - I can use Will paying her only 4 gold, can't I ? => As Will allow me to ignore honor requirement, I should be able to trgger the Clan Discount and should be able to pay only 4 gold as I've done in the first example.
Card text : Will Battle: If you control an opposed unit at the current battlefield, choose your performing dead Samurai Personality: Bring him into play there, paying 2 less Gold and ignoring Honor Requirements.
Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 5 March 2012
Hi,
Can you confirm that I may trigger the Clan Discount please with Will ? First example: - I am a Unicorn Player with 4 family honors. - The Samurai Moto Youpi is dead in my discard pile with a base honor requirement of 4 and her base gold cost is equal to 8. - I can use Will paying her only 4 gold, can't I ? (4 = 8 -2 [by clan discount] -2[by Will's game text]) Second example: - I am a Unicorn Player with 3 family honors. - The Samurai Moto Youpi is dead in my discard pile with a base honor requirement of 4 and her base gold cost is equal to 8. - I can use Will paying her only 4 gold, can't I ? => As Will allow me to ignore honor requirement, I should be able to trgger the Clan Discount and should be able to pay only 4 gold as I've done in the first example.
Card text : Will Battle: If you control an opposed unit at the current battlefield, choose your performing dead Samurai Personality: Bring him into play there, paying 2 less Gold and ignoring Honor Requirements.
Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
Yes, per the card text and rules you would pay 4 gold in each of these cases.