The force of an item

L5R CCG Rules board, 9 March 2012 to 10 March 2012

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A player, 9 March 2012

A lot of cards target something with a lower force. What is the force of an item? Is it always 0?

So for example the red hunger can pretty much eat any weapon in the game.

Jon Palmer (rules official), 10 March 2012

A lot of cards target something with a lower force. What is the force of an item? Is it always 0?

So for example the red hunger can pretty much eat any weapon in the game.

Per the CR on Items, "If something in the game needs to check an Item’s Force or Chi separately from its Personality’s stats, use the value of its modifier (minimum zero)." Therefore an item such as Wyrmbone Katana would use four for such a check.