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, 27 March 2012
Hi,
Hida Sosuke XP is attacking at the current battlefield. My first battle action is his base battle action. Assuming I control a Ring, I use Always Ready from my discard pile. - Hida Sosuke can perform that action even if he didn't perform Hida's Avalanche this turn: ok. - How about the "up to two" other personalities. As Always Ready "may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions", does it mean : => If I target a Personality, who has already been in an attacking army during Resolution during the same attack phase, he will move to Hida Sosuke's Attacking army?
Card texts : Hida Sosuke XP Battle: Take an additional action to play a Strategy from your discard pile for one of its Heroic Battle. If you control any Rings, the action may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions. After it resolves, remove the Strategy from the game.
Always Ready: Battle: Choose your performing Personality who has performed Hida's Avalanche's action this turn and target zero to two of your units at other locations: Move them to the current battlefield. Straighten them. Give the performer a Force bonus equal to his Yu. Actions may target him as if he has been targeted by Shell of Stone's ability this turn.
Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 27 March 2012
Hi,
Hida Sosuke XP is attacking at the current battlefield. My first battle action is his base battle action. Assuming I control a Ring, I use Always Ready from my discard pile. - Hida Sosuke can perform that action even if he didn't perform Hida's Avalanche this turn: ok. - How about the "up to two" other personalities. As Always Ready "may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions", does it mean : => If I target a Personality, who has already been in an attacking army during Resolution during the same attack phase, he will move to Hida Sosuke's Attacking army?
Card texts : Hida Sosuke XP Battle: Take an additional action to play a Strategy from your discard pile for one of its Heroic Battle. If you control any Rings, the action may target a Personality ignoring its restrictions. After it resolves, remove the Strategy from the game.
Always Ready: Battle: Choose your performing Personality who has performed Hida's Avalanche's action this turn and target zero to two of your units at other locations: Move them to the current battlefield. Straighten them. Give the performer a Force bonus equal to his Yu. Actions may target him as if he has been targeted by Shell of Stone's ability this turn.
Thanks in advance, Regards, Rémi.
1. Yes, you may use Always Ready even if Sosuke did not perform Hida's Avalanche this turn (that's kinda what he was designed for, really).
2. You may target a Personality who has already been in battle resolution. However, the Second-Battle Rule is not a restriction. It will simply cause the unit's movement to fail - you're still free to target him!