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, 26 July 2012
Hello,
I am attacking with Goju Bunoro, and the opponent defends with a personality and a Recruitment Officer token. Bunoro plays his ability targeting Recruit token, turning face up all provinces and choosing a personality there for the rest of his ability.
So, Recruit token goes to the province, the personality overlays the recruit token. The question is what happens at the end of the turn when the Recruitment officer token disappears.
a) The overlayed personality, is removed from the game AND the recruit token in the provinces disappear? b) The overlayed personality stays there and the recruit token in the provinces disappear? c) The overlayed personality, is removed from the game but the player can happily buy a 0g token? d) Nothing happens to the overlayed personality and the token can be bought?
Thanks for your time.
Ref: http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=9850,#hashid=db6a5f6d048f37ad29830612c7d27024,#cardcount=0 http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=6218,#hashid=ae9e4f6b749e27aea4624f0ee7ae2a12,#cardcount=0
Jon Palmer (rules official), 28 July 2012
Hello,
I am attacking with Goju Bunoro, and the opponent defends with a personality and a Recruitment Officer token. Bunoro plays his ability targeting Recruit token, turning face up all provinces and choosing a personality there for the rest of his ability.
So, Recruit token goes to the province, the personality overlays the recruit token. The question is what happens at the end of the turn when the Recruitment officer token disappears.
a) The overlayed personality, is removed from the game AND the recruit token in the provinces disappear? b) The overlayed personality stays there and the recruit token in the provinces disappear? c) The overlayed personality, is removed from the game but the player can happily buy a 0g token? d) Nothing happens to the overlayed personality and the token can be bought?
Thanks for your time.
Ref: http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=9850,#hashid=db6a5f6d048f37ad29830612c7d27024,#cardcount=0 http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=6218,#hashid=ae9e4f6b749e27aea4624f0ee7ae2a12,#cardcount=0
Per the rules on Overlay, the effects on the overlaid Personality carry over to the overlaying Personality. So the Personality entering play would be removed from the game at the end of the turn. The created card would cease to exist when it leaves play.