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.
In the context of any multi-player game... can an ally be said to have "won" a battle and hence drop a Ring of Earth after meeting it's criteria? The ring itself does not specify it has to be the attacker or the defender that won the battle.
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After the resolution of a <b>battle that you won</b>, if there were ever any enemy units at that battlefield and none of your Personalities were destroyed during the battle: You may put this card into play from your hand.
In the context of any multi-player game... can an ally be said to have "won" a battle and hence drop a Ring of Earth after meeting it's criteria? The ring itself does not specify it has to be the attacker or the defender that won the battle.
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After the resolution of a <b>battle that you won</b>, if there were ever any enemy units at that battlefield and none of your Personalities were destroyed during the battle: You may put this card into play from your hand.
Only the Attacker or Defender - not Allies - can win a battle.
See Battles, Resolution Segment.