post for 26 June 2002
A rules digest from the L5R CCG rules team, copied from the mailing list archive for Oracle of the Void. The askers' names are left out. Rulings are as they stood on this date; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
Acquiring favor
do you have to have the favor to be able to use this card?
No.
Exp'd personalities [JEFF]
Sorry for such a simple question, but being out of this for a while, I'm unsure as to the answer.
Back in Jade, IIRC, an experienced character showing up in a set meant that the less experienced versions became Jade Legal. DOes this also apply to experienced characters in Gold, such as Yoritomo Yukue Exp?
No.
Fun with Witch Hunt...(ruling)
Here's a scenario for ya...
First, the involved cards:
Secrets on the Wind:
Bow this shugenja and destroy a token to dishonor target personality...etc etc etc.
Witch Hunt:
Reaction: Play this card when a Kiho or Spell is cast. One of your Shugenja issues an unrefusable challenge to the caster. If your Shugenja wins, cancel the Kiho or Spell. (either way, destroy the loser.)
Okay, I have an honorable Kuni Utagu in play, and my stinky scorpion opponent has a shugenja with Secrets on the Wind attached, which he promptly uses to dishonor Utagu, thinking to shame him a moment later... I throw down a Witch Hunt and we commence to scrap. We both focus a couple times, and it ends up with Utagu being just a bit short, in essence, he loses, and is destroyed. Now here is where it gets a bit sticky.
which of the following is true?
1. Utagu dies honorably, and Secrets on the Wind fizzles this turn. 2. Utagu dies dishonorably, and I get stuck for his 2 Personal honor. 3. Utagu dies honorably, but is still targeted by the spell, and is turned into dishonorable dead, post mortem.
3 is highly unlikely in my book, but I can see it being interpreted that way. My leaning is towards 1, and here is why. I think that the timing of everything prevents the spell from being successfully cast this turn. The sequence of events is this (as I see it) 1. Scorp targets Kuni Utagu, bows his shugenja to dishonor him with secrets on the wind. 2. Spell's resolution is interrupted by Witch Hunt, which is a reaction. ( This is not directly spelled out, but is very strongly implied by the card) 3. Duel commences as per duel rules. 4. Duel resolves, Utagu dies, and is sent to the discard pile. 5. Secrets resolves, but the original target is no longer in play, thus not affected by the spell, and it fizzles.
So, what happens?
I think you've made the right call. Utagu became an illegal target for the Secrets action before it resolved, so, by the rulebook, it does not affect him.