Rules for 3 September 2003
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.
Greetings,
Item and Follower switching in DE
Is the bowing cost or (side-)effect of the switching the attached cards?
Currently, cost, according to an earlier post Jeff made.
And as bowed Personalities can attach cards in DE does it also mean that they can participate in moving the ones already attached?
Left for Jeff.
Mulitple Rings
if a Ratling player were to play that 2nd ring with the Voice of the Emperor action, would the ring get shuffled back into his/her own deck, or shuffled back into it's original owner's deck?
Removed from game (stronghold text).
Hida Sozen & Pick your Battle
If Sozen's unit has the higher strength at battle resolution, loosing the battle, can i play Pick your Battle on him?
Tricky. I'm going to say that Sozen would survive, because Pick Your Battles doesn't destroy the chosen Personality, losing the battle does.
Gold Rules Query
If I have Moto Kumari in a battle and play accessible terrain in the same battle, can I use the ability on accessible terrain to move Kumari in to the battle (despite the fact he is already there) and trigger his duel reaction?
No.
Rules Archive, General Rules, Battle: "Actions that move a Personality into the current battle as one of the effects can be used if he or she is in the current battle. *The movement effect does nothing* (e.g., you may not play Slaughter the Scout)."
If the (non-)movement doesn't trigger Slaughter the Scout, it won't trigger anything else that looks for "moved in."