Rules for 3 October 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,
Weird combo of the day
If you possesion Hantei the 39th and iuchiban, and the resulting abobination is destroyed, do you loose the game?
Heh. I should probably leave this question for Jeff because it has a Diamond component, but Iuchiban isn't relevent to the combo. And I know Jeff hates Posession questions, so he'll *owe* me for answering these...
No ("All traits are replaced...").
Does Hantei the 39th remember who he was, and come back into play to your feif?
No ("the Oni Personality returns to play..." -- i.e., the combined Personlity fully hits the graveyard).
Does he simply die?
Yes. Dead, dead, dead, for a ducat, dead!
Some Mantis/Archery questions...
if you use Nobumoto's ability can you use House of the First Stone's action to keep him from bowing?
No. Bowing is a cost.
Is Nobumoto's bowing a cost of the ranged attack and therefore not tied to the "send home" part of his ability?
Correct. You must bow him to perform the action in the first place.
Yet, Nobumoto's ability *is* an *action* that includes him going home bowed at some point.
Yes, but if the cost isn't met, the action won't happen.
Clarification on Yokutsu no Shiryo
Does this mean that Yokutsu no Shiryo's sepukku is distinct from the rule book effect of Sepukku?
Yes.
does this mean that when a person commits sepukku other than via the rule book effect, there is no change to the honor loss unless explicitly indicated on the card (ie. honorable sepukku)?
Yes.
commanding Favor?
Commanding Favor is a one time use card right?
Yes. Unless you know a way to discard events twice.
rule question
can you fall on your knees someone overconfidencing your wedged personality in diamond?
Currently, no. Wedge isn't a force bonus. Even if it was, it doesn't change force during the Battle Action Segment.
Rules Question: Overwhelmed and Hida Sozen (again...)
Toku stands alone against Hida Sozen. Toku plays Overwhelmed. What happens with Hida Sozen?
This one (Rules Archive, specific cards, Overwhelmed):
Hida Sozen is sent home