Rules for 31 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,
3 Stone River Queston
Can 3 stone river raised a personality's force equal to the followers force or just lower it?
Only down (card text).
IF a movement is negated by the right hand why dont rest of effects happen?
They do...
Such as bowing.
... Except in that case, which is clearly labeles as an excption in the Diamond Edition rulebook (pg. 72).
I need ths explained please.
Because the Rules Junta damn near got lynched when we tried to make "sent home bowed" into two effects.
Combo Show of good faith and loyality Renewed
When I Loyalty Renew a person after I have taken it with Show of Good Faith. That I now cannot attack unless that personality leave my control or dies. It this True?
Yes (card text).
Flee the Darkness versus Overwhelmed
Can you use Flee the Darkness to cancel an Overwhelmed played against you?
No. "When another player targets one of your Personalities with a Battle action..." (card text). Your opponent never targeted your cards.
Flee the Darkness versus Overwhelmed
Can't we just set up the list to auto-post this question every two weeks with an auto reply from Jeff or Zen? Wouldn't it just make life easier.
That's a bit harsh. There's going to be a *lot* of new players on the list in the next little while, who will have just picked up their first starter this week and have no ideas what's been ruled on even a few days ago. They deserved to get their questions answered good naturedly.
Don't hassle people for asking questions. They're here to learn. :)
Open actions and Battle actions
When meeting the requirements of the Ring of Water, do Open actions taken during a battle count as a Battle action?
No (card text).
Bayushi Kwanchai exp
BTW, the reason I didn't find it in the rulings the first time I looked is I did a search on 'Kwanchai', and his name is spelled wrong (Kwanchi).
Not any more. Thanks.
Rules for 30 October 2003
if my opponent cancelled Tsuruchi Sho's range attack with Kyuden Ikoma, would that mean by reading the below ruling that Sho can make another RA at that same time[?]
Yes (rulebook, stronghold text). Using the stronghold ability in that case is not very helpful.
since Kyuden Ikoma states that it cancels 'Battle" actions, that would also mean that Kyuden Ikoma cancels only actions where the word "Battle" in bold precedes the effect right?
Yes (stronghold text).
Rules: Ring of Air
Can the Ring of Air be used to straighten non-monk/shugenja personalities that cast kiho as monk/shugenjas?
Yes, because the Ring's text say "straighten *that* Shugenja or Monk," namely the self-same Personality who just cast the spell or kiho. A Personality who can cast kiho / spells as a Monk or Shugenja gets treated as such in all ways for casting purposes.
Question about Overwhelmed and Wedge...
if my opponent plays Overwhelmed, who's targeting the peeps I choose to kill or to send home ?
You (card text).
Rules questions
If someone challenges Hiruma Ashihei to a duel and he refuses it would not dishonor him right?
Correct (card text).
Would it cancel the duel since it is the action that caused his dishonor?
Yes (card text).
If I have one [singular holding] in play and my opponent brings it into play and i play contested holding... if I won would I have two even though its a singular?
No, it stays where it is (Archive, Joining and changing controllers).
Would i be able to use kisadas shrine ability if I wedged? how about overwhelmed?
No (Wedge destroys "when" the battle ends but continues to prvent targeting until "after"), and yes respectively.
Zen Faulkes! * Crab Clan Scholar * Unaligned Deputy Rules Guy