Rules for 24 November 2003, Part 2
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,
Combo question
If Hiruma Ashihei has a dark Covenant attached and I have an unbowed oracle in play, can I use dark covenant to straighten all my other personalities or will Ashihei prevent the straightening due to his trait?
This is a variation of the "Can Ashihei gain a force bonus from Frenzy?" question a couple of days ago. Both ask when Ashihei cancels the action. The answer is that Ashihei can cancel actions halfway through resolving, because effects occur in the order listed on the card, and everything goes normally until you get to the "dishonor a Personality" part. The action's then canceled, but not effects are undone.
To sum up.
Ashihei can gain a Force bonus from Frenzy.
Ashihei can be used to straighten Personalities with Drak Covenent without himself dying.
Questions about battles, provinces and duels
some one atack me, as far as I know I have the choise to not assign any units to defend my province at all[.]
Correct (Diamond Edition rules, pg. 79).
I think that even if I don't have units in any of my provinces they will not be destroy at the end of each battle where the atacking player place any of his units, since there are no defending units there, the condition of winning or tied in a battle is not complain so my province will not be destroy is this correct?
Incorrect. Your defending force total is zero. The attacker exceeded it. The Province can be destroyed (Diamond Edition rulebook, pg. 84).
As a limit action I can move attaching card between personalities during my own action phase, the rule book also said that sometimes i could also move attach card between provinces, but that means that i can only move card (let say for example fortifications) between provinces only when certain effect a loud me to do that, or i can always move attach card as limit action when ever i want to in my action phase?.
You must use a card effect.
if the card or event doesn't say that the loser is not destroy as a result of losing the duel, then the loser is always destroy, right?
Correct.
Question concerning battles, and Loyal Yojimbo
Should I place Kakita Masazumi as my only defender and then play Come One At A Time, would I be able to issue challenges until either Kakita dies, or all defenders are either defeated or routed?
Yes (card text).
During such duels, should I lose one, would I be able to play Loyal Yojimbo?
No (Diamond Edition rulebook, pg. 80).
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tokens
do [moved tokens] adquire the actual name or do they retain the old name coming from the card that created?
Nothing changes about a token when it is moved (except, obviously, its location).
Creature vs. Nonhuman
Just looking for an official ruling.
You don't need a ruling if you have a rulebook. :)
Creatures are nonhuman, but nonhumans aren't considered creatures, correct?
Diamond Edition rulebook, pg. 65, and glossary. Right.
Rules question:
Can you use an ability on a bowed personality to straighten that personality, even if the ability does not *specificly* straighten that personality.
No.
Couple of Questions
If I attach the Togashi's Shrine to a province with a face-up personality in it, does the personality get discarded?
Yes.
Can I use Introspection if I used the non-favor Voice of the Emperor action to put a ring into play?
Yes (card text).
Rules questions
The trait on Ring of Fire provides its bonus only to the cards named FOCUS and not to all cards focused in a duel, right?
Wrong. All cards in duel.
If Hoshi Chuichi bows for casting Chasing Osano-Wo on himself, does he get a Force bonus of 6 or 4?
6.
How does In Search of the Future interact with the Celestial Swords?
Not at all.
The ruling on Otomo Ambassadors ("You cannot give a holding to a player if he or she is allowed only one copy.") refers only to situations where your opponent already controls one Singular-like Holding, or would it prevent you from handing yours over even if he or she does not currently control one?
For when the player already has one.
Question concerning Chasing Osano-Wo
How long does the effect of Chasing Osano-Wo last?
Diamond Edition rules, pg. 70, in bold type: end of turn.
(no subject)
Doesn't it say on [Show of Good Faith] you can't attach or move tokens to this personality while you are controlling it?
No (card text).
More questions about the Underhand
If multiple players use the Underhand, does one player naming a card prevent another player from naming it as well?
No.