Rules for 26 May 2004
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.
Your Rules for Wednesday, May 26, 2004.
Bowing Weapon Tokens
Sorry if this has been asked before, but can weapon tokens be bowed for the purpose of Armed Brigade? The latest Herald lists Armed Brigade with Mirumoto Daisho as a combo, so I assume you can.
No. You can't bow non-card tokens.
Rules Q
If Nobumoto uses No Hiding Place, and then it gets Fall'ed (obviously outside of a naval invasion), what happens?
Well, the Reaction is technically played "before" the Action, so you react to announcement. Targets haven't been picked or anything. The Action isn't going to be legal, so I would assume that if you don't have another "No Hiding Place' you're going to have to find some other Action to take or Pass.
Rules
If I bring a Personality into play outside of my Dinasty phase(For Example Seppun Jin) do I get honour?
No.
"Honor can only be gained for hiring Personalities during the Dynasty Phase." (Accumulated Rulings, "Entering Play")
Moment of brilliance+kenson gakka
If I play moment of brilliance on personality, while Kenson Gakka's ability is giving him tactician, what will happen?
Kenson Gakka only affects Personalities who do not have the Tactician Trait without Kenson Gakka giving it to them. If you hit someone with Moment of Brilliance or Fan of Command, Kenson Gakka's effect on them will expire. That means he's just a regular Tactician with no restrictions on Force Bonuses or anything.
Performing actions
When is a Personality "performing" an action?
Page 71 of the Diamond Edition Rulebook says, "Some actions are performed by cards in play as well as by a player. To determine who performs an action, follow the first rule below that applies:
1. Actions on a Personality or Follower are performed by that card.
2. Actions on an Item, Spell, or Ancestor are performed by its Personality.
3. Actions which involve one or more Personalities or Followers in their cost, such as requiring them to bow or become dishonored, or which require targeting your own Personalities or Followers who meet certain conditions, such as being a Shugenja or Tactician or having Chi above 2 are performed by those cards
4. Actions which issue a challenge from one of their own Personalities are performed by the challenger.
5. All other actions are performed only by their player."
Bayushi Motomu.
Can a bowed Bayushi Motomu straighten himself with his ability if he's not the only personality in the battle?
Actually, while Motomu is bowed he's the ONLY target you could choose that would make the Action legal. Remember that abilities on bowed cards can not be used without an explicit text exemption UNLESS they straighten the card itself.
So the only time Motomu will satisfy this when bowed is if you attempt to straighten him with himself.
That looks like it covers everything from Wednesday that wasn't addressed in-thread. If I missed your question, please repost it with the flag [RULES] in the subject line.