Rules for 6 June 2004

Martin Lund, sent 8 June 2004 to the l5r-ccg mailing list, the l5r-useful list

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 Sunday, June 6, 2004

Rules Question re. Jusai/Mitsu

If a Jusai with Fire tokens on him is bowed and Desperate Wager is played by the opposing player,

It straightens him, as per Desperate Wager's card text which says, "including those that cannot straighten."

On: Mitsu, Desperate Wager
Two questions

What happens if I have a Ki-Rin's Shrine nonexp in play and my opponent casts Force of Will on one of my Personalities with less PH than Chi? It looks like there's a timing conflict here, so would the active player get to decide if the Chi penalty or PH bonus happens first?

What bonus? Ki-Rin's Shrine nonexp creates no bonus. It creates a Stat Minimum.

After all Chi Bonuses and Penalties are tallied, you apply the minimum from Ki-Rin's Shrine. If the stat's total value is below the minimum, it is set to the minimum, and that's the resulting "current value" of the stat.

(Diamond Edition Rulebook, Page 62, "Bonuses and Penalties")

On: Ki-Rin's Shrine, Force of Will

Next question, here's the situation: I have Tr-ch'da in battle. I have previously destroyed an Item on an opposing Personality, say with Nezumi Technique. If Tr-ch'da then wins a duel in that battle, can I retreive the Item destroyed with Nezumi Technique?

I've got a pretty impression of how this card was supposed to work, but I don't want to give a Designer's Intent ruling seeing as how I'm not a Designer. I'll forward it to Jeff to give you some official closure, but it seems to me that the card is phrased in such a way that you loot an item that was attached to someone whom you just beat down in a battle or duel resolution.

Forwarded.

That looks like everything from Sunday that wasn't taken care of in-thread. If I missed your question, please repost it with the flag [RULES] in the subject line and I'll get back to you at the first opportunity.

Thanks folks,