Rules for 14 June 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 Monday, June 14, 2004
seppun jin
This has probably already been asked, but I can't find the answer. If I have a Unique in play, can I use Seppun Jin:
to bring a copy of that same Unique into play *ignoring restrictions*?
I don't see anything on the books forbidding it. The card says, "ignoring all restrictions," without any special exemptions for the Unique trait. Until Jeff decides otherwise, you can use Jin to bring into play dead Unique Personalities that you already control a copy of.
Fields of Glorious Slaughter Questions
1) With Fields of Glorious Slaughter - when you destroy cards in Resolution for FoGS the honor gains are distinct amounts for each card right?
The effect is "gain 2 honor each time ..." so yes, each gain is distinct from the others.
Do the honor gains from FoGS occur before or after the normal battle honor gain?
The gain from the Rulebook happens after the destruction of all those cards. Consequently, gains from FoGS would trigger first.
Specifically if I play FoGS and win the battle and one of my personalities is dishonored (at the start of resolution) would they be restored to honor by the destruction of the first card in the opposing army, allowing me to gain (2x #cards in opposing army) -2 Honor?
Yes. You'd become rehonored instead of gaining 2 Honor once. The other gains would resolve normally because you can't be rehonored "instead" of gaining the honor when you are already honorable.
Meeting Place question
Can I target one of my *bowed* Ratling Personalities with the first ability on The Meeting Place? In other words, can I send my bowed Ratlings home?
Sure. Nothing on Meeting Place restricts its use to unbowed cards.
Just remember that you can only use the ability while the Meeting Place is unbowed!
That looks like everything from Monday. If I missed your question, please repost it with the flag [RULES] in a clear subject line and I'll get back to you at the first opportunity.
Thanks folks,