Rules for 1 July 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 Thursday, June 1, 2004
Kyuden Gotei
Kyuden Gotei reads: "Kyuden Gotei counts as a Port card." Is this stronghold now actually a card in play and may be targeted as one? Or does it only count for the existence of port cards?
Jeff Alexander wrote on Mon, 15 Sep 2003, in Re: [L5R-CCG] Kyuden Gotei: "Kyuden Gotei does not count as a card. It only counts as a Port for purposes of things that look for Port cards."
That should probably go under the MRP of Kyuden Gotei in its entry on the Accumulated Rulings
Watch List & Errata updates for July 2004
Shrine to Benten is no longer on the Watch List.
No errata is being issued at this time to any remaining card.
Forward observer question
Marty, when forward observer uses his ability:
battle: Bow forward observer to target a terrain. Until that terrain leaves play, it produces effects as if you had played it.(even if you could not legally play it).
Does that mean that it does not resolve for your opponent? Does it mean that it af1fects the both of you equally?
It produces effects as if the player who used Forward Observer had played the Terrain, rather than any other player. If you use it the opposing player's "Battlefield of Shallow Graves" for instance, suddenly HIS army would be on the receiving end of the force-cutting effect and HIS honor gains would be doubled.
Silly Ruling [Rules]
Ok because of the current wording here is a silly way to play the ring of air that appears legal but after you have played it you will have only cast 2 spells or kihos.
Step 1 cast any spell or kiho
Step 2 cast Ryoshun's Last Words targeting the unravelling you have in play
Step 3 after choosing targets and paying the cost you have successfully cast the spell but its effects have not happened yet so you bow unravelling to cancel the kiho.
Step 4 After successfully casting unravelling but before its effect occur play Ring of Air
Step 5 Ryoshun's Last Words is canceled leaving you with only two successfully cast spells or kihos and the Ring of Air
That works just fine. You had 3 cast for enough time to drop Ring of Air.
That should cover everything from Thursday. If I missed your question, please repost it with the flag [RULES] as part of a clear and distinct subject line and I'll get back to you at the first opportunity.