Rules for 29 September 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, September 29, 2004
Far and Wide does not work
Therefore, through the normal course of play, Far and Wide can never be played, because you must ALWAYS discard regions if you do not attach them during the Events Phase, and Far and Wide is a Limited action. Far and Wide can be played only if, during the Events Phase or the Action Phase, a card in a Province is discarded and then refilled and turned face up.
Far and Wide was written to work under Pre-Diamond Rules. With the onset of Diamond Edition, the card became almost non-functional. It happens sometimes.
Keen Eye questons
Can Keen Eye stop A Time is Not Right? I ruled that Keen Eye could not stop Time is Not Right because Time is Not Right is triggered by the targeting step of the action not the effects of the action.
You ruled correctly. There is no Challenge until effects resolve, which is long after the Targeting Step.
Does Keen Eye stop Dismissed?
Only if you use the ability on Dismissed that Negates a Challenge. Keen Eye can stop that, but not the ability on Dismissed that Cancels a Political Limited action like say, Storm Heart.
Keen Eye vs Smoke and Mirrors: If your Smoke and Mirrors has Keen Eye played on it you still play/discard Smoke and Mirrors and it prodoces no effects correct?
Well, you play Smoke and Mirrors instead of Focusing. Then immediately before it produces effects, you use Keen Eye to Negate all its effects. It was still played, and takes your opportunity to Focus or Strike, but it produces no effects.
Say you have Ring of Fire in play. what if the only card you focused in a duel was discarded by Smoke and Mirrors can you still draw a card from Ring of Fire?
You still focused the card, even if it was later discarded. That card counts towards the number you can draw with Ring of Fire.
RULES: Political Adjunct / Gozuko
In short, using the Reaction on a card in the Current Battle to pay for the cost of a Battle or Open Action DOES NOT make that Battle or Open Action itself Relevant.
You need Gozoku Sensei to fulfill Relevance through its own Action, regardless of where cards like Political Adjunct happen to be.
Smite the Blood
just wanna know if smite the blood would still bow the targetted personality even if the range attack strength does not equal or exceed the peep's force. that's all.
It is just an additional effect. It doesn't matter how any other part of the Ranged Attack works out. You can shoot a beafy, 7 Force Tamago in the foot with a puny Strength 0 Ranged Attack that would bounce off harmlessly and still bow him by Smiting his Blood.
That should cover everything from Wednesday, September 29, 2004. If I missed your question unrelated to Dawn of the Empire, please repost it with the flag [RULES] as part of your distinct and clear subject line. I'll get back to you at the first opportunity.