Rules for 2 October 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 Saturday, October 2, 2004
It's my opponent's turn, and I've got an Agasha Seruma in play with Earthly Yearnings attached. During the Action phase, the sequence of plays goes as follows:
Opponent's first action: Bow Kakita Dueling Academy to fetch an Iaijutsu Challenge.
My action: Bow Seruma to cast Earthly Yearnings, targeting my opponent's Doji Kurohito exp2.
Opponent's action: Use Iaijutsu Challenge to have Kurohito challenge Seruma to a duel.
Once my opponent challenges Seruma, do I give Seruma the Earthly Yearnings bonus in time for her to be able to strike and kill Kurohito, or does Seruma only get the bonus after the entire action resolves?
"after each time that Samurai performs an action" is when to conditions are met:
1.) The Samurai has met the criteria to be "performing" the Action.
2.) The Action itself has been considered successfully "played" - that first considered true after all its costs are met and Reacted to, but before any of its effects resolve.
In this case, both conditions are met before the Challenge is even issued to Seruma, so she'll get the bonus long before entering the duel with Kurohito.
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That should cover everything from Saturday, October 2, 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.
Thank you, - Marty Lund