Rules for 30 November 2004

Your Rules for Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Raid Battles and Yu

Do guys with Yu get to activate their Yu after loosing a raid battle? They don't die as a result of the raid, but according to the rules, Yu activates when you loose a battle, not when your guys start to die because of loosing a battle.

Yes, hence the goodness that was Yu Personalities + Pick Your Battles. All you have to do is lose. It doesn't matter if Battle Resolution would destroy you or not.

Moto Ogedi Self Destruction Clause

"destroy ogedei at the end of the resolution segment if there was an army opposing him there when it began and the battle was at a province with no regions attached."

Does this mean:

"destroy ogedei at the end of the resolution segment if there was an army opposing him there when (the battle) began and the battle was at a province with no regions attached."

No.

or

"destroy ogedei at the end of the resolution segment if there was an army opposing him there when (the resolution segment) began and the battle was at a province with no regions attached."

This one is correct. Pronoun usage ("it") is only valid substitution for a noun that has been previously demonstrated.

The only nouns referred to in the sentence at this point are Ogedei, an Army, and the Resolution Segment. Only the Resolution Segment is a time, hence it is the only one of the three eligible to relate to "when."

So, by process of elimination, "it" must refer to "the resolution segment."

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The fact that I am giving a ruling with a grammatical explanation in light of my own atrocious grammar, typographical errors, poor spelling, and sundry abuses of the English language is not lost on me, I assure you. I feel so dirty. ;-)

Regions at battle

I have a Region in Province A. It is the Attack Phase, current battle at Province A.

1) Is the Region considered to be in the battle or battlefield?

Lotus templating is trying to make the timing event "battle" distinct from the location "battlefield."

In terms of a location, yes, the Region attached to the Province at which the current battle is being fought is "at the current battlefield," (new wording) and "in the current battle" (old wording).

2) Could my opponent bow my Region with Well Prepared?

Yes.

3) The Defender have played Explored Territory. The Attacker uses Crab Builders trying to destroy the Region. What happens?

3.B) The destruction of the Region is negated. The Defender draws a card.

That one. Explored Territory looks for a card you control "in this battle." The Region qualifies.

The Region IS NOT, however, in any player's ARMY. This means if is also not an "opposing" or "opposed" card at the battlefield.

Question correctly answered (Tarako WoL) / Question not correctly answered

Hello,

<<I have a Utaku Tarako and Shinjo Yushiro in play. I have a Region attached to my Province A (blank text). The enemy leader has a Kuon Exp. 3 in play, with no cards attached. << <<The enemy leader declares an attack against me. Assigns Kuon to Province B. I assign Tarako to defend this Province B. Yushiro defends Province A. << <<The enemy leader starts the battle in Province A. Now I want as my first battle action: << <<- To use the Tarako's battle action. Destroy Region attached to Province A.Target Kuon. Destroy Kuon. << <<Is it legal?

(remainder) Tarako WoL

You have a unit in the current battle, so you have Presence.

You are targeting a card in the current battle (since costs target as well), so you have Relevance.

Then, does this mean that Regions are considered to be cards in the Battlefield, or in the battle, at the Province they are attached to? I suppose your answer will be YES.

Could be a Region bowed by a Well Prepared (suppose I have played a Terrain before and remains in play)?

It sounds strange to me, because Regions are attached to Provinces, but I have never seen a rule that they are on the battlefield in the same way as units, Terrains or Formations.

Please, Could you confirm this point?

A) Regions are considered in the battlefield whenever are battles in the Provinces they are attached to B) Regions are never in the battlefield

A). (But they are not in the defending army and are not opposing any attacking cards.)

L5r-ccg Digest, Vol 17, Issue 71

As if Marty and Jeff did not have enough work,

I apologize if this has been answered here, I have not seen it yet.

Ninja Mentor under Tishi Sensei. Does the follower become 2/ +3 ? Or does the follower itself merely gain 1 chi ?

2 / +3

For more information, check out the message: "[L5R-CCG] Rules for 24 and 25 October 2004 [RULES]" in my reply to Shosuro Kenshin's message: "[L5R-CCG] Followers and Chi bonuses"

You can view it in the Yahoo! archive at this URL:

Do a find for "Ninja Mentor" and you should find it about halfway down the page.

Rules for 27 November 2004 [RULES] / Suboto and Slaughter the Scout

Is Slaughter a legal play in responce to Suboto's Action? (or, is his action movement?)

Entering play at a Battle is not the same thing as Moving into a Battle.

Entering play at a Battle does not trigger Slaughter the Scout.

This means Suboto can enter play during an Ambush? I though so, but I'm waiting confirmation.

Yes - just like you can make Essence of Gaki-do Tokens in any Ambush or invoke Satsume / Toshimoko / Toshiken / Hachi with Arrival of the Emerald Champion.

Ronin Swordsman

Hi I´ve got a question about Ronin Swordsman. The cards says when I enter the duel I can take that card into my hand and focus with it. Then I gain 2 honor if I win the duel. Does the card have to be attached to gain the 2 honor or not? I mean can I focus this card from hand and will gain the two honor before it was in play?

No, you won't get any Honor if you play it as a Focus without ever attaching it.

That honor gain is an Effect of the Action on Ronin Swordsman. If you don't take that Action, it can't give you any Honor. Ronin Swordsman requires you use its Reaction only when attached to a Personality in a duel ("this personality").

The Last Prophecy

1) When Last Prophecy resolves, may I name a card that is not in my deck??

Yes. If your opponent does not believe that you lack a copy of that card, you can have a judge validate it. In most cases, I doubt this would be an issue. If you really want to dodge the effect, I don't recall any rule forcing you to name a format-legal card.

(In fact, at one point in my career playing and judging Magic, you could name "The Ace of Spades," for a similar effect if you pleased.)

2) If I don't find the card that I named, do I still have to discard a number of cards equal to the focus value of the named card??

No. This effect refers to current Focus Value of the exact copy of the card that you retrieve. If you don't have a copy of that card retrieved, the value would not be defined and you wouldn't discard any cards. Knowledge of the printed Focus Value of the card's most recent printing is irrelevant. You can't apply a "default" assumed value since an individual card might have its Stat Values modified to make it distinct from any other copies.

That should cover everything for Tuesday. If I missed your question, please repost it with the flag [RULES] as part of Clear and Distinct subject line. I'll get back to you at the first opportunity.