Rules for 1 February 2005

Your Rules for Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Ningen/City of Blood Ques? [RULES]

Can Shiba Ningen use his ability to discard a card just drawn with the City of Blood's ability? Ningen says "Draw", while the City of Blood specifically says to "put the card in your hand". Is that different than a draw? Thanks!

I need to check something with Jeff before I answer this. I'll get back to you with a Forward From Jeff, OK?

Watch List/Errata Update for February 1st, 2005

As part of the never-ending process of improving the L5R CCG tournaments as competitive events, AEG is announcing the creation of a formal Watch List of cards we feel may be unduly influencing the play environment. This list will be updated monthly, with all cards on it eventually either being removed from the Watch List or receiving balancing errata once we have had time to ascertain the card's true status. Such errata will also be announced monthly, and will typically have a one month lead time before any goes into effect.

The following cards are being removed from the Watch List:

Utaku Tarako Yoritomo Tokaro Blade of Penance Asahina Nizomi

(That is, all cards currently on the List.)

None of these cards were found to have noticeable impact on the competitive L5R environment, and no changes could be found to these cards that would benefit the casual environment enough to justify errata.

As a side result of Yoritomo Tokaro and similar cards from Web of Lies, however, we have decided to discontinue use of the term "unopposed" in all future L5R expansions.

Currently, the Design Team is keeping close watch on the following Web of Lies Personality:

Doji Saori

Saori has an ability to issue a challenge that cannot be prepared against by general anti-destruction metagame cards, that has consequences for losing that her own player can ignore, that can be used during battles without putting herself at risk, and that is relatively easy to use multiple times in one turn. She is also Lotus-legal, so her strength is an issue as it will impact the design of dueling-related cards for the entire upcoming environment.

Rules

Can you play "Wear Him Down" twice in the same duel?

I don't see any Rule or Text forbidding it.

It does, however, eliminate its own trigger when it resolves, so you couldn't normally play two agains the same trigger. Your opponent would have to Focus due to the first one. Then you'd pass your opportunity to Focus or Strike as per card text. Then he could declare Strike again and you could drop another Wear Him Down.

Rules Question

Okay if someone is attacking a player with two provinces, the attacker and the defender assign units to province A and no one assigns to province B. The attacker then decides to resolve province B first, which he tireless assaults a Maru from home to the province.

Can the attacker use Maru's ability?

Yes. He has Presence with Maru at the battle. He has Relevance since Maru's Action is on her card and she is a card at the battle.

Dishonored personlity involved in Honor gain...

Hello.

Rulebook states, that "Dishonored personality is restored to Honorable status when it is involved in Honor gain" or "creates Honor for its conotroller". What it means 'involved' or 'creates' in above sense ? Is it equal to 'perfroms an action which results in a Honor gain', or something more ?

Something more. He is involved if he is instrumental in the gain in any way. He does not need to produce the gain directly. It does not need to come from an action. He DOES need to be involved in creating a gain, not modifying one. Playing Rhetoric to redirect an Honor gain from another player to yourself will not restore the performing Courtier to Honor.

Does Personality is involved in a Honor gain if :

- is in an army which destroyed opposing army (yes, of course ?)

Yes. [DE p. 87]

- wins duel which has 'winner gains X honor' effect (yes, of course ?)

Yes. [ibid.]

- attaches a Follower / Item with 'gain X honor' effect (example : Celestial Sword, Blessed Sword)

Yes.

- participates in an Event effect that gives a Honor as a result (Selection of Chancelor (JE) - controller of selected Personality gains 5 honor; Poetry Contest - participants gain 1 honor, winner gains 3 honor [are both participants and winner involved in honor gains ?]; Imperial Quest)

Yes, yes, yes.

According to 'performance' rules, actions on a Follower/Item attached to a Personality are performed by this Personality. Does a my Personality is involved in a Honor gain if : - action on a follower / item states 'pay X cost to : gain Y Honor' (example : Ancestral Armor , Ancestral Sword ('bow if opposed to gain 2 Honor', 'bow when entering a duel to gain 2 honor')

For Items, yes. For Followers, no. Check the definition of "perform" again. Item and Spell actions are performed by their Personality. Follower actions are performed by the Follower.

If there is my 'Fields of Glorious Slaughter' battle terain in play (gain 2 honor each time card you not control is destoryed in this battle) . Does a my Personality is involved in a Honor gain if : - makes a ranged attack that destroys opposing Follower / Personality - performs a ranged attack that destroys opposing Follower / Personality ('perform' is not the same as 'make' as far as I know) - kills another personality in duel (example : Steel on Steel) - makes / performs another action that destroys another opposing card (example : using Nezumi Technique to destroy an item)

Yes.

When I have some Personalities destroyed while in a battle with Fields of the Sun (Gain 2 Honor for each of your Personalities destroyed while at this Province by an opponent's action or during battle resolution.) , does those Personaliteias are involved by a honor gain ?

Yes.

Is it possible to gain 0 honor for '0 honor gain' ? For example, Shinjo's Courage gives you option to 'gain Honor equal to Personal Honor' - what if Personality is dishonored : is he rehonored by 0 honor gain ? Or maybe a honor gain HAS to be of at least 1 to 'exist' ? [ Of course amount of honor gained may diifer , depending on other effects and reactions palyed; I'm asking about the first, base honor ]

Honor gains of 0 do exist. However, a gain of 0 will not restore a Personality to Honor. The gain must be at least 1 point to do that. [DE p. 87]

If Honor gain that started with an X 0 is reduced to / below zero, is it still considered a Honor gain and can rehonor Personality ?

A gain cannot be reduced below 0. A gain that is reduced to 0 is still a gain -- it is not negated.

Matsu Mieko + Rain of Death

May personalities (Tacticians) who moved in with Mieko's action be used for any action on Rain of Death?

Yes. Neither Action requires Targeting the Performing Tactician, as per the Web of Lies Rulesheet.

And yes, I checked with the Rules Junta on that one.

Khol Walls question

Ive heard that when revealing during the end of events phase, Regions are discarded cause the can't attach and Events are because they cant resolve. And as you have an empty province you can refill it and reveal again.

Did I get a bad copy of Khol Wall or something?

"After each of your Events Phases" (card text)

That should be "after" the Events Phase.

Besides which, why would you discard Events and Regions revealed then? Events are only Resolve or get discarded due to someone else resolving it first during the Events Phase. After the Events Phase is too late. Same goes for Regions. Once you pass the "reveal cards, attach regions" part of the phase, they aren't discarded in any special form. You have to wait until the step where you discard unwanted cards from your Provinces like any other card.

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