CE Rulings A
From Legend of the Five Rings Rules
A Legion of One
- Reads, "A Legion of One 0G 3FV Heroic Battle: Give your target Personality +2F for each unit on the enemy side. If he is a Hero or Deathseeker, before the next time this battle a card's effect moves him, negate the movement." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
A New Year
- Reads, "A New Year Festival Discard zero to two cards; each other player in turn order may discard a card. Each player then draws as many cards as he discarded." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
A Time for Action
- Reads, "A Time for Action Each player with more than 20 Family Honor loses 5 Honor." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
A Walking Death
- Reads, "A Walking Death Plague Until the game ends, after each of your Events Phases ends, each player, starting with you, gives a target Personality controlled by the player on his left a –1C Plague token." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
A Warrior’s Patience
- Reads, "A Warrior’s Patience 0G 2FV This card may only be played from your discard pile. Bushido Virtue Reaction: Before your End Phase begins, if you control a Samurai with 4 or more Personal Honor or a Paragon: Put this card in your hand." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Acrobat Troupe
- Reads, "Acrobat Troupe 6G Bow this card: Produce 4 Gold. Political Limited: Bow this card: Gain 2 Honor." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Advance Position
- Reads, "Advance Position 0G 3FV Recon Open: Bow your target Scout: Target a province. During battles at this province, after each resolution of an enemy player's action from a card in a unit, he discards a random card from his hand." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Agasha Ueda
- Reads, "Agasha Ueda 2F/2C 6HR 5G 2PH Phoenix Clan • Air • Water • Shugenja • Cavalry • Alchemist" [MRP, Celestial Edition, 19 January 2010]
Aggressive Landing
- Reads, "Aggressive Landing 0G 1FV Battle: Target your Naval Personality: Give him +1F. You may take an additional Battle action." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo Sadahige (Experienced)
- Reads, "Akodo Sadahige 4F/3C 5HR 8G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician • Experienced • Unique. Battle: Remove a Fate card in your discard pile from the game: Bow a target enemy card without attachments. If you removed a Bushido Virtue, destroy the targeted card and gain 1 Honor." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo Sagashite
- Reads, "Akodo Sagashite 3F/4C 7HR 6G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Commander" [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo Seiichi
- Reads, "Akodo Seiichi 2F/3C 10HR 6G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician. Tactical Battle: Bow Seiichi: Bow each unit opposing him with lower total Force than Seiichi's Force." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo Shigetoshi (Experienced 2)
- Reads, "Akodo Shigetoshi 5F/4C 10HR 10G 5PH Lion Clan • Clan Champion • Samurai • Tactician • Commander • Experienced 2 • Loyal • Unique. Reaction: After Shigetoshi enters play: Create a 2F Follower and attach it to a target Personality. Battle: Destroy your target Personality or Follower: Destroy a target enemy card; if your own targeted card was a Follower, the targeted enemy card must have no attachments." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo Shinichi (Experienced)
- Reads, "Akodo Shinichi 4F/3C 7HR 8G 3PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician • Experienced • Unique. Reaction: After the resolution of an action that moved one of your Personalities to the current battlefield: Straighten him." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo Shunori
- Reads, "Akodo Shunori 2F/2C 6HR 5G 2PH Lion Clan • Samurai • Tactician" [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akodo’s Grave
- Reads, "Akodo’s Grave 2G Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Battle: Bow and destroy this card: Destroy a target Terrain." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Akuma no Oni (Experienced 2)
- Reads, "Akuma no Oni 20F/5C –HR 14G 0PH Shadowlands • Nonhuman • Oni • Overlord • Experienced 2 Oni no Akuma • Unique After Akuma enters play: Lose 15 Honor and destroy your rightmost province. During the Action Phase, Akuma does not bow and may not be targeted. Once per game, after a battle's resolution in which an attacking army containing Akuma destroyed a province: Destroy another of the Defender’s provinces." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Allegations
- Reads, "Allegations 0G 2FV Political Battle: Target your unbowed Magistrate: Dishonor a target enemy Personality with Personal Honor lower than your Magistrate’s Chi. The enemy Personality’s controller chooses whether this action bows him or moves him home." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Alter History
- The "ignoring Honor Requirements" effect only applies to players whose honor is currently at or above their starting family honor. [ZF, 25 February 2011]
Ambush
- Reads, "Ambush 0G 2FV Limited: Target your unbowed Personality: Create a battlefield (not at any province). Assign your Personality's unit to attack there. Assign another player’s target unit to defend there, even if its Personality is bowed. Other units will not move there. Fight a battle there (after this action's resolution). After the battle ends, lose 5 Honor." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
- Limited or Open actions may not be taken during the battle. [ZF, 6 August 2007]
Armor of Command
- Reads, "Armor of Command +2F/0C 4G 2FV Armor This Personality has Commander and +1PH." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Arrival of the Emerald Champion
- Reads, "Arrival of the Emerald Champion 0G 4FV Political Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield, if you are the Defender or are attacking a player with a Family Honor below zero, discard the Imperial Favor: Create a 5F/6C/3PH Samurai • Duelist Personality on your side there. Remove him from the game after the battle ends." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Arrival of the Obsidian Champion
- Reads, "Arrival of the Obsidian Champion 0G 2FV Open: Lose 3 Honor. Dishonor your target Personality with a Gold Cost of 9 or higher. Permanently set his Force to 10 and his Chi to 2. Permanently give him Shadowlands and the ability, “Fear Battle: Bow each Follower with 4 or lower Force in a target unit.”" [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Asako Katashi
- Reads, "Asako Katashi 4F/4C 6HR 7G 3PH Phoenix Clan • Fire • Shugenja Inquisitor • Magistrate. Battle/Limited: Bow a target Shugenja with lower Personal Honor than Katashi’s Chi. If the targeted Shugenja bowed, you may target and straighten a Shugenja." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
Attuned to the Elements
- Cannot be used if you control no Rings, as you are only allowed to pick a number "up to" the number of Rings you control. [AJ, 11 October 2010]
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