CE Rulings H

Hamstrung

• Reads, "Hamstrung 0G 4FV Focus Effect: Lower this card's Focus Value by an amount from 0 to 4: Gain Honor equal to the amount it was lowered by. Reaction: Before the resolution of an action: Choose a Personality. Negate his movement into attacking armies from the action." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hand of Osano-Wo

• Reads, "Hand of Osano-Wo 0G 2FV Thunder • Kiho. Battle: Target your unbowed Monk, and bow him unless he is Tattooed: Destroy a target enemy attachment. If its Personality now has no Followers, you may make a Ranged 3 Attack targeting him." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hands of Stone

• The reminder text, "If two of these effects apply to different provinces, each causes the other to fail" applies absolutely, ignoring the legality of the effect. For example, two effects from this card will cancel each other out even if one applies to the Attacker's province and the other applies to the Defender's. [Empire at War rulesheet]

Heavenly Blade of the Crane

• Reads, "Heavenly Blade of the Crane +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Crane Clan Personality. Open: Bow this card: Target another player with one or more unbowed Personalities. He may choose to bow one of them. If he did not bow a Personality, gain 2 Honor." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Daisho of the Dragon

• Reads, "Heavenly Daisho of the Dragon +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Dragon Clan Personality. Reaction: Even if this card is bowed, after an action resolves which this Personality performed: Straighten this unit." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Jumonji-yari of the Lion

• Reads, "Heavenly Jumonji-yari of the Lion +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Lion Clan Personality. Battle: Bow this card: Give your target attacking Lion Clan Personality +3F." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Kama of the Mantis

• Reads, "Heavenly Kama of the Mantis +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Mantis Clan Personality. Battle/Open: Even if this card is bowed, lose 1 Honor: Straighten your target Holding." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Lance of the Unicorn

• Reads, "Heavenly Lance of the Unicorn +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Unicorn Clan Personality. Open: Bow this card: Either straighten or remove Cavalry from a target Personality." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Ninja-to of the Scorpion

• Reads, "Heavenly Ninja-to of the Scorpion +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Scorpion Clan Personality. Your provinces have +2 strength while this card is in play." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Tetsubo of the Crab

• Reads, "Heavenly Tetsubo of the Crab +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Crab Clan Personality. Battle: Even if you control no units at the current battlefield and even if this unit is not there: Give its province +3 or –3 strength." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavenly Yari of the Phoenix

• Reads, "Heavenly Yari of the Phoenix +3F/+1C 4G 4FV Weapon • Unique Will only attach to a Phoenix Clan Personality. Reaction: After the resolution of an action whose effects attached a Spell from your hand, bow this card: Straighten a target Personality. Give him +2F." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heavy Infantry

• Reads, "Heavy Infantry 5F 0HR 7G 2FV" [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Heedless Assault

• The Force penalty you choose can be zero. [The Plague War rulesheet]

Heroic Feat

• Reads, "Heroic Feat 0G 4FV Heroic Battle: Target your opposed unit: Straighten all attachments in it. If its Personality is a Hero, straighten him." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hida Bachiatari

• Reads, "Hida Bachiatari 4F/3C 0HR 7G 1PH Crab Clan • Shadowlands • Samurai • Damned. Battle: Bow Bachiatari: Ranged 3 Attack with +1 strength for each province destroyed this game." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hida Eijiko

• Reads, "Hida Eijiko 5F/3C 0HR 8G 2PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Commander. Battle: Bow your target Follower: Straighten one or two target Crab Clan Personalities." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hida Kaoru

• Reads, "Hida Kaoru 4F/2C 0HR 6G 2PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Hero" [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hida Kuon (Experienced 6)

• Reads, "Hida Kuon 12F/5C -HR 14G 3PH Crab Clan • Clan Champion • Samurai • Berserker • Commander • Hero • Experienced 6 • Loyal • Unique If Kuon is the only Personality in his army, before the resolution of the enemy leader’s first action that targeted Kuon this battle: Its effects do not happen. Battle: Even if Kuon is bowed, if any enemy units are at the current battlefield: Move your target Personality there. If he moved, straighten him." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]
• Kuon's trait now reads, "After the first time each battle another player's action targets Kuon: If he is the only Personality in his army, the action's (remaining) effects do not happen." [technical erratum, 12 August 2009]

Hida Masatari

• Reads, "Hida Masatari 4F/3C 3HR 7G 2PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Hero Masatari does not bow from battle resolution." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hida Ogano

• Reads, "Hida Ogano 6F/3C -HR 8G 1PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Berserker" [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hida War Drums

• Reads, "Hida War Drums +4F/+0C 8G 3FV Enters play paying 2 less Gold if you are a Crab Clan player. This Personality has Hero and his unit may not assign during the Cavalry Maneuvers Segment. Negate his movement home from cards' effects." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hidden Moon Dojo

• Reads, "Hidden Moon Dojo 7PS 4G 1FH Open: Look at all face-down cards in a target player's provinces. If you destroy a province this turn, its owner will not refill provinces during his next Action Phase." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hidden Scandal

• Reads, "Hidden Scandal 0G 4FV Political Open: From now until the turn ends, after a player gains 5 total Honor from his own card effects, negate his further gains from such effects, and after he loses 5 total Honor from other players’ card effects, negate his further losses from such effects." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hiruma Aki

• Reads, "Hiruma Aki 5F/3C -HR 7G 1PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Berserker" [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hiruma Aki (Experienced)

• Reads, "Hiruma Aki 6F/3C -HR 9G 1PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Berserker • Experienced • Unique. Battle: Destroy one or more target Followers with total Force lower than Aki's Force, or total Gold Cost lower than Aki's Gold Cost." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hiruma Gohachiro

• Reads, "Hiruma Gohachiro 4F/3C 2HR 8G 2PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Commander. Reaction: After another player's action targets another Personality in Gohachiro’s army: Negate the Personality's destruction from the action's effects." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hiruma Masato

• Reads, "Hiruma Masato 2F/2C 0HR 4G 2PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Scout Masato has +3C while facing a Shadowlands Personality in a duel." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hiruma Seiko

• Reads, "Hiruma Seiko 3F/2C 2HR 5G 3PH Crab Clan • Samurai • Scout. Battle: If a Recon action has targeted the current battlefield’s province this turn: Ranged 4 Attack." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hisao

• Reads, "Hisao 4F/4C -HR 7G 2PH Ronin • Samurai • Duelist • Hero Hisao will not gain Clan alignments. Negate the bowing of Hisao and his Followers from cards' effects (not costs) while he is in an army." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hitsu-Do

• Reads, "Hitsu-Do 0G 4FV Fire • Kiho. Battle: Bow and destroy your target Shugenja or Monk: Destroy a target enemy Follower, or Personality without Followers, in a unit whose Personality’s Chi is less than or equal to your Shugenja or Monk’s Chi." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hold!

• Reads, "Hold! 0G 1FV Reaction: Before another player’s action's resolution, target your unbowed Commander at the current battlefield: Choose one of your Personalities there. Choose whether to negate his bowing or his movement from that action." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Holy Site

• Reads, "Holy Site Temple • Unique This province does not hold Dynasty cards. Reaction: Before battle resolution or before an action or trait resolves, destroy this card: Negate this Province’s destruction from the resolution, or action’s or trait’s effects." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Honorable Death

• Multiple copies of this card in play will give multiple Fury tokens, but each Deathseeker that is destroyed will usually leave play before they can be counted for multiple Honor gains. [Empire at War rulesheet]

Houhou

• Reads, "Houhou 2F/3C 6HR 7G 3PH Phoenix Clan • Nonhuman • Phoenix • Fire • Shugenja • Cavalry. Limited: If Houhou is honorably dead: She rises from the ashes. Bring her into play, paying 4 less Gold. If she entered play, gain 3 Honor (this is an Honor gain for entering play)." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

Hurlspit Goblins

• Reads, "Hurlspit Goblins 2F 0HR 2G 2FV Shadowlands • Nonhuman • Goblin After this card enters play: Lose 2 Honor. Battle: Give each Goblin Follower in this unit +1F. Destroy this card after this battle's resolution." [MRP, Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009]

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