Glossary L
From Legend of the Five Rings Rules
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[edit] L5R
An abbreviation for Legend of the Five Rings.
[edit] Leader
The Attacker or Defender in a battle or attack, compared to other allied players.
The friendly leader is yourself if you are the Attacker or Defender, or the player you are allied with if you are an ally.
The enemy leader is the Attacker if your friendly leader is the Defender, or the Defender if your friendly leader is the Attacker.
If you have not yet allied, you have no enemy or friendly leader.
[edit] Legacy
A keyword on certain Holdings. A player can search for a Legacy holding and put it into play without Gold cost:
- At the start of the game, if the player is not going first (see Sequence of Play, Start of Game).
- After the Dynasty phase, if the player has not brought any Holdings into play (see Sequence of Play, Dynasty Phase).
[edit] Legal
[ADDED 24 Sept 2007]
A new "legal" target, in the context of substitution of targets (see Instead) is one that meets any restrictions on the original target, and any restrictions from other sources on the new target.
More generally, something is legal to do if it meets all restrictions on it from the rules and cards. Card or rule text that specifies that something must be "legal" does not imply that it can normally be done illegally.
[edit] Location
An area where cards in play can exist. Each player’s home, and each battlefield, are locations.
[edit] Look
Inspect a face-down card without showing it to anyone else or changing its position (such as in a deck).
Effects that let you only "look" at certain cards in a deck (such as the top card, bottom card, or top five cards) are not considered to be "searching" the whole deck.
[edit] Lower
"Cannot lower/reduce/fall" all indicate a certain kind of limit on a stat imposed by an effect. See Raise/rise.
[edit] Loyal
A Personality with the Loyal keyword cannot become controlled by a player who does not share a Clan alignment with that Personality - either by bringing into play or by changing control.
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