(Message davew:1398)
Subj: Re: [L5RINFO] Rules for 17 May 2000 [Dave/Zen]
From: David Williams <l5r@TSTONRAMP.COM>

  To: L5RINFO@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:23:59 PDT
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>  >Fire & Shadow rulebook, p38, under Tokens:
>
>  >"Tokens on an Item are considered to be on the Item's Personality for
>  >token-manipulating effects."
>
>I have a feeling this is a rule update with unintended side effects.
>The rule on items (for example Porcelain Mask of Fu Leng,
>Jade Goblet, or Bloodsword) has always been that the tokens are on
>the item, not on the personality.
>
>As written, the above rule was probably intended to allow Shuten Doji
>to eat a Bloodsword token, for instance or for Purity of Shinsei to
>destroy the Porcelain tokens. However, as worded it DOES
>seem to allow Sympathetic Energies to move tokens from an item to
>a personality.
>
>I would expect that to be reworded in the Gold rulebook. I imagine
>it's too late for the Soul of the Emperor rulebook.

Hmmm... I don't have any idea where that rule came from, honestly.
I'll look into it.


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David Williams
l5r@tstonramp.com
Lead Designer - Legend of the Five Rings CCG, Deadlands CCG
Alderac Entertainment Group

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