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Subj: Re: [L5RINFO] Rules for 25-26 November
From: Jeff Alexander <jwa0@EARTHLINK.NET>

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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 23:09:49 PST
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>From:    Mark Wootton <Kakita@KAKITA.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
>Subject: Yet more Hiruma Sensei clarifications [Sorry Zen]
>
>Just clarifying Hiruma Sensei a little more!
>
>A while ago someone was arguing that HS did not work against Deadly Ground.
>The premise of his argument was that DG does not >prevent< you from playing
>an action it simply >restricts< those actions which are legally playable to
>'ones that can destroy this terrain'. The answer came back that, by
>definition, that restriction prevented you from doing things and so fitted
>with the way the HS card works. To be honest I thought that the argument he
>was putting forward was pedantic and unnecessary. What it has done though is
>to make me think again about how this sensei reacts with cards that restrict
>actions, because up to a point he is right. So for example Winter Warfare
>restricts the cards that you can play as does March of the Alliance and
>Enemy of my Enemy. Presumably according to the 'deadly ground rule' I could
>target my opponents attacking samurai with a ranged attack when Enemy of my
>Enemy is in operation. The effect that >restricts< my actions (to those not
>targeting another player's samurai) is, by this definition, an effect that
>>prevents< an action and HS trumps that!

     Deadly Ground and Enemy Of My Enemy are both trumped by
Hiruma Sensei, since they change whether it's legal to take
certain actions.

     Winter Warfare is different.  It changes what actions can
*do*.  It addresses their effects, not their playability.  Hiruma
Sensei offers no protection for the defenders against having
their actions cancelled or otherwise altered.

;;;;;

>Um, Zen, unless I'm missing erratta, Master of Five in
>NO way requires an elemental action.   The card says,
>"Any player who produces as action from (each element)
>cards..."   Bowing for the favor by the Master of Air
>may not be an air action, but it is producing an
>action by an air card, satisfying the requirement for
>Master of Five.

     The ruling is you must take actions with those traits, to
forestall arguments and ambiguity over what "perform" means.

;;;;;

>From:    Noah overton <puckstpr39@YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: oni no Ogon/ feign Death
>
>can you use Feign death to keep oni no Ogon around after three turns.

     Yes, since it's a normal destruction.  It'll die again in
three more turns.


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