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Subj: [L5RINFO] rulings for 3-4 December 1999
From: Jeff Alexander <jwa0@EARTHLINK.NET>

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Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 22:15:44 PST
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>From:    Ben Sanders <bensanders@X-STREAM.CO.UK>
>Subject: Re: rulings for 29-30 Nov [Hiruma Sensi]
>
>Some of these cards normally work in different ways. Enemy of my
>Enemy in particular prevents targeting rather than restricting if an
>action can be played; e.g. You may still play Ijitsu Dual on my
>shugenja but my samurai is not a valid target.  All of the others
>restrict the playing of actions; this only restricts the targeting.
>
>If one allows this, one should also allow a personality with Kitsuki Kagi's
>Journal to be targeted by a defender with Hiruma sensi.
>
>What other targeting consequences result?
>
>And is this realy correct?

     Good point.  I've forwarded it to the Junta.

;;;;;

>From:    Rob Harris <rjharris@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU>
>Subject: Questions for our last play-session.....
>
>        Well, my group has been playing more and more Multiplayer games
>recently,
>and I have been trying to build interesting multiplayer decks. I tried
>something kind of wacky - a Mantis Ranged Attack/Chunky People deck (not
>speed!). It was pretty fun, as no one was sure whether to ask for you as an
>ally or not (since you would probably just shoot someone and run!).
>
>        ANYWAYS, a few question came up that I was wondering if anything can
>awnser.
>
>QUESTION 1 - What is a Mantis a Yoritomo's Alliance, and when is he just a
>Mantis?
>
>        I have been playing with the new Mantis personality, Yoritomo
>Chujitsu. His
>game text states that he can only be assigned to a battle with another
>MANTIS
>personality. Is this only people with the Mantis trait, or since the
>rulebook
>states that Mantis and Yoritomo's Alliance is eqivalent (that the traits are
>'interchangable', would any Yoritomo's Alliance personality do?

     Any will do.

>QUESTION 2 - Can you combine ranged attacks with yourself?
>
>        The question of the day involved Tsuruchi exp. Since he has several
>different ranged attacks, someone asked if the could combine one of his 2's
>with his 5, since only 1 required bowing. We ruled agaist it, but were
>unsure. Anyone else out there have any insight?

     This is in the FAQ.  The rules allow combining ranged
attacks from multiple cards in the same unit.  This does NOT
include multiple ranged attacks from the same card, regardless of
whether some can be made without bowing.

>QUESTION 3 - When can that wacky Togashi Mitsu unbow?

     While he has fire tokens?  Only one:  convince your opponent
to play Desperate Wager.

     Any and all other unbowing effects currently in the game
*cannot straighten him*.  He says so.  Furthermore, only
straightening effects that happen during a Straighten Phase make
him lose a token instead.  If they happen in any other phase they
have no effect at all.

;;;;;

>From:    Jean-Marc PIERRE <jean-marc.pierre@LIBERTYSURF.FR>
>Subject: Question about Storms of War
>
>Storms of War :
>Battle: Until the end of this battle, any player who wishes to perform an
>action must bow a personality or Follower in this battle immediately before
>the action is begun, or else the action is canceled without effect.  If the
>action will move a unit into the battle, cards  in that unit may be bowed to
>allow the action.
>
>The situation as occurred during a friendly game, and now I wonder whether
>Storms of War are cumulative or not...

     They are not.

;;;;;

>From:    Eoin Burke <goliath@TINET.IE>
>Subject: Rules questions
>
>I have two questions
>
>Does flee the darkness counter stand against the waves?

     Flee the Darkness only cancels an action that involves a
player besides yourself targetting your Personalities [card
text].  It can only cancel Stand Against the Waves if you are an
ally in the battle and the primary attacker/defender is selecting
one of your units to bow.

>Can you flee the darkness with a shugenja outside the battle?

     Yes.  Reactions are not bound by the rules of Presence and
Relevance, and the card doesn't include any phrases like "an
opposing card".

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