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Subj: [L5RINFO] rules for 12-13 December 1999
From: Jeff Alexander <jwa0@EARTHLINK.NET>

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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:28:45 PST
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>From:    Kuriel Al'kanae <kuriel@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: I want a second opinion! (Yokuni Sensei and Tomb of Jade Excerpt)
>
>First and foremost I want to thank Scott Schultz for his feedback on the
>matter (Yokuni Sensei, discarded from play...). I am writing again because I
>am a bit dissatisfied with the feeback I have recieved (only one!). Perhaps
>it is because I haven't outlined my argument clearly so I will do so now.
>
>1. Under the One-time events rule, what I understand from the way it was
>worded was that this rule checks the number of APPEARANCES an Event makes.
>"...if ANOTHER copy of the SAME Event turns face up in another player's
>province..." An Event resolves because it was the first to appear right? And
>because it resolves, it gets delayed by Yokuni Sensei and does not get
>discarded until the end of your next Events Phase. So the Event gets to pass
>through another Events Phase.
>
>2. Since the Event passes through the Events Phase, there is a rule I would
>like to call your attention to which I had done in my last post. And this is
>the line in the rulebook that states that "if any Event was turned face-up
>between your last Events phase and your current one, resolve them as if you
>had just turned it face-up...".
>
>Hence:
>
>Does the Event resolve once more?

     No.  Not even without the optional "one-time" rule.

;;;;;

>From:    Isawa Akira <yu129743@YORKU.CA>
>Subject: Apprentice Chi Question
>
>I'm just wondering if the Apprentice follower abilities also works with
>Kihos?

     Yes.  From the FAQ:

] With the release of Hidden Emperor Scroll 4, there is no longer a
] distinction between a "spell" and a "spell effect" (p. 25). Anything
] that pertains to the results or the casting of spells -- redirection,
] untargetability, Chi bonuses and what have you -- affects kiho as well.
] The answers to these two questions are now "yes" and "yes".
]
] However, there is still a distinction between spell and kiho cards. Kiho are
] Action Cards only. Anything that lets you search for a spell in your deck,
] or attach a spell, or retrieve a spell from your discard pile, still only
] refers to spell cards and can not be used on kiho cards.

;;;;;

>From:    Dean McNabb - Tegel <DeanM@TEGEL.CO.NZ>
>Subject: In Search of the Future - Q2 [Jeff, Dave, Zen, Anyone?]
>
>What counts as a force bonus for the use of In Search of the Future?
>
>Obviously something that give +X force, but what about cards like Falling
>Star Strike and Uncertainty. Although they are the opposite of a bonus in
>their effect, L5R may not distinguish between a bonus that has a negative or
>positive effect and any effect that adjusts the force may be considered a
>"bonus". So will ISotF remove this "negative" force bonus from cards like
>Falling Star Strike and Uncertainty?

     Only positive increases are bonuses.

>Also, will In Search of the Future do anything to the force bonus given by
>an Ancestral Standard (or Battle Standard) to a follower attached to a
>different Personality than the one the standard is attached to? The standard
>*is* still an attached card, just not attached to a card in the unit the
>follower(s) may be attached to.

     No.  The attachment has to be direct.  Followers will never
get bonuses from any cards other than their own Personality.

;;;;;

>From:    MitsuMan Monk <mitsuman_monk@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: [Tangent] Re: Death of LBS
>
>I would agree with your take on the analogy if half of the magazine wasnt
>taken up with LBS...
>
>That space is space for l5r.

     You're complaining that you're getting 20 pages of L5R and 20
pages of LBS instead of 20 pages of L5R.  That's silly.

;;;;;

>From:    James Collier <smalltownpress@AZTEC-NET.COM>
>Subject: Re: Yakamo and the Crab's current situation (Ed, Ree,
>         D ave et all)
>
><snip>
>> Corrupt Unicorn ain't too bad. It just means you aren't going to play with
>> Otaku Kamoko (unless Exp. 4 Kamoko comes out...)
>>
>> Its a different type of Unicorn deck, is all.
>>
>> BTW, I've never seen Iuchi Sahai in any Unicorn deck.
>
>    You haven't seen a Unicorn Shugenja deck, then. Corrupt or not, she's
>one of the only Unicorn shugenjas with an ability that doesn't involve
>movement. Heck, she's one of the only Unicorn shugenjas, period!

     Unicorn has a surprising number of shugenja, including pretty
much all the cavalry shugenja in the game who aren't Elemental Dragons.

;;;;;

>From:    Scott Schultz <scott@CEWEEKLY.COM>
>Subject: Re: Unclean Cut - (Jeff)
>
>>Unclean Cut appears to be a political action by definition, and
>>therefore not useable by Junzo players.

     It is political.  "...all honor gains for the winner of this duel
are cancelled" -- you can't get much clearer than that.

>Was there ever a reply to this question? I'm curious about the answer
>myself. When an action is cancelled, it is considered to have never
>happened. Is cancelling an honor gain/loss different than setting
>it to zero?

     Yes.

>            If it is cancelled, is it considered "changed" or is
>it considered "never happened"?

     Changed.


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