Evil Portents

[Joe Fulgham]

>> *Now that the Shadow has been named and defeated, should this restriction
>> be lifted?  Especially in the Gold format, the only Ninja left will be
those
>> of our Scorpion allies, and there is no corrupting influence there, apart
>> from Scorpion influence which doesn't bother me in the least.
>>
>
>
> I think so--although perhaps I would give it a caveat emptor warning.
There
> seems to be a logical difference between Ninja Thief or Toturi is Drugged
and
> Face of the Nameless or most non-Scorpion Ninja personalities.
>
> I don't know anyway to put it at this point, since I haven't been studying
> the Gold lists.  But just as our alliance with the Scorpion means we have
to
> keep our eyes open and our guard up, we need to do the same with any ninja
> cards we use.

  I was thinking of something like removing the restriction for Gold format
tournaments.  But if we want to come up with a more complicated rule, that'd
be cool too.  I like some of the Scorpion Ninja, and I actually toyed around
with using their Tactician Ninja in a Gold military deck.  The honor loss
hurts too much though...

  But anyway... I *like* the idea of hiring a Ninja Spy.  It's cool, and
very Rokugan.  It was really a blow when that meant you were dabbling with
the Shadow -- it took away something really cool in the game.  Maybe we
should submit a "Tattooed Spy" of some type for release in a Gold expansion.
Someone with tattoos that make him hard to see... Hmm...

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