genshou

[Steven LaFollette]

My two cents on this is that since a tattoo is an ability placed on the 
card, Genshuo can gain force from them, since a tattoo itself is an action, 
but not one that causes a force bonus, its the ability gained from the 
action that lets him gain the force.


Mirumoto Ryudo
Dragon Clan Samurai. Togashi's Secretary. *Male*.
Can have 2 weapons. Speed Filer.
"I promise to reorganize the history of Rokugan tomorrow, Togashi. I really 
mean it this time!"





>From: "Chrondeath Dracion" <chron_d at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dragon at michonline.com
>To: dragon at michonline.com
>Subject: Re: genshou
>Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 16:44:22 +0000
>
>"Donald Hanauer, II" wrote:
>>
>>At 09:04 AM 8/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>> >
>> >On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 21:47:54 EDT, dragon at michonline.com wrote:
>> >
>> >>       so im confused? can genshou get force from dragon tattoos?
>> >
>> >Yes, because the bonus comes from a token, not an action.
>> >
>> >On a slight side note, I would not recommend using Dragon Tattoos in
>>Gold.
>>
>> >From an honor running standpoint, I would disagree on this point. Dragon
>>Tattoos, unlike Mitsu, do not bow their user after a battle if they're
>>defending. However, I am uncertain on Juppun/Genshuo's ability to gain
>>force bonuses from Mountain and Dragon Tattoo. I think I remember seeing a
>>ruling that when he attaches an item he does not gain the force bonus that
>>turn as it is, technically, an action to attach an item. It's also an
>>action to activate a tattoo, so I would think that - in the case of Dragon
>>Tattoo - he doesn't get the force bonus that turn either.
>
>I don't believe I've seen this officially yet, but I'm pretty sure the
>Juppun + weapon thing stemmed from the same ruling that allowed
>Overconfidence to hit somebody attaching an Ancestral Sword, and I think
>that changed with Gold edition.  I do recall a rules post from (Zen or
>Vaughn, I don't remember which) saying that the only direct result of
>attaching a weapon to someone is that they now have a weapon attached, and
>Overconfidence can no longer target them.  It sounds to me like Juppun can
>get the bonuses from the items now.
>
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