Mumoku no Oni

Legend of the Five Rings card from Torn Asunder

Card Type

Personality

Force

10

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

11

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Unaligned

Keywords

Elite, Nonhuman, Oni, Shadowlands

Card Text

(Elite cards contribute Force even if bowed.)
After Mumoku enters play, lose 4 Honor.
While Mumoku is attacking at a battlefield, its Province has a maximum strength equal to its printed strength.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Mumoku no Oni (Nonhuman Personality) has the trait "While Mumoku is attacking at a battlefield, its province has a maximum strength equal to its base strength."
  Earth's Protections (Spell) has the ability "Battle: Bow this card and give the current battlefield's province a bonus, or a penalty if you are defending, from 1 up to its current strength: Give this Shugenja an equal Force bonus. Negate his next bowing or movement from other players' cards' effects if he is Earth."
  My question is this: if Mumoku no Oni and a Shugenja with Earth's Protection attached are attacking at the same battlefield, can the bonus be given to the province without increasing its strength?
  For example: Mumoku and 3F/2C Shugenja are attacking a province with a base strength of 7. I use Earth's Protection to give the Shugenja +4F, which I must also give the province, taking its strength to 11. Does Mumoku's trait prevent the bonus from applying to the province? Or would his trait negate the cost of Earth's Protection?
  Thanks!
  A: In order to give a bonus or penalty (the cost for Earth's Protection), the stat must actually change its value. Since Mumoko will prevent the province strength from going higher than its base strength, you cannot give the province a bonus (and pay the cost of Earth's Protection) unless the province's strength is already below its base strength. Jon Palmer, "Mumoku no Oni & Earth's Protection", 8 Mar 2013