The False Path

Legend of the Five Rings card from Coils of Madness

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

9

Gold Production

3

Starting Family Honor

0

Clan

Unaligned

Card Text

Your non-Unique Monk and Fudo Personalities in and out of play have Monk • Fudo. Fudo Personalities join you for 2 less Gold. You ignore Honor Requirements of your Fudo cards. You do not lose Honor from Fudo cards you own. You may not win by Enlightenment.
Limited, w: Search your discard pile or deck for a Fudo Ring, show it, and put it in your hand.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: The False Path Your non-Unique Monk and Fudo Personalities in and out of play have Monk • Fudo. Fudo Personalities join you for 2 less Gold. You ignore Honor Requirements of your Fudo cards. You do not lose Honor from Fudo cards you own. You may not win by Enlightenment.
  If I am playing the False Path and have Hiyamako (2G Spider Monk) in province what do I pay when I go to recruit him?
  1) 0G - Fudo is a psuedo-clan so he has my alignment in addition to Spider so he is 2G (base) - 2G (Fudo) = 0. 2) 2G - He is aligned with a Clan that is not my own (because I do not have one), so he is 2G (base) + 2 (out of clan) - 2 (Fudo) = 2.
  Thanks!
  A: Your example #2 is correct. Ben Higgins, "The False Path and Ivory Personality Costing", 21 Mar 2014
• Q: Following : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=106379
  Nicolas Bongiu-sama during Questions and Answers on EC2013 said "There is not Unaligned stonghold in the base set in Ivory. As you know, due to GenCon results Foothold of the Mad is gonna be legal, though, so for the fans of Unaligned that will be an option." ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... S6fs#t=447, 7:27 )
  Gencon2013 was a Fudo victory, though. Bongiu-sama perhaps misspoke the name of the stronghold, but it was clear that either Foothold of the Mad (as spoken) or The False Path (as intended, IMO) was meant to be legal in Ivory (and not Ivory Extended).
  If The False Path is illegal in Ivory, then perhaps Foothold of the Mad is? If neither - please explain what "legality" was speakin Bongiu-sama of? Thank you in advance.
  A: Currently, neither The False Path nor Foothold of the Mad is a legal Stronghold for Ivory Edition; neither card has an Ivory Edition legality bug.
  When or if either of the cards receives an errata or MRP to make the Stronghold legal, be sure we will announce it. Ben Higgins, "The False Path in Ivory Edition (follow up)", 10 Jan 2014
• Q: Would The False Path stronghold be legal in Ivory Edition? I coudln't find any announcements for it, but it was mentioned during EC2013. If yes, would be there any changes, to text or stats? What about "second side" of strongold, would it be same as the "first side"?
  A: No, The False Path would not be legal for either Standard (Purple and Blue bug) or Strict (Blue bug) Ivory tournaments in the coming year. Brook Cunningham, "The False Path in Ivory Edition", 9 Jan 2014