Hida Kaiji

Legend of the Five Rings card from Aftermath

Card Type

Personality

Force

7

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

12

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Crab

Keywords

Unique, Berserker, Crab Clan, Experienced, Mutant, Nonhuman

Card Text

Will not attack or defend with other Personalities, and other Personalities will not attack or defend with Kaiji.
Kaiji has +2F while unopposed, or +1F for each Personality opposing him with 6 or lower printed Force.

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition), Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: From here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=107015
  A similar doubt: Kaiji is oposed by 2 small personalities, So he has a +2F. He is hit by a Breaking the Rhythm, going back to 7F.
  What happens with is force when: a) one of the defenders is sent home, so he is now oposed by 1 guy. b) a third defender moves to the battle, so he is now oposed by 3 guys. c) Both of the above happen during the same battle, so he goes from 2 defenders to 1 or 3, and then back to 2.
  Thanks again!
  A: Kaiji XP's force bonuses (+2F for unopposed, and +1F/opposing Personality) are separate effects, that trigger independently. In your examples however, the +1F per opposing Personality effect never ends by Kaiji becoming unopposed, so Breaking the Rhythm is still negating the bonus, even though the value of the bonus is in flux. Ben Higgins, "RE: Breaking the Rhythm & Hida Kaiji XP", 14 Mar 2014
• Q: Hida Kaiji attacks unoposed. The defender plays Breaking the Rhythm on him, so he goes down to 7F.
  Crab plays Determined challenge to move a little Crane to defend, his Force bonus changes. Then another defender shows up. Then stuf happens (Kill, send home) and Kaiji is left unoposed again.
  What happened with his force during all that?
  Thanks!
  A: The two bonuses are separate, and change based on the current state. If Kaiji is unopposed, loses that bonus, then becomes opposed, then becomes unopposed again, his unopposed bonus will reassert itself. Jon Palmer, "Breaking the Rhythm & Hida Kaiji XP", 5 Mar 2014
• Q: http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=10831,#hashid=1cd556ce542b5f423181c726b1ab20c1,#cardcount=1
  Hi,
  I'd like to ask what does Hida Kaiji's experienced text means specifically,
  Text Will not attack or defend with other Personalities, and other Personalities will not attack or defend with Kaiji. Kaiji has +2F while unopposed, or +1F for each Personality opposing him with 6 or lower printed Force.
  Can he move in on the attack or on the defense with other personalities?
  Thanks!
  A: Per the Coils of Madness rulesheet, "attack" and "defend" mean "assign to, enter play at, or move to a battlefield". Therefore no, Kaiji may not move in to attack or defend with another Personality. Jon Palmer, "Hida Kaiji (Experienced) clarification", 12 Jan 2014