The Impregnable Fortress of the Crab

Legend of the Five Rings card from Ivory Edition, A Matter of Honor, Promotional–Ivory

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

7

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

3

Clan

Crab

Card Text

Your Crab Clan Personalities have +1F while opposed.
(This Stronghold has +2 Province Strength when going second)

Legality

A Brother's Destiny (Ivory Edition)

Deck

Pre-Game

Notes

This Stronghold may not be used in Twenty Festivals Extended formats.

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Mantis player brings Tsuruchi Gosho into play vs Crab personalities and declares his Thunder Absent Interrupt
  Applying my understanding of timing a) Announce b) Pay Costs b1) *Interrupts * c) Choose Targets d) Resolve Effects
  this means a) Announce Reserve b) Pay Costs b1) *Interrupts * -> Ranged attack resolves here. Tsuruchi Gosho not yet in play. Interrupt action resolves completely c) Choose Targets d) Resolve Effects Reserve ->Tsuruchi Gosho now in play
  The confusion in our play group is around the wording of Gosho's ranged attach
  So when does his ranged attack get produced at b1 (before Gosho is in play, so crab personality is not opposed) or after d (Gosho is in play, so crab personality is opposed, gets +1f before the ranged attack)
  Many thanks!
  Tsuruchi Gosho Mantis Clan • Samurai • Scout • Thunder • Naval • Reserve (You may Recruit a Reserve Personality, if he would be opposed, as an Absent Battle action.) Thunder Absent Interrupt: After you Recruit Gosho at this battlefield, Ranged 3 Attack.
  The Impregnable Fortress of the Crab Text Your Crab Clan personalities have +1F while opposed.
  A: While your listing of the sequence is correct, your interpretation of what it "means" is slightly flawed.
  Gosho's Interrupt is taken at the time you say, however it creates a delayed effect that doesn't trigger until "After Gosho enters play".
  So, any potential Crab targets WILL be opposed by Gosho at the time his Ranged Attack is actually targeted and its effects are applied. Brook Cunningham, "Tsuruchi Gosho vz", 5 Feb 2014
• Q: Hi there. Just want to clarify this.
  Advance Warning: Battle: Move your target Personality home. If he is a Scout, straighten his unit. Raise or lower the current province's strength by his Force.
  The Impregnable Fortress of the Crab: Your Crab Clan Personalities have +1F while opposed.
  Question: As a Crab player, when I play Advance Warning to move home my opposed Crab Clan personality with printed 3F, do I raise/lower the current province's strength by his opposed Force (4F) or unopposed Force (3F)?
  Many thanks!
  A: Because effects resolve in the order written, the Personality would no longer be opposed when the raise/lower effect kicks in, so you'd only get the 3F change. Jon Palmer, "Advance Warning and The Impregnable Fortress of the Crab", 2 Feb 2014
• Q: Is the Strongholds trait a bonus for Saiyuki when beeing opposed ? I am asking because in the 20F-Rulebook about "BONUSES AND PENALTIES" it says about exceptions to a bonus or penalty: # 0.5. A fluctuating bonus or penalty is one that explicitly changes with the game state. Example: A card that has +1F for each Samurai in play. Changes in the size of a fluctuating bonus or penalty due to changes in the game state are not bonuses or penalties. Example: A card that has +1F for each Samurai in play goes from +3F to +2F when a Samurai is destroyed. This is not a Force penalty. # The Questions Is about "The Impregnable Fortress of the Crab" Stronghold and "Hida Saiyuki ". I cannot upload the card images to show them here, don't know why. Don't see any Upload button.
  A: Saiyuki gets the extra +1F while opposed. One of my tournament wins was an Ivory Strict format just before 20F legality and the stronghold cycled out, with cheap bodies, force bonuses and penalties, and card draw. It was designed to maximize Saiyuki. Jeff Williamson, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 10 May 2024