Carpenter Castle

Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Promotional–Emperor

Card Type: Stronghold
Province Strength: 9
Gold Production: 4
Starting Family Honor: 4
Clan: Crab
Keywords: Castle
Card Text: Siege Battle: Bow your target Castle or Siege card: Ranged 5 Attack. If this targeted a card, gain 2 Honor.
Legality: Age of Conquest (Emperor)
Deck: Pre-Game

Printings

Rarity: Fixed
Flavor Text: "If war were a thing you could touch and feel, this is where it would be made." - Kaiu Iemasa
Artist: Noah Bradley
Card Number: 392
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Q: [EE] Carpenter Castle. I don't quite understand "your target castle or siege card". And there is no mention of a performer. Is this the old pre-emperor wording and should I read it as "bow your performer castle or siege card:...". But I thought only personalities could be performers, not "castles" so I am a bit confused 🤪
A: Also note, Personalities or Followers can perform, but Techno and Kempy are correct. As of midway through CE (starting in Plague War), performing is explicit in actions that are not on the performer or one of their attachments. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 19 Jun 2025
Q: [EE] What does the personal honor ability of Shamate Keep mean exactly?
Your dishonorable Paragons do not have a maximum Personal Honor of 0 from the rulebook.
Meaning I have just to ignore that rule from the rulebook? So they keep their personal honor intact? Since I haven't played yet I don't know what this means in practice but I guess having low personal honor makes you a walking target? [EE] Can Hasty Fortifications be bowed for the Carpenter Castle ability?
A: Pretty succinctly, yes. They can still be found by things that target/look for "dishonorable" Personalities, but if you have things in your deck that rely on having high PH, you don't lose out on those.
Yes. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 11 Apr 2025