Daigotsu Ryudo

Legend of the Five Rings card from Honor's Veil, Samurai Edition Banzai

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

1

Clan

Spider

Keywords

Dark Strength, Paragon, Samurai, Spider Clan

Card Text

After Ryudo enters play, lose 3 Honor.
Other players' attachments at Ryudo's battlefield cannot bow to pay costs.
Battle: Give Ryudo +1F for each Dark Virtue in all discard piles.

Legality

Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Story

2006 Kotei Bounty - Steven LaFollette

Printings

Rulings

• Ability should refer to Ryudo and not Sahara. [RGS, 26 February 2008] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 131

Rules Q&A

• Q: The Sahara ability states "Ryudo uses his base Force as his duel stat."
  a: Is there no errata on this? b. If I attach a +3+1 weapon on him, would that add +3, or +1, or neither on his duel stat? c. How would Asahina Sekawa exp 2 deal with this?
  Thanks!
  [Mod edit: Spelling and punctuation - ALJ]
  A: Firstly, that's a trait, not an ability. Abilities are preceded by one of the action designators: Limited, Open, Battle or Reaction.
  a. l5rsearch.com is not definitive. In this case, the text and images for Daigotsu Sahara and Daigotsu Ryudo are mixed up.
  b. Ryudo's base force is always 5, regardless of what items he has attached. Force bonuses and penalties - from any source - only affect current Force, not base Force.
  c. Ryudo doesn't change the duel to one of Force. He uses his base Force as his duel stat, even in a duel of Force or Personal Honour. Alex Jones, "Daigotsu Sahara and Daigotsu Ryudo", 5 Jul 2008
• Q: Since Honor's Veil has been out for a month now and we're into the kotei season, I thought I'd ask about Daigotsu Ryudo's wording again.
  Daigotsu Ryudo
  Other players' attachments at Ryudo's battlefield cannot bow to pay costs. Battle: Sahara gains +1F for each Dark Virtue card in discard piles.
  Should his battle ability reference himself instead of "Sahara," who doesn't exist?
  A: Treat Ryudo's reference to "Sahara" as a reference to Ryudo. I will announce official "errata" (really, correction, not play balance errata) once I have the final pdf of the cards. Roger Giner-Sorolla, "Daigotsu Ryudo", 26 Feb 2008
• Q: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=65254&p=838632&hilit=ryudo#p838632
  What is final answer for quoted thread?
  A: No update. Zen Faulkes, "Daigotsu Ryudo", 16 Feb 2008