Damning Ceremony

Legend of the Five Rings card from Embers of War

Card Type

Spell

Gold Cost

4

Keywords

Maho

Card Text

Limited: Once per game: Give this Personality a permanent Force bonus raising his Force to equal his base Gold Cost. Permanently give him Shadowlands • Nonhuman • Oni. Lose 2 Honor.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Card Title Burning Dreams Keywords Unique Text Any player who controls the Imperial Favor discards it. Until your Events Phase two turns from now begins, actions that discard the Imperial Favor as a cost have their effects negated if they target a Nonhuman Personality. Until the game ends, Nonhumans may not perform Political actions.
  My question is If my opponent targets a personality with Accidental confession preventing them from assigning, say in this instance Ninube Onchi who at that stage is human, and after this I use Damning Ceremony or even sly deceiver to turn Onchi into a nonhuman, will that then negate the effects of Accidental confession as it discards the favor?
  A: For the purpose of Burning Dreams, the determination of whether a targeted Personality is Nonhuman is done when the targeting occurs. It does not matter if the Personality later gains Nonhuman. Alex Jones, "Burning Dreams", 23 Nov 2012
• Q: Hi, if I have Moshi Umiko in play and attached damning Ceremony her force goes up to 6 per her trait. I then use Damning Ceremony's limited ability to raise her force to 9. Does the trait then reapply making her force 11 or is it already factored in and will not reapply? Thank you.
  Damning Ceremony: Maho Text Limited: Once per game: Give this Personality a permanent Force bonus raising his Force to equal his base Gold Cost. Permanently give him Shadowlands • Nonhuman • Oni. Lose 2 Honor.
  Moshi Umiko: Keywords Mantis Clan • Thunder • Shugenja • Naval • Storm Rider Text Umiko has +2F while she has a Spell. Reaction: After a Ranged Attack is targeted: Give the Ranged Attack +2 or -2 strength.
  A: Damning Ceremony will give +3F to Umiko, which is the bonus needed to move her from 6f to 9f. Her total force is then 4F (base) + 2F (from her trait) +3F (from Damning Ceremony) = 9F.
  See Calculating Stats for more details. Alex Jones, "Damning Ceremony and Moshi Umiko", 16 Oct 2012