Delicate Calculations

Legend of the Five Rings card from Gold Edition, Forbidden Knowledge

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Limited: When you declare an attack this turn, you may choose two other players as the Defender. Each player may ally with only one other player. Each Maneuvers Segment occurs only once. During each battle, only the current battlefield's province's player is considered the Defender. Effects that move cards to or from battlefields may move them to or from any battlefield in the attack.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Delicate Calculations 0G 3FV Limited: You may attack two players at once this turn. Each player may ally with only one other Player. Each Maneuvers Segment occurs only once. During each battle, only the Province's controller is the Defender. Effects that move cards into or out of battles may move them into or out of any battles in the attack." [MRP, Gold Edition, 1 July 2001] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 13
• Will not allow you to attack on someone else's turn when combined with Plans Within Plans. [DW, 25 September 1997] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 13
• The two Defending players do not have adjacent Provinces. [JA, 8 January 2003] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 13
• The two targetted players may call on each other as allies. [DW, l5rinfo, 9/10/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 23
• There is still only one Attacking side and one Defending side. Third-party players may not ally with more than one. [DW, l5rinfo, 9/13/96] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 23
• Neither targetted player may ally with the Attacker against the other. [DW, email, 6/28/97] Accumulated Rulings, February 8, 2000, p. 23

Rules Q&A

• Q: 2) Let's say I use Delicate Calculations ["Limited: You may attack two players at once this turn. Each player may ally with only one other Player. Each Maneuvers Segment occurs only once. During each battle, only the Province's controller is the Defender. Effects that move cards into or out of battles may move them into or out of any battles in the attack."] to attack players A and B. Are any of player A's provinces ever adjacent to any of player B's provinces for cards that refer to an adjacent province or battle (e.g. Moto Chaozhu, Not Another Step)? Does it matter whether players A and B are sitting next to each other?
  A: No and no. Jeff Alexander, "post for 8 January 2002", 9 Jan 2003
• Q: In an Open Format Multiplayer, can a Shiro Matsu player use Plans within Plans, his stronghold ability and Delicate Calculations during another player's limited Actions phase?
  A: Yes. Keep in mind that Delicate Calculations does not create an attack -- it changes the rules that govern how the attacks you do make can be directed. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30 September 2002", 1 Oct 2002