Doji Doukohito

Legend of the Five Rings card from Khan's Defiance, Samurai Edition Banzai, Glory of the Empire

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

4

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Crane

Keywords

Crane Clan, Magistrate, Samurai

Card Text

Battle: If any attacking enemy Personality at the current battlefield has lower Personal Honor than Doukohito: Move Doukohito there. Bow all dishonorable Personalities there. You may take an additional Battle action.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: (I)n both cases of Daidoji Kikaze and Doji Doukohito an additional Battle Action is granted in conjunction with their ability to move themselves to the battlefield. Would the Rule of Presence also be fulfilled for that subsequent Battle Action if their movement was negated?
  A: No. The effect only gives you the opportunity to take an action, and does not automatically make it legal. The legality of the additional action must be evaluated on its own. Zen Faulkes, "Re: Etsui vs. Kikaze/Doukohito", 21 May 2008
• Q: Relevant Text
  Doji Doukohito Crane Clan • Samurai • Magistrate Battle: If any attacking enemy Personality at the current battlefield has lower Personal Honor than Doukohito: Move Doukohito there. Bow all dishonorable Personalities there. You may take an additional Battle action
  Daidoji Kikaze (Experienced) Crane Clan • Daimyo • Samurai • Scout • Duelist • Harrier • Experienced • Unique • Loyal Battle: If you are the Defender: Straighten one or more of your target Personalities. Move them to the current battlefield. You may take an additional Battle action.
  Tsuruchi Etsui (Experienced) Mantis Clan • Pirate • Naval • Kolat • Experienced • Unique Once per game, after Etsui enters play or overlays: You may target a Personality. Until the end of the game, he cannot assign or move to battlefields unless Etsui is bowed or out of play.
  ok say etsui has targeted kikaze with his trait when he entered play. can Kikaze use his battle action if he is controled by the defending play in an attack if he has unit there, and if he deosnt have units there? and what about douikihito as well?
  [Mod edit: Thread title. -ZF]
  A: All of these questions are variations of, "Can I take an action if an effect that makes it legal is negated?"
  To which the answer is, "Yes."
  http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Rule_of_Presence: "Even if the movement is known beforehand to fail -- for example, due to ongoing negation effects, or due to the unit having been in an attacking army during the Resolution Segment of another battle -- the action can still be taken, because of the Blind cards rule."
  See also http://rules.l5r.com/FAQ#Is_an_action_l ... _happen.3F Zen Faulkes, "Tsuruchi Etsui (Experienced) and Doji Doukihito", 10 May 2008