Dojo Raiden

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Fall of Otosan Uchi

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

3

Keywords

Unique, Dojo

Card Text

w: Produce 2 Gold.
Repeatable Battle/Open, w: Give +1 to each stat and strength on a target Mantis Clan Personality's Followers, increase numerically by 1 all references to stats, strengths, Gold Production, and Honor on those Followers, and give them Naval.

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: 1) Does Dojo Raiden Action is effective on follower tokens (like Utemaro's)?
  A: Sure. The 1F the Follower Token Card has is considered a Numeral (as well as a Value). Martin Lund, "Rules for 8 October 2004", 11 Oct 2004
• Q: Other Question, how does Dojo Raiden effect Zashiki Warashi, specifically the chi loss portion?
  "-2" is one numeral. [DE p. 102] Increasing it by one produces "-1", then "0", then "+1", and so on.
  If the Dojo Raiden has been Sezaru's Gift'ed couple times, what happens?
  It would increase by 2, 3, or 4 each time.
  Jeff, I thought you had ruled in the past that Penalties cannot go above 0 and bonuses cannot go below zero?
  A: A bonus or penalty cannot be reduced below 0 by something that says "reduce a bonus" or "reduce a penalty". That's not what's happening here. You're not modifying a penalty. You're modifying a numeral. Numerals can change to anything. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 26 Feb. 2004", 27 Feb 2004
• Q: Other Question, how does Dojo Raiden effect Zashiki Warashi, specifically the chi loss portion?
  A: "-2" is one numeral. [DE p. 102] Increasing it by one produces "-1", then "0", then "+1", and so on. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 24 Feb. 2004", 26 Feb 2004
• Q: If the Dojo Raiden has been Sezaru's Gift'ed couple times, what happens?
  A: It would increase by 2, 3, or 4 each time. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 24 Feb. 2004", 26 Feb 2004
• Q: *Dojo Raiden reads: "Open: Bow Dojo Raiden to increase all numerals on all Followers attached to a target Mantis Clan Personality by 1 and give those Followers the Naval trait."
  Does it work on follower tokens?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 4 Feb. 2004", 5 Feb 2004
• Q: Shinjo Slings Event All of your Followers gain a Sling token. For the rest of the game, Followers with one or more Sling tokens may, as a Battle action, destroy a Sling token without bowing to preform a Ranged 2 Attack.
  Tsuruchi Hiro All Followers attached to Hiro that can produce Ranged Attacks have +1 Ranged Attack strength. All other Followers attached to Hiro gain "Battle: Bow for a Ranged 1 Attack."
  Dojo Raiden Open: Bow Dojo Raiden to increase all numerals on all Followers attached to a target Mantis Clan Personality by 1 and give those Followers the Naval Trait.
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  Now here's the question...
  Do Hiro and Dojo Raiden increase the strength of the Ranged Attacks on the Sling tokens?
  A: Hiro does. Followers with Sling tokens are "Followers that can produce Ranged Attacks". ["Smart Cards" ruling]
  Dojo Raiden does not. Possessing a Sling token does not add an ability or any text to the Follower for the dojo to modify. Jeff Alexander, "post for 13 March 2003", 14 Mar 2003
• Q: If I toss a Gunso on a Mantis personality, and then target it with Dojo Raiden which of the following occurs?
  1) Gunso Gives +2F to all followers and all followers will lose -0F if the Gunso dies.
  2) Gunso Gives +2F to all followers and all followers will lose -2F if the Gunso dies.
  A: #1. "Numeral" is a rigidly-defined game term in L5R. It includes any leading sign. [GE Glossary, p. 74] When you increase "-1" by 1, you get "0". Jeff Alexander, "post for 19 February 2003", 21 Feb 2003