Family Tactics

Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Battle: Name a family. Each Personality in your army that is a member of that family gains +1F.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: I've been thinking about Family Tactics, and I've got a few questions.
  Toturi Miyako makes "Toturi" a family name, so is Toturi (nonexp, exp1, etc) a member of the Toturi family?
  A: Yes. [GE p. 35] Jeff Alexander, "post for 9 December 2002", 10 Dec 2002
• Q: Does Nikushimi get the bonus from Family Tactics if I name Tsuno?
  A: No. Families work by card titles only. Jeff Alexander, "post for 9 December 2002", 10 Dec 2002
• Q: Is Toturi himself considered to have the family name Toturi (say, for Family Tactics)?
  A: Since, and only since, "Toturi" is a family name due to the existence of other cards, a card titled "Toturi" is considered part of that family. Jeff Alexander, "post for 23 September 2002", 25 Sep 2002
• Q: For cards like Agasha Join the Phoenix and Family Tactics, are Utaku and Otaku considered equivalent?
  A: Yes. Jeff Alexander, "post for 30 July 2002", 31 Jul 2002
• Q: 12. Family Tactics (Name a family. Each personality in your army that is a member of that family gains +1F) - When using people that are Soul Of someone (For example, Yasuki Hachi / Daidoji Hachi mentioned earlier), are the names interchangeable since they are really the same person, or are the rules in Rokugan so strict that they only care for their current name?
  A: If you're playing in a Strict Gold Storyline tournament, your older Personalities are considered proxies of the "Soul of..." versions in Gold Edition/Dark Allies and are played by the exact text of the newer version, including new family name.
  In all other games, you play everyone by what's written on the card. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 April 2002 pt. 2", 8 Apr 2002