Fortified Fields
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Heaven's Will
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Region
- Card Text
- At this Province's battlefields, the Attacker may not take Battle actions before the Defender's first opportunity to take a Battle action or pass.
- Legality
- Race for the Throne (Samurai)
- Deck
- Dynasty
Printings
The Heaven's Will
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- The commander grimaced as he surveyed the field. "If we get through that," he said, "we deserve the prize on the other side."
- Artist
- David Wright
- Card Number
- 82
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: Continuing on this.
How does that parse with Sozen's trait?
Doesn't those 2 have the same designator {cannot - may not} which is overcome by Determination?
A: Cannot =/= May not.
http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_C#Cannot:
"When found in card text, and when referring to a type of cost or effect (e.g., bowing, Force bonuses), “cannot” (or "can not") means that a certain type of effect or cost is negated whenever it occurs."
http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_M#May_not:
""May not" means that a player is prohibited from carrying out a procedure that is usually optional - for example, taking an action, assigning a unit, declaring an attack, bringing a Personality into play, or targeting a certain card - even if card effects make that procedure required...
"May not" is not negation." Brook Cunningham, "Fortified Fields, Determination and Naval", 12 Nov 2008