Fruitless Search

Legend of the Five Rings card from Forgotten Legacy

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Unique, Imperial, Political

Card Text

Reaction: After engaging, if any enemy units are at the current battlefield: Create a 4F/4C/3PH Imperial • Samurai • Duelist • Magistrate Personality on your side there. Remove him from the game after this battle ends.

Focus Value

4

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: If I were to create a personality by way of Amazing Feat, Recruitment Officer, or Fruitless Search and they are dishonorable when their time limit runs out, do I lose honor?
  A: Dishonourable created Personalities who are destroyed lose you honour.
  Dishonourable Personalities who are removed from the game, or who are discarded or put in a province or deck, do not. Alex Jones, "Temporary personalities and dishonor", 13 Feb 2012
• Q: I'm defending (it's my opponent's turn) and the attacker has the first opportunity to play a reaction when we engage. If he decides to use naval, then I use the reaction from Fruitless Search so according to what I understand my reaction resolves first creating the personality and then my opponent has the first opportunity to attack, correct?
  A: Correct. Zen Faulkes, "Fruitless Search vs Naval", 22 Oct 2011
• Q: If he decides not to use naval, I react with Fruitless and give him the opportunity to declare naval invasion after? In this way he will have the first opportunity to take a battle action, and after his battle action my character will be created and I'll have my opportunity to take a battle action, right?
  A: The Personality created by Fruitless Search is created immediately, before the Attacker will react with Naval in his second time in the action round. Zen Faulkes, "Fruitless Search vs Naval", 22 Oct 2011
• Q: If he decides not to use naval, then I decide not to react, we just play normally.
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Fruitless Search vs Naval", 22 Oct 2011