Ambition

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Dark Journey Home

Card Type: Item
Force: +0
Chi: +0
Gold Cost: 7
Keywords: Unique, Bloodsword
Card Text: This Item is considered The Broken Sword of the Scorpion for deck construction and checking the Unique restriction.
Battle: Once per battle, raise this Personality's Force to equal that of a target enemy Personality.
Repeatable Reaction: After this Personality enters a duel, raise his Chi to equal that of the other Personality in the duel.
Focus Value: 4
Legality: Hidden Emperor (Jade)
Deck: Fate

Printings

Q: Reju has 3 chi and no other effects. He has an Ambition attached. He challenges Paneki (the rat himself) who has 5 chi. Reju uses the reaction on the Ambition. [Reju] also has a Tetsubo in his arsenal. Upon starting the duel with Paneki, will Reju be at 5 chi or 4 chi?
A: The Tetsubo's penalty is a trait that is active as soon as the challenge is accepted (see Archive, General Rules, Duels). Ambition's reaction comes after that, setting Reju to 5C.
As for the general question, see Dark Allies rulebook, Page 32: after Ambition's Reaction is used, ongoing bonuses are *not* reapplied. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 24 May 2002, Part 2", 25 May 2002
Q: 2) If i was to refuse a duel then bow Kakatsu to share the 7 honor lose I could then winds truth my own 7 honor lose to my openent so he would lose 14 honor and i would lose none right?
A: Wrong. Koukatsu's Reaction can only happen after you have lost Honor. If you wait until it's legal to use him, it's too late to modify the loss in any way -- it's already happened to you. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 December 2001", 19 Dec 2001