Hunting the Daughter

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Dead of Winter

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Scout, bow him unless any player has Reconnaissance, and target another player's Personality: Move him to this battlefield. Straighten him. If you are a Crab Clan player, you may take an additional Battle action.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Fate

Story

2009 European Champion - Panos Georgopoulos

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Ok, im running scouts alot, and alot of the older cards say, "unless the current battlefield's province was targeted by a Recon action this turn. So my question is if i have reconnaissance does that fullfill the requirement stated above?
  Example, i attack my opponents province, i react with, "Seeking the Truth" it never actualy targets the province, but the personality instead, it also says i now have Reconnaissance. So after that i play "Hunting the Daughter" does my scout have to bow?
  A: Having Reconnaissance is equivalent to having targeted the Province with a Recon action.
  See Glossary, Reconnaissance. Alex Jones, "Recon vs Reconnaissance", 3 Nov 2011
• Q: Situation is this, Player A attacks and Player B assigns no units to defend and only has one personality Shosuro Aroru in his home. Player A players hunting the daughter, targeting Shosuro Aroru. Can Player B react with Shosuro Aroru, targeting a holding or Stronghold and as a result move home after the resolution of hunting the daughter?
  Secondly if Player B had assigned Shosuro Aroru to a different provence than the attacker and was dragged over, would it be legal to take Shosuro's reaction?
  Hunting the Daughter Battle: Choose your performing unbowed Scout, and bow him unless the current battlefield's province was targeted by a Recon action this turn: Move another player's target Personality to this battlefield. Straighten him. If you are a Crab Clan player, you may take an additional Battle action.
  Shosuro Aroru (Experienced 2) Scorpion Clan • Ninja • Duelist • Experienced 2 • Unique Will not attach non-Ninja Followers. Reaction: When an action would target a Ninja at Aroru's location: Choose another of your cards. The action targets it instead, if legal. After the action's resolution, you may move Aroru to a different location. Battle: Other players may not take Reactions until this action ends. Ranged 5 Attack.
  A: Yes, in both those scenarios, it would be legal to take Aroru's Reaction.
  "Choose another of your cards" is not restricted in any way, so you could pick your Stronghold or a Holding. The effect "The action targets it instead, if legal." would fail, because such a card is NOT a legal target for Hunting the Daughter. Then, after Hunting the Daughter's resolution, Aroru's Reaction's delayed effect moves him, if his player chooses.
  Unfortunately, even if you're a Crab player, you don't get your additional action until Aroru is already gone. Additional actions are delayed until after the opportunity to take Reactions triggered by the original action ending (see here), which is also after Aroru's delayed effect triggers. Brook Cunningham, "Shosuro Aroru (Experienced 2) VS Hunting the Daughter", 24 Oct 2011
• Q: Hi,
  I just wanted to clarify this...is it possible for one of the Kyuden Hida XP stronghold-created followers (as they are Scouts) to meet the performing requirements of Hunting the Daughter?
  Thanks in advance.
  A: Hunting the Daughter just says, "your performing unbowed Scout." It does not require that the Scout be a Personality, so it could indeed be a Follower. Alex Jones, "Kyuden Hida XP and Hunting the Daughter", 20 May 2011