Kakita Noriko

Legend of the Five Rings card from Khan's Defiance, Samurai Edition Banzai

Card Type

Personality

Force

0

Chi

2

Honor Requirement

6

Gold Cost

5

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Crane

Keywords

Artisan, Crane Clan, Musician

Card Text

Reaction, w: After one of your Crane Clan Personalities is destroyed during a battle or for losing a duel, gain Honor equal to the destroyed Personality's Personal Honor.

Legality

Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Card set 1
  Death after Life Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed during battle: Lose 5 Honor. Target a dead Personality in your discard pile, or in any discard pile if you are a Spider Clan player. Permanently give him Shadowlands and Undead. Bring him into play in your current army, ignoring restrictions (paying all costs).
  Fatina Reaction: Even if Fatina is bowed, after a Personality is destroyed: Create a 2F/2C/0PH Shadowlands, Undead, Ghul Personality in your current army or your home. Lose 2 Honor.
  --- Card set 2
  The Empress' Address Political Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed while in a defending army, bow one of your target Courtiers or Empresses: Target a non-unique Personality with your clan alignment in your discard pile. Bring him into play in your home, waiving all costs. Gain 2 Honor.
  Kakita Noriko Reaction: After one of your Crane Clan Personalities is destroyed during a battle or for losing a duel, bow Noriko: Gain Honor equal to the destroyed Personality's Personal Honor.
  ---
  I think the same ruling would apply for both, but I thought I'd check.
  My opponent destroies my peronality. Assuming all costs/triggers are met for Death after Life, if I have a dead Fatina, may I still react with Fatina to create a ghul after bringing her into play with death after life or has the opportunity passed?
  My opponent destroies my defending crane personality. I react with Empress' Address, pay all costs, and bring back a Kakita Noriko from my discard pile. May I yet react with Noriko to the destruction of my personality?
  A: The timing is the same.
  You may use Kakita Noriko's Reaction after The Empress' Address and you may use Fatina's Reaction after bringing her back via Death After Life. Dan Jacobson, "Timing(?) questions", 23 Mar 2009
• Q: If I play Determination and then kill a personality in battle, can my opponent respond with Kakita Noriko?
  A: Yes. The destruction actually occurs, and is then followed by Determination's removal effect, so there's a legal trigger for Kakita Noriko's ability. Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Noriko and Determination", 20 Dec 2008
• Q: Does a personality outside of the game have stats like personal honor that can be referenced?
  A: http://rules.l5r.com/Physically_marked_ ... ut_of_play: "Cards that are not in play or in a resolution, entering-play or focusing area have the following limitations:
  "They cannot be targeted. "Their continuous traits do not produce effects. "They are not affected by effects. "Abilities on them cannot be used, and triggered traits on them are not triggered."
  Nothing about stats there, so they are treated as normal.
  (Fixed.) Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Noriko and Determination", 20 Dec 2008
• Q: Player A defends with Kakita Noriko on a province. Player B wins the resolution and destroys the province and Noriko in the process. Player A reacts with Empress Address to bring back Kakita Noriko. Player A follows up by having Kakita Noriko react to her death and gain 3 honor.
  A: Nothing stops that that I can see. Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Noriko and Empress Address", 30 Dec 2007
• Q: If I target My personality with Bayushi Saya. I then assign him to attack he dishonors himself and I commit Seppuku to lower the loss to one. Can i then react with Kakita Noriko to gain honor equal to his personal honor?
  A: The core question here is "What is 'during a battle'?"
  http://rules.l5r.com/Battles#Choose_Battlefield: "'During a battle' includes both the Combat and Resolution Segments."
  Not assignment. No. Zen Faulkes, "Noriko question", 1 Dec 2007
• Q: I am quite sure i have the right to play such a sequence but i would like an official confirmation.
  I have a crane clan personality in a defending army, let's call it A. I have a courtier in my home.
  A is destroyed.
  we begin resolution of reaction to the death a A.
  My opponent pass. I play the empress' adress with B and target a kakita Noriko in my discard pile. Bringing her into play. My opponent pass. I play the reaction of Noriko, thus i gain A's personal honor.
  Is This sequence valid?
  I will now suppose that sequence is valid: What happens if A is the kakita Noriko i bring back from the dead (spider style) with the empress' adress, could she react to her own death?
  the corresponding text: The Empress' Address: Political Reaction: After one of your Personalities is destroyed while in a defending army, bow one of your target Courtiers or Empresses: Target a non-unique Personality with your clan alignment in your discard pile. Bring him into play in your home, waiving all costs. Gain 2 Honor.
  Kakita Noriko: Crane Clan • Artisan • Musician Reaction: After one of your Crane Clan Personalities is destroyed during a battle or for losing a duel, bow Noriko: Gain Honor equal to the destroyed Personality's Personal Honor.
  A: Yes to All
  Back in the Day (TM), Feign Death used to bring people into play again immediately after they died - though it did force them to enter play bowed, thus limiting the usefulness of their printed abilities. Martin Lund, "Noriko under empress adress", 9 Oct 2007
• Q: If a personality is destroyed by being outforced in the battle resolution, can Kakita Noriko react?
  A: Yes. Comprehensive Rules, Battle: "things that are triggered 'after engaging' do occur in and during the battle." Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Noriko", 5 Aug 2007
• Q: If a duel results in a tie, can Kakita Noriko react?
  A: Yes. Comprehensive Rules, Duels: "If their scores are the same, they tie, there is no winner, and both lose the duel." Zen Faulkes, "Kakita Noriko", 5 Aug 2007