Kolat Interference
Legend of the Five Rings card from Pearl Edition, Anvil of Despair, Jade Edition
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 5
- Keywords
- Kolat
- Card Text
- Open: The active player will not draw Fate cards this turn. Lose 3 Honor.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Pearl Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "The thief went that way!" - Ichiin
- Artist
- Tom Biondolillo
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Anvil of Despair
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Tom Biondolillo
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Jade Edition
- Rarity
- Rare
- Flavor Text
- "The thief went that way!" - Ichiin
- Artist
- Tom Biondolillo
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
Rules Q&A
- Q: I'd have to say that she produces zero. Kolat Interference and Kolat Bookkeeping both create precedent for the gold production of a holding (or Stronghold) to be changed in the middle of a purchase, and I'd have to say that incidental changes due to external effects would also modify the gold currently being spent. So, if I'm bowing a Blacksmith, and you manage to kill one of my Iron Mines in the middle of my purchase, I suddenly have to come up with another gold.
Perhaps I'm thick-headed Vaughn, but I disagree on this one. According to the way Duchon worded the situation, Kossori has already used her innate ability to produce the gold; it's there, waiting for that corrupt holding to add to the coffer so he can buy something. I don't see how dishonoring her AFTER THE FACT--even if you're still in the act of producing gold from other sources--should decrease the amount of gold she has already produced. Her Reaction has been resolved already. Now, if somehow she were dishonored in a Reaction to HER ability, I would agree with you whole-heartedly. any chance for a reconsideration?
A: There's always a chance. You bring up a good point, that any Reactions modifying her gold production should occur before her action/effect is finished resolving. So, you're correct about Phillipe's example. That specific play of cards would not reduce her gold production to zero, but it's conceivably possible for cards to exist that would result in such a situation by dishonoring her.
I'm sticking to the ruling that gold production can be changed by changing incidental things about the gold producing card (Seppun Kossori's personal honor, the number of Iron Mines in play), but any changes *would* have to happen directly in response to the gold production, not later in the payment/purchase sequence. Vaughn Derderian, "Rules for February 2nd", 3 Feb 2001