Lesser Shrine

Legend of the Five Rings card from Samurai Edition, Broken Blades, Lotus Edition, Glory of the Empire, Promotional–Samurai

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

2

Gold Production

2

Keywords

Temple

Card Text

w: Produce 2 Gold.
Limited, w: If your Family Honor is 9 or less, gain 2 Honor.

Legality

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

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, “Lesser Shrine Temple Bow this card: Produce 2 Gold. Limited: If your Family Honor is 9 or less, bow this card: Gain 2 Honor.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 144

Rules Q&A

• Q: Is Lesser Shrine destroyed if it is in your Dynasty deck, and you take an action that cause an honor loss?
  A: No. "Destruction" is an effect that can only apply to something in play.
  -- Jeff Alexander Lead Designer, L5R CCG Alderac Entertainment Group Martin Lund, "Rules for 29 July 2004", 4 Aug 2004
• Q: 2.For the purposes of destroying the Lesser Shrine for taking an action that causes an honor loss. Does seppuku count as taking an action, as it say in the rulebook that it is not a reaction.
  A: The kind of seppuku that all Samurai are able to do is not an action, no. Furthermore, seppuku does not cause an honor loss, so it would not hurt the Shrine that way either. Seppuku only modifies losses.
  Note that the Lesser Shrine does not say "Destroy Lesser Shrine if you take an action that causes you or modifies an Honor loss." It says "Destroy Lesser Shrine if you take an action that causes you an Honor loss, even if the loss is modified." What that means is the Shrine will still die if you cause yourself a loss but then negate it, reduce it to 0, or redirect it to another player. Jeff Alexander, "post for 2 April 2003", 4 Apr 2003
• Q: Does a honor loss caused by your Deeds not Words pop a Lesser Shrine?
  If it came from one of your actions (like bowing a Kabuki Theater Troupe for 1 Honor), yes. Buying a Personality at full price will not destroy it because that's not an action.
  Just to be picky you cannot play Deeds Not Words on yourself (card text)
  A: Correct. You can't. I had missed the subtle inclusion of the word "your" in the original question, which seems to be throwing other list members into confusion.
  The basic point was that Deeds, Not Words is not the source of any losses suffered during its effect that would normally have been gains. The source remains unchanged, so only if you take an honor- gaining action would your own Lesser Shrines be destroyed. Jeff Alexander, "post for 27 August 2002", 28 Aug 2002
• Q: Does a honor loss caused by your Deeds not Words pop a Lesser Shrine?
  A: If it came from one of your actions (like bowing a Kabuki Theater Troupe for 1 Honor), yes. Buying a Personality at full price will not destroy it because that's not an action. Jeff Alexander, "post for 26 August 2002", 27 Aug 2002
• Q: Lesser Shrine Triggers on a refused Iaijutsu challenge?
  A: No. It's not your card or action causing the loss. Jeff Alexander, "post for 21 August 2002", 22 Aug 2002
• Q: Lesser Shrine Triggers on a refused Iaijutsu challenge?
  A: No. It's not your card or action causing the loss. Jeff Alexander, "post for 14 August 2002", 15 Aug 2002