Necromancer

Legend of the Five Rings card from Time of the Void

Card Type

Personality

Force

1

Chi

5

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

12

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Unaligned

Keywords

Unique, Experienced, Necromancer, Shadowlands, Shugenja, Undead

Card Text

After Necromancer enters play, lose 5 Honor.
Repeatable Limited, w: Target a Follower in any player's discard pile that has been in play this game. Permanently give it Shadowlands, the ability "Battle: Fear 3", and reduce its Honor Requirement to 0. Equip it to Necromancer, ignoring costs. Lose 2 Honor.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: second question, who can be selected to attach the followers retrieved by Necromancer exp.
  A: They must be attached to the Necromancer. Jeff Alexander, "post for 12 May 2003", 13 May 2003
• Q: Necromancer exp:
  Unaligned Shugenja. Shadowlands. Experienced. Unique. Lose 5 Honor. Limited: Bow to attach a dead follower from any player's discard pile. The follower gains the trait Shadowlands, has its honor requirement reduced to 0 and has the ability Battle: Fear 3. All of these changes are permanent. Lose 2 honor.
  Do you have to attach the follower to himself? or can he be used to attach a follower to any personality a) you control? b) In play?
  A: To himself. Jeff Alexander, "post for 5 May 2003", 6 May 2003
• Q: This question has to do with Hiruma Ryuchi's ranged attack.
  Hiruma Ryuchi "Crab Clan Hunter * Samurai Battle: Once per battle, make a Ranged 2 Attack without bowing. This is a Ranged 4 Attack instead if it targets a Creature."
  This is from the rulebook All Ancestors and Experienced cards are Unique. All Mujina and all cards printed with the Ratling trait are Creatures. All Creatures, all Oni, all Goblins, and all cards printed with the Naga trait are Nonhuman. All Skeleton, Skeletal, Zombie, and Necromancer cards are Undead. All Oni and Undead cards are Shadowlands cards.
  Is a ranged attack against a shadowlands card considered to be made against a creature?
  A: From the very rules you quote, the only traits that make something a Creature implicitly are "Mujina" and the PRINTED word "Ratling" (i.e., bringing Toku into play from a Warrens deck and playing Oath of Fealty will NOT turn him into a Creature). If it doesn't have the "Creature" or "Mujina" traits and it doesn't have the printed "Ratling" trait, Ryuchi's ranged attack strength against it is only 2. Jeff Alexander, "post for 4 February 2003", 5 Feb 2003