Ninja Mentor

Legend of the Five Rings card from Wrath of the Emperor

Card Type

Follower

Force

2

Chi

+2

Honor Requirement

0

Gold Cost

4

Personal Honor

-

Keywords

Ninja

Card Text

Will only attach to a Scorpion Clan or Ninja Personality.
While this Personality is in an army, other players' actions may not target him unless he has performed an action this Phase.
All players have the ability, "Battle: Bow one or more of your performing Personalities, with total Chi equal to or greater than 4, opposing the card granting this ability: Destroy it."

Focus Value

2

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rulings

• "He" refers to "this Personality", not "other players". [JA, 8 November 2004] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 45

Rules Q&A

• Q: As if Marty and Jeff did not have enough work,
  I apologize if this has been answered here, I have not seen it yet.
  Ninja Mentor under Tishi Sensei. Does the follower become 2/ +3 ? Or does the follower itself merely gain 1 chi ?
  A: 2 / +3
  For more information, check out the message: "[L5R-CCG] Rules for 24 and 25 October 2004 [RULES]" in my reply to Shosuro Kenshin's message: "[L5R-CCG] Followers and Chi bonuses"
  You can view it in the Yahoo! archive at this URL:
  Do a find for "Ninja Mentor" and you should find it about halfway down the page. Martin Lund, "Rules for 30 November 2004", 3 Dec 2004
• Q: Question: is Tireless Assault considered to be "performed" by the personality? (for the purposes of Ninja Mentor, for example)
  Looking at p71 of the rulebook, the only one of the criteria which seems relevant is: "3. Actions which involve one or more Personalities or Followers in their cost....or which require targetting your own Personalities or Followers who meet certain conditions, such as being a Shugenja or a Tactician or having a Chi above 2, are performed by those cards."
  A: It would be performed by criteria #3.
  You have to target a Personality.
  That Personality must meet the condition of being in your home and not have been in a battle during its resolution in this attack phase. Martin Lund, "Rules for 29 November 2004", 2 Dec 2004
• Q: Is this correct? I'm asking because the "he" is singular, while "other players" is obviously plural, so that it seems to me that grammar at least does not support this interpretation - but then, English is not my first language.
  A: On Ninja Mentor, "he" refers to the Subject of the Sentence: "this Personality." Martin Lund, "Rules for 28 September 2004", 30 Sep 2004
• Q: Ninja Mentor reads "While in an army, this Personality may not be targeted by other players' actions unless he has performed an action this Attack Phase."
  How exactly does this card work? Specifically, to whom does the "he" refer?
  A: "He" refers to the subject of the sentence - "this Personality." Martin Lund, "Rules for 5 and 6 September 2004", 8 Sep 2004
• Q: Would Political Outcast prevent opponents from using Ninja Mentor's built-in destruction clause?
  A: No. Ninja Mentor creates a Battle action; Political Outcast doesn't affect those. Zen Faulkes, "Ninja Mentor + Political Outcast", 11 Apr 2005
• Q: that's why a personality with Ninja Mentor (assuming he hasn't performed any actions yet) is protected from it?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Overwhelmed and targeting", 11 Apr 2005