Otaku Kamoko

Legend of the Five Rings card from Shadowlands

Card Type

Personality

Force

4

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

5

Gold Cost

9

Personal Honor

3

Clan

Unicorn

Keywords

Cavalry, Unique, Experienced, Samurai, Unicorn Clan

Card Text

Will not attach non-Cavalry Followers.
Cavalry Followers being attached to Kamoko enter play paying 2 less Gold.
Kamoko has +1F while attacking.

Legality

Clan Wars (Imperial), Hidden Emperor (Jade)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Changed: her +1F bonus when attacking is now a trait, not a Reaction. Text Change & Errata List, February 15, 2000, p. 19
• Q: Let's say I overlay the first Experienced Otaku Kamoko over the original. Does she get +2F while attacking? A: No. When you overlay, only abilities -- defined as Limited/Open/ Battle/Reaction effects on p. 31 -- are retained by the new card. All original printed stats and traits are lost. The regular Kamoko's "1F bonus when attacking" doesn't have an action type keyword, so it's a trait and doesn't carry over. (Matsu Gohei works the same way.) Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.6.2, May 1998, p. 15
• Q: Can Otaku Kamoko attach any of the Unicorn Clan Ancestors? She says she can't have infantry Followers, and none of the Ancestors have the Cavalry trait. But the rulebook says Ancestors don't act like real Followers most of the time. What's the answer? A: Kamoko cannot attach them. Although Ancestors do break a lot of the Follower rules, attachment restrictions aren't one of them. Ancestors may not change the Cavalry status of their unit, but they are not Cavalry themselves, and Kamoko will not attach infantry. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.4 & errata, June 1997, p. 13
• Q: What if I put Mounts on her first? A: It won't help. Mounts affect Followers, so they won't affect Ancestors. The Imperial Herald, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Issue 6), p. 9

Rules Q&A

• Q: Her traits are : Unicorn Clan Battle Maiden * Samurai * Cavalry * Unique * Soul of Otaku Kamoko Experienced.
  Is she consitered an experienced personality, allowing me to dig for her when boundless sight comes up?
  A: No.
  'The Experience level of the Personality himself may be differnet from the level of the Personality named in the "Soul of ..." trait. When this happens, the level inside the "Soul of ..." trait only matters for matching common names between sets.' (Diamond Edition Rulebook, page 51, "Soul of ..." Personalities)
  Utaku Etsumi's card in Diamond Edition is Nonexperienced. Martin Lund, "Rules for 19 April 2004", 21 Apr 2004
• Q: There is an "Utaku" family. It and the "Otaku" family are equivalent. I don't know what you mean about the Togashi family being special in the past. rules
  Utaku and Otaku are equivalent even in the case of Otaku Kamoko? :)
  A: Yes. Why? Jeff Alexander, "post for 12 December 2002", 13 Dec 2002
• Q: Can I play Shiryo no Shinjo on Otaku Kamoko?
  A: Yes. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 8 August 2001", 10 Aug 2001