Patrolling the Roads
Legend of the Five Rings card from The Plague War
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- Battle/Open: Choose your performing unbowed Magistrate and target a Personality with lower Personal Honor than your Magistrate's Chi: Reduce the target's Force to equal his own Personal Honor. If his Force is now 0, gain 2 Honor.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Destroyer War (Celestial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
The Plague War
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Flavor Text
- "Lady Kei is sequestered beneath Jousai Tengen. It is our job to watch the roads so that none approach before the birth of the heir." - Mirumoto Mori
- Artist
- Asier Martinez Lopez
- Card Number
- 140
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: A dispute came up between me and a very knowledgeable player of my play group so i wanted to get a ruling.
As I understand it, Only Actions Speak reacts to the announcement of an action, before targeting takes place, or effects with choices happen.
So the following scenarios should work: [i have a magistrate, the opponent has a personality A, with 0 PH, and personality B with 1PH] 1) I announce Patrolling the roads. 2) My opponent reacts with Only Actions Speak. 3) I target personality B, setting his force to 1 an gaining no honor.
[i have a magistrate, the opponent has a dishonorable personality] 1) I announce taxing the scum 2) My opponent reacts with Only Actions Speak. 3) I target his dishonorable personality 4) during the effect resolution, I choose to make the opponent lose 2 honor.
Relevant Card Text: Only Actions Speak Reaction: After an action is announced: Negate all Honor gains until after the action's resolution. At that time if this negated any gains, negate all Honor gains until the end of this phase and draw a card.
Patrolling the Roads Battle/Open: Choose your performing unbowed Magistrate: Target a Personality with lower Personal Honor than your Magistrate's Chi. Reduce the Personality's Force to his own Personal Honor. If his Force is now 0, gain 2 Honor.
Taxing the Scum Open: Choose your performing unbowed Magistrate or Courtier: Target another player's dishonorable Personality. Increase all Honor Requirements on Personalities in and out of play by 10 (except -HR). Choose a player, who gains or loses 2 Honor.
A: These look correct. Zen Faulkes, "Only Actions speak timing questions", 18 Mar 2011