Patronage
Legend of the Five Rings card from Wrath of the Emperor
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 1
- Keywords
- Political
- Card Text
- Open: If it is another player's Action Phase, bow your performing Courtier and target one of that player's Personalities: When the turn ends, if that Personality is still in play, gain 2 Honor.
- Focus Value
- 3
- Legality
- Rain of Blood (Diamond)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Wrath of the Emperor
- Rarity
- Common
- Flavor Text
- "The Doji are most gracious hosts."
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
- Card Number
- 89
- Publisher
- Alderac Entertainment Group
Rules Q&A
- Q: If the source of the action is a personality and that personality is killed by Tsuyoshi's reaction (ie; Patronage) does the action fail?
A: Destroying the source of an Action does not stop, cancel, or negate an Action on its own.
That destructions might coincidentally cause the Action to wind up Canceled or have some of its effects Negated. It would be Canceled if that Personality was supposed to do something like bow to pay a cost of the Action and now obviously can't, being dead and all.
Also, any Effect of an Action that would normally have affected that Personality will fail to resolve if the Personality became an illegal target before the Action's effects resolved. In most cases, being dead makes you an illegal target of most Actions (you can't play Destiny Has No Secrets or Kolat Assassin targeting someone in your Discard Pile even if you wanted to). Martin Lund, "Rules for 5 December 2004", 9 Dec 2004 - Q: The personality bowing to bay the cost of Patronage is considered to be performing it, correct?
A: Yes, he's bowing as a cost of playing the Action. Martin Lund, "Rules for 1 October 2004", 4 Oct 2004 - Q: If this is the case, and said personality were dishonored, would the Patronage rehonor them instead of creating the 2 honor at end of turn?
A: Yes Martin Lund, "Rules for 1 October 2004", 4 Oct 2004