Pillars of Virtue

Legend of the Five Rings card from Emperor Edition, Celestial Edition, Battle of Kyuden Tonbo, Emperor Edition Demo Decks, Promotional–Emperor, Promotional–Celestial

Card Type

Stronghold

Province Strength

7

Gold Production

4

Starting Family Honor

5

Clan

Dragon

Card Text

Reaction: After the resolution of a Kiho Battle action you took: Take an additional Battle action.

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Pre-Game

Printings

Rulings

• Erratum: Reads, "Pillars of Virtue 7PS 4G 5FH Reaction: After the resolution of a Kiho Battle action you took: You may take an additional Battle action." [Celestial Edition, 29 June 2009] Comprehensive Rules, Celestial Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, February 2012, p. 148

Rules Q&A

• Q: After reacting with (Pillars of Virtue) and playing another action, is my opponent able to play another Reinforce the Gates to negate this action too?
  A: Yes, since the additional action is still "a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass" (Reinforce the Gates' trigger). Zen Faulkes, "Pillars of Virtue and Sneak Attack vs. double Reinforce the", 6 Sep 2010
• Q: So I keep getting a "page not found" when trying to use the search, so apologies if this HAS been posted before, I tried to use the search function first >.>
  If my opponent plays Sneak Attack, and then follows it up with a battle action, which I Reinforce the Gates
  Does it "successfully" resolve, for the purposes of, for example, Pillars of Virtue, or is it considered unsuccessful?
  Thanks in advance!
  A: The last cards in L5R to care about "successful" resolution were the CE printings of the Rings of Air, Water, and Void.
  As of their MRPs in... forgive me, I forget if it was Path of the Destroyer or The Harbinger... "successful" was removed from their text and is no longer a term or distinction that we will be using.
  So, for any CE-legal card including Pillars of Virtue, it doesn't matter if any of an action's effects actually occur; it still always "resolves" if legally taken, and will trigger effects that happen due to such. Brook Cunningham, "Reinforce the Gates + Successful Resolution", 8 Apr 2010
• Q: Hi rules team!
  My question is if Reinforce the Gates can kill Yoritomo Eita after a Naval invasion?
  Yoritomo Eita : After the resolution of the first Battle action taken in a battle, if another player took that action and there are now one or more units on each side at the current battlefield: Destroy Eita.
  Reinforce the Gates : Reaction: After a player announces a Battle action before the Defender’s first normal opportunity to act or pass: Its effects do not happen.
  My argument is that since the Mantis player resolves his action, even if it fails, Eita's trait should trigger killing him if the Defender has a unit opposing his army at the current battlefield!
  Another similar ruling is the following about Reinforce the Gates and Pillars of Virtue right here : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=78825&p=1034231&hilit=Reinforce+the+GAtes#p1034231
  Thanks a lot in response!
  A: That depends on whether Eita belongs to the attacker or the defender.
  If Eita belongs to the attacker who declares a Naval Invasion, then Eita's trait won't trigger because it wasn't "another player" who took "the Battle action taken in [the] battle".
  If Eita belongs to the defender and the attacker declares a Naval Invasion, then Eita's trait will trigger - Reinforce the Gates stops the action's effects happening, but there is still an "After the resolution" timing trigger. Alex Jones, "Reinforce the Gates + Yoritomo Eita", 8 Apr 2010
• Q: What exactly does it mean for an action to have resolved? Specifically if a dragon player, playing Pillars of Virtue, plays Sneak Attack and then announces a battle kiho action, if the defender plays reinforce the gates; can the dragon player use the reaction on Pillars of Virtue?
  A: Even if Reinforce the Gates makes it such that the effects of a Kiho "do not happen", the action is still considered to have resolved. Someone who casts a Kiho and has it's effects fail via Reinforce the Gates may use Pillar of Virtue's Reaction to take an additional Battle Action. Dan Jacobson, "Reinforce the Gates and Pillars of Virtue", 1 Sep 2009
• Q: If I play Sneak attack and play a kiho action. My opponent then plays reinforce the gates in responce to negate my kiho's effects, Can I now use the stronghold pillars of virtures reaction to take another action?
  A: Yes. http://rules.l5r.com/Abilities_and_acti ... n_resolves: "An action resolves even if all its effects are negated or otherwise do not occur. Negation only determines whether an action is successful." And Pillars of Virtue cares not about success. Zen Faulkes, "Sneak attack+Reinforce the gates+Pillars of Virtue", 27 Jul 2009
• Q: My question is this (btw sorry if it has already been asked but I couldn't find it in search) If a player using Pillars of Virtue plays the Hundred-hand strike does he get 2 additional actions, one from the kiho iself and one from the stronghold? Relevant text:
  Pillars of Virtue: Reaction: After the resolution of a Kiho Battle action you took: You may take an additional Battle action
  The Hundred-Hand Strike: Battle: Give your target Monk -1F: Give a target enemy Personality or Follower -3F. Bow the enemy card if it now has 0 Force. You may take an additional Battle action.
  thanx in advance,
  A: Yes, assuming you choose to react with the Stronghold's ability. Dan Jacobson, "Pillars of Virtue + Hundred Hand Strike", 22 Jul 2009