Plea of the Peasants
Legend of the Five Rings card from Shadowlands
Open in Oracle of the Void
- Card Type
- Strategy
- Gold Cost
- 0
- Card Text
- You may play only one Plea of the Peasants per trigger.
Reaction: After another player destroys a province in battle resolution, if no units were assigned to defend at that province's battlefield: That player loses 5 Honor. - Focus Value
- 2
- Legality
- Clan Wars (Imperial)
- Deck
- Fate
Printings
Shadowlands
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- KC Lancaster
- Publisher
- Five Rings Publishing Group
Rulings
- Q: My opponent is at -18 honor. I have one Province left, and no one to defend it. He attacks and destroys it. Can I play Plea of the Peasants so he loses 5 honor and the game ends in a tie? A: This question is actually quite similar to the one we just had, and like it, the answer lies in carefully reading the Reaction to see whether it gets played before or after the event it's reacting to. In this case, Plea of the Peasants gets played "when another player has destroyed" one of your Provinces. "Has destroyed" is past-tense -- this Reaction gets played after the event. Unfortunately, you were eliminated from the game the moment you lost your last Province, and you can't play anything after being eliminated. Looks like your opponent is victorious. The moral is this: read your Reactions closely! Most of them don't happen at the same time as the occasion they're reacting to. Legend of the Five Rings FAQ, Version 3.6.2, May 1998, p. 20
Rules Q&A
- Q: Thank you [Imperial]
Can I move a personality into my province during battle (after assignments) and still play Plea of the Peasants when the province is destroyed?
Since the card says when no units were assigned to defend
A: Yep, that works. Only cares about "assigned" Defenders, not sneaky move-in-later ones. Brook Cunningham, "Sun and Moon #rules-questions", 26 Feb 2026