Political Entanglements

Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0*

Keywords

Political

Card Text

Limited: Bow your performing Courtier, you may pay 3 Gold, and target a Personality: Give all his base stats and strengths -1, and lower numerically by 1 all base references to stats, strengths, Gold production, and Honor on him. If you paid the 3 Gold, these effects are permanent.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: If I play Political Entanglement on the Stone Breaker, what becomes of his "Does not die from having 0 Chi." ? Does he die now? Would he die if his Chi had been raised to one before (now making him 0 Chi) ?
  A: Hm, you mean if you make it say, "Does not die from having -1 Chi?"
  Sure, I guess that would work. It would never have -1 Chi as his Chi stat, and it would no longer have protection against death at 0 Chi. It probably should've been written with the "0" as "zero." Martin Lund, "Rules for 12 July 2004", 15 Jul 2004
• Q: What happens if I play 2x Political Entanglements on a Ratling Conjuror? My understanding, based on the rulings on the Night Medallion is that it becomes: Ratling Conjuror 0F (actually -1F), 0chi, 2g, 0PH (actually -2PH). Cannot attach spells with a gold cost above 1. Open: Bow Ratling Conjuror and discard a card from your hand to give all Ratling Cards -1F.
  A: Political Entanglements and the Night Medallion are worded slightly differently. The former reduces a numeral by 1, the other adds +2. For Political Entanglements to exactly parallel Night Medallion, it would have to "add -1" or something.
  I'm going to chicken out and leave this one for Jeff. Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 20 August 2003", 20 Aug 2003
• Q: Can Political Entanglements (PEs)turn a bonus on a Personality into a penalty?
  A: No (Gold Edition rulebook, pg. 31). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 19 August 2003, Part 2", 20 Aug 2003