Precision

Legend of the Five Rings card from Embers of War

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Reaction: After a Melee or Ranged Attack is targeted: Give it +2 or -2 strength.
Battle: Ranged 3 Attack.

Focus Value

2

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: For example: A) I announce the following action: Battle: Ranged 5 attack
  I play Precision for the +2, my opponent plays Strong Defenses, then I play Sniping
  Is a RA 8 the only outcome of this scenario?
  A: Yes.
  This is how it breaks down: You have a RA5. Since all the Reactions in this scenario have the same trigger, they can be played in Step D of Timing Sequence and we have to allow each of them to fully resolve when they are played. Precision resolves. This leaves us with RA5+2 (RA7 Total). Strong Defenses resolves. This leaves us with RA5+2-3 (RA4 Total.) Sniping resolves. Sniping checks to see the current RA strength before setting its bonus, which currently is 4 as defined by timing sequence and calculating a stat. This leaves us with RA5+2-3+4 (RA8 Total.) Ben Higgins, "Order for multiple effects modifying ranged attacks", 21 Nov 2013
• Q: Does the effect on Shosuro Aroru Exp 2's Battle action ("Other players may not take Reactions until this action ends") extend through to any additional Ranged Attack Battle actions granted by Koshin's Keep?
  I would think so since the granting of an additional ranged attack by Kioshin Keep is an effect added to Aroru's Ranged 5 Attack, and thus must resolve completely until Aroru's battle action resolves.
  Example: I have Shosuro Aroru Exp 2 in Play with a Seige Volley in Hand. My opponent has a 9 Force Beserker and a Precision in hand (why Beserkers would play Precision, I don't know). I used Koshin Keep Reaction upon engaging. I announce Shosuro Aroru ability to target the Beserker with the Ranged attack and follow up with Seige Volley. Can my opponent every play his Precision (or even react with his box to delay the destruction for that matter)?
  A: An additional action granted by one action is taken after the current action has finished and after effects and Reactions triggered by the end of the action have finished; the quoted effect ends such effects and Reactions are triggered..
  See Additional Action: When an additional action is granted while a non-Reaction action is in progress, the timing of the additional action is delayed: the opportunity to take it happens once the current non-Reaction action has ended, and once the opportunity to play Reactions to the end of the action has passed. Alex Jones, "Koshin Keep + Shosuro Aroru Exp 2", 28 Oct 2012
• Q: Can the Reaction trigger along with the battle action on this strategy
  A: Assuming you mean, can I use both the Battle action and the Reaction on a single copy of Precision, no. According to the sequence for playing Strategies, by default a Strategy card must be in your hand to use it's abilities.
  By the time the trigger for the Reaction on Precision is reached by the Battle action on Precision in Step B, the card is no longer in your hand (having been placed in the temporary resolution area for that card during Step A).
  If you have multiple copies of Precision in hand, there is nothing preventing you from using one for it's Battle action and then using the other copy for the Reaction. Ben Higgins, "EaW: Strategy Precision", 1 Sep 2012