Request Authorization

Legend of the Five Rings card from Embers of War

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Political

Card Text

Battle: Bow your performing Courtier at any location and target a Personality: Move him home.
Reaction: Before another player's Battle action resolves, target a Personality: Negate his movement to the current battlefield from the action's effects.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi,
  I could not find a topic about this and i just wanted to clarity:
  Request Authorization
  Reaction: Before another player's Battle action resolves, target a Personality: Negate his movement to the current battlefield from the action's effects.
  Improper Papers
  Reaction: Before an action resolves, target a Personality: Negate his movement from the action's effects.
  Would these cards prevent me from bringing Akodo Ashiko into battle and/or a personality using Requesting Reinforments?
  Akodo Ashiko
  Battle: If Ashiko is face-up in one of your provinces: Bring her into play at the current battlefield, paying all costs, and reducing her Gold cost by 2 if there are more units on the enemy side than on your side.
  Requesting Reinforments
  Battle: Bow your performing Scout and target a face-up Scout Personality in your province: Bring the target into play at the current battlefield, paying all costs. If you have Reconnaissance, you may take an additional Battle action.
  Thank you!
  A: Movement = "To change a unit’s location between battlefields or between home and battlefield (in either direction) due to an effect that specifies that it “moves” the unit."
  Entering play from a province =/= movement, therefore it wouldn't be prohibited per your example. Brook Cunningham, "Movement and Bringing to Play", 25 Apr 2013
• Q: If i have a berserker and i use intimidation, and my opponent reacts and uses Requesting Authorization targeting my berserker, can i use Halls of the forgotten to delay the negation of movement until after the battle?
  relevant text:
  Halls of the Forgotten Reaction: After another player's Battle action targets your Berserker: Delay its effects on him until after this battle ends.
  Request Authorization Battle: Bow your performing Courtier at any location and target a Personality: Move him home. Reaction: Before another player's Battle action resolves, target a Personality: Negate his movement to the current battlefield from the action's effects.
  A: Reactions are not Battle actions, even when taking during a battle.
  See Abilities and Actions, Designators. Alex Jones, "Requesting Authorization vs Halls of the Forgotten", 17 May 2012