Sharing Strength

Legend of the Five Rings card from Winds of Change

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Kiho

Card Text

Battle/Open: Bow your performing Monk or Shugenja and target a Personality: Give him a Force bonus equal to your performer's base Force or a Chi bonus equal to your performer's base Chi. Straighten your performer when the turn ends.

Focus Value

2

Legality

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

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: 2. Togashi Satsu is attacking province A; Egg of Satsu is attacking province B. We resolve province A first:
  2a. Egg of Satsu casts Sharing Strength on Satsu at province A. 2b. Satsu then casts Chasing Osano-Wo back to the Egg at province B. 2c. Egg of Satsu then casts Chasing Osano-Wo back to Satsu at province A.
  Was 2b a legal play? It seems to satisfy Presence and Relevance, though Satsu at province A just happens to not bow when he casts the kiho.
  A: Kiho target their casters, and that's enough to satisfy Relevance if the caster is at the Current Battle, accord to page 81 of the Diamond Edition Rulebook. Martin Lund, "Rules for 7 October 2004", 11 Oct 2004
• Q: Questions that came up in play today.
  Togashi Satsu is bowed. Am I able to target him with, say, Sharing Strength, or any kiho for that matter, and play the kiho?
  A: A Personality who can cast Kihos without needing to bow may cast Kihos while bowed as long as the Kiho itself does not require an unbowed Personality. Jeff Alexander, "rules for 17 March 2004", 18 Mar 2004
• Q: can a bowed monk cast kiho's like Chasing Osano-Wo or Sharing Strength while it has Takao's Gingasa attached (assuming its the first kiho its casting this turn).
  A: Yes (http://l5r.alderac.com/rulings/#Kiho). Zen Faulkes, "Rules for 11 December 2003, Part 2", 12 Dec 2003