Shrine of Compassion

Legend of the Five Rings card from Hidden City

Card Type

Holding

Gold Cost

2

Keywords

Temple

Card Text

w: Produce 2 Gold.
While you have three or more dead Personalities in your discard pile, you have the trait, "Before one of your Personalities is challenged, if it is an Action Phase, the challenger's controller may bow his Stronghold; if it does not bow, negate the challenge."

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rulings

• Effect applies to challenges issued by Personalities a player controls, not just those issued by the player. [ZF, web, 5 February 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 85

Rules Q&A

• Q: If I have a Shrine of Compassion in play and 3+ destroyed Personalities, can my opponent use his duel on Tani Hitokage?
  A: Yes. Shrine of Compassion says, "before they issue a challenge to one of your Personalities during the Action Phase or the challenge is negated."
  Tani Hitokage's challenge is part of a Battle Action. It can't happen during the Action Phase. Martin Lund, "Rules for 19 May 2004", 22 May 2004
• Q: I only asked for some opinions coming from other players, that's all...
  A: Fair enough. But keep in mind that in the sticky at the top of this forum, Jeff Alexander has specifically asked players not to jump in with their own answers to questions, unless it quotes an existing rules document. Zen Faulkes, "Shrine of Compassion / Gozoku Pawn", 5 Feb 2005
• Q: So, by card text, shrine of compassion doesn't do a thing against Iaijustu Challenge, Tamura's challenge, Saori's challenge... (but do force the player to bow his stronghold when issuing a challenge such as Contested Holding)
  A: I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. I suspect this is a slight miswording of Shrine of Compassion, with the idea being to make it very broadly applicable. I'm going to tentatively say that Shrine of Compassion applies to challenges performed by Personalities, in fact. Zen Faulkes, "Shrine of Compassion / Gozoku Pawn", 5 Feb 2005
• Q: How can a player issue a challenge ?
  A: By specific card text allowing it (e.g., Contested Holding). Zen Faulkes, "Shrine of Compassion / Gozoku Pawn", 5 Feb 2005
• Q: The cards:
  Shrine of Compassion
  Bow Shrine of Compassion to produce 2 Gold. While you control a Shrine of Compassion and have more than two destroyed Personalities in your discard pile, players must bow their Strongholds before they issue a challenge to one of your Personalities during the Action Phase or the challenge is negated.
  Gozoku Pawn
  Political Limited: Bow a Coiurtier Personality or Gozoku Personality you control: Target a Personality controlled by another player. Lose 2 Honor. that player targets a Personality you control with lower Chi. His Personality issues yours an unrefusable challenge.
  The question:
  I have the Shrine of Compassion in play and 3 dead bodies. What happens if i play a Gozoku Pawn on another player's personality?
  Thx
  A: You can use your pawn, but it won't do a whole lot. The other player can just choose not to bow his Stronghold and have the challenge Negated, just like the card text says. Martin Lund, "Shrine of Compassion / Gozoku Pawn", 5 Feb 2005