Snowy Fields

Legend of the Five Rings card from A Perfect Cut

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Keywords

Terrain

Card Text

No player may take more actions than the number of units he controls at this battlefield; only actions taken while this Terrain is in play count against this limit.
Battle: If there are no Terrains at the current battlefield: Put this card into play there.

Focus Value

1

Legality

Four Winds (Gold)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: For the purpose of Snowy Fields, do Reactions count as Actions?
  A: Reactions ARE actions. [GE p. 47] They have no assigned phase they are always played in, and they do not count against a player's one chance to "take an action or pass" during the Action Phase or Battle Action Segment, but Reactions are one of the four types of action in L5R, and any reference to "actions" in general includes them. Jeff Alexander, "post for 7 April 2003", 9 Apr 2003
• Q: Hi all, just a couple of questions for the team. As scheming as I am.. I have a couple of terrain questions, which probably have been answered before..
  Reading the response previously from DW about Snowy Fields, and that reactions do count towards the action count, got me thinking about Deadly Ground. If for whatever reason, I drop Deadly Ground in my action, can either/any player play a reaction off of that if it does not destroy the terrain?
  A: Not if they're played after Deadly Ground resolves, no. This makes it impossible, under normal circumstances, to nail it with One Life, One Action, for instance. Jeff Alexander, "post for 18 July 2002", 19 Jul 2002
• Q: In the same vein, if I take an action while Snowy Fields is in play and my action is cancelled does it count towards the number of actions I may play under Snowy Fields or not?
  A: It does not count. Jeff Alexander, "post for 17 July 2002", 18 Jul 2002
• Q: snowy fields prevents players from playing more actions than they have units in the battle does this also apply to reactions taken to opponents actions?
  A: Reactions are actions. So, yes, they'd count against the number of actions you're allowed to take while Snowy Fields is in play. Jeff Alexander, "post for 20 June 2002", 21 Jun 2002
• Q: 2.) Do reactions to battle actions count as actions for the purpose of Snowy Fields? (Feng again.)
  A: Reactions are actions, so they'll count as actions for Snowy Fields. Heck, they count as actions, period. They ARE actions. That's why they count as... Woah. Now I'm dizzy. In short: "yes". Jeff Alexander, "post for 8 April 2002", 9 Apr 2002