Tsuruchi Mochisa

Card Type: Personality
Force: 3
Chi: 4
Honor Requirement: 0
Gold Cost: 7
Personal Honor: 2
Clan: Mantis
Keywords: Magistrate, Mantis Clan, Samurai
Card Text: Battle: Ranged 3 Attack, with +1 strength if the target is a Personality with 0 Personal Honor, which may target a dishonorable Personality with attached Followers.
Legality: Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
Deck: Dynasty

Printings

Rarity: Fixed
Flavor Text: The Tsuruchi scour the mainland, hunting those who have escape the Empire's justice.
Artist: John Donahue
Card Number: 113
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Rarity: Common
Flavor Text: "A Tsuruchi does not abandon a hunt until he or his quarry is dead."
Artist: John Donahue
Card Number: 130
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Erratum: Reads, "Tsuruchi Mochisa 3F/3C 0HR 8G 2PH Mantis Clan Samurai. Magistrate. Battle: Ranged 3 Attack, or Ranged 4 Attack if the target is a Personality with 0 Personal Honor. This may target a Dishonored Personality even if he has Followers." [MRP, Lotus Edition, 31 October 2005] Rules Archive, August 18, 2007, p. 131
Erratum: Reads, “Tsuruchi Mochisa 3F/4C 0HR 7G 2PH Mantis Clan • Samurai • Magistrate. Battle: Ranged 3 Attack that can target a dishonorable Personality ignoring his Followers. This Ranged Attack has +1 strength if the target is a Personality with 0 Personal Honor.” [MRP, Samurai Edition, 25 July 2007] Comprehensive Rules, Samurai Edition, with specific card rulings, final version, May 2009, p. 166

Q: Tsuruchi Mochisa: If Mochisa is to shoot a dishonored personality with his ability is the strength of the ranged attack 3 or 4?
A: 4.
http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#Gene ... bout_stats: "A stat's current value is always checked, unless text refers to a base value." Zen Faulkes, "Tsuruchi Mochisa and personal honor", 29 Mar 2008