Vigilant Riders

Legend of the Five Rings card from Before the Dawn

Card Type

Follower

Force

3

Chi

0

Honor Requirement

1

Gold Cost

4

Personal Honor

-

Keywords

Cavalry

Card Text

After this card bows: Straighten it.
Reaction: After another player's action targets a card in this unit: Negate this card's destruction from the action's effects.

Focus Value

3

Legality

Age of Conquest (Emperor), Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Hi
  I didnt played Celestial Edition and decided to give L5R another go, so maybe I am asking stuff from Celestial but there are a few things troubling me:
  1 - Can a bowed Shugenja cast a spell if the spell doesnt requires him to bow ?
  2 - How does the Transfer action work ? No need to bow anything now, is there a cost or just move stuff arround as please ?
  3 - The follower "Vigilant Riders" has an ability regarding destruction, does it work only to the follower or to any card in the unit ?
  4 - It seems that now Followers force adds to total strenght of the army if the follower is not bowed regardles of the personality being bowed or not, is this correct ?
  I honestly read the rulebook in a bit of a rush but I couldnt find answers to the first 2 questions, the 3rd it more a mechanic thing about how useful it would be if it only worked on follower itself.
  Thanks a lot
  Ps: Readed the rules again and question 4 comed up.
  A: Welcome back!
  1. Yes, there is no restriction on bowed shugenja casting spells. However, a bowed shugenja may not normally use the Battle Equip to attach a spell.
  2. The transfer action was removed from L5R after Samurai Edition. You'll need to find a card effect if you want to move attachments.
  3. Vigilant Riders says "negate this card's destruction" - this card always refers to the card on which the text is printed.
  4. Correct, an unbowed follower will add to its army's total even if the Personality is bowed. This also changed after Samurai Edition. Jon Palmer, "Returning Player", 21 Feb 2012
• Q: I was sure this question has already been asked. But I found nothing using the search!
  Just wondering if vigilant riders can negate any destruction but its own?
  After this card bows: Straighten it. Reaction: After another player's action targets a card in this unit: Negate this card's destruction from the action's effects.
  It's the words "this cards" that confuses me. I believe it refers at "vigilant riders" but, the way it is written, it could also refers as "the card that has been targeted".
  Thanks!
  And sorry if I just couldn't find the answer to this...
  A: "This card" refers to the card on which it is printed. If Vigilant Riders prevented the destruction of the targeted card, the text would be "its" instead. Jon Palmer, "Vigilant Riders", 15 Jan 2012
• Q: When The Second Feint bows a Vigilant Riders, will the Follower straighten before the Negation part of the effect is applied?
  A: Yes. Bowing triggers the trait before the second effect occurs. Zen Faulkes, "Vigilant Riders + The Second Feint", 23 Jun 2011