Beyond the Line

Legend of the Five Rings card from Before the Dawn

Card Type

Strategy

Gold Cost

0

Card Text

Battle: Take an additional action to use a Limited or Open Recon ability as a Battle action, which must target the current battlefield's province. If you do, draw a card after the action's resolution.

Focus Value

2

Legality

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

Deck

Fate

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: Two questions:
  1.) If my opponent has a resolved Disgrace active, I am unable to play Plans Within Plans during his action phase and use a limited action (say Ambush), targeting one of his personalities, correct?
  and....
  2.) If the answer to 1 is no (as I believe it is), how does that follow from this ruling? Would it be because Plans says you may take a limited action, whereas Beyond the Line has you using a limited/open ability as another type of action? Or am I completely off-base and Plans will let you get around an active Disgrace
  A: 1) No, Plans Within Plans will not let you get around Disgrace with an Ambush on your opponent's turn.
  2) Exactly for the reasons you seem to be thinking. PwP doesn't turn "Ambush" into an "Open" action, but an action with two designators is only considered to be ONE of those types, based upon when it is taken. Brook Cunningham, "Plans Within Plans & Disgrace", 27 Apr 2013
• Q: Hello,
  When playing Beyond the Line, you are allowed to play a limited/open recon action as a battle action. Would this mean that a Limited/Open Recon played after the playing of Beyond the Line would qualify as a battle action and allow the Ring of Water to be played? Thanks, Example: 1st: Play Battle Action A 2nd: Play Battle Action B 3rd: Play Beyond the Line 4th: Play Dangerous Reconnaissance, Ring of Water Enters play
  Cards in Question:
  Title Beyond the Line Text Battle: Take an additional action to use a Limted or Open Recon ability as a Battle action, which must target the current battlefield's province. If you do, draw a card after the action's resolution.
  Ring of Water • Unique After you resolve your fourth or later Battle action from cards with different titles in one battle: You may put this card into play from your hand. Battle: Bow this card or discard it from your hand: Move one of your target units home or to a battlefield with one or more enemy units. If the unit moved, straighten it.
  Title Dangerous Reconnaissance Text Recon Limited: Target your unbowed Scout: Target a province. Draw a card. During your End Phase this turn, draw an additional card if you destroyed the targeted province in battle resolution.
  A: When playing Beyond the Line, you are allowed to play a limited/open recon ability as a battle action. Would this mean that a Limited/Open Recon played after the playing of Beyond the Line would qualify as a battle action and allow the Ring of Water to be played?
  Yes, but note my correction: you're taking a Battle action using a Limited or Open ability. Ring of Water's trait triggers off Battle actions resolving, not Battle abilities being used, so the additional action granted by Beyond the Line does count, as well as Beyond the Line itself. Alex Jones, "Beyond the Line & Ring of Water", 20 Jul 2011