L5R Corrections

[rob]

OK. I think I've got it now. What I now want to understand is how new
players manage to wrap their heads around all the convolutions I'm getting
a crash course in. Yikes!

FYI, I just released the V5.2 update to L5R that should fix all the
reported problems, except for missing reprints and promos. Let me know if
there are still issues to be addressed.

Thanks, Rob


At 04:32 PM 9/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Rob Bowes <rob@wolflair.com> wrote:
> > Let me see if I've got this straight. In the case of the Naga
> > Shugenja and
> > Shashakar, the "equivalence" of the two cards can be ignored.
> > However, in
> > the case of the Crab Clan Ancestral Sword and Ancestral Sword of
> > the Crab
> > Clan, the equivalence of the two cards DOES need to be
> > distinguished
> > because they are BOTH designated as "unique". Is that right?
>
>Kinda-sorta. The main point is that you have to know the experienced
>rules.
>
>The Shashakar in AoD is badly done, and they changed it in the Jade
>reprint. There, the entire reference to uniqueness and the NS is
>changed to a simple trait: "Experienced Naga Shugenja". It should
>behave as every other card that has text like that.
>
>The basic rules are: you can put in a deck 3 of each card, and 1 of
>each unique. EXCEPT that for this the name of the card is not the
>only consideration.
>
>An example might be helpful:
>
>"Ann" is not unique. "Bob" is unique. You can have 3 Anns and only
>one Bob. Simple.
>
>But L5R is a storyline game. In a story, characters evolve. Other
>just change circumstances.
>
>For example, Ann gets an experienced version. This card is also
>called Ann, but you can put both anns in a deck because the second
>one has "experienced" in her trait box. So you can put 4 of them. Bob
>does NOT get experienced. Instead, he simply changed jobs. He was
>hired by a Crab lord, and is now "Hida Bob". He is reprinted with
>that name, and no experienced trait. Instead, he gets "this card
>counts as Bob for uniqueness".
>
>Now say the same happens to Ann a few expansions later, but by this
>time she's much better trained already. She becomes Hida Ann, and
>gets another experienced level. She gets "experienced 2". BUT a snag;
>with just that text, she would no longer be able to "evolve" (think
>the Pokemon game) from a previous Ann in play. So to be able to do
>that, she has to become "experienced 2 Ann".
>
>Shashakar is Ann without the intermediate level. He was NS, and
>became Shashakar, experienced NS. the AoD text was an earlier
>unsuccessful attempt to word the above intention.
>
>The Swords are ANOTHER case. The intent with the swords is purely to
>limit deck construction. They are separate items, not an evolution.
>You simply can't play with both, because in the story the Celestials
>were a replacement of the Ancestrals after an angry god took those
>from us.
>
>Make more sense?
>
>Abilio


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Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (559) 658-6995
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com

[rob]

Arrgghh!!!

My timing is impeccable. Impeccably bad. :-)

Not even one hour after releasing the V5.2 update to the L5R files, I have
now received a Diamond update from AEG. So I'll be releasing another L5R
update reasonably soon with the latest Diamond stuff.

Let me know what errors you uncover in the V5.2 files and I'll strive to
get them fixed in the update that includes the new Diamond stuff.

Thanks, Rob

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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com


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For the record, I have read the discussion between Rob and Jimmy.
I'm
praying for the continued integrety of Rob's skull.

--- In cardvault@yahoogroups.com, Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> The Shashakar from Anvil of Despair says "This card is considered
> to be the Naga Shugenja for uniqueness".

[Finds scan of AOD version of Shashakar on L5Rcards.com]
[squints, jaw drops]
Holy $#!+, he's right.

Rob gets off the hook by the ignorance clause. Not because he
doesn't
know L5R's experience rules (L5R rules being to CCG as Latin is to
modern languages), but because someone (its possible its an artifact)
didn't look at the card's own errata *in CV*:

Notes/Errata/Clarifications:
Errata - Counts as the Naga Shugenja for purposes of being
Experienced, not Uniqueness.

Does the text make more sense now that we swap those two words?

AEG likes to tell us the cards aren't trying to fool us. The
obviously hadn't thought of times when the screw up the card.



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--- In cardvault@yahoogroups.com, Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> Let me know what errors you uncover in the V5.2 files and I'll
> strive to get them fixed in the update that includes the new
> Diamond stuff.

Since I'm having trouble connecting to the server, this may have
artifact may have already been corrected. Unfortunately for Rob,
it's
another experienced personality.

Soul of the Empire
Toku (Exp 3)
Rarity is UNCOMMON, not RARE.
(SOURCE: Zen Faulkes spoiler on Steel & Iron)

[Keiichi ducks and covers]




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