AKIKO:

• Q: Who control’s Akiko’s Coil of Deceit equipment? As in, once it’s on someone, does the wearer now control it or does Akiko decide if/when to move it to someone else?
  • A: While in her tome, Akiko has control of equipping it.  The master who has it equipped to them may pay this cost to move it.  Once equipped, masters can pay the cost to pass it around. Likewise, whoever has it equipped is the master taking the damage.

• Q: If your master has BURN status and moves into a space with a BURN status token, what happens?
  • A: Nothing happens, you leave the burn token on the board. If Akiko decides to EXPLODE that token, they would will take 4 damage.

HIKARU:

• Q: Can Hikaru play her avatar ability, even if she is EXHAUSTED (no  cards remain in your battle deck)?
  • A: Yes. You may FOCUS even without having a card on top of your Battle Deck. This is similar to playing an attack without targets, just to trigger special effects.

• What will happen if you have just one card left in your deck on top of Hikaru´s Regeneration IMPRINT, and you use Hikaru´s avatar ability?
  • A: In this example, you begin by applying Hikaru’s karma ability, after you FOCUS, the IMPRINTed card is revealed and immediately triggers and pauses Hikaru’s avatar ability. There are no cards beneath it, so it has no effect and returns to the tome. After that resolves, Hikaru’s karma ability will then unpause and continue, causing you to HEAL. So in grand total, you’ll FOCUS, return the IMPRINT to your tome, and HEAL.

KENTA:

• Q: If Kenta takes damage from an effect, like a tome or defense effect, does that master gain RANCOR?
  • A: No. There is a distinction between “attacks” and “effects”. When he takes damage from an effect, the master dealing the damage does not gain RANCOR. Only when he takes damage from an attack, or a bonus attack, the master dealing the damage gains RANCOR.

• Q: Does FURY cause masters pushed into DEADLY terrain to EXERT?
  • A: Yes. The deadly terrain effect only cares that a master enters the space, it doesn’t care if they relocated or moved there.

• Q: Can Kenta discard ADAPT cards for Never-Ending Rage?
  • A: Yes. ADAPT cards are treated as if that card had the keyword printed on it.

• Q: Does Kenta’s FATE-FOCUS trigger healing on appropriate tiles?
  • A: No. Rejuvenating Terrain specifically states – “If a master uses their tome action to FOCUS while occupying rejuvenating terrain, they may HEAL.” So only when they use the tome action to focus does a player heal.

• Q: Can Kenta use his Anesthetic ability to empty his karma pool should he so choose?
  • A: Yes. If you pay 0-3, no effect (other than spending the tome action and cards to pay for the effect). If you pay 4-7, you HEAL once. If you pay 8-99+, HEAL once and DRAW once.

• Q: Is Kenta’s equipped Buckler shield a mandatory effect?
  • A: Yes. The effect of the Buckler is mandatory, and once equipped you may only remove it by an effect or restoration.

• Q: Does Kenta determine facing of the opponent’s master with his FURY effects?
  • A: Yes. The basic rule of thumb is that whoever is moving the piece is also selecting the facing. And yes, this makes for some fun team play!

ROSAMU:

• Q: Do chain attacks all count as a single attack or is it an attack per card. Hence allowing someone to play multiple block/defensive cards in response to a battering of attacks?
  • A: Each attack is separate.  Therefore you may respond to each with a single defense effect. The attacker may also rotate before making each attack. But as always, you cannot respond to a single attack with multiple defenses.

• Q: Can you play multiple defense cards in response to multiple attacks from Rosamu chaining?
  • A: Yes. Each player targeted may play a defense card in response to each separate attack Rosamu plays while “chaining.” When Rosamu uses his avatar ability – “If the last attack you played this turn was a CHAIN card, you may play an additional attack with karma of 6 or higher without using an attack action…” Each battle card played is considered a new and separate attack. Per rules – “Each master targeted by an attack may respond with one defensive card from their hand, in turn order.”

• Q: Can Rosamu potentially play well over two attacks in a single turn through a combination of chaining, top-decking high karma chain cards, playing those, rinse repeat as long as he plays a 6-karma unique chain card each step?
  • A: Yes. In the hands of a player that has good stack-manipulation skills, Rosamu can potentially pull off multiple attacks only using one attack action in his turn. However, he cannot go infinite, as seen on his avatar card – “You may not play CHAIN cards with the same name more than once per turn.”

• Q: Rosamu’s Meditate ability for 1 karma to more or less empty anyone’s karma pool for 1 karma seems unbalanced, can you explain the rationale for this ability?
  • A: It can be incredibly powerful, or immensely useless. It is an ability that does not damage your opponent, in fact it technically heals them since cards are going from their Karma Pool (not a part of life total) to the top of their deck (a part of their life total). In playtesting, this card is most useful on yourself or to help your allies get rid of their karma pool late game and give them the cards they might rather have in hand.

• Q: Can Rosamu play Dharnu’s Guide to remove a status from himself if he already has SPIRIT status?
  • A: Yes. If you cannot have more than one of a status, you cannot gain an additional status, so the problem lies in part of this effect being illegal. However, the remainder of the effect IS legal. Therefore, you may pay the cost in karma, remove a status, but fail to gain SPIRIT.

DOKUBABA:

• Q: Both Dokubaba’s Plague status and Akiko’s Coil of Deceit effects trigger at the start of the player’s turn. Which effect is supposed to occur first for situations like this?
  • A: In Yashima the rule of thumb is “newest first” – this applies to the order of play of a card or an effect. If the Coil of Deceit is equipped to Dokubaba, Since Plague is a constant as of the beginning of the game, the Coil of Deceit card was played afterwards, therefore Coil of Deceit happens first, followed by the Plague. But if the Coil of Deceit is equipped to another master, the newer effect triggers first, depending on the order that master received PLAGUE or the Coil of Deceit.
• Q: Can Dokubaba remove her own Plague status with her tome abilities?
  • A: Yes. “Dokubaba has PLAGUE status” should be interpreted as “If Dokubaba would lose PLAGUE status, she immediately gains PLAGUE status.” So her or anyone else can remove her PLAGUE status, but she immediately gains it back.

TORU:

• Q: Regarding FATE- BURST and FATE-EXPLODE, do you have to trigger these effects?
  • A: Yes. You must choose a valid master or space if able, even if it doesn’t turn out for Toru’s best interests! Plan ahead! 
• Q: How do players enter arduous spaces that also have PLANT status?
  • A: Masters must spend two speed to enter arduous terrain.” Having PLANT status on arduous terrain does not change this restriction. To clarify, all masters spend 2 speed to enter, Toru spends 1 if on his Starting Avatar side.

MITSUO:

• Q: How does SARU “move” exactly?
  • A: You may only “move” SARU when Mitsuo takes a move action from the action pool. As such, if you perform a move outside of taking a move action, such as a DODGE, you may NOT “move” SARU. It’s likely not to matter, but SARU “moves” before Mitsuo moves (even if he moves 0 spaces), since it is like a triggered effect happening “in response” to Mitsuo’s move action. This is up to 4 spaces away from SARU’s location, not Mitsuo’s. SARU may occupy spaces with another status, provided that that space does not have SARU status from another player’s Mitsuo. Masters can move through and end their turn on a space that has SARU status. Remember, he’s a status token, not a master. A master sharing a space with the SARU status can’t turn to face what they are on top of and remember that attacks target spaces in red, so the “origin” space is not a target.
• Q: Can you attack SARU?
  • A: Yes and No – You may target the space he is on with an attack, but this typically won’t do anything unless your attack has PURIFY or impacts status tokens in some way. 
• Q: What happens to Mitsuo if a player responds to an attack played from SARU with a defense that does damage to the attacker, such as RIPOSTE or COUNTER?
  • A: Since SARU is the attacker (and he is a token and cannot take damage), you ignore all damage effects done and Mitsuo takes no damage. But all other effects of that defense occur, if able.

YUKI:

• Q: Endure-Icebreaker – triggers when you lose this card, from the battle deck. That means that if I lose it from my hand, it doesn’t trigger, as that is a controlled loss of cards?
  • A: Correct, it only triggers if lost from the battle deck, not from hand. No cheating from your hand!
• Q: When a master dodges or performs a move without taking a move action, will Yuki’s avatar ability trigger?
  • A: No, it will only trigger when a player takes a move action from the action pool and ends their move adjacent to her. If a master ends a move action on SLICK terrain and then slides next to Yuki, her ability will still trigger since the slick relocation interrupts the movement, and then they end their move next to Yuki.

LU BU:

• Q: What happens if Lu Bu is relocated by an attack or effect, and during taking that damage, his imprinted Clear the Way effect triggers. If he is no longer adjacent to that master, will he still deal damage?
  • A: Yes. Lu Bu hits too since simultaneous with damage will occur before relocation effects trigger.
• Q: Does Lu Bu gain the avatar bonus when he is targeting his allied master, or when he targets more than one opposing masters allied to each other?
  • A: Allied masters are in reference to Lu Bu’s teammates, so bonus is only when he hits a friendly to himself.
• Q: Lu Bu’s sky piercer – if you prevent all damage, and thus are not hit, are you still considered to be the target of an attack?
  • A: This effect does not care about being hit or not, it only cares about an attack being resolved. Therefore, Lu Bu may relocate them even if all damage is prevented.

MULAN:

• Q: If multiple BLEED cards are found imprinted one after another, how will they trigger?
  • A: The “Multiple effects” section in the rules should help clarify this. Basically each imprinted card triggers, and is interrupted by the next one. So if you have three bleeds in a row, Bleed #1 triggers, Bleed #2 reveals/triggers/interrupts Bleed #1, Bleed #3 reveals/triggers/interrupts Bleed #2. Then Bleed #3 resolves, causing player to exert, then Bleed #2 resolves causing player to exert, and lastly Bleed #1 resolves causing player to exert a third time. The only time a imprint card doesn’t trigger is when there are no normal, face-down, battle cards remaining in the deck.

MUSASHI:

• Q: Can Musashi rotate facing prior to making a free NITOJUTSU attack?
  • A: Each attack is separate; therefore the attacker may also rotate before making each attack. Targets may respond to each with a single defense effect. But as always, you cannot respond to a single attack with multiple defenses.
• Q: Does Tai No Sen increase Musashi’s chances to win initiative?
  • A: Yes. During the initiative step, you place the top card of your battle deck face up into your karma pool, then compare karma values. Since Tai No Sen increases the karma value of each card in his karma pool, this will increase his chances for winning initiative for the round.
• Q: Can restored-Musashi remove his own WIND status with his tome abilities?
  • A: Yes. “Musashi has WIND status” should be interpreted as “If Musashi would lose WIND status, he immediately gains WIND status.” So he or anyone else can remove his WIND status, but he immediately gains it back, if he’s restored.

BRUCE LEE:

• Q: Can Bruce Lee max play Determination every turn and take no mulligan at the start of the round to essentially build a large hand size?
  • A: Yes, there is no hand size limit.
• Q: How Does RIPOSTE + COUNTER work in relation to SPIRIT SHIELD?
  • A: COUNTER adds to the original defenses effects text and doesn’t alter the text. Therefore RIPOSTE and COUNTER are separate instances of effect damage.  You could USE one card with SPIRIT SHIELD to prevent 3 damage against the RIPOSTE, then you could USE one card with SPIRIT SHIELD to prevent 3 damage against the COUNTER effect. Or just use one SPIRIT SHIELD against one or the other.
• Q: How does Bruce’s Jogging Shuffles work with two opposing masters?
  • A: Due to the once per turn portion of the text, Bruce selects one opposing master to exert and Bruce exerts only once when moving from two masters at the same time.
• Q: Can BRUCE play his avatar ability during an opponent’s turn, and multiple times?
  • A: You can play this quick effect any number of times only during your own turn before or after performing other actions, not while resolving another action. This cannot be done on your opponent’s turns.

• Q: Is the Wizard only available in resin and foil?
  • A: Yes, at present. 
• Q: Can the Wizard play his avatar ability during an opponent’s turn, and multiple times?
  • A: You can play this quick effect any number of times only during your own turn before or after performing other actions, not while resolving an action (like during an attack action or in the middle of a move action).