Rules Errata

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Rules Updates

Add Damage to Terms and Concepts:

• A model is Damaged or takes Damage when it suffers Wounds or its wound boxes are marked.
• Model A deals Damage or causes Damage when a model has wound boxes marked due to an effect on model A or an action taken by model A.

Add Summon to Terms and Concepts:

• When a model is Summoned to the game it is added to the Warband in addition to the models already recruited.
• You do not need to pay the Rice Cost of a Summoned model. Some models have "Su" as their Rice Cost, these can only enter play by being Summoned.
• When a non-unique model is Summoned to the game it never has any Enhancement - Equipment cards attached to its card.
• If a unique model that was recruited into the Warband is Summoned after being removed from the game, it retains any Enhancement - Equipment cards it was recruited with.

Ending the game with no models left.

• If either player has no models left in play, immediately move to the End Phase, calculate Scenario Points and Victory Points, and then determine the final score.

Theme Benefits

• Unless otherwise stated, Themes benefits only affect Friendly models.

MAX Symbol on Cards

• Some Profile Cards now have a MAX symbol on the back, just like Special Cards.
• These Profile Cards are ones that have no wound tracks, whenever a rule refers to the number of wound tracks use the MAX number instead.
• You can recruit up to this number of these models into a Warband.

Rulebook Errata
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Page 8: Virtue Example

• Replace Aiko card with Ito Ayako’s.

Page 9: Zone of Control

• Models beginning their activations in one or more Enemy model’s ZoC must declare a Stand Up action or an action that allows them to Move into BtB with one of those models and Move directly toward the Enemy model until they reach BtB, or declare another action that allows a Move.

Page 13: Weapon Strength

• (Sp) Indicates a special effect instead of a standard Damage Roll The Attack does no Damage, some of these weapons have properties detailed in the Unique Effects section of the model’s profile card.

Page 17: Theme Card traits

• Permitted (Type): Only models with a matching Type can be recruited into this Warband, Ronin models of the Type may only be included if the theme states Ronin of that Type are permitted.
• If a Theme list card does not have this trait, all models from the chosen Faction are available to recruit into the theme.
• If a Ronin Theme list card does not have this trait, all models from the chosen Faction and all Ronin available to that Faction are available to recruit into the theme.

Page 23: End Phase

• Step 4: Refer to the Scenario being played and check for the scoring of Scenario Points and then Victory Points. If this is the final Turn, or if all three available Victory Points have been scored, the game ends (games can only end in the End Phase).
• If either player has no models left on the table, the game ends, and Victory Points are calculated immediately.

Page 25: Place Effect Diagram

• Remove line from inside the base in the picture.

Page 33: Tactical Test

• Tactical Test last line: "In the case of a tie after checking the number of Dice, there is no Active Player during this roll, so the test must be taken again."

Page 35: Ranged Attacks

• Last Line of Step 3: "If the Attack has failed skip to Step 6."

Page 36: Ranged Example

• Last line should read "Now make a Damage Roll on the Success Level 1 column."

Page 39: Melee Dice Diagram

• Dice should be switched.

Page 40: Melee Exchange, step 4

• Last line under step 4 should read: "The non-Active Player must declare everything before the Active Player."

Page 41: Melee Exchange, Step 11

• 11. The players declare the use of any Instant (Or Active for the Active Player) Ki Feats for models involved in the Melee Exchange.

Page 41: Melee Exchange, Step 12

• 12. The Attacker makes a Damage Roll against the Defender and resolves any Effects triggered by Damage in melee.
• If, at the end of this step, either the Defender model is removed from the table, is no longer in BtB with the Attacker or is Prone skip to Step 14.

Page 47: Sidestep Attack

• Sidestep Attack: If the Attack is successful, the Attacker may leave BtB and then Move away from the Defender until the Attacker leaves The Defender's ZoC, at which point its Movement ends.
• The Attacker makes no Damage Roll.

Page 48: Sidestep Defence

• Sidestep Defence: If the Defence is successful, the Defender may leave BtB and then Move away from the Attacker until the Defender leaves the Attacker's ZoC, at which point its Movement ends.

Page 50: Controlled state, 2nd paragraph

• For each Activation Counter removed from the model (or if a model participates in a Melee Exchange without removing an Activation Counter); also remove a Control marker.
• If a model has only one Control marker, it cannot declare Complex actions.
• As soon as all the Control markers are removed, the model returns to the original player’s Warband.

Page 51: Death Sentence state, 1st paragraph

• Change first line to: "While a model with any Death Sentence markers is the Target of a Ranged Attack or is involved in a Melee Exchange, the Enemy Model gains +1 Melee Pool or +1 Ranged Pool as well as +1 to any Damage Rolls.
• The benefit for the Attacker is the same whether the Target has one or multiple Death Sentence markers.
• During the Starting Phase, a model with a Death Sentence marker may spend 3 Ki Tokens to remove one Death Sentence marker from itself.

Page 53: Prone, 4th paragraph

• If a Prone model initiates a Melee Exchange through taking a Stand Up action, it suffers a -1 Melee Pool modifier for that Melee Exchange, but Initiative is not affected.

Page 57: Traits with negative values

• Traits with a negative value are always modifiers to existing Traits.

Page 58: Blood of Orochi trait.

• This model generates X Blood of Orochi Tokens. During the Starting Phase place all Blood of Orochi tokens generated by Friendly models in a pool.
• Choose any number of Friendly Ito Clan models. Each model chosen may gain up to 2 Blood of Orochi tokens taken from this pool.
• The Weapons of models with Blood of Orochi tokens gain Poison (1/Y) where Y is the number of Blood of Orochi tokens taken by that model.
• Remove all Blood of Orochi tokens in the End Phase.

Page 61: Cultist trait.

• When this model activates it may inflict up to X Wounds on any Friendly model(s) within Y”, including itself, that have this trait, up to X value.
• A model may not suffer more Wounds than it has unmarked Wound boxes.
• This model gains Ki Tokens equal to the number of Wounds inflicted.
• A model cannot suffer more Wounds from this trait than the X value of its own Cultist trait each Turn.
• These Wounds ignore Tough.

Page 62: Evasive trait.

• This model ignores Enemy model's ZoC during its Movement. and when declaring actions.

Page 67: Soulless trait.

• This model automatically succeeds at Fear tests and has Immune [Frightened]. This model also automatically succeeds at Opposed Ki Tests when it is not the Activating model.

Page 67: Split Attack trait.

• When this model declares a Melee or Charge action it may Move into BtB with 2 or more Enemy models and ignores their ZoC as long as it is moving closer to the point where it is in BtB with both.
• After its Movement, if it is in BtB with two or more Enemy models, the player may resolve a Melee Exchange with two or more of those models.
• This model has a penalty of -1 die for each additional Melee Exchange it will make this activation on all its Melee Exchanges.
• Resolve them in the order the Controlling player chooses (so that the model will be left facing the Enemy model it fought last).
• Remove Activation Counter(s) from this model only after the last Melee Exchange.

Page 68: Tactician trait.

• This model adds X dice when it performs Tactical Tests.

Page 69: Weak trait.

• This model makes Size tests at -1 Dice.
• When this model makes a Damage Roll, roll 3d6 and choose the two lowest dice.
• If a model has both Strong and Weak traits, the Effects of both are cancelled.

Page 71: Size, paragraph 3.

• For Blocking terrain pieces (see Visibility above) where it is intended that LoS can be drawn over them, then these should be classified as Tiny, such that is possible to Cover but LoS is not blocked.

General FAQ

Q: Are "Required" and Requirement" the same thing on Special Cards?
A: Yes these mean the same thing.

Q: When exactly does a model becomes Surprised? When is the last time it could use a Ki Feat?
A: As soon as a model's action is declared (as long as it will bring the model into BtB or qualifies for surprise under the relevant rules), the target/selected model should be considered Surprised and their Ki Feat window closed.

The last time you can use a Ki Feat is before the declaration of the action. It is perfectly acceptable for the Active Player to say "I am going to declare an action, do you want to use a Ki Feat before I do?" to prevent any timing issues.

Q: Do passive unique effects continue on models that are removed from play?
A: Passive abilities only work while the model is in play.

Q: Are Melee Exchange tie break for most dice rolled by Attack/Defence or all dice together?
A: All dice.

Q: At the start of a Melee Exchange both models turn to face, is this considered Movement?
A: No

Q: How does the Believer trait work with Ki Feats that cost X Ki Tokens?
A: When declaring the use of the Ki Feat, declare what X will be then use X-1 to determine the cost of the feat. Gain the benefit of the Ki Feat at X as written.

Q: What happens if I use Curse Fate while Balance has been played?
A: The dice cannot be re-rolled so remove any duplicates, those are lost.

Q: For the feats Hold the Line!, Pile On!, and Sister's Succour what does "Attempt to reach BtB" mean?
A: If a model cannot reach BtB with the Enemy model, this feat cannot be used.

Q: What happens to Activation Counters if I gain the Flank trait mid game?
A: When a model is Deployed it has no Activation Counters. Flank will add two as usual.

Q: Do multiple instances of Coordinated Attack stack?
A: Yes, the modifier is given as +1 so they stack as long as the Coordinated Attack traits are all satisfied. Multiple models do not trigger the benefit from one Coordinated Attack multiple times.

Q: How does Rise and Last Stand on the same model work?
A: When your model gets reduced to 0 Wounds, you can choose which trait to activate first.
If you succeed at the Rise test at this point, uncheck all the Wounds on the model Wounds track and Last Stand cannot be activated. If you fail, then feel free to activate Last Stand.
If you trigger Last Stand first, the Rise will have no effect (Wounds track prevents healing/wound recovery/any way to get wounds back). The mechanics of this means that yes, you could roll the Rise test after declaring Last Stand, but if you succeed, you remain with all Wounds marked - so you die (again).

Q: Does a model using Deadeye ignore Camouflage?
A: Yes, since a model must be "Benefitting" from Cover if a model ignores Cover (Or ignores Cover modifiers) it will ignore Camouflage.