This came up in a Battle Report that I did on Shenlong a couple days ago, and I don't seem to have a clear answer for it, as a couple of people have approached me with different answers on that thread.
Shenlong's "Monk of Many Styles" says: "Choose a Limited upgrade with the Restriction of Shenlong. If another friendly model has the chosen Upgrade attached, discard it. This model may discard a Limited Upgrade it has attached to attach the chosen Upgrade."
Now consider the following situation in a game: Shenlong and Sensei Yu are both being played. Neither of them have a Limited Upgrade with the Shenlong restriction currently. Sensei Yu, however, does have "Promising Disciple".
I am understanding this to mean that all Shenlong has to do in this situation is name any of his upgrades, and attach it to his model for free, once he is able to do a (0) action, whether it be at the beginning of the turn, as stated on his "Powerful Chi" ability, or just during his activation.
My logic and thought process as follows, going sentence by sentence:
Sentence 1: "Choose a limited upgrade with the restriction of Shenlong".
Logic: Ok, simple enough. I choose "Wandering River Style".
Sentience 2: "If another friendly model has the chosen upgrade attached, discard it."
Logic: Sure, no problem. If it were already attached to a model, I would have to discard it. However, being that it's not, I don't have to because the first word in the sentence says "If", which would imply that if it doesn't have the upgrade attached, I wouldn't have to discard it.
Sentence 3: "This model may discard a Limited upgrade it has attached to attach the chosen upgrade"
Logic: Ok, sure. Except I don't have a Limited upgrade attached already, so therefore no need to discard one. Emphasis being on the word "may".
Is this correct, or am I mistaken in this train of thought? Please help! Thank you!
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Rurouni Benshin
Hi all,
This came up in a Battle Report that I did on Shenlong a couple days ago, and I don't seem to have a clear answer for it, as a couple of people have approached me with different answers on that thread.
Shenlong's "Monk of Many Styles" says: "Choose a Limited upgrade with the Restriction of Shenlong. If another friendly model has the chosen Upgrade attached, discard it. This model may discard a Limited Upgrade it has attached to attach the chosen Upgrade."
Now consider the following situation in a game: Shenlong and Sensei Yu are both being played. Neither of them have a Limited Upgrade with the Shenlong restriction currently. Sensei Yu, however, does have "Promising Disciple".
I am understanding this to mean that all Shenlong has to do in this situation is name any of his upgrades, and attach it to his model for free, once he is able to do a (0) action, whether it be at the beginning of the turn, as stated on his "Powerful Chi" ability, or just during his activation.
My logic and thought process as follows, going sentence by sentence:
Sentence 1: "Choose a limited upgrade with the restriction of Shenlong".
Logic: Ok, simple enough. I choose "Wandering River Style".
Sentience 2: "If another friendly model has the chosen upgrade attached, discard it."
Logic: Sure, no problem. If it were already attached to a model, I would have to discard it. However, being that it's not, I don't have to because the first word in the sentence says "If", which would imply that if it doesn't have the upgrade attached, I wouldn't have to discard it.
Sentence 3: "This model may discard a Limited upgrade it has attached to attach the chosen upgrade"
Logic: Ok, sure. Except I don't have a Limited upgrade attached already, so therefore no need to discard one. Emphasis being on the word "may".
Is this correct, or am I mistaken in this train of thought? Please help! Thank you!
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