I have a card that refers to Battle actions. Does that mean only actions with the “Battle” keyword, or does it mean any action used while a battle is happening?
Only actions with the “Battle” keyword. Q: My opponent has an 8 Force samurai in a battle against me, but he’s bowed. Can I kill him with a strength 2 ranged attack? I think I can. He is bowed, so his Force is 0. A: You can’t. Although the Force total of his unit — and the Force that that unit adds to his army — is 0, as an individual card, his Force is still 8. Since ranged attacks care about card Force, a ranged attack below strength 8 won’t kill him. Even when a unit is just one Personality card with nothing attached, there’s still a distinction between individual card Force and total unit Force. Some cards and game effects, like To Do What We Must and the Resolution Segment at the end of a battle, care about one, and some, like Test of Might and ranged attacks, care about the other. You need to read the card or the rulebook carefully and decide which kind of Force it refers to.
